Dope Thief
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Dope Thief is an American crime drama television miniseries created by Peter Craig, based on the 2009 novel by Dennis Tafoya. It premiered on Apple TV+ on March 14, 2025.
Infobox
Genre
Crime drama
Created by
Peter Craig
Based on
Dope Thiefby Dennis Tafoya
Written by
Peter Craig
Starring
mw- Brian Tyree Henry Wagner Moura Marin Ireland Amir Arison Nesta Cooper Kate Mulgrew Ving Rhames
Music by
Dominic Lewis
Opening theme
"Point and Kill"by Little Simz feat. Obongjayar
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of episodes
8
Executive producers
Brian Tyree Henry Jennifer Wiley-Moxley Tanya Hamilton Clayton Krueger Jordan Sheehan Richard Heus Ridley Scott David W. Zucker Peter Craig
Producers
Debra Lovatelli Raymond Kirk Marjorie Chodorov
Cinematography
Erik Messerschmidt Yaron Orbach Eduardo Enrique Mayén
Editors
Billy Rich Jennifer Barbot J. Kathleen Gibson Eric Litman
Production companies
Night Owl Stories Scott Free Productions Apple Studios
Network
Apple TV
Release
March 14 (2025-03-14) –April 25, 2025 (2025-04-25)
Tables
· Episodes
1
1
No.
1
Title
"Jolly Ranchers"
Directed by
Ridley Scott
Written by
Peter Craig
Original release date
March 14, 2025 (2025-03-14)
In 2021, childhood friends Ray and Manny support themselves by impersonating DEA agents to rob low-level stash houses in Philadelphia. Ray learns that his adoptive mother, Theresa, needs $10,000 while a soon-to-be wed Manny is desperate to leave his criminal past behind. They recruit a fellow ex-convict, Rick, who suggests they could nab a larger score by robbing a methamphetamine lab in Ottsville; against his better judgement, Ray agrees. The robbery goes off the rails when a nervous Rick opens fire, and he and two meth cooks are killed before the lab catches fire and explodes. Ray and Manny escape with a large amount of cash and unprocessed meth, but a mysterious caller threatens to hunt them down. Mina, a survivor of the robbery, is an undercover DEA agent and informs her colleagues about the imposters.
In 2021, childhood friends Ray and Manny support themselves by impersonating DEA agents to rob low-level stash houses in Philadelphia. Ray learns that his adoptive mother, Theresa, needs $10,000 while a soon-to-be wed Manny is desperate to leave his criminal past behind. They recruit a fellow ex-convict, Rick, who suggests they could nab a larger score by robbing a methamphetamine lab in Ottsville; against his better judgement, Ray agrees. The robbery goes off the rails when a nervous Rick opens fire, and he and two meth cooks are killed before the lab catches fire and explodes. Ray and Manny escape with a large amount of cash and unprocessed meth, but a mysterious caller threatens to hunt them down. Mina, a survivor of the robbery, is an undercover DEA agent and informs her colleagues about the imposters.
No.
In 2021, childhood friends Ray and Manny support themselves by impersonating DEA agents to rob low-level stash houses in Philadelphia. Ray learns that his adoptive mother, Theresa, needs $10,000 while a soon-to-be wed Manny is desperate to leave his criminal past behind. They recruit a fellow ex-convict, Rick, who suggests they could nab a larger score by robbing a methamphetamine lab in Ottsville; against his better judgement, Ray agrees. The robbery goes off the rails when a nervous Rick opens fire, and he and two meth cooks are killed before the lab catches fire and explodes. Ray and Manny escape with a large amount of cash and unprocessed meth, but a mysterious caller threatens to hunt them down. Mina, a survivor of the robbery, is an undercover DEA agent and informs her colleagues about the imposters.
2
2
No.
2
Title
"Bat Out of Hell"
Directed by
Jonathan van Tulleken
Written by
Peter Craig
Original release date
March 14, 2025 (2025-03-14)
Ray sends Theresa to Atlantic City to get her out of town and visits his incarcerated father, Bart, who admits that he told a recently paroled inmate about his son's activities. Delivering the drugs to trusted trafficker Son Pham to resell, Ray stashes the money in a storage locker. He and Manny find the inmate and his Amish associates brutally slaughtered, and they are ambushed by bikers but manage to kill them. Realizing they have been identified by the mysterious caller, Manny ditches Ray to make sure his girlfriend, Sherry, is safe. Ray flees from more bikers until one is hit by a truck, and reluctantly meets with Michelle Taylor, a lawyer hired by Theresa to seek a compassionate release for Bart under state COVID-19 guidelines. Michelle reveals Bart is dying of cancer and Ray, despite his hatred for his father, agrees to pay her retainer.
