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Lights Out

  • TV Series
  • 2011
  • TV-MA
  • 1h
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8.0/10
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Holt McCallany in Lights Out (2011)
A former heavyweight boxing champion struggles to find his identity after retiring from the ring.
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A former heavyweight boxing champion struggles to find his identity after retiring from the ring.A former heavyweight boxing champion struggles to find his identity after retiring from the ring.A former heavyweight boxing champion struggles to find his identity after retiring from the ring.

  • Creator
    • Justin Zackham
  • Stars
    • Holt McCallany
    • Stacy Keach
    • Catherine McCormack
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  • IMDb RATING
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    3.4K
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    • Creator
      • Justin Zackham
    • Stars
      • Holt McCallany
      • Stacy Keach
      • Catherine McCormack
    • 20User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Episodes13

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    Holt McCallany
    Holt McCallany
    • Patrick 'Lights' Leary
    • 2011
    Stacy Keach
    Stacy Keach
    • Pops
    • 2011
    Catherine McCormack
    Catherine McCormack
    • Theresa Leary
    • 2011
    Pablo Schreiber
    Pablo Schreiber
    • Johnny Leary
    • 2011
    Meredith Hagner
    Meredith Hagner
    • Ava Leary
    • 2011
    Ryann Shane
    Ryann Shane
    • Daniella Leary…
    • 2011
    Reg E. Cathey
    Reg E. Cathey
    • Barry K. Word
    • 2011
    Billy Brown
    Billy Brown
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    • 2011
    Lily Pilblad
    Lily Pilblad
    • Katie Leary…
    • 2011
    Elizabeth Marvel
    Elizabeth Marvel
    • Margaret Leary
    • 2011
    Bill Irwin
    Bill Irwin
    • Hal Brennan
    • 2011
    Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
    Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
    • Dylan
    • 2011
    Dan Moran
    Dan Moran
    • Gus
    • 2011
    Ben Shenkman
    Ben Shenkman
    • Mike Fumosa
    • 2011
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    • Javier 'El Diablo' Morales…
    • 2011
    Pedro Pascal
    Pedro Pascal
    • Omar Assarian
    • 2011
    Brian Keane
    Brian Keane
    • Father Moran
    • 2011
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    • 2011
    • Creator
      • Justin Zackham
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    9tyguy-72736

    This show deserves more love.

    The acting and the writing are fantastic and I can't understand how this show didn't get more seasons or more love. The entire season is fantastic and the fact that I haven't heard of it till earlier this year is a shame. Holt McCallany is a great lead man, Stacy Keach is FANTASTIC, same with Catherine McCormack. Master Chief himself Pablo Schreiber is great as the brother. Ryann Shane is great. The mando too, Pedro Pascal, is always great. Really wish I knew about this show when it premiered because I would have blasted this from the rooftops. Time to look up everything all these great actors did and watch to my heart's content. GREAT SHOW YOU NEED TO WATCH IF YOU ARE GIVING IT ANY THOUGHT!
    9Geneticks11

    This thing knocks me out

    Sorry for the cliché. Yes, it's dark, and sure, it can be depressing. And for those approaching it with a video game mentality it's not exactly action-packed. But from a psychological standpoint, for insight into a man and a family cornered by bad luck and scummy people, this is some of the richest, truest material I've yet to see on the little screen.

    Start - and really end - with Holt McCallany. As Patrick Leary this man gives one of the most layered, convincing performances I've ever had the pleasure to watch. Every gesture, every fleeting facial snapshot, exposes the hurt of a proud man who has to beg for a break, for things to work out just one more time. Watch him have to deal with his children, with his wife, and see the uncertainty of a hard man who hates what he's doing. Except that it's for them, and for himself, and the conflict eats him away like acid. I've never seen him in anything else, but I'd literally pay to watch McCallany as Lights Leary.

    The supporting cast falls short. Catherine McCormack as his wife Theresa is a perpetual nervous breakdown in waiting. Her only emotion is quivering, moist-eyed brittleness. Stacy Keach has either lost his chops or, more likely, been hamstrung by his one-dimensional role as old-school hard ass. Reg Cathey as the Don King stand-in is such a leering caricature of cartoon villainy you can't take him seriously. Leary's brother Johnny - Pablo Schreiber - has the odd handicap of a face that seems stuck in a slightly goofy, what-me-worry expression that flattens most of his scenes. The one exception to this surrounding blandness, for me, is Eamonn Walker as the renegade trainer. As an oddball paranoid who's either been born or beaten out of round, he plays the role with an understated, slightly loony intensity that rings weird and true.

