The Deuce
Once upon a time in America, pleasure became a business.
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.
Seasons
Season 1
8 episodes
Episodes
Season 2
9 episodes
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
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.
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
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