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In Dope Thief’s first two episodes, Ray shifts from braggadocious con man to beleaguered millennial in interactions with Theresa (Kate Mulgrew), who adopted him after his drug-dealing father, Bart (Ving Rhames), went to prison.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
Hard not to notice that your protagonist here is a baccarat player in Macau, but instead of a cool 007 veneer, your protagonist is a con man marinating spectacularly in anxiety, self-basting in flop sweat as his losses mount and his ruse catches up to him.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025
Quinn VanAntwerp makes his con man character, Gordy, lovable.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
At the center of the story is our main character Marius (Ribisi), a gifted con man who, after serving time in prison, slips into the identity of his former cellmate, Pete Murphy (Ethan Embry).
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
Hard not to notice that your protagonist here is a baccarat player in Macau, but instead of a cool 007 veneer, your protagonist is a con man marinating spectacularly in anxiety, self-basting in flop sweat as his losses mount and his ruse catches up to him.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025
Quinn VanAntwerp makes his con man character, Gordy, lovable.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
At the center of the story is our main character Marius (Ribisi), a gifted con man who, after serving time in prison, slips into the identity of his former cellmate, Pete Murphy (Ethan Embry).
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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“Con man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20man. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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