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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

★ 7.8 8K votes 2022–2022 1 season · 6 episodes Ended Apple TV
Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 9/10Mental healthPsychological struggle treated with real seriousness.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Samuel L. JacksonDominique FishbackCynthia Kaye McWilliamsDamon GuptonMarsha Stephanie BlakeDeRon Horton
Written by
Walter Mosley
Starring
Samuel L. JacksonDominique FishbackCynthia Kaye McWilliamsDamon GuptonMarsha Stephanie BlakeDeRon Horton
Written by
Walter Mosley
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A ticking-clock meditation on memory and mortality"

Samuel L. Jackson plays Ptolemy Grey, an elderly man slipping into dementia who's offered an experimental treatment that briefly restores his sharp mind, at a steep physical cost. With his memory clear again, he races to solve a decades-old family mystery and set his affairs right before the drug's effects reverse. It's a quiet, melancholy character piece rather than a thriller, carried almost entirely by Jackson's performance and a tender bond with the young woman who becomes his caretaker. Slow, sad, and unexpectedly moving.

Watch it for

a devastating, career-capping performance from Samuel L. Jackson playing against type.

Maybe skip if

you need plot momentum rather than slow, emotionally heavy character study.

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All Seasons

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Miniseries2022
8.12K65h 12m
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▶1Reggie8.1
43949 min
▶2Robyn8.2
37552 min
▶3Sensia7.9
30957 min
▶4Coydog8.1
28352 min
▶5Nina8.2
28051 min
▶6Ptolemy8.1
29051 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson Ptolemy Grey
Dominique Fishback Robyn
Cynthia Kaye McWilliams Sensia
Damon Gupton Coydog
Marsha Stephanie Blake Niecie
DeRon Horton Hilly
Percy Daggs IV Pity
Walton Goggins Dr. Rubin
Martin Bats Bradford Billy
Denise Burse Shirley Wring

Crew

Walter Mosley

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