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Treme

★ 8.3 17K votes 2010–2013 4 seasons · 36 episodes Ended HBO
Music sceneMusicians, bands and the industry behind them.This show: 10/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 9/10NaturalisticUnderstated, lifelike performances and look.This show: 8/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 8/10Working classOrdinary people, ordinary money, real stakes.This show: 7/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 7/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Khandi AlexanderRob BrownKim DickensMelissa LeoLucia MicarelliClarke Peters
Written by
Eric Ellis OvermyerDavid Simon
Starring
Khandi AlexanderRob BrownKim DickensMelissa LeoLucia MicarelliClarke Peters
Written by
Eric Ellis OvermyerDavid Simon
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A city's slow, musical act of recovery"

Set in New Orleans months after Hurricane Katrina, Treme follows musicians, chefs, lawyers, and everyday residents trying to rebuild their lives and their city. From the creator of The Wire, it trades plot momentum for texture: long musical performances, neighborhood politics, grief, and stubborn joy woven together in loose, overlapping storylines. It rewards patience rather than binge-watching, feeling more like immersion in a place and its culture than a traditional drama. The payoff is emotional authenticity and a genuine love letter to a city and its music rather than twists or cliffhangers.

Watch it for

the immersive live music and loving, unglamorized portrait of New Orleans culture after disaster.

Maybe skip if

you need tight plotting or fast pacing rather than atmosphere and character drift.

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All Seasons

Season 12010
8.24K1010h 32m
Season 22011
8.23K1111h 14m
Season 32012
8.02K1010h 12m
Season 42013
8.494855h 11m
New Orleans, 38 months after. The city's musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and others continue to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But the promise of recovery – heightened by the historic election of a new presidente – is tempered by sobering economics, continued police corruption, and the ongoing specter of violence and crime. In these final five episodes of Treme, New Orleans' protagonists strive to build their own legacy in this most iconic of American cities.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Khandi Alexander LaDonna Batiste-Williams
Rob Brown Delmond Lambreaux
Kim Dickens Janette Desautel
Melissa Leo Toni Bernette
Lucia Micarelli Annie
Clarke Peters Albert Lambreaux
Wendell Pierce Antoine Batiste
Steve Zahn Davis McAlary
India Ennenga Sofia Bernette
Michiel Huisman Sonny

Crew

Eric Ellis Overmyer
David Simon

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