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* {{Cancellation}}: Occurred February 4, 2020, a little over two weeks after the conclusion of the seventh season

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* {{Cancellation}}: Occurred February 4, 2020, a little over two weeks after the conclusion of the seventh season
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Van Miller seems to have OCD or some variation of thereof considering his odd mannerisms, cleanliness obsession and tendency to arrange everything in perfect order, but the show never confirms or denies this.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Van Miller seems to have OCD or some variation of thereof considering his odd mannerisms, cleanliness obsession and tendency to arrange everything in perfect order, but the show never confirms or denies this.
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* StalkerWithATestTube: During a night of passion in a hotel with an NBA player, the woman secretly puts some of his semen in a vial and passes it to a limo driver who has a freezer in his trunk. Donovan discovers it's an ongoing scam: "Every time he pulls up, some girl hits the NBA lottery nine months later".
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** In the Season 7 finale, [[spoiler: Terry ascends the Empire State Building, presumably with the intention of ending it all. [[AbortedArc There is no resolution to this,]] as he is seen again with the Donovan brothers at the beginning of the movie; so he either had a change of heart on his own, or he had lost the nerve after getting the news about]] [[spoiler: Smitty.]]
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* DeadlySparring: In "Sold", Mickey and Daryll help a client named Jay White who accidentally decapitated his trainer with a sword during a training session for a samurai movie he was starring in.
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* TheBusCameBack: Sean Walker returns in the movie [[spoiler:in flashbacks after being killed off at the end of the first season. We see exactly what happened with the murder he supposedly framed Mickey for...]]
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* BittersweetEnding: The movie: [[spoiler: Ray (presumably) survives his gunshot wound and goes to jail for Mickey's murder (actually committed by Bridget), but seems to be satisfied at seeing his father disposed of, and might be content for the rest of his life in prison. Terry seems to overcome his suicidal impulses, but Smitty is still dead, Bridget is a murderer, and Daryll probably has to flee the country permanently.]]

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The show takes place in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, where Ray Donovan (Creator/LievSchreiber), who is originally from South Boston, is a ‘fixer’ for Goldman & Drexler, a powerful law firm that represents the rich and famous. However, he experiences his own problems when his father, Mickey Donovan (Creator/JonVoight), is unexpectedly released from prison and FBI agents try to find him in order to bring down Ray and his associates.

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The show Most of the series takes place in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, where Ray Donovan (Creator/LievSchreiber), who is originally from South Boston, is a ‘fixer’ for Goldman & Drexler, a powerful law firm that represents the rich and famous. However, he experiences his own problems when his father, Mickey Donovan (Creator/JonVoight), is unexpectedly released from prison and FBI agents try to find him in order to bring down Ray and his associates.
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The series relocated to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity in its sixth season at the request of Liev Schreiber, who wished to be closer to his family.

Its seventh season finished airing in January 2020, and the series was cancelled a month later. Facing an an overwhelming response from fans and critics alike, Showtime announced a [[TheMovie TV movie]] [[WrapItUp finale]] in February 2021. Titled ''Ray Donovan: The Movie'', it aired on January 14, 2022.
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** At the end of Season 5, [[spoiler: Ray himself. He jumps off a roof after following another vision of Abby that does the same thing, but he ends up landing in the East River next to the building and survives the impact. Season 6 opens with Officer Sean McGrath seeing him hit the water and subsequently pulling him out.]]
** In episode 11 of Season 6, [[spoiler: Sean McGrath shoots himself in the head after he gets the kidnapped Bridget back to Ray, and gets told off by his ex-wife after he apologizes for being a shitty father and husband.]]

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** At the end of Season 5, [[spoiler: Ray himself. He jumps off a roof after following another vision of Abby that does the same thing, but he ends up landing in the East River next to the building and survives the impact. Season 6 opens with Officer Sean McGrath [=McGrath=] seeing him hit the water and subsequently pulling him out.]]
** In episode 11 of Season 6, [[spoiler: Sean McGrath [=McGrath=] shoots himself in the head after he gets the kidnapped Bridget back to Ray, and gets told off by his ex-wife after he apologizes for being a shitty father and husband.]]



* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Officer Sean McGrath is a corrupt police officer under Mayor Ed Feratti, but hates it, and largely only goes along with it out of fear of retribution on his estranged ex-wife and son. He's also forced into being an informant for an FBI agent.

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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Officer Sean McGrath [=McGrath=] is a corrupt police officer under Mayor Ed Feratti, but hates it, and largely only goes along with it out of fear of retribution on his estranged ex-wife and son. He's also forced into being an informant for an FBI agent.

