The second season returns to complete dramatic events and exciting surprises. Ray saves a client from a violent confrontation threatening his life and Mickey starts working at a Mexican restaurant. Abby meets with a new friend, and Bunchy encounters a possible new love. On the other hand, Abe tries to enjoy her new neighbors in Trussdale and decides to get closer to Jim, her cop friend, and Micky is trying to plan a meeting with a film executive. An FBI agent discovers that Ray and Micky were involved in the killing of Sully Sullivan.
Ray Donovan remains somewhat limited in its appeal -- featuring colorful characters, yes, but at times constricted by Ray's cowboy nature, which includes a professional knack for finding weak spots and exploiting them.
Luckily, the show has Schreiber around to continually save it from the kind of embarrassing scrapes Ray is repeatedly asked to fix for his lawyer boss (Elliott Gould).
Ray Donovan is in the remarkable position of being a show that appears to be built entirely of moments that are gratuitous, provocative, and emptily thrilling.
