The Deuce: episode by episode
The Deuce final season review – the porn epic everyone should be watching
David Simon’s seductive drama about the peep shows, pimps and porn stars of Times Square bows out in brilliant and bittersweet fashion. Tune in while you still can
The Deuce recap: season two, the finale – a rip-roaring changing of the guard
Bonds are broken as David Simon’s porn and cops drama ends with a resolution of sorts for Darlene and Larry, while Vincent struggles to adapt
The Deuce recap: season two, episode eight – he had it coming
One of the show’s most divisive characters meets their fate as the penultimate episode ups the stakes and violence comes to town
The Deuce recap: season two, episode seven – dread, deadbeats and Jane Does
Some people faced the consequences of their actions … and others escaped them. Ain’t it always the way?
The Deuce recap: season two, episode six – Rudy can't fail
The on-set histrionics are not Candy’s biggest problem with her porn movie – as with everything in life, the real headache is money
The Deuce recap: season two, episode five – Red Hot poppin' Candy
Candy teams up with an unlikely producer for her latest pornographic project, while Darlene and Lori look for a way out
The Deuce recap: season two, episode four – Freudian slips galore
Candy’s new film is starting to develop, while CC and Larry both make inroads into life in the industry and Vincent gets pulled deeper into mob life
The Deuce recap: season two, episode three – 'It’s not racism, it’s economics'
Larry and Darlene find out about prejudice in porn, while Candy has an ethical dilemma and Lori looks set to leave CC, as things heat up around Times Square
The Deuce recap: season two, episode two – Andy Warhol looks a scream
It’s a week when relationships start to fray, as Vince and Abby’s open arrangement begins to unravel and Lori thinks about life away from CC
The Deuce recap: season two, episode one – back in the New York groove
Five years on, and the Times Square residents are moving up in the world, slightly. But as the city changes under Ed Koch, a murder could be a precursor to the summer of Sam
From Taboo to Mindhunter: how TV drama washed away toxic masculinity
They were tarnished – but they were real. Like bad boy Tom Hardy in Taboo, men dug deeper to become more fragile and tormented in the best shows of 2017
The Deuce recap: episode eight – a finale filled with tragedy
Nobody expected a feel-good ending from David Simon, but there was something especially grim about the way this fabulous first season ended
The Deuce recap: episode seven – the balance of power starts to shift
The old-fashioned pimps are on the way out and it’s hard to feel sorry for them – especially as it gives the likes of Ashley and Abby a chance to assert themselves
The Deuce recap: episode six – Why Me?
Prostitution gives way to porn and Candy seems to be trapped in the wrong profession as David Simon’s drama continues to explore Times Square’s illicit underbelly
The Deuce recap: episode five – Covering up the Bruises
Candy’s assaults by clients are picked up on by Rodney the pimp and a porn director, while Abby and Darlene differ in their views on street life
The Deuce recap: episode four – Death of a Stranger
Candy is in turmoil this week, what with a client dying on her on top of an existential tiredness. Meanwhile, Vince finds the mob can’t protect him from everyone
The Deuce recap: episode three – truly, David Simon's drama is the best of times
With pimps and leotard-clad women and much talk of Dickens, Vince’s new bar is lighting up Times Square. But will any of our heroes find a way to make porn pay?
The Deuce recap: episode two – an unadulterated pleasure
David Simon’s drama drills deeper into the world of pornography, laying the land for the sexual boom time to come. And that first shoot sure proves eye-opening
The Deuce recap: episode one – prepare to be haunted by David Simon's ace porn drama
The Wire creator turns his exceptional eye to the birth of New York’s porn industry – and the pimps, prostitutes and ne’er-do-wells like James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal who populate this depraved world