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* CassandraTruth: In the pilot episode, Ray warns Abby about the type of person Mickey is. Abby ignores Ray, even saying he has no heart. After RealityEnsues for the rest of Season 1, Abby realizes that Ray was right all along.

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* CassandraTruth: In the pilot episode, Ray warns Abby about the type of person Mickey is. Abby ignores Ray, even saying he has no heart. After RealityEnsues the realistic consequences for the rest of Season 1, Abby realizes that Ray was right all along.



* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Van Miller shares with Mickey the secret that [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse no one else other than him]] knows about Ray’s misdeeds. Less than thirty seconds later he is promptly shot in the head by Mickey]].


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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Van Miller shares with Mickey the secret that [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse no one else other than him]] knows about Ray’s misdeeds. Less than thirty seconds later he is promptly shot in the head by Mickey]].
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* NotSoDifferent: In the season 2 finale, Steve tells Ray that they’re ‘the same’ when he [[spoiler:rambles nonsense to try and manipulate him out of giving him his just desserts for abusing Ashley and killing Bob]]. It holds absolutely no water, and Ray is far from convinced.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: In the season 2 finale, Steve tells Ray that they’re ‘the same’ when he [[spoiler:rambles nonsense to try and manipulate him out of giving him his just desserts for abusing Ashley and killing Bob]]. It holds absolutely no water, and Ray is far from convinced.



* WackyParentSeriousChild: Mickey and Ray are pretty much [[LargeHam polar]] [[TheStoic opposites]]. Despite this, Mickey claims that they’re NotSoDifferent when it comes to what really matters.

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* WackyParentSeriousChild: Mickey and Ray are pretty much [[LargeHam polar]] [[TheStoic opposites]]. Despite this, Mickey claims that they’re NotSoDifferent not that different when it comes to what really matters.
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* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:‘Who holds the stick now?’ are Van Miller’s]].
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** Mickey was this in the first season, with FBI Agent [[BigBadWannabe Van Miller]], treating Mickey as his [[TheDragon Dragon]]. [[spoiler:It [[BoomHeadshot went as well]] as you think.]] Towards the middle of the season [[BiggerBad Sully]] [[SummonBiggerFish came into the picture to take care of Mickey]] and assumes the role of BigBad throughout the rest of season 1.

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** Mickey was this in the first season, with FBI Agent [[BigBadWannabe Van Miller]], treating Mickey as his [[TheDragon Dragon]]. [[spoiler:It [[BoomHeadshot went as well]] as you think.]] Towards the middle of the season [[BiggerBad Sully]] Sully [[SummonBiggerFish came into the picture to take care of Mickey]] and assumes the role of BigBad throughout the rest of season 1.

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Your Cheating Heart is an index, not a trope.


* ReassignedToAntarctica: [[spoiler:Cochran tells Volchek he's moving to a remote town in North Dakota, and that his wife probably won’t follow, as [[YourCheatingHeart she’s already having an affair with him]]]].

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* ReassignedToAntarctica: [[spoiler:Cochran tells Volchek he's moving to a remote town in North Dakota, and that his wife probably won’t follow, as [[YourCheatingHeart she’s already having an affair with him]]]].him]].



* YourCheatingHeart:
** Ray is faithful to his wife but [[spoiler:slips up when he sleeps with a client of his, a woman he was protecting from a stalker]], and in season 2 [[spoiler:he has sex with IntrepidReporter Kate in an attempt to keep her off of him and his family]], although later on [[spoiler:it’s implied [[BecomingTheMask he’s actually fallen for her]]]]. Also, [[spoiler:Avi mentions in ‘Sunny’ that he’s slept with many other women on the job]].
** Frances, the nurse Terry becomes involved with, is married to a man she doesn’t love. She’s waiting until after her son moves out of the house to leave her husband, but this still causes Terry moral distress. [[spoiler:In season 2 she finally agrees to leave her husband and leave for Ireland with Terry]].
** Mickey slept around on his wife; he claims that while he did care for her, his mistress was his soulmate.
** [[spoiler:Abby has an affair with a policeman she meets at a shooting range out of her growing frustration with Ray. Ray confronts both the policeman and Abby separately; they both stand up to him, Abby confronts him about his infidelities, and finally kicks him out of the house to do whatever he wants.]]
** [[spoiler:Cochran tells Volchek he’s been having an affair with his wife.]]
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* BadassGay: Lena.

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