The Deuce
"Once upon a time in America, pleasure became a business."
Plot Summary
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.
Cast & Characters
Cast
James Franco
Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Eileen 'Candy' Merrell
Chris Bauer
Bobby Dwyer
Chris Coy
Paul Hendrickson
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Chris Alston
Luke Kirby
Gene Goldman
Margarita Levieva
Abigail 'Abby' Parker
Emily Meade
Lori Madison
Michael Rispoli
Rudy Pipilo
Sepideh Moafi
Loretta
Daniel Sauli
Tommy Longo
David Krumholtz
Harvey Wasserman
Olivia Luccardi
Melissa
David Johnson
Mental Patient
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Seasons (3)
Season 1
8 episodes
Aired: 2017
Season 2
9 episodes
Aired: 2018
Resuming five years after the culmination of the first season, season two returns to the world of 1977. Disco and punk are in full swing, and police corruption and political tolerance for New York’s midtown demimonde is at its height. And the Mafia, the early backer of pornography at the moment when courts declared for its legality, is now seemingly poised to reap great profits.
Season 3
8 episodes
Aired: 2019
Season three brings us into the world of 1985, just as VHS overtakes film as the primary medium for porn production and distribution. The lure of the California sunshine, the city’s aggressive takeover of commercial sex properties in Times Square and the devastating impact of the AIDS epidemic mark the end of an era. With the party of the 1970s winding down, 42nd Street has deteriorated into a hive of uncontrolled violent crime and seedy video stores, making urban renewal seem more unlikely than ever before.
Production
Blown Deadline Productions