Rain Dogs

Name: Rain Dogs
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: March 6, 2023
Rating: 87

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HBO | Release Date: March 6, 2023

Summary: Single mother Costello Jones (Daisy May Cooper) raises her 10-year-old daughter (Fleur Tashjian) with the help of her friends Selby (Jack Farthing) and Gloria (Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo) in this dark comedy written and created by Cash Carraway.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Recent Episodes

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S1:E8. This Is Not an Exit
Air Date: May 23, 2023
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S1:E7. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
Air Date: May 16, 2023
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S1:E6. Jesus Loves a Hustler
Air Date: May 9, 2023

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The Independent Sean O'Grady

Apr 5, 2023

Director Richard Layton, writer Cash Carraway, and the rest of the team, deserve great credit and, in time, some awards, for this evocative but bleak sketch of life at the arse-end of Rishi Sunak’s Britain, a country grown too used to the gross indecency of poverty. It’s a fine memento of our troubled times. Read full review

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Matthew Gilbert

Mar 9, 2023

“Rain Dogs” is for more daring viewers and not for those seeking a balm. The half-hour show is rewarding, rich in its characterizations and commanding in its self-awareness, but the journey can be harsh, especially as your hopes for the characters are so often dashed. ... Another compelling thing about “Rain Dogs”: Cooper, whose performance is remarkable, by turns tender, brash, and amusing. ... Extraordinary show. Read full review

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i Emily Baker

Apr 4, 2023

It’s a messy, brilliant, sharp drama with buckets of pathos and plenty of laughs to lighten the mood. Don’t miss it. Read full review

The Daily Beast Coleman Spilde

Mar 6, 2023

Rain Dogs certainly won’t be for everyone—least of all those who don’t enjoy caustic, dark English humor—but that’s why it’s so surprising. Here’s one of the first series of the year that doesn’t try to operate on a scale of mass appeal. Instead, it’s focused on itself, making sure that its characters find a way forward for a satisfying tale of what real tenacity looks like. Read full review

The Telegraph Jasper Rees

Apr 4, 2023

The unstinting flow of gags about sex, drugs and funeral parlours is not for all markets: it all depends on where you set your tolerance threshold. But Rain Dogs feels at its bravest and angriest when at its funniest. Whenever it tries to wipe the smile off its own face, it slightly camouflages itself as any other drama. Read full review

Joel Keller

Mar 7, 2023

Rain Dogs promises to be an interesting examination in a certain kind of found family that’s by turns darkly funny and warmly inspiring. Read full review

Radio Times James Hibbs

Apr 4, 2023

It's fair to say that this series is utterly original in its structure and where it takes its characters, and in making such sharp diversions keeps things interesting, but also sometimes gives a sense of whiplash, particularly as you start to enjoy any of the given set-ups. Read full review

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UncleWillard

Mar 22, 2023

Good stuff here. Definitely an odd duck, especially for American audiences, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it. At it's core, this is a show about broken people who refuse to be doomed by their past trauma. Both Daisy May Cooper and Jack Farthing give amazing performances.

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blackpudding

Apr 4, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Underwritten, cartoonish story. Typical of the kind of thing produced by the beeb and punted internationally, pushed as 'authentic'. It's quite horrible really. Obligatory inclusion of rich, mentally troubled anti hero, a child who is portrayed as largely unperturbed by her grim situation, and overall poor taste. I'm embarrassed on behalf of the writer's oblivious, patronising take. Nottinghill style 'Brit' media nonsense.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

87
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 6, 2023
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  S1:E8. This Is Not an Exit
  Air Date: May 23, 2023
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  S1:E7. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
  Air Date: May 16, 2023
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  S1:E6. Jesus Loves a Hustler
  Air Date: May 9, 2023
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  S1:E5. Emotional Erection
  Air Date: May 2, 2023
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  S1:E4. Didion Hell
  Air Date: April 25, 2023
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  S1:E3. The Small World of Florian Selby
  Air Date: April 18, 2023
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  S1:E2. Scenes From a Crucifixion
  Air Date: April 11, 2023
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  S1:E1. It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
  Air Date: April 4, 2023