Ray sends Theresa to Atlantic City to get her out of town and visits his incarcerated father, Bart, who admits that he told a recently paroled inmate about his son's activities. Delivering the drugs to trusted trafficker Son Pham to resell, Ray stashes the money in a storage locker. He and Manny find the inmate and his Amish associates brutally slaughtered, and they are ambushed by bikers but manage to kill them. Realizing they have been identified by the mysterious caller, Manny ditches Ray to make sure his girlfriend, Sherry, is safe. Ray flees from more bikers until one is hit by a truck, and reluctantly meets with Michelle Taylor, a lawyer hired by Theresa to seek a compassionate release for Bart under state COVID-19 guidelines. Michelle reveals Bart is dying of cancer and Ray, despite his hatred for his father, agrees to pay her retainer.
No.
Ray sends Theresa to Atlantic City to get her out of town and visits his incarcerated father, Bart, who admits that he told a recently paroled inmate about his son's activities. Delivering the drugs to trusted trafficker Son Pham to resell, Ray stashes the money in a storage locker. He and Manny find the inmate and his Amish associates brutally slaughtered, and they are ambushed by bikers but manage to kill them. Realizing they have been identified by the mysterious caller, Manny ditches Ray to make sure his girlfriend, Sherry, is safe. Ray flees from more bikers until one is hit by a truck, and reluctantly meets with Michelle Taylor, a lawyer hired by Theresa to seek a compassionate release for Bart under state COVID-19 guidelines. Michelle reveals Bart is dying of cancer and Ray, despite his hatred for his father, agrees to pay her retainer.
3
3
No.
3
Title
"Run, Die, or Relapse"
Directed by
Tanya Hamilton
Written by
Peter Craig
Original release date
March 21, 2025 (2025-03-21)
The DEA recovers plates from Ray's burned van and a gun used in the robbery; by tracking down the dealer it was stolen from, they obtain a composite sketch of Ray's face. Son abandons Ray to protect his own family and urges him to skip town, while the bikers interrogate and kill Ray's associate Malik. Theresa returns home against Ray's wishes and he admits the truth about his robbery scheme, before finding Manny hiding in his attic. Ray is forced to accompany Theresa to visit Bart, who has been stabbed in prison, and realizes the bikers have set an ambush for him. Before they can kill Ray, the bikers are arrested by local police. Manny begs for help reconciling with Sherry, who has threatened to turn him in, and Ray stops her by revealing Manny intends to propose to her. Outside, he finds a box with a threatening note and Malik's severed head.
The DEA recovers plates from Ray's burned van and a gun used in the robbery; by tracking down the dealer it was stolen from, they obtain a composite sketch of Ray's face. Son abandons Ray to protect his own family and urges him to skip town, while the bikers interrogate and kill Ray's associate Malik. Theresa returns home against Ray's wishes and he admits the truth about his robbery scheme, before finding Manny hiding in his attic. Ray is forced to accompany Theresa to visit Bart, who has been stabbed in prison, and realizes the bikers have set an ambush for him. Before they can kill Ray, the bikers are arrested by local police. Manny begs for help reconciling with Sherry, who has threatened to turn him in, and Ray stops her by revealing Manny intends to propose to her. Outside, he finds a box with a threatening note and Malik's severed head.
No.
The DEA recovers plates from Ray's burned van and a gun used in the robbery; by tracking down the dealer it was stolen from, they obtain a composite sketch of Ray's face. Son abandons Ray to protect his own family and urges him to skip town, while the bikers interrogate and kill Ray's associate Malik. Theresa returns home against Ray's wishes and he admits the truth about his robbery scheme, before finding Manny hiding in his attic. Ray is forced to accompany Theresa to visit Bart, who has been stabbed in prison, and realizes the bikers have set an ambush for him. Before they can kill Ray, the bikers are arrested by local police. Manny begs for help reconciling with Sherry, who has threatened to turn him in, and Ray stops her by revealing Manny intends to propose to her. Outside, he finds a box with a threatening note and Malik's severed head.
