Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
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Damson Idris
Franklin Saint
Carter Hudson
Teddy McDonald
Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Gustavo 'El Oso' Zapata
Michael Hyatt
Cissy Saint
Amin Joseph
Jerome Saint
Angela Lewis
Louanne 'Louie' Jones-Saint
Isaiah John
Leon Simmons
Devyn A. Tyler
Veronique Turner
Alejandro Edda
Ruben
Gail Bean
Wanda Bell
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10 episodes • 2017Avg: 7.3Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Jul 5, 2017 | 8.3 |
| 2 | Make Them Birds Fly | Jul 12, 2017 | 7.6 |
| 3 | Slow Hand | Jul 19, 2017 | 7.1 |
| 4 | Trauma | Jul 26, 2017 | 7.2 |
| 5 | Seven-Four | Aug 2, 2017 | 6.9 |
| 6 | A Long Time Coming | Aug 9, 2017 | 7.2 |
| 7 | Cracking | Aug 16, 2017 | 6.9 |
| 8 | Baby Teeth | Aug 23, 2017 | 7.4 |
| 9 | Story of a Scar | Aug 30, 2017 | 6.8 |
| 10 | The Rubicon | Sep 6, 2017 | 7.3 |
10 episodes • 2018Avg: 6.3
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sightlines | Jul 19, 2018 | 7.4 |
| 2 | The Day | Jul 26, 2018 | 6.2 |
| 3 | Prometheus Rising | Aug 2, 2018 | 6.1 |
| 4 | Jingle Bell Rock | Aug 9, 2018 | 6.6 |
| 5 | Serpiente | Aug 16, 2018 | 6.1 |
| 6 | The Offer | Aug 23, 2018 | 4.7 |
| 7 | The World Is Yours | Aug 30, 2018 | 6.2 |
| 8 | Surrender | Sep 6, 2018 | 5.9 |
| 9 | Aftermath | Sep 13, 2018 | 6.5 |
| 10 | Education | Sep 20, 2018 | 6.9 |
10 episodes • 2019Avg: 6.4
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Protect and Swerve | Jul 10, 2019 | 7.2 |
| 2 | The More You Make | Jul 17, 2019 | 6.9 |
| 3 | Cash and Carry | Jul 24, 2019 | 7.1 |
| 4 | The Game That Moves As You Play | Jul 31, 2019 | 5.6 |
| 5 | The Bottoms | Aug 7, 2019 | 6.3 |
| 6 | Confessions | Aug 14, 2019 | 6.0 |
| 7 | Pocket Full of Rocks | Aug 21, 2019 | 6.0 |
| 8 | Hedgehogs | Aug 28, 2019 | 6.2 |
| 9 | Blackout | Sep 4, 2019 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Other Lives | Sep 11, 2019 | 5.3 |
10 episodes • 2021Avg: 7.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Re-Entry | Feb 24, 2021 | 8.7 |
| 2 | Weight | Feb 24, 2021 | 7.4 |
| 3 | All The Way Down | Mar 3, 2021 | 6.4 |
| 4 | Expansion | Mar 10, 2021 | 6.8 |
| 5 | The Get Back | Mar 17, 2021 | 6.6 |
| 6 | Say a Little Prayer | Mar 24, 2021 | 6.6 |
| 7 | Through a Glass, Darkly | Mar 31, 2021 | 6.8 |
| 8 | Betrayal | Apr 7, 2021 | 6.6 |
| 9 | Sleeping Dogs | Apr 14, 2021 | 6.4 |
| 10 | Fight or Flight | Apr 21, 2021 | 7.4 |
10 episodes • 2022Avg: 6.4
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comets | Feb 23, 2022 | 8.3 |
| 2 | Commitment | Feb 23, 2022 | 7.4 |
| 3 | Lions | Mar 2, 2022 | 4.9 |
| 4 | Revolutions | Mar 9, 2022 | 6.5 |
| 5 | The Iliad (1) | Mar 16, 2022 | 6.3 |
| 6 | The Iliad (2) | Mar 23, 2022 | 5.7 |
| 7 | Lying in a Hammock | Mar 30, 2022 | 7.5 |
| 8 | Celebration | Apr 6, 2022 | 5.0 |
| 9 | Departures | Apr 13, 2022 | 5.7 |
| 10 | Fault Lines | Apr 20, 2022 | 6.9 |
10 episodes • 2023Avg: 6.2Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fallout | Feb 22, 2023 | 8.4 |
| 2 | The Sit Down | Feb 22, 2023 | 5.8 |
| 3 | Door of No Return | Mar 1, 2023 | 4.3 |
| 4 | Projects Boy | Mar 8, 2023 | 6.6 |
| 5 | Ebony and Ivory | Mar 15, 2023 | 6.4 |
| 6 | Concrete Jungle | Mar 22, 2023 | 5.8 |
| 7 | Charnel House | Mar 29, 2023 | 5.2 |
| 8 | Ballad of the Bear | Apr 5, 2023 | 6.7 |
| 9 | Sacrifice | Apr 12, 2023 | 6.8 |
| 10 | The Struggle | Apr 19, 2023 | 5.7 |
