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Jimbolini

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Title: Sneaky Pete

Genre: Drama, Crime

First aired: 2015-08-07

Creator: David Shore, Bryan Cranston

Cast: Giovanni Ribisi, Marin Ireland, Margo Martindale, Libe Barer, Bryan Cranston, Peter Gerety

Overview: A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.
 

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[SERIES][TVPOSTER]View attachment 112252[/TVPOSTER][SERIESWRAP][EPISODENAME]Sneaky Pete[/EPISODENAME]

Genre: [GENRE]Drama[/GENRE], [GENRE]Crime[/GENRE]

First Aired: [RELEASE]2015-08-07[/RELEASE]

Overview: [PLOT]After leaving prison, Marius takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his cellmate, Pete. He moves in with Pete's long-estranged, unsuspecting family and is roped into the family's bail bond business. He's a criminal taking down other criminals and, in the process, he'll discover the family life he's never had.[/PLOT][/SERIESWRAP][/SERIES]
 

Khane

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I watched the pilot last year when it first aired and it seemed decent enough. I had forgotten about it until I saw this thread so I guess I'll watch it and report back.
 

a_skeleton_03

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I watched the pilot last year when it first aired and it seemed decent enough. I had forgotten about it until I saw this thread so I guess I'll watch it and report back.
Same, enjoyed it quite a bit, will be watching the entire season.
 

Jimbolini

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I am a few episodes in.

Average plot, but Bryan Cranston makes the show so far.

EDIT: The last 15 minutes of episode 4 are CLASSIC. Cranston delivers a great speech.
 
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Jimbolini

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I powered through all 10, and here is my "review"

Not a bad little show, Cranston delivers (as previously stated).
The very last ending scenes seemed super lazy and screws up the whole point of "wrapping it up."
Plot lines are a little sloppy and sometimes dropped altogether. (Malcom Jamal Warner character)
Some very good episodes, and some average ones.

7.5/10 in my opinion, worthy of a look.
 
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Wintermute

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Finally finished it and yeah it was pretty decent. You know that Cranston is coming back at the end of next season.
 

spronk

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Watched the whole thing, pretty meh about it. Really shitty con men all around I thought. I really dislike Giovanni Ribisi too for some reason, he just felt lifeless and disconnected the entire time. His only facial emotion was flat or doing a weird Godfather impression. Everyone else was awesome from of course Cranston to Margo Martingale and grandpa and the lawyer guy, lot of Justified cast on the show. I guess I wanted it to be Justified with con men but it didn't really feel anything like that show in any way. Plus the story felt like a 3 hour story stretched into 10 hours.

For a great con man TV show, I'd check out Hustle from the UK, while it was usually ridiculous story wise the cast was very charming and the show was fun to watch, Pete just was mostly sad and boring. Heard Leverage and House of Lies was also similar in the con-game approach.
 

elidib

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I'm 5 episodes in. GREAT season. I'd forgotten how good Ribisi is at conning people, fuckin dude could sell ice to eskimos.
 

elidib

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Finished it. Liked everything except:

1.) Everything having to do with the mom's psychic powers and 2.) I knew straight off the bat that the FBI agents were the ripcord. Same gimmick used in Ocean's 13.
 

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Pretty decent season. 7/10. I guess no one else watches.
 

hory

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Season 3 had a lot of potentional the build up was pretty good but it felt like the last episode was rushed and way over the top unbelievable.
 
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