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The Deuce - Season 1 Episode 01: Pilot
Through a chain of dramatic and exciting events, this series takes a deep look behind the life during the 1970s and '80s in New York where the porn and many bad behaviors spread everywhere. It recounts various stories, the beginning is at a notorious hotel in Times Square.
January 14, 1983 in East Meadow, New York, USA
19 January 1961, El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
April 7, 1993 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
September 13, 2017
Overall, The Deuce opened well. It weaves a tapestry as diverse and smeared as the population of its titular street trekking through a particularly rainy day.
September 18, 2017
The capitalist critique is no less potent for being obvious, especially given the panoramic approach Simon and Pelecanos adopt to illustrate its toxic reaches.
September 13, 2017
[The Deuce is] about taking a non-exploitive approach to an industry built on exploitation. As visually spellbinding as this particular vision of 1971 is, there is nothing nostalgic about it.
September 20, 2017
The Deuce means business.
September 13, 2017
Bursting with energy and decked out in a run-down look, The Deuce could be TV's next great drama.
September 20, 2017
The Deuce makes a promise not to shy away from all things dark, dirty, and unsettling.
December 08, 2017
[It] delves straight into it, setting a tone that's just as delightfully pulpy, and introducing a cast of pimps, sex workers, gangsters, and cops (including twins played by James Franco) that rivals Game of Thrones in sheer scope.
September 26, 2017
It's a nightmare, and highly reminiscent of Bubbles' tour of Hamsterdam in season three of The Wire. That scene haunted me for a long time; I wonder whether this show might do the same.
September 13, 2017
[The Deuce] is a compelling and gritty new drama.
September 13, 2017
The pilot features a whole lot of ... well, atmosphere is putting it generously.