    McCallany, not truly a physical heavyweight, has learned to spar and train convincingly. The buildup to his fights is slow, excruciating, and wracked with the fear and tension of real battle. The fight scenes grip, not for their verisimilitude but because of the psychological freight they pack.

    But, oh - Holt McCallany. Whether you like family drama, boxing, or just studying the technique of a man immersed in character, he alone is worth the price of a ticket. You cannot afford to miss him in this.
    10InTraffic3118

    Refreshing new drama

    I started watching this show in a hotel room on a business trip to Dallas. I was instantly hooked. This show is about a man, a good man, and a great boxer, trying to keep his family together at all costs. The acting is first rate and the casting was spot on.

    This show is also about boxing, as art. Boxing itself is a character in this show and the folks at FX do a great job of really making boxing quite compelling.

    I must say that at the ripe old age of 28, Lights Out has me interested in boxing, really interested for the first time. Yes, it's brutal, but the show owns up to that and is unflinching in its portrait of this savage and beautiful sport.

    I'm interested to see where the plot goes and how long FX can milk the whole 'comeback' aspect of the storyline. It has the potential to evolve into more than that. FX is making great shows and Lights Out is a testament to their creativity. You won't be disappointed with this one. It's a hit.
    10hands4health2

    I love this show.

    I was so excited to watch after seeing the previews on TV...and I am glad I did. I thought the show was/is great and the characters are as well. This has to be the best that Holt has ever done. It gives him so much range and emotion. I love this character because of him. They have finally written a part for him that allows him to shine....and he absolutely does in this. I am watching every episode and can't wait until the next one comes. I think FX has done an amazing job with this one. I hope they listen to me and I am not alone out there. For once a show feels real. The characters make you want to watch. I want to see this run for years!!!
    9blanbrn

    A Knockout. A compelling and tense drama that shows life inside and outside of the ring is dirty and tough.

    I have to say that of late of all the new TV series to come along this one just out on FX titled "Lights Out" is a clear winner and knockout! It's a tense and compelling drama that shows life is tough and dirty and that sometimes just to get by you have to break the rules. And the series has plenty of realism as it stays true to form to the boxing life of shady promoters, political payoffs and cranial damage and the most rewarding a journey towards a comeback. The stories and acting is top notch for a cable series.

    Set in the Garden state of New Jersey it follows the tale of an ex heavyweight champion named Patrick "Lights" Leary(Holt McCallany I remember him from 1987's "Creepshow 2") and after his boxing life is now over Lights tries to stay afloat and travel thru life as if he were in the boxing ring. It's tough in the suburbs living like a middle class guy, yet he has the support of his tough and caring loving wife(played just fine by Catherine McCormack)and his three daughters are the love of his life too.

    On the downside his now primary source of income is his personal appearances based on his former fame plus Lights runs a training gym for up and coming boxers and he co owns this with his arrogant and shady brother(Pablo Schreiber)still Lights is a beast and his mind keeps pulling him back into the fighting ring.

    As you watch each episode you see that Lights is a good family man, yet to get by just like many in today's pressure economy and work life this man succumbs to temptation. It doesn't matter if it's taking political bribes or doing dirty work involving promoters and agents Lights and his brother will do it to survive. As his ultimate goal is a rematch with the fighter who beat him. A good supporting and wild card role is when you see Light's father and gym trainer(played by the wonderful Stacy Keach)as dad is tough and by the book as he tries to keep both of his sons on the straight and narrow road even though he most of the time fails with that it's still compelling to watch.

    Really this series has it all especially the realism of boxing such as challenges, comebacks, brain damage, crooked politicians and greedy promoters all tied into organized crime. Those themes tie in well with the life and family drama for a show of slow boiling tension. I think "Lights Out" is one of the best new series around the drama and tension mixed with life and bending the rules to get by is compelling and uplifting. Plus it's nice to see someone like Holt McCallany get a break and have a fighting chance at acting stardom. "Lights Out" will knock you out both inside and outside of the ring!

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    • Release date
      • January 11, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El declive de Patrick Leary
    • Production companies
      • Two Ton Films
      • Fineman Entertainment
      • Fox Television Studios
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      • 1h(60 min)
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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