4
4
No.
4
Title
"Philadelphia Lawyer"
Directed by
Marcela Said
Written by
Peter Craig
Original release date
March 28, 2025 (2025-03-28)
Mina grieves the death of her partner, Jack, who was killed in the robbery and with whom she was having an affair. Struggling to regain her voice, she is determined to continue Jack's investigation into an "alliance" between the drug-dealing bikers and a Mexican cartel. Laying low at a motel with Theresa and Manny, who is using heroin to cope with his guilt, Ray convinces Sherry to stay away, and tracks down the bikers' meeting place. Son puts Ray in touch with an associate, Cyrus, but is targeted by the cartel and arrested by the DEA, who pressure Michelle to turn Ray in. Manny and Ray narrowly escape when Cyrus and his Juggalo gang are killed launching an attack on the bikers, and Ray stops a traumatized Manny from committing suicide with a grenade. Agreeing to meet with Michelle, Ray realizes he is walking into a DEA trap and slips away.
Mina grieves the death of her partner, Jack, who was killed in the robbery and with whom she was having an affair. Struggling to regain her voice, she is determined to continue Jack's investigation into an "alliance" between the drug-dealing bikers and a Mexican cartel. Laying low at a motel with Theresa and Manny, who is using heroin to cope with his guilt, Ray convinces Sherry to stay away, and tracks down the bikers' meeting place. Son puts Ray in touch with an associate, Cyrus, but is targeted by the cartel and arrested by the DEA, who pressure Michelle to turn Ray in. Manny and Ray narrowly escape when Cyrus and his Juggalo gang are killed launching an attack on the bikers, and Ray stops a traumatized Manny from committing suicide with a grenade. Agreeing to meet with Michelle, Ray realizes he is walking into a DEA trap and slips away.
No.
Mina grieves the death of her partner, Jack, who was killed in the robbery and with whom she was having an affair. Struggling to regain her voice, she is determined to continue Jack's investigation into an "alliance" between the drug-dealing bikers and a Mexican cartel. Laying low at a motel with Theresa and Manny, who is using heroin to cope with his guilt, Ray convinces Sherry to stay away, and tracks down the bikers' meeting place. Son puts Ray in touch with an associate, Cyrus, but is targeted by the cartel and arrested by the DEA, who pressure Michelle to turn Ray in. Manny and Ray narrowly escape when Cyrus and his Juggalo gang are killed launching an attack on the bikers, and Ray stops a traumatized Manny from committing suicide with a grenade. Agreeing to meet with Michelle, Ray realizes he is walking into a DEA trap and slips away.
5
5
No.
5
Title
"Fear of God"
Directed by
Marcela Said
Written by
Peter Craig
Original release date
April 4, 2025 (2025-04-04)
Son is forced by the DEA to call Ray, but gives him a secret warning not to incriminate himself. Mina meets Jack's wife, who knew about their affair, and contacts one of his informants using a code he kept on a $2 bill. Learning that Jack was actually working with the alliance, a distraught Mina calls a suicide hotline. Ray and Michelle give in to their mutual attraction, and he and Manny recover another $2 bill used by the murdered Amish, who are connected to a cartel stash. Son is released but continues to be threatened by the cartel. When Theresa defiantly returns home, Ray arrives to keep watch but is shot in the leg by a cartel sicario who demands the $2 code. Bart, newly paroled on house arrest, kills the gunman and saves his son.
Son is forced by the DEA to call Ray, but gives him a secret warning not to incriminate himself. Mina meets Jack's wife, who knew about their affair, and contacts one of his informants using a code he kept on a $2 bill. Learning that Jack was actually working with the alliance, a distraught Mina calls a suicide hotline. Ray and Michelle give in to their mutual attraction, and he and Manny recover another $2 bill used by the murdered Amish, who are connected to a cartel stash. Son is released but continues to be threatened by the cartel. When Theresa defiantly returns home, Ray arrives to keep watch but is shot in the leg by a cartel sicario who demands the $2 code. Bart, newly paroled on house arrest, kills the gunman and saves his son.
