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EPISODE
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The Deuce - Season 1 Episode 08: My Name Is Ruby
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
October 29, 2017
Unwitting transformation is on display throughout the season finale.
October 29, 2017
The episode's organizing principle is to depict the spectrum of success: There are people on steady ground and there are people who feel unmoored in their own environment, and most of the time they're walking next to each other.
October 29, 2017
"My Name Is Ruby" is a fantastic season finale with a couple of strange, out-of-character moments, the type that initially made me question the necessity of stretching past the hour-long mark.
October 29, 2017
A fitting season finale for The Deuce.
October 29, 2017
The Deuce isn't the type of show to make uncomplicated villains out of anyone, but this final episode quiets the violins over the marginalization of the Times Square pimps.
October 29, 2017
The Deuce saved its best, and its worst, for last.
October 29, 2017
The Deuce, like much of David Simon's work, is about making the audience look at people whom society refuses to acknowledge, and the Season 1 finale put its spotlight on Ruby.
