House of Lies
CynicalDeeply distrustful of institutions and human motives.This show: 9/10WorkplaceThe job and its social ecosystem as the stage.This show: 8/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 8/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 8/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 8/10Elites & privilegeThe rich and powerful, glamorous or rotten.This show: 7/10SatiricalComedy sharpened into social and political critique.This show: 7/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Don CheadleKristen BellBen SchwartzJosh LawsonDonis Leonard Jr.Glynn Turman
Written by
Matthew Carnahan
Starring
Don CheadleKristen BellBen SchwartzJosh LawsonDonis Leonard Jr.Glynn Turman
Written by
Matthew Carnahan
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House of Lies Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 | |
| S2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.7 | |
| S3 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | |
| S4 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.8 | |
| S5 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.8 |
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About
"Corporate satire with real emotional wreckage underneath"
Don Cheadle plays Marty Kaan, a slick management consultant who leads a cutthroat team of corporate fixers pitching, scamming, and backstabbing their way through boardrooms across America. The show is fast, foul-mouthed, and stylistically restless, breaking the fourth wall and freezing time to let characters mock the very meetings they're in. It's less about consulting itself than about ambition, ego, and burnout dressed up in sharp suits. Cheadle's magnetic performance and the show's cynical wit carry it, even as its tone swings between broad farce and surprisingly bleak personal drama.
Watch it for
Don Cheadle's fearless, fast-talking performance as a consultant unraveling behind the swagger.
Maybe skip if
you dislike morally repugnant characters or tonal whiplash between comedy and genuine bleakness.
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All Seasons
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Season 12012
7.34K125h 45m
Marty and his co-workers scheme to halt an unpopular merger between their firm and a former client. Jeannie struggles to balance her demanding job and her personal life. Marty and Monica spar over who will raise Roscoe.
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Season 22013
7.23K125h 30m
Marty and the pod clash with Galweather & Stearn's new CEO and Marty decides to open his own consulting firm; Jeannie and Marty wrestle with their feelings for each other; Doug falls in love and gets married; Clyde becomes bitter over the lack of recognition he gets from Marty; Monica attempts to clean up her act to be a better mother to Roscoe.
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Season 32014
7.32K125h 27m
Marty slowly manages to get his entire pod back together at his new firm, but can they keep the business afloat?; Jeannie takes down Galweather & Stern and joins Marty in more ways than one; Clyde suffers a breakdown after being traumatized by Monica; Doug waffles between Sarah and a new office romance; Roscoe makes a new friend who is trouble.
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Season 42015
7.32K125h 38m
Marty gets out of prison and does everything he can to rebuild his faltering consulting firm; Jeannie is pregnant with Marty's baby and trying to get back in his good graces after causing his downfall; Clyde and Doug fall in love with the same girl, and Clyde tries to reconcile with his father; Doug gets divorced from Sarah; Roscoe demonstrates that he is his father's son after all.
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Season 52016
7.41K104h 35m
Marty Kaan and his slick team of management consultants are at the top of their game and taking corporate America for all its worth. But when faced with the prospect of the ultimate buyout, Marty must decide: is it worth cashing in his chips and walking away -- or doubling down for the chance to pull off the deal of a lifetime.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Don Cheadle Marty Kaan
Kristen Bell Jeannie Van Der Hooven
Ben Schwartz Clyde Oberholt
Josh Lawson Doug Guggenheim
Donis Leonard Jr. Roscoe Kaan
Glynn Turman Jeremiah Kaan
Dawn Olivieri Monica Talbot
Lais Pedroso Stand in
Jenny Slate Sarah Guggenheim, Sarah
Michael Fletcher
Crew
Matthew Carnahan
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