Ray Donovan Season 1

Ray Donovan Season 1 is currently streaming on and , and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 842 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Liev Schreiber's performance alone is worth the time investment. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Ray Donovan Season 1 is worth clearing space for. The writing in Ray Donovan Season 1 treats its characters as people first, plot devices second. Ray's father Mickey is released from prison after twenty years and comes to Los Angeles to reconnect with his family, setting off a chain of events that reopens old wounds and tests the limits of loyalty, family and the law; Ray's wife and children struggle to reconcile their current upper middle class lifestyle with their blue collar South Boston roots, while trying to understand the complicated and distant man of the house; Terry begins a relationship with a married woman; Bunchy confronts the personal demons from his childhood. Liev Schreiber and Paula Malcomson lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2013. The performances in Ray Donovan Season 1 do a lot of work in the silences between the dialogue. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, Ray Donovan Season 1 delivers. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Liev Schreiber carries the material with a performance that rewards close attention. Worth starting sooner rather than later.