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Get Shorty

★ 8.2 9K votes 2017–2019 3 seasons · 27 episodes Ended Epix
Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 8/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 8/10Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 8/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Chris O'DowdRay RomanoSean BridgersCarolyn DoddGoya RoblesLidia Porto
Written by
Davey Holmes
Starring
Chris O'DowdRay RomanoSean BridgersCarolyn DoddGoya RoblesLidia Porto
Written by
Davey Holmes
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About

"Hollywood dreams financed with mob money and dread"

A low-level mob enforcer decides he'd rather make movies than break kneecaps, and talks his way into Hollywood using threats, charm, and a script he actually believes in. The show splits its time between LA's fragile film-financing world and the violent crew back home who won't let him walk away clean. It's darkly funny and slow-building, more character study than caper, with sharp dialogue and a strong cast carrying long stretches where not much explodes. Think prestige-crime tone crossed with industry satire.

Watch it for

the deadpan clash between movie-pitch optimism and genuine, creeping violence.

Maybe skip if

you want fast plotting rather than a slow, dialogue-heavy character piece.

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All Seasons

Season 12017
8.03K109h 20m
In season one, Miles convinces washed up producer Rick Moreweather to film a period piece, a script he “procures” while working as muscle for a Nevada crime ring. Along with his criminal associate Louis, Miles attempts to keep his worlds from colliding as he balances the demands of filmmaking while keeping the suspicions of the crime ring’s chief, Amara and her dangerous nephew, Yago at bay.
Season 22018
8.22K109h 11m
In season two, Miles Daly struggles to reconcile his ambitions as a filmmaker and a family man with his skill set as a career criminal. His progress in Hollywood is jeopardized when the washed-up producer with whom he partnered in season one agrees to wear a Federal wire. Miles faces off with criminal financiers and with a Hollywood power-broker who could be the most dangerous of all.
Season 32019
8.21K76h 51m
Season three sees Miles Daly, newly released from prison, in a cat and mouse game with studio head Laurence Budd, while Amara and Rick flee to the Guatemalan jungle to escape the FBI.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Chris O'Dowd Miles Daly
Ray Romano Rick Moreweather
Sean Bridgers Louis Darnell
Carolyn Dodd Emma Daly
Goya Robles Yago
Lidia Porto Amara De Escalones
Megan Stevenson April Quinn
Isaac Keys Ed
Sarah Stiles Gladys
Lucy Walters Katie Daly

Crew

Davey Holmes

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