What would happen if the man who can solve any problem finds that his own life is slowly unraveling? It sounds almost cheesy, and in lesser hands it might be "the man who can fix anything but himself;" but Ray Donovan delivers that base premise with a powerful, evocative, straight to the kidneys emotional punch.
Launching Sunday with Dexter's 8th and final season, Ray Donovan may be dismissed by some as a Sopranos/Entourage hybrid. Indeed, the pilot does tread the line between offering a keyhole view into the less than savory behind-the-scenes maneuverings of Hollywood and a look at a rough, criminal family.
This is not the mafia, though. Ray Donovan centers on the titular character, a Hollywood "fixer" and man of few, but potent, words played gorgeously by Liev Schreiber. Ray Donovan is the guy that the athlete calls when he wakes up in a hotel room with a dead girl next to him, or the agent hires when his highest earning, action-star client is caught with a transvestite on Sunset Blvd.
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