HBO: The Deuce (David Simon, Premieres September 10th 2017)

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Dscans]

Who's doing some good episode recaps of this show?

[Simple Torture]

Who's doing some good episode recaps of this show?

Well, there's the AV Club, which have been okay. I haven't really seen much of anything elsewhere.

[Dscans]

Who's doing some good episode recaps of this show?

Well, there's the AV Club, which have been okay. I haven't really seen much of anything elsewhere.

Yeah, I'm surprised The Ringer hasn't been all over this. They cover every other goddamn HBO show. There's a new baby Scans in the house now so I only watch segments when I can find time, which makes the recaps helpful.

[doug rr]

i'm still on the fence about this show..its still fake 70s to me

[Mecca]

I loved the Buffalo reference.

[Simple Torture]

I've watched enough David Simon shows that I was able to guess Leon's final line exactly.

I still think Vince and Abby aren't going to end well; the fact that she's using him still seems to be going over his head, but it's going to come crashing down soon.

I was very worried that CC was going to be in that bus station.

I can't believe next week is it for Season 1.

Has anybody been reading/hearing the rumors for Season 2? What I heard was:

Spoiler: show

The show is going to jump forward 10 years and it'll be the '80s, then Season 3 will be the '90s. Not sure how true this is.

[dimejinky99]

I hate James Franco with the heat of a thousand suns. But I’m in.

[Mecca]

I hate James Franco with the heat of a thousand suns. But I’m in.

He's pretty alright in this. Very believable

[dimejinky99]

His performance as the twin brother is exactly how I imagine him to be in real life.

[Dscans]

I can't believe this is Chris Partlow.

I still don't believe it, actually.

[washing machine]

I like the set more than the story in this show. Actually, I really, really like the set in this show.

[VinylGuy]

Keep forgetting about this one. Only saw two ep and they were ok. I might come back.

[Jammer XCI]

I used an HBO trial just to watch this show last week.

It was actually pretty good. I liked it more than Treme and it has a similar vibe to The Wire, though that's obviously the gold standard when it comes to HBO/David Simon shows.

[The Argonaut]

[Simple Torture]

This really snuck up on me. Season 2 premieres tonight!

[Jammer XCI]

Eagerly anticipating the new episodes here.

[@SkitchP]

Not enough Black Frankie this season.

[@SkitchP]

It felt like the first two really didn't accomplish a ton. I suppose that's the result of fast forwarding a couple of years (77) now so they have to reestablish where the characters are. The third episode though was fucking aces.

Spoiler: show

Method Man as a heroin addict is spot on acting

and the last scene with CC and Dorthey at the bar was about as tense as I can ever remember seeing on TV.

[@SkitchP]

Why am I the only one watching this. I have a huge problem with you people.