No.
Son is forced by the DEA to call Ray, but gives him a secret warning not to incriminate himself. Mina meets Jack's wife, who knew about their affair, and contacts one of his informants using a code he kept on a $2 bill. Learning that Jack was actually working with the alliance, a distraught Mina calls a suicide hotline. Ray and Michelle give in to their mutual attraction, and he and Manny recover another $2 bill used by the murdered Amish, who are connected to a cartel stash. Son is released but continues to be threatened by the cartel. When Theresa defiantly returns home, Ray arrives to keep watch but is shot in the leg by a cartel sicario who demands the $2 code. Bart, newly paroled on house arrest, kills the gunman and saves his son.
6
6
No.
6
Title
"Love Songs from Mars"
Directed by
Jonathan van Tulleken
Written by
Peter Craig
Original release date
April 11, 2025 (2025-04-11)
Bart, Theresa, and Manny struggle to help a wounded Ray, much to the confusion of the DEA, who have limited use of a listening device hidden in Bart's ankle monitor. Butting heads with her supervisor, Mark Nader, over Jack's extralegal activities and Ray's significance to their investigation, Mina confides in fellow agent Marchetti about her teenage daughter's death from a fentanyl overdose. Son arrives with his mother Xuan, a South Vietnamese refugee and wartime medic, to treat Ray, and Sherry reunites with Manny. A delirious Ray is haunted by memories of his late girlfriend, Marletta, and a cartel sniper fires on the house. Ray is taken to the hospital but ambushed by the bikers in an intense shootout. Manny rushes Ray inside and the bikers flee as the police arrive, but Bart is shot dead.
Bart, Theresa, and Manny struggle to help a wounded Ray, much to the confusion of the DEA, who have limited use of a listening device hidden in Bart's ankle monitor. Butting heads with her supervisor, Mark Nader, over Jack's extralegal activities and Ray's significance to their investigation, Mina confides in fellow agent Marchetti about her teenage daughter's death from a fentanyl overdose. Son arrives with his mother Xuan, a South Vietnamese refugee and wartime medic, to treat Ray, and Sherry reunites with Manny. A delirious Ray is haunted by memories of his late girlfriend, Marletta, and a cartel sniper fires on the house. Ray is taken to the hospital but ambushed by the bikers in an intense shootout. Manny rushes Ray inside and the bikers flee as the police arrive, but Bart is shot dead.
No.
Bart, Theresa, and Manny struggle to help a wounded Ray, much to the confusion of the DEA, who have limited use of a listening device hidden in Bart's ankle monitor. Butting heads with her supervisor, Mark Nader, over Jack's extralegal activities and Ray's significance to their investigation, Mina confides in fellow agent Marchetti about her teenage daughter's death from a fentanyl overdose. Son arrives with his mother Xuan, a South Vietnamese refugee and wartime medic, to treat Ray, and Sherry reunites with Manny. A delirious Ray is haunted by memories of his late girlfriend, Marletta, and a cartel sniper fires on the house. Ray is taken to the hospital but ambushed by the bikers in an intense shootout. Manny rushes Ray inside and the bikers flee as the police arrive, but Bart is shot dead.
7
7
No.
7
Title
"Mussolini"
Directed by
Marcela Said
Written by
Peter Craig
Original release date
April 18, 2025 (2025-04-18)
Weeks later, Theresa assists the DEA in luring the bikers into a sting operation, while Manny, Son, and a recovering Ray are all in custody. Manny learns Sherry is pregnant, and accepts the cartel's protection after the bikers try to have him killed. Michelle is still representing Ray but ends their romance, and is approached by Mina, who is fixated on Ray's connection to the larger drug trafficking operation. After an argument on the prison bus, Ray and Manny separately send Theresa and Sherry to collect the money, but they surprise each other at the storage unit. Ray wakes in the night to find his hospital floor empty and a nurse dead, and is taunted over the intercom by the mysterious caller, the alliance's unseen leader. Son survives an attempt on his life, and Michelle informs Ray that Manny has died from heroin given to him by the cartel.
