Ray Donovan

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Season 5
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 30, 2013
Season #: 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
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  1. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Aug 4, 2017
    80
    As it is, writer-showrunner David Hollander has certainly crafted, last season and this one, an absorbing melodrama, aided a great deal by directors including John Dahl, who does terrific work in the second and third episodes.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Kyle Fowle
    Jul 31, 2017
    75
    The most intriguing plotline centers around a secretive movie exec named Samantha Winslow (Susan Sarandon, in a delightful strange turn). What does she want from Ray? The suspense is enough to pull us back in. [4 Aug 2017, p.56]
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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 23
  3. Negative: 6 out of 23
  1. StanCliffBroad
    Aug 30, 2017
    4
    What an utter bore this season has become. Self inflicted misery by all characters, not one of them has got their act together, it's becomeWhat an utter bore this season has become. Self inflicted misery by all characters, not one of them has got their act together, it's become just one long pity feast. I don't feel for any of them, I don't care about any of them, even the the guy with Parkinson's, just put to one side his ailment and everything else is his own stupid fault. How is watching losers entertainment?… Full Review »
  2. Puddum
    Sep 6, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I know I'm only four shows into this 5th Ray Donovan go-round, but I need a score card to keep track of all the "back to the future" moments in this new season. It flip flops back and forth in surrealism from events in the past to the current day in time without much of a clear cut pattern as to what exactly is going on. The show makes no sense at all; meanwhile throwing a puzzling Natalie James into the mix every other scene or so. The shows fact checkers are off the mark, too, this season. After totaling their car by driving over a cliff (complete w/deployed airbags and a ghostly, half naked Natalie James standing in their way); Ray and Abby are seen getting into that same car the next day with nary a scratch on it. Back and forth between scenes and with no explanations; Terry ricochets with his new remote control device that turns his Parkensons on and off at will. This season better start making sense or I won't be watching it much longer. This 5th season has veered off course more into a twilight zone, kaleidoscope direction often taken by David Lynch. Perplexing, dark, eerie, depressing, puzzling and, simply, boring...zzzz...… Full Review »
  3. yass
    Oct 12, 2017
    8
    We see a new face of Ray Donovan, a deeper, sadder, and in general a more emotional side of this program. As much as I was puzzled by theWe see a new face of Ray Donovan, a deeper, sadder, and in general a more emotional side of this program. As much as I was puzzled by the flashbacks, it did have a good purpose. Liev Schreiber is playing the hardest role he's ever done in the tv show, and he's doing it great so far. Couldn't say less about Paula Malcolmson and most of the cast of the show. The subplot is not the best they've ever done, but it's still one of the best returns this year.… Full Review »
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