Started watching Ray Donovan, mostly because I was intrigued as to why it got nominated for so many things yet nobody I know had ever seen it.
After season 1, I think I’ve got the answers to those questions. For one, it’s a show that feels like it has been done before. It’s just a tough guy, fixer show. It reminds me of 80s/90s actions movies: entertaining enough, but far fetched and doesn’t really hit on anything original. The acting from the main cast is good, the rest, not so much. I’m going to keep watching, but I don’t think at this point I would recommend. I also can’t imagine many people’s wives would enjoy it, Liev Shreiber or not. I know mine didn’t. She said it was just “Scandal” for guys.