The Deuce: Season 2

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: September 9, 2018

Summary: The second season of the drama about the porn industry from George Pelecanos and David Simon jumps forward to 1977 with Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal) now working as a director as well as on camera.

Creator: David Simon and George Pelecanos

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E9. Inside the Pretend
Air Date: November 4, 2018
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S2:E8. Nobody Has to Get Hurt
Air Date: October 28, 2018
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S2:E7. The Feminism Part
Air Date: October 21, 2018

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Melanie McFarland

Sep 11, 2018

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

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Michael Haigis

Sep 10, 2018

Overall, The Deuce formulates an intoxicating anthropology, characterized in equal measure by both possibility and sentimentality. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Travers

Sep 6, 2018

Each narrative strand works to prove a point and tell an intriguing story, and yet for as compelling--and complicated--as the Martino brothers’ lives remain, all of their hustle and bustle pales in comparison to the work done by Maggie Gyllenhaal. ... Gyllenhaal handles every aspect of Eileen with an earned authenticity. Read full review

Tim Goodman

Sep 7, 2018

The Deuce, with its brilliant writing, immersive atmosphere and uncommonly excellent acting, is exploring 1977. The four episodes that HBO sent for review reflect a more personal and interesting storyline for Gyllenhaal's Candy. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Sep 11, 2018

Simply on the merits of its frank, thoughtful storytelling and acting, it’s a perfectly fine riff on the wages of sin back in the day. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Sep 7, 2018

This new batch of episodes feels lighter--or at least has a lighter touch--than most of season one, though it doesn’t stay in that mode forever. A lot of the writing has the moment-to-moment exactness of a comedy of manners, or a casual conversation between veterans of the same business. (The Wire and Treme also excelled at those sorts of interactions.) Read full review

Sophie Gilbert

Sep 7, 2018

The second [season], at least from the first four episodes made available for review, is a riveting story about porn’s golden age that’s padded out with flat writing, loose story ends, and inexplicable subplots. Read full review

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Sons94

Oct 2, 2018

Simply put, The Deuce is the most underrated show on TV. The acting, directing, writing, cinematography, editing and production values are all top notch. Phenomenal stuff.

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barnes1911

Sep 23, 2018

Excellent portrayal of life in the 70's in NYC. Brilliantly cast, you can't help but love Maggie Gyllenhaal for the struggles and success she achieves. Love the series.

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yoolie

Oct 23, 2018

I love the show,its directed well and actors are really good. But. In the new season its a way too much of gays and feminists. I understand,that it was an important time for that but now this show is not about Vincent,the pimps and girls,but only about Abby and her friends and Paul and hisI love the show,its directed well and actors are really good. But. In the new season its a way too much of gays and feminists. I understand,that it was an important time for that but now this show is not about Vincent,the pimps and girls,but only about Abby and her friends and Paul and his friends. They are not the best actors at all in this series,its James Franco who play the best and some of the pimps and girls and of course Candy. So it should be more about them,not the history of gay parade and feminism.… Expand

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UsernamePrime

Oct 21, 2018

The 5 out of ten is for the crew. Terribly boring story.
HBO you're driving your product into a hole. Get off the soapbox and just tell good stories.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

OlivierPiel

Oct 3, 2018

Why does it suck:
- Franco:Acting is so ham-fisted, over-the-top , it's pathetic.
- Plot: What plot? There is none. - Pretentiousness: This show is as high as can be. So Gyllenhaal is the former whore empowered by porn, trying to turn it into an art form. PLEEEEEAAAASE! - Waste of anWhy does it suck:
- Franco:Acting is so ham-fisted, over-the-top , it's pathetic.
- Plot: What plot? There is none.
- Pretentiousness: This show is as high as can be. So Gyllenhaal is the former whore empowered by porn, trying to turn it into an art form. PLEEEEEAAAASE!
- Waste of an excellent photography, lighting and cinematography (hence the 2 points).

This show is a nice well-crafted gift box with bad quality candies… Expand

3 of 9 users found this helpful36

NavyBean

Sep 27, 2018

One season and two episodes in: What a slog. 86 critics' score? For what? I swear critics are afraid to be the one who reviews something honestly when the rest of their peers give it good reviews. Resulting in everyone overrating this dreck. Nothing's happened and I don't care about any ofOne season and two episodes in: What a slog. 86 critics' score? For what? I swear critics are afraid to be the one who reviews something honestly when the rest of their peers give it good reviews. Resulting in everyone overrating this dreck. Nothing's happened and I don't care about any of them. If this is supposed to be enlightening or loaded with new or interesting ideas they're being incredibly subtle about it. For example one idea that has at least 10 minutes of airtime in the first two episodes of the second season is the removal of a partition. Really? Butter and f'n onions, get some writers.… Expand

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

ksr91

Oct 18, 2018

still the show gives you nothing to care about. there is no plot. you don't care or even remember the next episode.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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Seasons & Episodes

85

Series Overview
Season 3

79
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 2019
Season 2

86
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 2018
- tbd
  S2:E9. Inside the Pretend
  Air Date: November 4, 2018
- tbd
  S2:E8. Nobody Has to Get Hurt
  Air Date: October 28, 2018
- tbd
  S2:E7. The Feminism Part
  Air Date: October 21, 2018
- tbd
  S2:E6. We're All Beasts
  Air Date: October 14, 2018
- tbd
  S2:E5. All You'll Be Eating Is Cannibals
  Air Date: October 7, 2018
- tbd
  S2:E4. What Big Ideas
  Air Date: September 30, 2018
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  S2:E3. Seven-Fifty
  Air Date: September 23, 2018
- tbd
  S2:E2. There's an Art to This
  Air Date: September 16, 2018
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  S2:E1. Our Raison d'Etre
  Air Date: September 9, 2018
Season 1

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

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