Weeks later, Theresa assists the DEA in luring the bikers into a sting operation, while Manny, Son, and a recovering Ray are all in custody. Manny learns Sherry is pregnant, and accepts the cartel's protection after the bikers try to have him killed. Michelle is still representing Ray but ends their romance, and is approached by Mina, who is fixated on Ray's connection to the larger drug trafficking operation. After an argument on the prison bus, Ray and Manny separately send Theresa and Sherry to collect the money, but they surprise each other at the storage unit. Ray wakes in the night to find his hospital floor empty and a nurse dead, and is taunted over the intercom by the mysterious caller, the alliance's unseen leader. Son survives an attempt on his life, and Michelle informs Ray that Manny has died from heroin given to him by the cartel.
No.
Weeks later, Theresa assists the DEA in luring the bikers into a sting operation, while Manny, Son, and a recovering Ray are all in custody. Manny learns Sherry is pregnant, and accepts the cartel's protection after the bikers try to have him killed. Michelle is still representing Ray but ends their romance, and is approached by Mina, who is fixated on Ray's connection to the larger drug trafficking operation. After an argument on the prison bus, Ray and Manny separately send Theresa and Sherry to collect the money, but they surprise each other at the storage unit. Ray wakes in the night to find his hospital floor empty and a nurse dead, and is taunted over the intercom by the mysterious caller, the alliance's unseen leader. Son survives an attempt on his life, and Michelle informs Ray that Manny has died from heroin given to him by the cartel.
8
8
No.
8
Title
"Innocent People"
Directed by
Peter Craig
Written by
Peter Craig
Original release date
April 25, 2025 (2025-04-25)
After Manny's funeral, Marchetti discovers Son was being protected by someone inside the DEA and Mina confronts Ray, both agreeing to uncover the truth. DEA Special Agent Bill McKinty convinces his colleagues to listen to Ray, who deduces that the robbery was a setup: the $2 bills reveal coordinates where Jack hid the cartel stash, and Rick was sent to arrange the robbery and kill Jack. The alliance's leader demands a meeting with Son and Ray, who visits Michelle to say goodbye. As Son and the DEA take their positions, Ray, Mina, and Marchetti follow Jack's coordinates to a nearby graveyard where they uncover his stash: evidence proving McKinty is the alliance's leader, supplying Son and other criminals with stash houses protected by DEA "deconfliction". Marchetti races to warn the others, but McKinty kills Nader and his fellow agents to allow Son to escape with Xuan. Trapped in Mina's RV by McKinty and his bikers, Ray rams McKinty with the burning vehicle, killing the attackers when it explodes. Son leaves an apologetic voicemail for Ray, who has escaped with Mina and made a clean getaway.
After Manny's funeral, Marchetti discovers Son was being protected by someone inside the DEA and Mina confronts Ray, both agreeing to uncover the truth. DEA Special Agent Bill McKinty convinces his colleagues to listen to Ray, who deduces that the robbery was a setup: the $2 bills reveal coordinates where Jack hid the cartel stash, and Rick was sent to arrange the robbery and kill Jack. The alliance's leader demands a meeting with Son and Ray, who visits Michelle to say goodbye. As Son and the DEA take their positions, Ray, Mina, and Marchetti follow Jack's coordinates to a nearby graveyard where they uncover his stash: evidence proving McKinty is the alliance's leader, supplying Son and other criminals with stash houses protected by DEA "deconfliction". Marchetti races to warn the others, but McKinty kills Nader and his fellow agents to allow Son to escape with Xuan. Trapped in Mina's RV by McKinty and his bikers, Ray rams McKinty with the burning vehicle, killing the attackers when it explodes. Son leaves an apologetic voicemail for Ray, who has escaped with Mina and made a clean getaway.
No.
