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Ray Donovan [Showtime] [** Spoilers **]

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    #392
    NufcNavan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,832 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    The last three seasons, iirc, have ended with:

    Ray takes out the gangstas to protect his family
    Ray takes out the Armenians to protect his family
    Ray takes out the Russians to protect his family.

    Next season it'll be the triads, then the mafia, then the yakuza, then the scientologists.

    Ray taking out the scientologists would be box office stuff to be fair. :D


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    #393
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    NufcNavan wrote: »
    Agreed with the above. The ending was very meh. It was all a bit too neat and clean for my liking.

    The show is in serious danger of becoming extremely repetitive. It's just becoming a series of challenges and dilemmas being put in front of Ray that he always deals with in a relatively short amount of time.
    That's the whole concept of the show


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    #394
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    tom_k wrote: »
    Agree with all the above, it's gone a bit too Sons of Anarchy for my liking i.e. split up and slaughter the enemy in the last 5 minutes.

    And of course promptly attend a party and dance around still spattered with the blood of freshly murdered corpses.

    The show must also by now have surpassed the records set by Boardwalk Empire and Banshee for quantities of whiskey drank :pac:

    I actually went and got a whiskey half way through the episode


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    #395
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    The piano song they used for ... that.. part of the episode:
    https://soundcloud.com/julienmarchal/xviii


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    #396
    martyos121
    Registered Users Posts: 21,352 ✭✭✭✭martyos121


    Really fantastic piece of music for that part of the episode, it fit seamlessly. While the plot can sometimes be poor and anti-climactic, the overall production of the show is stunning.


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    #397
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Just caught up on Seasons 3 & 4 back to back over the last 2 weeks having not watched since Season 2 aired about 2 years ago. I quite like the show, but as others have pointed out it has its (creative) peaks and troughs. Schreiber and Voight are excellent in their respective roles as Ray and Mickey, but I feel the show would be better served if Ray was a single man with no wife & kids (which would be more likely IMO given his occupation) and his only siblings were Terry and Daryl, with Avi & Lena also allowed to stay in my version :). Bunchie (like Ray's wife & kids) does nothing for me. The production values of the show are right up there with anything on tv at the moment but it suffers at times from poor script writing, which is a real shame as the acting talent on display (recurring and seasonal guest) deserves better. Though it's quite good and indeed superior to most TV currently out there, it could be outstanding had a little more thought and effort gone into the writing. I'll still stick around for S5 though (and beyond if that happens).


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    #398
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    Anywhere to watch this?

    I watched season 1 and really enjoyed it, afaik its not on Netflix or sky box sets.


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    #399
    Peppa Pig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Peppa Pig


    Dcully wrote: »
    Anywhere to watch this?

    I watched season 1 and really enjoyed it, afaik its not on Netflix or sky box sets.
    Season 2 and 3 are on amazon prime


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    #400
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,295 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    http://deadline.com/2017/03/susan-sarandon-ray-donovan-recurring-role-1202042238/

    Susan Sarandon joins
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #401
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,348 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Announced today that season 5 will start on August 6th.


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    #402
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,348 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson




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    #403
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,348 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Full Trailer


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    #404
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Ya know, this show doesn't really feel like one where I'd watch trailers for it (though I just did).

    I dunno, It kinda feels like the scene to scene and interconnected story that makes it.


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    #405
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    It's back.

    It can be spoiled.

    Gutted there when I realised.

    I wondered what happened. Looks like it's part of the story:
    https://tvline.com/2017/08/06/ray-donovan-season-5-paula-malcomson-abby-dies-cancer/
    "It was a narrative decision."
    and
    "How much time has lapsed between seasons?
    About 10 months."

    Gotta be a big part of this season with flashbacks is my guess


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    #406
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    When will it be/has it been on Sky? My series planner doesn't seem to have picked it up.


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    #407
    MargeS
    Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭MargeS


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    When will it be/has it been on Sky? My series planner doesn't seem to have picked it up.

    https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/344f2c21-2d55-47a2-a098-6b5e85a10116

    Series 5 starts 16 August


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    #408
    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    I was a bit disappointed with the 1st episode. Not much happened. At least the son
    is in the army now.
    With some luck we won't see much of him this season.


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    #409
    Skerries
    Registered Users Posts: 12,320 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    I have a theory about tonight's episode
    Spoiler do not look at the picture unless you want to potentially spoil it for yourself, also may be NSFW
    is the girl that caused the accident the same one that just killed her husband?
    Untitled Image




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    #410
    krustydoyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭krustydoyle


    I thought the exact same when it showed that flashback at the start of the episode


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    #411
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    I don't think that's in question. They've shown
    her
    a lot.

    It's the knowing
    that Abby is going to die
    that's gonna slowly but surely have the biggest impact this season from what I can tell.


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    #412
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    She certainly doesn't mind taking her clothes off.


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    #413
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Mc Love wrote: »
    She certainly doesn't mind taking her clothes off.

    I'm very familiar with her work in Banshee ;)


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    #414
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,324 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Clareman wrote: »
    I'm very familiar with her work in Banshee ;)

    Mystery solved for me, I couldn't remember what I saw her in.

    Ray has a habit of throwing the leg over the women who hire him even when he was married so it's doubtful he will be able to resist this latest one.


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    #415
    oneilla
    Registered Users Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭oneilla


    I wasn't too high on the first few episodes (the flashbacks were odd) of this season but the latest episode really picked up with Bunch getting bunched (again!) and Mickey getting his hands dirty(again!). And the Susan Sarandon plot thickening a bit is helping. Hope it finds pacenow and picks up.


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    #416
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    I literally said "You're an idiot" at the screen when Bunch decided to go get food.


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    #417
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    I'm only on Sky pace, but Ray sleepwalking into having sex with the women he works for (and he never seems to be that interested in them) is getting a bit tired.


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    #418
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Slydice wrote: »
    I literally said "You're an idiot" at the screen when Bunch decided to go get food.

    Poor Bunch - I thought he would have at least put up more of a fight!


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    #419
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Approaching confusing!


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    #420
    lukin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭lukin


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    I'm only on Sky pace, but Ray sleepwalking into having sex with the women he works for (and he never seems to be that interested in them) is getting a bit tired.

    Yeah and it's also a bit tired that they always happen to be gorgeous.


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    #421
    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    The flashbacks are a pain in the arse.


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