It’s a shame, then, that over the eight hour-long episodes making up “Dope Thief’s” first season, Ray and Manny’s relationship is reduced to testing that devotion over and over again.

Dope Thief opens with a bang. Two DEA agents storm a stash-house in inner-city Philadelphia, subdue the suspects, control the room and carry out a thorough search of the premises, turning up both ...

Here’s how it works. The following contains spoilers for Dope Thief Episode 4, "Philadelphia Lawyer". If you're not caught up with the series, you can check it out with an Apple TV+ subscription.

The first two episodes of Dope Thief are now streaming on Apple TV+. New episodes debut Fridays through April 25. Based on the 2009 novel by Dennis Tafoya, Dope Thief does an amazing job depicting ...

Ridley Scott, an executive producer on the kinetic, eight-part “Dope Thief” and the director of its first episode, once stranded Sigourney Weaver in space with only a many-toothed demon ...

By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic For a while, Apple TV+‘s adaptation of Dennis Tafoya’s Dope Thief fits into one of my favorite subgenres of crime fiction: Longtime friends ...

Dope Thief (Apple TV+) gets off to a good start. Ray and Manny (Brian Tyree Henry of Atlanta fame and Wagner Moura from Narcos) are fast friends who make a living by robbing low-level Philadelphia ...

The crime drama “Dope Thief” opens with a headfake. Two DEA agents, Ray (Brian Tyree Henry) and Manny (Wagner Moura), plan and execute a bust on a Philadelphia row house. The sequence ...

Thriller fans shouldn’t miss out on Apple TV+’s riveting new crime drama, Dope Thief - but what’s there to watch once you’ve finished the two-part premiere? New episodes of the new limited ...

In “Dope Thief,” premiering Friday on Apple TV+, old friends Ray (Brian Tyree Henry) and Manny (Wagner Moura) are running a scam in which, dressed as DEA agents, they scare small-time ...

The show has gotten a warm reception from critics. But when Dennis Tafoya got his first look at “Dope Thief” last month, he was floored. “It’s just so endlessly surreal to see people on a ...

Dope Thief (Apple TV+, Friday) is considerably more compelling than its unimaginative title would have you believe. The tale of two desperate hucksters making ends meet on the mean streets of ...