Ray Donovan

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Season 2
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 30, 2013
Season #: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
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Critic Reviews

  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    Jul 18, 2014
    100
    The trick to Ray Donovan, its gift to TV art, is to make almost every character emerge fully formed, and each scene a stunning vignette: of tragedy.
  2. Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Reviewed by: Mark Dawidziak
    Jul 11, 2014
    90
    This is hardly a one-character show. Ray is at the center of the movie-land maelstrom, to be sure, but everything around him is intriguing. And everything speaks to danger.
  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jul 11, 2014
    90
    Occupying familiar anti-hero territory with grim and often outrageous resolve, Ray Donovan is a sun-bleached noir and a character actor's paradise.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jul 10, 2014
    70
    While the series possesses enough pleasures, guilty or otherwise, to warrant a secure place in the DVR queue, it still feels like a program that is finding its way--seeking a balance between the seedy underbelly of L.A. glamor and the most dysfunctional of family dramas, connected by a fixer who’s mostly a downer.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jason Clark
    Jul 2, 2014
    67
    In trying to balance Elmore Leonard-styled grime, cultural satire, and family-focused subplots, Ray Donovan remains a well-crafted series that, like its title character, suffers from an identity crisis. [11 Jul 2014, p.65]
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#55 Best TV Season of 2014
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#67 Most Shared TV Season of 2014

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 73 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 73
  3. Negative: 10 out of 73
  1. jpojpo
    Jul 6, 2016
    8
    I've been binge watching and becoming a huge fan, but one pet peeve: notice how there isn't a single person that ends a conversation on ANYI've been binge watching and becoming a huge fan, but one pet peeve: notice how there isn't a single person that ends a conversation on ANY phone call, who ends a call realistically - it's actually become a distraction and makes me question the writing. I know I'm crazy, but it drives me crazy!! Say 'bye' or 'thanks' or 'bugger off' before you hang up. How do you know the other person is finished???!!!! Lol.… Full Review »
  2. albuddha
    Oct 19, 2014
    10
    Great show, upped the pace from season 1, and getting to know the characters a whole lot better. Great acting, twists and turns, manipulation,Great show, upped the pace from season 1, and getting to know the characters a whole lot better. Great acting, twists and turns, manipulation, scandal. money. love it… Full Review »
  3. ViniciusPaiva
    Sep 26, 2014
    10
    The first season was great though there were some things I did not enjoyed (such as Bridget's plot). However, this season is insanely insane!The first season was great though there were some things I did not enjoyed (such as Bridget's plot). However, this season is insanely insane! It's much better than the first one, all plots are working just fine for me and Walk This Way (2x06) is one os the best episodes I have seen in a series. Really worthy to give a shot.… Full Review »
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