The Deuce season 2, Sky Atlantic: release date

‘Everything has changed. It’s not like how it was when we started,’ declares Emily Meade’s Lori, right at the beginning of the teaser trailer for Season 2 of The Deuce.

And so it has. Welcome to 1977, a full five years after the end of the first outing of the HBO drama. That means new outfits, new hairstyles and more gritty insights into the booming commercial porn industry in New York City. All produced by David Simon, creator of The Wire.

We were at first horrified by the gimmick of having not one, but two James Francos (Lord help us). But The Deuce soon established itself as a new kind of TV show about prostitution; and one that didn’t present the oldest profession as something to be festishised. It’s been lauded by critics (including us) for breathing new life into a tired genre, and the second season looks to be just as sizzling, insightful and bombastic as the first.

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s self-employed prostitute Candy is back, strutting the streets with a fur coat and a cocky smirk. James Franco also returns in his dual role, but twins Vincent and Frankie Martino are much easier to tell apart this time... thanks to different haircuts. Here's hoping we have a strong second season to this lauded TV show.

The Deuce season two release date: TBD. We predict it will be shortly after the drama airs on HBO in America this September