User Reviews

This show is coming to an end and it's very bittersweet. This episode is one of the best TV episodes I have seen and has evoked many emotions from me. The cinematography, soundtrack, set design is all fantastic but the acting is really the selling point of The Deuce. There is so much talent on the show. There were three particular scenes that made this typical 8-9/10 episode a 10.

The scene between Vincent and Frank was very powerful. It's very sad to witness how AIDS is taking these characters we have watched from earlier seasons and who we have grown attached to over time.

The scene between Lori and Eileen was devastating. While I was very fond of Eileen as a character, my perspective on her has changed drastically. She keeps a considerable distance from Lori and while she tries to attempt to become closer to her, her efforts aren't sufficient enough.

Lori's final scene was the scene that made this episode a 10. I was not expecting what was to happen and genuinely hoped for a better outcome for her as a character but the brutal and sudden act of killing herself was quite literally 'jaw dropping'. The camera lingered to let the viewers absorb what just happened and it left me thinking for a long time to accept what I had just witnessed.

Overall this show has been successful in its realism and not sugarcoating anything and while it can be certainly tough to watch sometimes, it's meant to be.

There is really no need to break this episode down , fine acting by all the cast , but following adult movies back in the 80's and watching a few actresses taking their own lives , cause of their careers just not working out , I believe that Lori Madison , well played by Emily Meade , could only end the way she did herself in , thinking of Shauna Grant , early 20's . Made movies then all of the sudden blew her own head off with a shotgun , depressed then gone so young. Tell you that life , not making the best decisions causes people to do such foolish acts . The Deuce was real and so many people lived it and so many people died back in the 80's , was so sad and became history .

The series was really good in the first season and then in the second season started to be so so, and then in the third season they just started killing all the good characters for no reason, and in this episode it's just ridiculous the way Lori just kills herself out of nowhere, showing no indication that she was ever thinking about suicide. so sad to see a series that had such good promises turning to be so bad at the last episodes.