99 Words About … Showtime’s overstuffed ‘Ray Donovan’
“Ray Donovan’s” (10 p.m. Sunday, Showtime) title character, an all-around tough guy (Liev Schreiber), is L.A.’s best fixer.
Hire him to make a problem — any problem — go away and consider it gone.
But the engrossing new drama from “Southland” creator Ann Biderman has enough going on for a half-dozen series.
A recently paroled thug (Jon Voight). A former boxer with Parkinson’s. A former Disney star with epilepsy. A Hollywood A-lister with a penchant for transsexuals. A burgeoning NBA scandal. A dead priest. A stalker. Addiction. Overdose. Molestation. And plenty of daddy issues.
And that’s just the first 22 minutes.
— CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE