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Time Takes a Cigarette", the final episode of "Ray Donovan" season 5 was a good one. Although there weren't many loose ends tied here, it did enjoyed for its best qualities: acting, and some writing.
This 5th season in my opinion was weakest yet. As much as i enjoyed 4 previous seasons, this one was poorly paced. I did like the idea of how they were set up this seasons main story (Abby), but it was not convincingly shown. Flashbacks did hurt the overall pacing, a lot. They were simply boring. I liked the idea, but not the execution. But there was a key scene in which present and paced collided, and it was great, with Liev Schreiber's acting tour de force. No wonder he was nominated this year for Golden Globe - along with some good writing he is the reason to watch this show. - its hard to root for this character, Ray Ray, and especially in this season.
Overall, i do look forward to next season. This wasn't great, but it wasn't bad neither. A pretty OK season, and kinda good finale.
Time Takes a Cigarette", the final episode of "Ray Donovan" season 5 was a good one. Although there weren't many loose ends tied here, it did enjoyed for its best qualities: acting, and some writing.
This 5th season in my opinion was weakest yet. As much as i enjoyed 4 previous seasons, this one was poorly paced. I did like the idea of how they were set up this seasons main story (Abby), but it was not convincingly shown. Flashbacks did hurt the overall pacing, a lot. They were simply boring. I liked the idea, but not the execution. But there was a key scene in which present and paced collided, and it was great, with Liev Schreiber's acting tour de force. No wonder he was nominated this year for Golden Globe - along with some good writing he is the reason to watch this show. - its hard to root for this character, Ray Ray, and especially in this season.
Overall, i do look forward to next season. This wasn't great, but it wasn't bad neither. A pretty OK season, and kinda good finale.