/r/RayDonovan

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Subreddit for the Showtime TV series Ray Donovan, starring Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight.

The subreddit for the Showtime series Ray Donovan. Ray Donovan, the titular character, is a professional "fixer" for the rich and famous in LA, and can make anyone's problems disappear – except for those created by his own family.


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Season 7 (full series list here)

Season 6

Season 5 (full series list here)


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1

what is artist doing music at end of s04e06

It's delightfully haunting.

1 Comment
2024/11/08
00:42 UTC

7

Ray Donovan movie

Right what the actual Fook

Broke my bloody heart

Micky🥲

5 Comments
2024/11/06
22:04 UTC

9

On my 5th rewatch of season 6. My favorite if u can’t tell. What’s yours?

Gimmie your fave season.

4 Comments
2024/10/28
19:10 UTC

3

Micky was in the right

mickey, I started watching RD 3 weeks ago and I finally finished the movie and I usually like to go on online forums to check the history of any fandom I've missed out on. I'm disappointed in the number of people that view mickey as the Antagonist. I understand that he's a screw up but you can't blame 100% of the problems on him. Bridget died because of Sullivan, Darell wanted to be a gangster because he idolized his father so idk why he blames mickey for all the trouble, ray's attempts at trying to kill/imprison his father ends up backfiring but he blames mick??? and BRIDGET blames mick for her fiancee's death when Daryll was the one that started that gunfight and its cute how he never mentions to bridget thats his gun is what shot him in the neck. Mick sucks but he tried his hardest to make amends, he didn't ever try to kill his sons even after all the times they betrayed him. ungrateful family

2 Comments
2024/10/25
14:41 UTC

13

My favorite episode

IMO Conor’s birthday episode is the best. It has all the characters under one roof and interacting with each other. Great sub plots…and Walk This Way dance off at the end was fucking fantastic!

4 Comments
2024/10/19
21:13 UTC

1

The movie

I’m watching for the first time and got a spoiler. I’m only at the tail end of season 1.. is it still worth watching the entire show plus the movie if I only know what Molly does to Ray?

0 Comments
2024/10/17
00:59 UTC

25

I’ve been a fool

I always saw the ads and trailers for this show and thought it looked so dumb, I was such a fool. Decided to give the show a shot last Friday and here I am almost a week later. S3E10 and this show is absolutely amazing. I’m so sad I’ve missed out on the years of people discussing it and am beyond happy to see it still being discussed on this subreddit. Can’t wait to see what’s next for Ray and the family.

13 Comments
2024/10/16
20:34 UTC

12

Is Mick the best character?

Even tho he is the antagonist of the show and all and in a lot of ways is a bit of a POS, but he is just such an interesting and complex character. Hes also very funny and it’s cool to see him plan all of his little scams and heists that without fail ALWAYS get messed up somehow lol, I think Voight nailed it with this character and I can’t imagine anyone else playing Mick but I just really like the way this character was written and he added so much to the story of the show. Terry would probably be my second favorite character, I also liked Avi a lot too

11 Comments
2024/10/15
04:07 UTC

5

Rewatching Ray Donovan for like the 10th time. Does anyone know what house song is playing in the house at Belikovs when he goes to collect the painting. I can never find it on Shazam or any the soundtrack sites.

It's on season 4 episode 6. Time stamp 26 minutes.

3 Comments
2024/10/14
05:31 UTC

12

What about a prequel series?

I'm rewatching the series, currently in season 6, and I was noticing how miserable it all becomes, each season seems to be more tragic, and everytime Ray and his family appear to be going somewhere good something bad derails it, I mean, the man almost owned ad NFL team.

Other than liking Abby more than the first time and confirming that Bridgit is more annoying than I remembered, the thing that got me the most is how in the first season it looked like Ray's work would be a bigger part of the show before the family drama took over.

So I thing something interesting would be a prequel series set at the early days of Ray working for Ezra, how he got his reputation, bringing more clients, his relationship with Abby, how he met Avi, etc.

4 Comments
2024/10/03
02:05 UTC

2

Ray and Steve Knight

So I'm rewatching the show for the 2nd time. I watched it for the 1st time years ago so I've forgotten most of it so it's almost like watching for the first time all over again. I'm on the second season and my question is this:

Why does Ray seem to be hypnotized by Steve Knight? He doesn't like Knight, he says as much, but for some reason he is open to sharing his thoughts when provoked by Knight and even shares intimate details of his personal life with him. What is it about Steve Knight that seems to have Ray so transfixed? Does he admire Knight's ability to be open and honest? Is that why we see him make some attempts throughout the season to be more open with those around him?

1 Comment
2024/10/02
05:14 UTC

10

Abby and Ray

I’m sorry but I’m not team Ray at all. He’s a literally a piece of shit: don’t get me wrong watching him ruin his life is entertaining but omg what a douche. A serial cheater, a liar, and yet he has the audacity to cry out to Abby “why would you leave me?” i had to laugh. Who’s sticking around for that bs lol I’m glad my good sis dealt with her cancer on her own terms. I probably would have killed myself to being married to ray. He’s addicted to women who need saving and Abby wasn’t one of them.

8 Comments
2024/09/24
15:22 UTC

0

The Penguin

0 Comments
2024/09/22
04:36 UTC

12

Rewatching...

And i can't get over how insufferable Abbeys character is.

Especially how she acted when Cookie killed Recon.

Just unbelievably stupid, dramatic and emotional

12 Comments
2024/09/13
21:21 UTC

5

Am i stupid or..?

