HBO has ordered up a second season of the period drama The Deuce from co-creators David Simon and George Pelecanos.
A second season is huge for The Deuce, a show that like David Simon’s classic The Wire needs time to slowly and gradually play out its intertwining storylines involving multiple characters, allowing the full picture to painstakingly reveal itself.
The Deuce continues with ‘The Principle Is All’ on Sunday, September 24th.
Like The Wire, The Deuce has space to encompass all sorts of different perspectives, showing its setting through the eyes of cops, prostitutes, pimps, honest businessmen, dishonest businessmen, mobsters, college students, reporters and a multitude of others.