Times Square, 1977. After his early successes managing the Hi-Hat and French Parlor, Vincent is now proprietor of a new mob-backed disco, Club 366, while his girlfriend Abby has brought the nascent punk-rock culture into the Hi-Hat. Vincent's twin brother, Frankie, remains a problem, "borrowing" money from Show Land, the sex emporium he manages, to pay off his debts. Candy, now a "triple threat" as a porn actress, producer and director, is looking to make more artful, ambitious adult films, over the objections of her collaborator, Harvey. C.C. pulls a con on Bernie Wolf, the director of a porn film starring Lori, to get her more money. Hoping to launch a more upscale gay nightclub, Paul looks to sever mob ties from his current bar. Alston, now a hugging detective, is approached by Gene Goldman, a civil servant appointed by Mayor Koch to clean up Times Square.

The Deuce Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - Our Raison d'Etre
• s02e02 - There's an Art to This
• s02e03 - Seven-Fifty
• s02e04 - What Big Ideas
• s02e05 - All You'll Be Eating is Cannibals
• s02e06 - We're All Beasts
• s02e07 - The Feminism Part
• s02e08 - Nobody Has to Get Hurt
• s02e09 - Inside the Pretend

The Deuce Show Summary

This drama series follows the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world of midtown Manhattan. James Franco stars as real-life twin brothers who were players in the Times Square world and became fronts for mob control of the volatile and lucrative sex industry from its beginnings.