Ray Donovan · Season 1 · Showtime
Ray Donovan Season 1
Ray Donovan Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.5/10. 12 episodes on Showtime from 30 June 2013.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Ray Donovan premiered on Showtime in June 2013 and immediately found its niche: part family drama, part crime procedural, all Liev Schreiber. The fixer premise - a man who handles celebrities' worst moments while failing to manage his own - was inherently compelling, and Jon Voight's Mickey Donovan, released from prison after twenty years, gave the show a motor that its LA crime plots rarely matched. Season 1 earned 77 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics praised the show's muscularity and its performances while noting the pilot-season structure spread itself thin across the ensemble. TIME's critic described Schreiber as playing Ray as 'a beleaguered badass whose menace is all in a day's work' - the show's appeal in a single phrase.
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“A muscular, instantly riveting series that features sensational performances by Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight.”
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Standout Episodes
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The premiere establishes Ray Donovan's world with economy: the first fix, the first client, and Mickey's release from Walpole all within the opening hour. Schreiber arrives fully formed as Ray - contained, menacing, exhausted by a life of controlled violence.
The moment: Mickey Donovan walking out of prison and calling his son - the family wound that will drive seven seasons in a single image.