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Ray Donovan is our working-class James Bond, all crisp shirts and well-tailored suits, straight whiskey and a baseball bat. However, the premiere of “Ray Donovan” Season 6 suggests a series well into its decline, one that transfers our antihero from Los Angeles to New York in an effort to reinvigorate the show’s scrappy energy.

While it’s risky to judge a season by the single episode available for review, the disappointment here is familiar. The herky-jerky flashback storyline that defined Season 5 was a clumsy mess that suggested the writers’ room relocated to an ayahuasca retreat. Those conceits have gratefully vanished, but now we’re left with Ray as a depressive thug who’s swapped his style for a baggy flannel shirt and a well-worn Yankees cap. And where’s the fun in that?

The last time we saw Ray, he followed the ghost of his beloved wife Abby (Paula Malcomson...

Showtime subscribers are getting an early look at Ray Donovan‘s Season 6 premiere. The episode is currently available to subscribers of the premium cabler on Showtime streaming service, Showtime on Demand and Showtime Anytime ahead of its on-air debut October 28.

Season 6 picks up with Ray (Liev Schreiber) rebuilding his life both personally and professionally in New York City. After being rescued from a plummet into the East River, his savior, a cop named Mac (Domenick Lombardozzi), brings Ray into the fraternity that is the Staten Island Police Department. While exploring this new world of brotherhood and corruption, Ray finds himself again working for media mogul Samantha Winslow. Sam has teamed with New York City mayoral candidate Anita Novak (Lola Glaudini), a partnership that puts Ray at odds with his new friends out in Staten Island. Jon Voight also stars in his Golden Globe-winning role as Mickey Donovan.

After the tragic loss of Abby (Paula Malcomson) to end Ray Donovan Season 5, Ray (Liev Schreiber) was clearly adrift. Fans speculated at the time about whether or not his jumping off a building and into the river to close out the season was real (as he was "following" Abby there), but a new trailer released by Showtime seems to confirm it happened. From there, a grizzled Ray relocates to New York, still working for Susan Sarandon's Samantha Winslow, and fixin' things in the Big Apple. Though the trailer doesn't reveal much, the overall theme is very much …...

Susan Sarandon is returning to <em>Ray Donovan</em> — and this time, the actress is sticking around.

The Oscar-winner will reprise the role of studio head Samantha Winslow in the Showtime drama's upcoming sixth season after appearing on seven episodes during the 2017 run.

Season six marks one of big changes for the drama about the troubled fixer. Production has relocated from Los Angeles to New York, with filming getting underway this month. Sarandon's return seemed all but assured with the way the last season ended, with her character one of the last standing clients of Liev Schreiber's ...