After Manny's funeral, Marchetti discovers Son was being protected by someone inside the DEA and Mina confronts Ray, both agreeing to uncover the truth. DEA Special Agent Bill McKinty convinces his colleagues to listen to Ray, who deduces that the robbery was a setup: the $2 bills reveal coordinates where Jack hid the cartel stash, and Rick was sent to arrange the robbery and kill Jack. The alliance's leader demands a meeting with Son and Ray, who visits Michelle to say goodbye. As Son and the DEA take their positions, Ray, Mina, and Marchetti follow Jack's coordinates to a nearby graveyard where they uncover his stash: evidence proving McKinty is the alliance's leader, supplying Son and other criminals with stash houses protected by DEA "deconfliction". Marchetti races to warn the others, but McKinty kills Nader and his fellow agents to allow Son to escape with Xuan. Trapped in Mina's RV by McKinty and his bikers, Ray rams McKinty with the burning vehicle, killing the attackers when it explodes. Son leaves an apologetic voicemail for Ray, who has escaped with Mina and made a clean getaway.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
| 1 | "Jolly Ranchers" | Ridley Scott | Peter Craig | March 14, 2025 (2025-03-14) | |
| In 2021, childhood friends Ray and Manny support themselves by impersonating DEA agents to rob low-level stash houses in Philadelphia. Ray learns that his adoptive mother, Theresa, needs $10,000 while a soon-to-be wed Manny is desperate to leave his criminal past behind. They recruit a fellow ex-convict, Rick, who suggests they could nab a larger score by robbing a methamphetamine lab in Ottsville; against his better judgement, Ray agrees. The robbery goes off the rails when a nervous Rick opens fire, and he and two meth cooks are killed before the lab catches fire and explodes. Ray and Manny escape with a large amount of cash and unprocessed meth, but a mysterious caller threatens to hunt them down. Mina, a survivor of the robbery, is an undercover DEA agent and informs her colleagues about the imposters. | |||||
| 2 | "Bat Out of Hell" | Jonathan van Tulleken | Peter Craig | March 14, 2025 (2025-03-14) | |
| Ray sends Theresa to Atlantic City to get her out of town and visits his incarcerated father, Bart, who admits that he told a recently paroled inmate about his son's activities. Delivering the drugs to trusted trafficker Son Pham to resell, Ray stashes the money in a storage locker. He and Manny find the inmate and his Amish associates brutally slaughtered, and they are ambushed by bikers but manage to kill them. Realizing they have been identified by the mysterious caller, Manny ditches Ray to make sure his girlfriend, Sherry, is safe. Ray flees from more bikers until one is hit by a truck, and reluctantly meets with Michelle Taylor, a lawyer hired by Theresa to seek a compassionate release for Bart under state COVID-19 guidelines. Michelle reveals Bart is dying of cancer and Ray, despite his hatred for his father, agrees to pay her retainer. | |||||
| 3 | "Run, Die, or Relapse" | Tanya Hamilton | Peter Craig | March 21, 2025 (2025-03-21) | |
| The DEA recovers plates from Ray's burned van and a gun used in the robbery; by tracking down the dealer it was stolen from, they obtain a composite sketch of Ray's face. Son abandons Ray to protect his own family and urges him to skip town, while the bikers interrogate and kill Ray's associate Malik. Theresa returns home against Ray's wishes and he admits the truth about his robbery scheme, before finding Manny hiding in his attic. Ray is forced to accompany Theresa to visit Bart, who has been stabbed in prison, and realizes the bikers have set an ambush for him. Before they can kill Ray, the bikers are arrested by local police. Manny begs for help reconciling with Sherry, who has threatened to turn him in, and Ray stops her by revealing Manny intends to propose to her. Outside, he finds a box with a threatening note and Malik's severed head. | |||||
| 4 | "Philadelphia Lawyer" | Marcela Said | Peter Craig | March 28, 2025 (2025-03-28) | |
| Mina grieves the death of her partner, Jack, who was killed in the robbery and with whom she was having an affair. Struggling to regain her voice, she is determined to continue Jack's investigation into an "alliance" between the drug-dealing bikers and a Mexican cartel. Laying low at a motel with Theresa and Manny, who is using heroin to cope with his guilt, Ray convinces Sherry to stay away, and tracks down the bikers' meeting place. Son puts Ray in touch with an associate, Cyrus, but is targeted by the cartel and arrested by the DEA, who pressure Michelle to turn Ray in. Manny and Ray narrowly escape when Cyrus and his Juggalo gang are killed launching an attack on the bikers, and Ray stops a traumatized Manny from committing suicide with a grenade. Agreeing to meet with Michelle, Ray realizes he is walking into a DEA trap and slips away. | |||||
