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Mad Dogs

★ 7.5 9K votes 2015–2016 1 season · 10 episodes Canceled Prime Video
Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 7/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Ben ChaplinMichael ImperioliRomany MalcoSteve ZahnPhil DavisMark Povinelli
Written by
Cris Cole
Starring
Ben ChaplinMichael ImperioliRomany MalcoSteve ZahnPhil DavisMark Povinelli
Written by
Cris Cole
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A guys' trip that turns genuinely menacing"

Four old college friends fly to Belize to celebrate a fifth friend's early retirement in his lavish jungle villa, only to have the reunion curdle into something far darker within a day. What starts as boozy nostalgia and old resentments resurfacing quickly spirals into paranoia, violence, and moral compromise none of them are equipped for. The tone whiplashes between dark comedy and genuine dread, carried by a strong ensemble playing ordinary guys in increasingly over their heads. It's tense, uncomfortable, and often darkly funny rather than purely thrilling.

Watch it for

the ensemble cast's believable descent from awkward reunion banter into real panic and moral rot.

Maybe skip if

you want a straightforward thriller rather than one that keeps undercutting tension with dark comedy.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12015
7.82K109h 11m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.9
34356 min
▶2Xtabai7.8
25655 min
▶3Well7.9
23455 min
▶4Flares7.7
21955 min
▶5Hat7.5
20755 min
▶6Leslie7.2
20455 min
▶7Ice Cream7.7
19955 min
▶8Broodstock7.7
18655 min
▶9Seahorse8.1
19655 min
▶10Needles8.1
21655 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ben Chaplin Joel
Michael Imperioli Lex
Romany Malco Gus
Steve Zahn Cobi
Phil Davis Lawrence
Mark Povinelli The Cat
Rachael Holmes Erica
María Botto Sophia Moreno, Xtabai (Sophia)
Coby Bell Aaron
Raphael D. Cotto Nestor, Boy

Crew

Cris Cole

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