SEASON PREMIERE: The Season 2 premiere of The Deuce jumps forward four years, picking up the action around Times Square and its dreamers and hustlers in 1977. In one sense, it’s a continuation of the ongoing tease by series creators David Simon and George Pelacanos. Last year’s freshman season ended just as Deep Throat was hitting Manhattan movie houses and upending the porn film industry – and Season 2 returns with both that industry, and several of last year’s characters, firmly entrenched. I was eager to see that part of the story, but the second tonight’s Season 2 premiere begins, with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Candy strutting down the street Saturday Night Fever style, then leading viewers through a long, unbroken camera shot as she penetrates the inner world of New York’s seedier side, I was hooked all over again. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

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