Gene Goldman’s (Luke Kirby) announcement of the Midtown Enforcement Project at the end of season two of all but signals the end of life as they know it for certain business happening on 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth. Streetwalkers are about to get mighty scarce, and police looking the other way will see their pockets padded no more. Gloria Gaynor closed out the ‘70s saying she would survive, but—as the saying goes—all good things must come to an end. Good being the operative word.
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Vincent and Frankie (James Franco), Eileen aka “Candy” (Maggie Gyllenhaal), and all your other favorite supporting characters return for the concluding season of “The Deuce.” It’s high time to find out how life will play out for these people after the physical and chemical high of the preceding decade.
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Here’s the synopsis for season three:
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The third and final season of THE DEUCE chronicles the dying days of Times Square as the heart of the American sex trade. The season begins on the eve of 1985, with the party of the 1970s winding down. 42nd Street has deteriorated into a hive of uncontrolled violent crime and seedy video stores, making urban renewal seem more unlikely than ever before. But change is on the way. Just as VHS overtakes film as the primary medium for porn production and distribution, the lure of the California sunshine, the city’s aggressive takeover of commercial sex properties and the devastating impact of the AIDS epidemic mark the end of an era. Following the interconnected lives of Times Square’s barkeeps, prostitutes, pimps, police, mobsters, porn actors and producers, this third season brings the series’ arc to a dramatic conclusion.
Season three of “The Deuce”—executive produced by David Simon, George Pelecanos, Nina K. Noble, and Franco himself—also co-starring Emily Meade, Chris Bauer, Margarita Levieva, Natalie Paul, Michael Rispoli,David Krumholtz, Daniel Sauli, Sepideh Moafi, and Olivia Luccardi, is set to premiere September 9 on HBO. Check out the first teaser trailer below and witness the end of an era.