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About the Show
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Snowfall is a one-hour drama 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, including: Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo “El Oso” Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Mexican wrestler caught up in a power struggle within a crime family; Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson), a CIA operative running from a dark past who begins an off-book operation to fund the Nicaraguan Contras; and Lucia Villanueva (Emily Rios), the self-possessed daughter of a Mexican crime lord.
Snowfall is created by John Singleton & Eric Amadio and Dave Andron and Executive Produced by Singleton, Andron, Thomas Schlamme, Amadio, Michael London and Trevor Engelson. Andron will serve as showrunner.
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"Slow Hand"
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"Make Them Birds Fly"
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"Pilot"
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Pilot
Expires in 361 days
South Central street entrepreneur Franklin Saint takes a leap into the cocaine game. Disgruntled CIA officer Teddy McDonald allies with a Contra soldier. Luchador wrestler Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata makes inroads with a Mexican cartel family. An FX Original Series, Wednesdays 10PM.
58 minutes • TV-MA • Aired 07/05
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“instantly addictive 1980s drug epic”
- Washington Post
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“beautiful show, and it shines when Franklin is at its center. [Damson] Idris...steals every frame he's in….All are compelling performers”
- Variety
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“FX continues their remarkable 2017 with the summer drama Snowfall...well-drawn and well-performed characters...[Damson] Idris is a fantastic find, conveying a combination of intelligence and innocence that makes Franklin's arc feel genuine”
- RogerEbert.com
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“instantly confident TV...There's something compulsively watchable about it, and I expect it to be a big hit...inside its veins runs something vital and alive and different”
- Vox
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“Just Say Yes To Snowfall...It's a fascinating panoramic look at the drug trade - and the world it created”
- Entertainment Weekly
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“Snowfall Is a Clever, Retro-Pulp Thriller...the acting, particularly by [Damson] Idris, [Emily] Rios, [Sergio] Peris-Mencheta, and [Carter] Hudson, is phenomenal”
- Vulture
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