History Series / Luck2011

* BadassGrandpa / BewareTheNiceOnes: Gus "the Greek" seems like an easygoing guy, then he [[spoiler:disarms a hitman and kills him with nothing but his bare hands]] in the last episode.

[[{{Series/Deadwood}} David]] [[Series/NYPDBlue Milch]] returns to {{Creator/HBO}} with his typical idiosyncratic view of humanity. His subject this time is a racetrack, where trainers, jockeys, gamblers, and others all coalesce in an experience like no other.

** For good measure, Gus also [[spoiler: hides the body in a bathroom stall, uses his tie to close and lock it from the outside without leaving prints, and disposes of the hitman's gun in the paper towel trash bin.]]

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The series was cancelled after the third horse death while filming. Production was shortly after filming began on season 2.
** Richard Kind has debated this, saying the show was doomed even before the deaths thanks to David Milch and Creator/MichaelMann utterly despising each other and each trying to forcibly drag the show to what they wanted it to be, and the budget was out of control.

[[{{Series/Deadwood}} David]] [[NYPDBlue Milch]] returns to {{Creator/HBO}} with his typical idiosyncratic view of humanity. His subject this time is a racetrack, where trainers, jockeys, gamblers, and others all coalesce in an experience like no other.

** Richard Kind has debated this, saying the show was doomed even before the deaths thanks to David Milch and Michael Mann utterly despising each other and each trying to forcibly drag the show to what they wanted it to be, and the budget was out of control.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The series was cancelled after the third horse death while filming. Production was cancelled before filming began on season 2.
** Richard Kind has debated this, saying the show was doomed even before the deaths thanks to David Milch and Michael Mann utterly despising each other and each trying to forcibly drag the show to what they wanted it to be.

The series begins with Chester "Ace" Bernstein (DustinHoffman) being released from prison, with his record meaning he can no longer own a racehorse. But he just gets his bodyguard Gus to buy one for him, and prepares to use the winnings to establish a casino nearby. Also, a quartet of self-described degenerate gamblers have figured out a new way to play the odds that could mean endless riches, and the drama between a new jockey, his agent, and his boss adds to our view of what goes on behind the scenes of the sport that makes the whole thing tick.

[[{{Series/Deadwood}} David]] [[NYPDBlue Milch]] returns to {{HBO}} with his typical idiosyncratic view of humanity. His subject this time is a racetrack, where trainers, jockeys, gamblers, and others all coalesce in an experience like no other.

[[{{Deadwood}} David]] [[NYPDBlue Milch]] returns to {{HBO}} with his typical idiosyncratic view of humanity. His subject this time is a racetrack, where trainers, jockeys, gamblers, and others all coalesce in an experience like no other.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The series was cancelled after the third horse death while filming an episode of the second season, leading to much negative publicity. The finished episodes of the second season were never aired.

* FieryRedhead: Subverted in that Rossie can be quite demure, except when she's riding in a horse race.

* NoEnding: The series finale doesn't really wrap any of the plotlines up to any degree, and the show was unexpectadly canceled due to the number of horse deaths.

DavidMilch returns to {{HBO}} with his typical idiosyncratic view of humanity. His subject this time is a racetrack, where trainers, jockeys, gamblers, and others all coalesce in an experience like no other.

* TheUnintelligible: A common complaint about the show was that many characters are unintelligible due to thick accents, stuttering, mumbling, and being NickNolte.

* BadassGrandpa / BewareTheNiceOnes: Gus "the Greek" seems like an easygoing guy, then he [[spoiler:disarms a hitman and kills him with nothing but his bare hands]] in the last episode.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The series was cancelled after three horses died during production of the first season leading to much negative publicity.

* BadassGrandpa / BewareTheNiceOnes: Gus "the Greek" seems like easygoing guy, then he [[spoiler:disarms a hitman and kills him with nothing but his bare hands]] in the last episode.

* BadassGrandpa: Gus "the Greek" seems like easygoing guy, then he [[spoiler:disarms a hitman and kills him with nothing but his bare hands]] in the last episode.

* TheGambler: The four amigos are professional gamblers who spend most of each day at the track making or planning bets. Gerry is also a degenerate poker player who blows most of his track winnnings on cards.

The series was cancelled after one season due to a series of high-profile horse injuries/deaths.

David Milch returns to HBO with his typical idiosyncratic view of humanity. His subject this time is a racetrack, where trainers, jockeys, gamblers, and others all coalesce in an experience like no other.

The series begins with Chester "Ace" Bernstein being released from prison, with his record meaning he can no longer own a racehorse. But he just gets his bodyguard Gus to buy one for him, and prepares to use the winnings to establish a casino nearby. Also, a quartet of self-described degenerate gamblers have figured out a new way to play the odds that could mean endless riches, and the drama between a new jockey, his agent, and his boss adds to our view of what goes on behind the scenes of the sport that makes the whole thing tick.

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* TV Shows

The series begins with Chester "Ace" Bernstein being released from prison, with his record meaning he can no longer own a racehorse. But he just gets his bodyguard Gus to buy one for him, and prepares to use the winnings to establish a casino nearby. Also, a quartet of self-described degenerate gamblers have figured out a new way to play the odds that could mean endless riches, and the drama between a new jockey, his agent, and his boss adds to our view of what goes on behind the scenes of the sport that makes the whole thing tick.