I just started S4 so please no spoilers but am i wrong for liking and rooting for Mickey ?

13 Comments
2024/09/02
16:59 UTC

0

What EV would ray choose to drive?

1 Comment
2024/09/01
07:41 UTC

4

Struggling with season 5 so far

It might just be that I've binged the show so far and need a break but I'm 4 episodes into season 5 and I'm just finding it very boring. The non-linear storytelling doesn't do much for me, it just looks like a gimmick and it's kind of what I call misery porn so far. I appreciate it's a different style and it's not the typical arc of previous seasons. I'm just surprised how quickly I've gone off the show. I'm OK with spoilers I guess, is there more to the season than the Abby plot?

11 Comments
2024/08/29
22:32 UTC

6

Maybe the most inconsistent series of the prestiege era

At times the series especially in its first season reached levels of the Sopranos and Breaking Bad but other times it seemed to be a sandbox for Liev and David Hollander to do David Lynch. I think Anne Bidderman quitting the series and perhaps in the end not having an auteur vision of the show is the reason it never hit it's full potential. That said the movie actually is one of the few times I can say a wrap up movie for a series lands the hit, the final 25 minutes of the film is heart wrenching and a perfect connection to what the series was at the beginning.

11 Comments
2024/08/28
21:31 UTC

9

I think season 4 was the best of the series

I think season 4 is where the show shined. There are moments throughout that season that has some of the best performances of the series. Ray's call to Mickey in jail breaking down and crying and Mickey not being able to keep his usual false front up. It also has the best antagonists of any season in not just the Russians but in Hector and his sister.

7 Comments
2024/08/28
21:26 UTC

4

Where to watch movie?

I am in Canada and just finished the series on Paramount+, but can't find the movie anywhere! I've checked Prime, Paramount, Apple and Netflix. Anyone know how I can watch the movie in Canada? Thanks!

25 Comments
2024/08/15
15:29 UTC

1

Taughts after watching 7 seasons with movie (spoliers)

Sorry for english Is not my primary laugage

First 3 seasons was great. I enjoyed a lot how ray fixing problem and little suffer for mike thing, I mean I was disapotioned that he survied season 1 finale. After season 4 It was tough to watch, the "fixing" thing was maybe in first 1-2 episodes then a lot of what i call ray vs one major boss who dies at the end of season. Mike "things" were frustrating and tough to wqtch bacuse of plot amor he had i mean blowing a bus in season 6 or escape from hospital, and with all to the respct for actor he movement Is movment of 75-80 granpa guy not a guy who can knouckout or punch a 20-30 old guy.

1 Comment
2024/08/14
14:03 UTC

0

L

1 Comment
2024/08/14
08:40 UTC

2

Season 5

Season 5 is so dull and boring and sad…. Like come on kill Abby and get over it Jesus on to the next.

1 Comment
2024/08/11
23:37 UTC

4

Ray gets away with..

FORGETTING ANYTHING. The only man in the world who can forget his anniversary and it not be a felony crime! Ray- “It’s our anniversary?” Abby - “Twenty-one Fkin years” as she’s smiling.

1 Comment
2024/08/11
01:49 UTC

1

Why did the show runners change the basic plot

In season one and two rays position seems quite believable.

By season 4 the whole show seems to crumble. You have Mick always running wild and he never gets any heat.

Ray is some super gangster taking down the toughest organised crime group in the world.

Then to top this all off bunch is robbed by some fools in a sandwich shop Mick ray and bunch can't put it together and get back the stash.

Seems the writers were huffing their own farts later. The story with Abby would have been so much more impactful if it want wrapped up in Ray being so untouchable

0 Comments
2024/08/10
14:07 UTC

9

Havent watched RD in a week because of Bridget. [Spoilers from season 1-6]

I love this show, and I understand that this entire family, anybody that's having the name Donovan is a dysfunctional piece of shit more often than not.

However Bridget is making a show so unbearable that I have now found myself muting the TV and reading the subtitles whenever she's on.

She is just consistently complaining and saying the same thing every single season it is getting so annoying, like she's already one of the worst characters I've ever seen on any TV show but the hypocrisy and the entitlement is so infuriating that I generally want to punch her in the face, not the actress but like if you can go and Ready Player One this show and she was there I'm fucking kicking her in the neck.

Waaa you're a terrible dad because my boyfriend who hangs with gangbangers tried to sexually assault me and you acted like any father would.

Waaa you're a terrible father and dont know how to love anyone because you dont want a pedophile statutory raping me!

Waaa you're a terrible person because you were willing to sacrifice a stranger to save the love of your life, and my mother.

Also I love how this bitch has the audacity to tell Bunchy that she knows what it's like to grow up without a mother. Are we fucking kidding ourselves right now? Anytime you had on screen with your mother was spent with you belitting her, mocking her, and making her feel like she was the biggest piece of shit in the world but now that she's gone she was your best fucking friend? This is proof that rich kids get into good schools because there's no way she could get into Bel Air and NYU and be this fucking beddarded.

1 Comment
2024/08/05
03:50 UTC

4

Aryans

Anyone else bothered by the fact they completely got rid of the aryan storyline happening out of nowhere? They were coming after terry and put the weight on the table in the fight club, knowing they were coming after them. But literally nothing happened lol they should’ve at least had something happen, i thought it was going to another huge war like with the menassians

2 Comments
2024/08/04
20:07 UTC

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