American Gigolo: Season 1

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SHOWTIME | Season Premiere Date: September 9, 2022

Summary: Julian Kaye (Jon Bernthal) tries to restart his life and find who is responsible for his wrongful conviction for murder after being released from a 15-year jail sentence in this series reimagining of the 1980 movie of the same name.

[Premieres on the Showtime app and on-demand on 9 Sep 2022 and on the Showtime network on 11 Sep 2022]

Creator: David Hollander

Genre(s): Drama

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. East of Eden
Air Date: October 30, 2022
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S1:E7. Atomic
Air Date: October 23, 2022
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S1:E6. Sunday Girl
Air Date: October 16, 2022

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Lorraine Ali

Sep 9, 2022

The “American Gigolo” of 2022 holds its own as an engrossing murder mystery that plays out across present-day Los Angeles and over a series of flashbacks to the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... [Bernthal is] also surprisingly convincing as a traumatized, near-broken man who‘s never had control over his own life. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Sep 6, 2022

Given that its most intriguing facets have to do with Julian’s interior struggles, it remains to be seen if American Gigolo can sustain itself over the course of ten episodes (much less multiple seasons). ... It may not be as unique and pioneering as its source material (or celebrate its star, à la Gere, in all his unclothed full-frontal glory), but Hollander’s drama has a poise and polish that makes it a date worth keeping. Read full review

Al Shipley

Sep 6, 2022

Bernthal is convincing as both a 30-year-old Julian in over his head, and as the 45-year-old ex-convict trying to put his life back together, and O’Donnell is a surprisingly natural fit as a hardboiled detective. But the unanswered questions driving the story are just not as suspenseful as the show seems to think. Ultimately, American Gigolo is a dour show that seems disinterested in capturing the spirit of what made the original a hit. Read full review

The Telegraph Jasper Rees

Sep 12, 2022

It’s as subtle as a brick wrapped in cement dunked in concrete. Also it’s horribly slow, even the sections that don’t unfold in actual slow motion. Read full review

Rebecca Onion

Jan 9, 2023

I really can’t overstate how bizarre this version is. ... It creates a misogynistic fantasy of its own, not to mention borrowing from Q’s corrosive idea that sex trafficking is an underground network servicing an elite clientele. This American Gigolo is wild where the old one was steadfastly subdued, but I’m not sure the new Julian Kay is any closer to a man who ever really lived. Read full review

Nina Metz

Sep 9, 2022

In the three episodes provided to critics, the timeline moves forward and backward, over and over, between Julian’s past and his present, in a strained attempt to bring a sense of depth to what is ultimately a shallow story. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Travers

Sep 6, 2022

The ambition-free, utterly indistinct, and borderline misogynistic “American Gigolo” still exhibits a worst-case scenario. There’s nothing winning here, but plenty to be sad about. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 2022
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  S1:E8. East of Eden
  Air Date: October 30, 2022
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  S1:E7. Atomic
  Air Date: October 23, 2022
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  S1:E6. Sunday Girl
  Air Date: October 16, 2022
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  S1:E5. The Escape Wheel
  Air Date: October 9, 2022
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  S1:E4. Nothing is Real but the Girl
  Air Date: October 2, 2022
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  S1:E3. Rapture
  Air Date: September 25, 2022
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  S1:E2. Pretty Baby
  Air Date: September 18, 2022
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: September 11, 2022