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RAY DONOVAN
July 12, 2015  | By David Bianculli

Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET

 

SEASON PREMIERE: The opening episode of this new season makes great use of Jon Voight as Ray’s loose-cannon father, but also establishes two new characters with brief but attention-getting performances, and great new foils against which Liev Schreiber, as Ray, can play. One is former Deadwood villain (or anti-hero) Ian McShane, as a multi-millionaire seeking Ray’s services – and the other is Katie Holmes, as the businessman’s flinty daughter. Neither McShane nor Holmes get a great deal of screen time in the opener, but they make the most of it: McShane with his droll line delivery, Holmes with some withering glances and aggressively attitudinal body language.

 
 
 
 
 
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