The Deuce

I finally finished watching the first season of The Deuce today.  A good show for sure, which I would recommend if you don't mind watching a dirty and seedy depiction of a dirty and seedy early 70's New York (and I think this show particularly pushed the boundaries of nudity and sex).  Since this series was by the creators of The Wire, the "best television show ever", I obviously had unreasonably high expectations - which I don't think it quite met (though it would make a great drinking game to have a drink whenever you see an actor who was in The Wire!).  But it was definitely watchable and engrossing, if at times very bleak, and it has been renewed so I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes next (as opposed to Vinyl, which was also on HBO and also set in New York in the early 70's - but I guess music/drugs is not as good a combination as porn/prostitution!).