Thank you to the entire team who put this together to send off an amazing series!
Ray Donovan is my favorite Series of All Time. I like it better than Sopranos, Game of Thrones, The Wire, Peaky Blinders, Boardwalk Empire, and Breaking Bad.
Liev's performance was only amplified by his stellar supporting cast that just brought it every scene, every episode. It was fun to see the Hollywood fixer scrounge the soft-white underbelly of California. Jon Voight was hilarious, and was full of entertaining hijinks that didn't feel forced or plastic. Paula Malcomson killed it as lead role alongside Liev and every scene with her, added depth/character to the show. Pooch was fun, and his role in the Donovan family added dynamic range to the palette of the story. Marsan encapsulated Parkinson's perfectly, and was a great eldest brother (Who's the Ding *** Who's the Ding!!). Dash Mihok displayed some of the finest drama acting I've ever seen, and his role was written to be quite complicating to pull off; he performed with excellence and grace!! Every side character further illumined the plot, and was entertaining to watch.
The acting is just World Class, exemplified in the Priest episodes and also in the Cancer episodes. When Ray broke down crying, I felt that burn in my soul. The immense pain some of us live with from childhood sexual abuse hasn't been represented for the masculine audience who, like Ray, have buried the pain deep into the recesses of our consciousness. Bravo Liev, you'll always exist in infamy!
This movie tied up loose ends, and the very ending SPOILERS:::: was a nice ouroboros to this series. I don't know what direction it could have gone elsewhere, as it was always ever going to end in destruction for the slow-burn Ray had ignited from the shadows all of these years. It sucked Mickey was killed by Bridget....