Luck - Season 1
Luck - Season 1
2012
Drama, Sport
TV Season
Season 1 - A TV series centered around characters who are tied to the same horse-racing track.
Created by:
David Milch
20 total credits
Credits include: Deadwood, Deadwood: The Movie, NYPD Blue and Luck
Writer:
David Milch 20 total credits
Credits include: Deadwood, Deadwood: The Movie, NYPD Blue and Luck
Starring:
Dennis Farina
57 total credits
Dennis Farina is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor, often typecast as a mobster or police officer. Farina began his work in show business working for director Michael Mann as a police consultant on Mann's early works. This led to an interest in acting when Mann cast him in a small role in the 1981 film Thief. Farina proceeded to moonlight as an actor in the Chicago theater scene before Mann chose him for his Crime Story series...(Wikipedia)
91 total credits
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable types of characters.He first drew critical praise for the 1966 Off Broadway play Eh? for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award. This was soon followed by his breakthrough movie role as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate (1967). Since then Hoffman's career has largely... (Wikipedia)
42 total credits
Credits include: Silver Linings Playbook, Carlito's Way, Fast & Furious, Miami Vice and Ransom
Ratings & Reviews
Luck: Pilot (2012) - S1E1
Released from prison after three years, "Ace" Bernstein plots revenge against the colleagues who betrayed him. With his trusted aide/chauffeur Gus Demitriou acting as a front for his race horse investment, Ace seeks to reverse the sagging fortunes of a famous racetrack. Meanwhile, four dissolute gamblers at the race track - Jerry, Marcus, Renzo and Lonnie - pool their meager resources to make a Pick Six bet that could be worth millions. (imdb)
Chafing under his parole conditions but eager to move forward in the racetrack deal, Ace shows off his famous temper during a contentious meeting with one-time colleague Nick DiRossi and a possible investor, Isadore Cohen. Uncertain that fledgling jockey Rosie Shanahan is seasoned enough to ride his once-in-a-lifetime horse. (imdb)
Ace enlists Nathan Israel, a cocky, young whiz kid, in his plans. Walter decides to enter his colt, Getting up Morning, in his first race, but loses Ronnie as his rider when the jockey takes a tumble. Burned by Mulligan at the claiming race, Marcus, Renzo and Lonnie send Jerry to buy the horse back. (imdb)
As Chan challenges Jerry to his limits in a private poker game, Jerry's pals look to pry him away from his gambling nemesis. Ace takes a meeting with Claire LeChea, an activist who hopes to rehabilitate prisoners through their work with broken-down racehorses. (imdb)
After learning that Pint of Plain, Gus' Irish horse, has been tentatively scheduled to race the next day, Ace forces Escalante to swap out Leon for a more experienced jockey, to Joey's chagrin. Marcus fears for his health and wonders why he's so attached to Jerry. (imdb)
Ace Pitches a Deal (2012) - S1E6
As Ace pitches his deal to buy a piece of the racetrack, Israel visits Smythe, DiRossi and Cohen onboard Smythe's yacht, where he's offered a "second salary" as an informant. An earthquake spooks many of the horses at Santa Anita, but Escalante decides to go ahead and race Mon Gateau. (imdb)
While Ace tours a prison outreach horse retirement farm with Claire, Israel tries to convince Smythe that his boss is on the level. Jerry and his erstwhile card dealer, Naomi, try to win their way into a poker tournament. Lonnie decides to "go it alone" by putting in a claim for another horse. (imdb)
Ace ices out Smythe, DiRossi and Cohen as partners in the racetrack deal, but Smythe has other ideas. Weathering the ownership claim, Walter enters Gettin'Up Morning in the $1 million Western Derby - head-to-head against Ace and Gus' Pint of Plain. (imdb)
Gus takes extraordinary precautions to protect his boss. As Jerry maps out a strategy for another big score, Escalante preps his race-day horses while keeping an anxious ear out for news about Jo, who's still in the hospital. Renzo welcomes his mother to town. (imdb)
Cast & Info
Created by:
David Milch 20 total credits
Credits include: Deadwood, Deadwood: The Movie, NYPD Blue and Luck
Writer:
David Milch 20 total credits
Credits include: Deadwood, Deadwood: The Movie, NYPD Blue and Luck
Starring:
Dennis Farina 57 total credits
Dennis Farina is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor, often typecast as a mobster or police officer. Farina began his work in show business working for director Michael Mann as a police consultant on Mann's early works. This led to an interest in acting when Mann cast him in a small role in the 1981 film Thief. Farina proceeded to moonlight as an actor in the Chicago theater scene before Mann chose him for his Crime Story series...(Wikipedia)
91 total credits
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable types of characters.He first drew critical praise for the 1966 Off Broadway play Eh? for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award. This was soon followed by his breakthrough movie role as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate (1967). Since then Hoffman's career has largely... (Wikipedia)
42 total credits
Credits include: Silver Linings Playbook, Carlito's Way, Fast & Furious, Miami Vice and Ransom
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