Both bartender Vincent (James Franco) and aspiring filmmaker Candy (Maggie Gyllenhaal) are tasting success at the moment, which means change, and conflict, for both of them. Vincent may want to chuck it all, and give up life on the Deuce for a more mainstream existence in the suburbs, happily nested with Abby (Margarita Levieva). Candy, meanwhile, is wrapping up her “Red Hot” X-rated film version of the Little Red Riding Hood story – a project that has begun to attract both attention and investors. In the world of the Deuce, that could mean trouble rather than opportunity…