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The Deuce

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The Deuce

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HBO | Release Date: September 10, 2017

Summary: The drama created by George Pelecanos and David Simon about the rise of the porn industry in New York City during the 1970s-80s thru the eyes of twin nightclub owners Vincent and Frankie Martino (Both played by James Franco), college student Abigail “Abby” Parker(Margarita Levieva), a Times Square prostitute Eileen Merrell (MaggieThe drama created by George Pelecanos and David Simon about the rise of the porn industry in New York City during the 1970s-80s thru the eyes of twin nightclub owners Vincent and Frankie Martino (Both played by James Franco), college student Abigail “Abby” Parker(Margarita Levieva), a Times Square prostitute Eileen Merrell (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a pimp named Larry Brown (Gbenga Akinna), Vincent and Frankie Martino’s brother-in-law Chris Bauer (Bobby Dwyer) and bartender Paul Hendrickson (Chris Coy).… Expand

Creator: David Simon and George Pelecanos

Genre(s): Drama

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8.4
S3:E8. Finish It
Air Date: October 28, 2019
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S3:E7. That's a Wrap
Air Date: October 21, 2019
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S3:E6. This Trust Thing
Air Date: October 14, 2019

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Metascore

85

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Critic Reviews

100

Salon

Melanie McFarland

Sep 11, 2018

Season 2 Review: The second season pays dividends to the viewer in the form of taut and lively performances. ... If you’re not already invested in this drama, you may find this season to be shinier, brighter and more seductive than before. The Deuce was already an excellent drama. Now it’s definitively one of the best shows on TV. Read full review

100

Entertainment Weekly

Jeff Jensen

Sep 6, 2017

Season 1 Review: The Deuce is an absorbing, resonant chronicle about the evolution of dehumanizing skin trades and the mainstreaming of adult entertainment. Read full review

91

The A.V. Club

Danette Chavez

Sep 7, 2017

Season 1 Review: The show’s creators get just as caught up in this sordid albeit entertaining world as viewers, but Simon and Pelecanos take care not to forget what’s underneath it all. Read full review

85

CNN

Brian Lowry

Sep 7, 2017

Season 1 Review: In The Deuce, producer David Simon tries to do for the sex trade and 1970s evolution of pornography what "The Wire" did for drugs. After a slow start, this engrossing, characteristically nuanced HBO drama mostly serves up aces. Read full review

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Collider

Allison Keene

Sep 4, 2018

Season 2 Review: Even as it has softened visually just a little, (though it’s dialogue is a crackling as ever), the show has certainly not lost its edge. Read full review

80

Variety

Sonia Saraiya

Aug 31, 2017

Season 1 Review: A lot of storytelling is crammed into The Deuce--the regular and recurring cast fields nearly 40 characters, and it takes a minute to match rhythm with the cadence of each of their lives. But once you do, it’s a fascinating world: period but not nostalgic, lived in but not superficial. Maybe it has too many moving parts, but all the moving parts are a joy to look at. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Nov 29, 2017

Season 1 Review: The Deuce can’t hold all of its many pieces together, despite the pockets of strong writing and performances, making viewers bounce around a visceral world with just not enough emotional gravity. Read full review

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Boonie2000

Jul 3, 2019

Don't really know what to say good acting (in any means), really decent plot besides the main theme. The best TV show about "sex revolution" and the rise of porn popularity out there. It is must see from HBO!

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Seasons & Episodes

85

Series Overview
Season 3

79
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 2019
- 8.4
  S3:E8. Finish It
  Air Date: October 28, 2019
- tbd
  S3:E7. That's a Wrap
  Air Date: October 21, 2019
- tbd
  S3:E6. This Trust Thing
  Air Date: October 14, 2019
- tbd
  S3:E5. You Only Get One
  Air Date: October 7, 2019
- tbd
  S3:E3. Normal Is a Lie
  Air Date: September 23, 2019
- tbd
  S3:E2. Morta di Fame
  Air Date: September 16, 2019
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  S3:E1. The Camera Loves You
  Air Date: September 9, 2019
Season 2

86
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 2018
Season 1

85
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 10, 2017