| 5 | "Fear of God" | Marcela Said | Peter Craig | April 4, 2025 (2025-04-04) | |
| Son is forced by the DEA to call Ray, but gives him a secret warning not to incriminate himself. Mina meets Jack's wife, who knew about their affair, and contacts one of his informants using a code he kept on a $2 bill. Learning that Jack was actually working with the alliance, a distraught Mina calls a suicide hotline. Ray and Michelle give in to their mutual attraction, and he and Manny recover another $2 bill used by the murdered Amish, who are connected to a cartel stash. Son is released but continues to be threatened by the cartel. When Theresa defiantly returns home, Ray arrives to keep watch but is shot in the leg by a cartel sicario who demands the $2 code. Bart, newly paroled on house arrest, kills the gunman and saves his son. | |||||
| 6 | "Love Songs from Mars" | Jonathan van Tulleken | Peter Craig | April 11, 2025 (2025-04-11) | |
| Bart, Theresa, and Manny struggle to help a wounded Ray, much to the confusion of the DEA, who have limited use of a listening device hidden in Bart's ankle monitor. Butting heads with her supervisor, Mark Nader, over Jack's extralegal activities and Ray's significance to their investigation, Mina confides in fellow agent Marchetti about her teenage daughter's death from a fentanyl overdose. Son arrives with his mother Xuan, a South Vietnamese refugee and wartime medic, to treat Ray, and Sherry reunites with Manny. A delirious Ray is haunted by memories of his late girlfriend, Marletta, and a cartel sniper fires on the house. Ray is taken to the hospital but ambushed by the bikers in an intense shootout. Manny rushes Ray inside and the bikers flee as the police arrive, but Bart is shot dead. | |||||
| 7 | "Mussolini" | Marcela Said | Peter Craig | April 18, 2025 (2025-04-18) | |
| Weeks later, Theresa assists the DEA in luring the bikers into a sting operation, while Manny, Son, and a recovering Ray are all in custody. Manny learns Sherry is pregnant, and accepts the cartel's protection after the bikers try to have him killed. Michelle is still representing Ray but ends their romance, and is approached by Mina, who is fixated on Ray's connection to the larger drug trafficking operation. After an argument on the prison bus, Ray and Manny separately send Theresa and Sherry to collect the money, but they surprise each other at the storage unit. Ray wakes in the night to find his hospital floor empty and a nurse dead, and is taunted over the intercom by the mysterious caller, the alliance's unseen leader. Son survives an attempt on his life, and Michelle informs Ray that Manny has died from heroin given to him by the cartel. | |||||
| 8 | "Innocent People" | Peter Craig | Peter Craig | April 25, 2025 (2025-04-25) | |
| After Manny's funeral, Marchetti discovers Son was being protected by someone inside the DEA and Mina confronts Ray, both agreeing to uncover the truth. DEA Special Agent Bill McKinty convinces his colleagues to listen to Ray, who deduces that the robbery was a setup: the $2 bills reveal coordinates where Jack hid the cartel stash, and Rick was sent to arrange the robbery and kill Jack. The alliance's leader demands a meeting with Son and Ray, who visits Michelle to say goodbye. As Son and the DEA take their positions, Ray, Mina, and Marchetti follow Jack's coordinates to a nearby graveyard where they uncover his stash: evidence proving McKinty is the alliance's leader, supplying Son and other criminals with stash houses protected by DEA "deconfliction". Marchetti races to warn the others, but McKinty kills Nader and his fellow agents to allow Son to escape with Xuan. Trapped in Mina's RV by McKinty and his bikers, Ray rams McKinty with the burning vehicle, killing the attackers when it explodes. Son leaves an apologetic voicemail for Ray, who has escaped with Mina and made a clean getaway. | |||||
Professional ratings · Reception › Critical response
Source
Source
Aggregate scores
Source
Aggregate scores
Rating
Metacritic
Metacritic
Aggregate scores
Metacritic
Aggregate scores
74/100
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes
Aggregate scores
Rotten Tomatoes
Aggregate scores
86%
Review scores
Review scores
Aggregate scores
Review scores
Source
Source
Aggregate scores
Source
Aggregate scores
Rating
The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club
Aggregate scores
The A.V. Club
Aggregate scores
B−
TV Guide
TV Guide
Aggregate scores
TV Guide
Aggregate scores
7.6/10
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100 |
| Rotten Tomatoes | 86% |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The A.V. Club | B− |
| TV Guide | 7.6/10 |
· Reception › Accolades
2025
2025
Year
2025
Award
Astra TV Awards
Category
Best Limited Series
Nominee(s)
Dope Thief
Result
Nominated
Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Year
Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Award
Brian Tyree Henry
Category
Nominated
Gotham TV Awards
