The Horror of Dolores Roach
The Horror of Dolores Roach Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
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About
"Gentrification revenge tale wrapped in gallows humor"
Adapted from a hit podcast, this dark comedy follows Dolores Roach, a woman released after a long prison stretch who returns to a gentrified New York neighborhood she no longer recognizes. Taking a job as an under-the-table masseuse in a friend's empanada shop basement, she finds old wounds and new desperations pushing her toward increasingly grisly solutions to survive. The tone is pitch-black comedy layered over genuine tragedy, more character study than slasher, carried by a magnetic lead performance and a woozy, theatrical style. It moves briskly across eight episodes, blending pulpy horror with real anger about displacement and exploitation.
a ferociously committed lead performance anchoring the show's queasy mix of comedy and gore.
you need horror played straight rather than filtered through absurdist, theatrical dark comedy.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | They Called Me Magic Hands | 7.2 | 254 | 28 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | This Building's Gonna Be the Death of Me | 7.4 | 222 | 28 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Like a Stoned-Ass Baby | 7.6 | 214 | 31 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Bitch, I've Already Been to Prison | 7.7 | 223 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | I Never Don't Find 'Em | 7.5 | 207 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Blink Twice | 7.5 | 200 | 29 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Bye, Felicia | 7.7 | 205 | 29 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Stop Me | 7.6 | 214 | 28 min |