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EPISODE
SEASON
SCHEDULE
The Deuce - Season 1 Episode 08: My Name Is Ruby
This series focuses on the seedy world of Manhattan's porn and prostitution industry in the 1970s and 1980s, telling the story of Candy, a sex worker with high ambitions who aspires to make a name for herself producing X-rated films.
28 February 1977, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
28 February 1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA
13 August 1990, Los Angeles County, California, USA
7 April 1952, New York City, New York, USA
27 June 1979, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
23 April 1953, New York City, New York, USA
21 September 1987, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
October 29, 2017
The Deuce saved its best, and its worst, for last.
October 29, 2017
Unwitting transformation is on display throughout the season finale.
October 29, 2017
"My Name Is Ruby" is a fantastic season finale with a couple of strange, out-of-character moments, the type that initially made me question the necessity of stretching past the hour-long mark.
October 29, 2017
A fitting season finale for The Deuce.
October 29, 2017
The episode's organizing principle is to depict the spectrum of success: There are people on steady ground and there are people who feel unmoored in their own environment, and most of the time they're walking next to each other.
October 29, 2017
The Deuce isn't the type of show to make uncomplicated villains out of anyone, but this final episode quiets the violins over the marginalization of the Times Square pimps.
October 29, 2017
The Deuce, like much of David Simon's work, is about making the audience look at people whom society refuses to acknowledge, and the Season 1 finale put its spotlight on Ruby.