Gotham TV Awards
Year
Gotham TV Awards
Award
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series
Category
Nominated
Black Reel Awards
Black Reel Awards
Year
Black Reel Awards
Award
Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series
Category
Peter Craig
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Outstanding Lead Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series
Outstanding Lead Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series
Year
Outstanding Lead Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series
Award
Brian Tyree Henry
Category
Nominated
Outstanding Directing in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Outstanding Directing in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Year
Outstanding Directing in a TV Movie or Limited Series
Award
Tanya Hamilton
Category
Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
Year
Primetime Emmy Awards
Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Category
Brian Tyree Henry
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards
Critics' Choice Awards
Year
Critics' Choice Awards
Award
Best Limited Series
Category
Dope Thief
Nominee(s)
Pending
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Year
Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Award
Brian Tyree Henry
Category
Pending
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Year
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
Award
Wagner Moura
Category
Pending
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| 2025 | Astra TV Awards | Best Limited Series | Dope Thief | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie | Brian Tyree Henry | Nominated | |||
| Gotham TV Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series | Nominated | |||
| Black Reel Awards | Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series | Peter Craig | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Lead Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series | Brian Tyree Henry | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Directing in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Tanya Hamilton | Nominated | |||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Brian Tyree Henry | Nominated | ||
| Critics' Choice Awards | Best Limited Series | Dope Thief | Pending | ||
| Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television | Brian Tyree Henry | Pending | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television | Wagner Moura | Pending |
References
- The Futon Critichttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/dope-thief/listings/
- Sinking Springhttps://deadline.com/2022/08/peter-craig-brian-tyree-henry-ridley-scott-sinking-spring-1235087885/
- Sinking Springhttps://deadline.com/2022/09/sinking-spring-michael-mando-brian-tyree-henry-apple-series-peter-craig-ridley-scott-1235112361/
- Sinking Springhttps://deadline.com/2022/10/marin-ireland-brian-tyree-henry-apple-sinking-spring-series-1235144227/
- Sinking Springhttps://variety.com/2022/tv/news/kate-mulgrew-apple-series-sinking-spring-1235429633/
- The Blacklisthttps://deadline.com/2023/01/amir-arison-cast-ridley-scott-apple-series-sinking-spring-1235227590/
- Sinking Springhttps://deadline.com/2023/02/sinking-spring-casts-ving-rhames-dustin-nguyen-four-others-1235257921/
- Joy Luck Clubhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/joy-luck-club-kieu-chinh-sinking-spring-1235363451/
- Production Listhttps://productionlist.com/production/sinking-spring/
- The Hollywood Reporterhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michael-mando-fired-from-apple-series-following-clash-with-co-star-1235333999/
- PhillyVoicehttps://www.phillyvoice.com/apple-tv-sinking-spring-ridley-scott-series-philadelphia-delaware-county-writers-guild-strike/
- Deadline Hollywoodhttps://deadline.com/2024/11/dope-thief-premiere-date-apple-photos-trailer-sinking-spring-1236181845/
- Dope Thiefhttps://www.metacritic.com/tv/dope-thief/season-1
- Dope Thiefhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dope_thief/s01
- The A.V. Clubhttps://www.avclub.com/dope-thief-review-apple-tv-plus-miniseries
- TV Guidehttps://www.tvguide.com/news/dope-thief-review-brian-tyree-henry-wagner-moura-apple-tv-crime-drama/
- "A Complete List of the 2025 Astra TV Awards Nominations"https://theastras.com/a-complete-list-of-the-2025-astra-tv-awards-nominations/
- The Hollywood Reporterhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2025-gotham-tv-awards-nominations-nominees-list-1236203266/
- Deadline Hollywoodhttps://deadline.com/2025/06/black-reel-tv-awards-2025-nominations-list-1236436076/
- "Dope Thief"https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/dope-thief
- "Nominations Announced for the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards Hosted by Chelsea Handler"https://www.criticschoice.com/2025/12/05/nominations-announced-for-the-31st-annual-critics-choice-awards-hosted-by-chelsea-handler/