Quarry (TV series)
A Marine returns from Vietnam to a network of killing.
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Quarry, a neo-noir crime drama on Cinemax, follows Mac Conway, a Marine returning to 1972 Memphis after Vietnam who becomes entangled in a Mississippi River crime network. The eight-episode first season, based on Max Allan Collins’ novels, was created by Graham Gordy and Michael D. Fuller, directed by Greg Yaitanes, and filmed in Memphis and New Orleans. It premiered September 9, 2016, and was canceled in May 2017.
Cast and characters
Logan Marshall-Green portrays Lloyd McKinnon 'Mac' Conway, Jr., also known as Quarry, a Marine returning to Memphis from two tours in Vietnam. Jodi Balfour plays Joni Conway, Mac's wife and a newspaper reporter. Damon Herriman appears as Buddy, Edoardo Ballerini as Karl, and Nikki Amuka-Bird as Ruth Solomon, a close friend of Joni.
Aoibhinn McGinnity plays Mary, Mustafa Shakir as Moses, and Peter Mullan as The Broker. Jamie Hector portrays Arthur Solomon, Mac's best friend and fellow Marine, with Skipp Sudduth as Lloyd, Mac's father. Other cast members include Kurt Yaeger as Suggs, Happy Anderson as Detective Vern Ratliff, Josh Randall as Detective Tommy Olsen, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Credence Mason, Ann Dowd as Naomi, Tom Noonan as Oldcastle, Matt Nable as Thurston, Joshua J. Williams as Marcus, and Kaley Ronayne as Sandy Williams.
Reception
The series received generally positive reviews from television critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 78% approval rating based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The site's critical consensus notes that Quarry's distinctive setting and intriguing characters offset a bleak narrative that does not always make compelling use of its assets. Metacritic gave it a score of 72 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews.
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