Ray Donovan: Season 5

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SHOWTIME | Season Premiere Date: August 6, 2017

Starring: Paula Malcomson, Dash Mihok, Katherine Moennig

Summary: Ray is back doing what he knows best when a a major film studio executive named Samantha Winslow (Susan Sarandon) hires him to help her with her own fixers in the fifth season of the drama series.

Creator: Ann Biderman

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

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Season 5 Episodes

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S5:E12. Time Takes a Cigarette
Air Date: October 29, 2017
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S5:E11. Michael
Air Date: October 22, 2017
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S5:E10. Bob the Builder
Air Date: October 15, 2017

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Ken Tucker

Aug 4, 2017

As it is, writer-showrunner David Hollander has certainly crafted, last season and this one, an absorbing melodrama, aided a great deal by directors including John Dahl, who does terrific work in the second and third episodes. Read full review

Kyle Fowle

Jul 31, 2017

The most intriguing plotline centers around a secretive movie exec named Samantha Winslow (Susan Sarandon, in a delightful strange turn). What does she want from Ray? The suspense is enough to pull us back in. [4 Aug 2017, p.56]

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JorgeLestre

Aug 9, 2017

Ray Donovan makes an even bolder cut by removing the only problem it had, which was definitely Abby. The story continues to show a masterful way to regenerate itself while keeping it as entertaining as it can.

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yass

Oct 12, 2017

We see a new face of Ray Donovan, a deeper, sadder, and in general a more emotional side of this program. As much as I was puzzled by the flashbacks, it did have a good purpose. Liev Schreiber is playing the hardest role he's ever done in the tv show, and he's doing it great so far.We see a new face of Ray Donovan, a deeper, sadder, and in general a more emotional side of this program. As much as I was puzzled by the flashbacks, it did have a good purpose. Liev Schreiber is playing the hardest role he's ever done in the tv show, and he's doing it great so far. Couldn't say less about Paula Malcolmson and most of the cast of the show. The subplot is not the best they've ever done, but it's still one of the best returns this year.… Expand

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StanCliffBroad

Aug 30, 2017

What an utter bore this season has become. Self inflicted misery by all characters, not one of them has got their act together, it's become just one long pity feast. I don't feel for any of them, I don't care about any of them, even the the guy with Parkinson's, just put to one side hisWhat an utter bore this season has become. Self inflicted misery by all characters, not one of them has got their act together, it's become just one long pity feast. I don't feel for any of them, I don't care about any of them, even the the guy with Parkinson's, just put to one side his ailment and everything else is his own stupid fault. How is watching losers entertainment?… Expand

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Puddum

Sep 6, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I know I'm only four shows into this 5th Ray Donovan go-round, but I need a score card to keep track of all the "back to the future" moments in this new season. It flip flops back and forth in surrealism from events in the past to the current day in time without much of a clear cut pattern as to what exactly is going on. The show makes no sense at all; meanwhile throwing a puzzling Natalie James into the mix every other scene or so. The shows fact checkers are off the mark, too, this season. After totaling their car by driving over a cliff (complete w/deployed airbags and a ghostly, half naked Natalie James standing in their way); Ray and Abby are seen getting into that same car the next day with nary a scratch on it. Back and forth between scenes and with no explanations; Terry ricochets with his new remote control device that turns his Parkensons on and off at will. This season better start making sense or I won't be watching it much longer. This 5th season has veered off course more into a twilight zone, kaleidoscope direction often taken by David Lynch. Perplexing, dark, eerie, depressing, puzzling and, simply, boring...zzzz...… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: November 17, 2019
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: October 28, 2018
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: August 6, 2017
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  S5:E12. Time Takes a Cigarette
  Air Date: October 29, 2017
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  S5:E11. Michael
  Air Date: October 22, 2017
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  S5:E10. Bob the Builder
  Air Date: October 15, 2017
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  S5:E9. Mister Lucky
  Air Date: October 8, 2017
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  S5:E8. Horses
  Air Date: October 1, 2017
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  S5:E7. If I Should Fall From Grace With God
  Air Date: September 24, 2017
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  S5:E6. Shelley Duvall
  Air Date: September 17, 2017
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  S5:E5. Shabbos Goy
  Air Date: September 10, 2017
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  S5:E4. Sold
  Air Date: August 27, 2017
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  S5:E3. Dogwalker
  Air Date: August 20, 2017
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  S5:E2. Las Vegas
  Air Date: August 13, 2017
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  S5:E1. Abby
  Air Date: August 6, 2017
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: June 26, 2016
Season 3

71
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: July 12, 2015
Season 2

73
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: July 13, 2014
Season 1

75
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 30, 2013