I didn't jump right into Showtime's new crime drama series at the start of it's record-breaking premiere this summer. Part of my reasoning was spite; clearly this was to be the hopeful substitution in light of 'Dexter' being in its final season. I also had to get the image of Liev Schreiber as Victor Creed (Sabretooth; a reference only for my Marvel people) out of my head indefinitely.
In his first lead television role, Schreiber is the criminally affiliated liaison Ray Donovan, a trusted and discrete "fixer" for employers Ezra Goldman (Elliott Gould) and Lee Drexler (Peter Jacobson) who head a law firm that represents celebrities. Ray and his personal henchman, Avi, (Steven Bauer) perform swift, under-the-radar jobs for their high profile clients. The crux of our conflict derives from Mickey Donovan, (John Voight) Ray's father, an ex-convict who spent 20 years in prison before being released unexpectedly.
Approaching the eighth of it's 12-episode season, we're still waiting on some information. On the surface, we know that Ray coerced a plan to use his father as a cover for a shooting incident involving actor Sean Walker (Johnathon Schaech). We know that Mickey Donovan is a snitch working with an FBI agent. We also the Donovan sister, Bridget, committed suicide in the past, which seems to be crucially related or vaguely irrelevant. We just watched Ray hire this all too legit "Sully" character to murder his father for him, which should be an enjoyable anticipation. These moving parts are surely about to come together. Even as Mickey's undisclosed plan has not been fully revealed, his involvement with Sean Walker seems to imply he just wants back in the movie business. With "Sully", Ray's family struggles compounding, and more information to come, you can sense a suspenseful wave of momentum approaching for this show. I look forward to learning how it pieces together.
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