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Ruthless

  • TV Series
  • 2020–
  • TV-MA
  • 45m
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Ruthless (2020)
The boss ladies are here and they are calling the shots. Stream now on BET+
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Psychological DramaCrimeDramaRomance

This spinoff of "The Oval" follows Ruth Truesdale as she is forced to play nice with a scandalous, religious cult of powerful, sex-crazed fanatics in the hope of freeing herself and her daug... Read allThis spinoff of "The Oval" follows Ruth Truesdale as she is forced to play nice with a scandalous, religious cult of powerful, sex-crazed fanatics in the hope of freeing herself and her daughter.This spinoff of "The Oval" follows Ruth Truesdale as she is forced to play nice with a scandalous, religious cult of powerful, sex-crazed fanatics in the hope of freeing herself and her daughter.

  • Creator
    • Tyler Perry
  • Stars
    • Melissa L Williams
    • Matt Cedeño
    • Michelle Núñez
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    • Creator
      • Tyler Perry
    • Stars
      • Melissa L Williams
      • Matt Cedeño
      • Michelle Núñez
    • 127User reviews
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    6bmichaeljazz

    "Going to the store"

    In The Haves, The Oval, and now Ruthless, Tyler's lines go like this: "Are you going to the store?" "Yes, I'm going to the store." "Why are you going to the store?" "Because I want to" "Are you sure the store is where you are going?" " I SAID I was going to the store and that's where I'm going" "I don't really believe you're going to a store." "Well then where do you think I'm going?"

    Once Tyler stops doing this mess, his shows will be PERFECT. They are entertaining as all hell, but he really should listen to Oprah and hire writers. No offense Tyler, we love you. But stop trying to write your own scripts.
    briggstiff

    Do I have to give any stars???

    Bad acting! Sick minded script writing! It's like they are reading straight from a script and repeating the same things over and over. And forgetting what happened in the previous scene or episode. Like why ask if she took a bath when you were right there with her watching her. This needs to end real soon and I bet if we stopped watch it it would. I wanted to see how it ended hoping it would on a good note. But I decided today that I will not watch this sick show anymore. I can't support this anymore I don't care who wrote or produced it. I really hope the actor and actresses are able to find other jobs after this. The storyline is so dark they must have a real hard time sleeping at night. They will need therapy after this and some real training on acting.
    1daeshaanm

    This show is doesn't answer any questions

    For some god forsaken reason, I sat through 31 episodes of this show and the pacing is just too slow. So many repetitive conversations that go on and on and 95% of the characters are so stupid or just unlikable that you really don't feel attached to any of them. At least it's sister show "The Oval" can be watched as a dark comedy because of its ridiculous plot developments or it's cliche characters, but this show is so dark that you can't really enjoy this show in the same way.
    1sheilatayan

    WHY THOUGH

    I have really tried watching this Tyler Perry's series but this is whack a scene drags a 'what did u jus say' is repeated so many times. The scenes have that never ending backdrop music don't waste your time read a book or sth
    2eighthlettermedia

    Tedious.

    You can tell the dialogue was written by one person, run unchecked. Two people will argue and go through every variation of the exact same question and answer. This pads the scenes to well over how long they would normally go in a properly written show. The plot is stretched out to put it at 24 episodes a season. Mind you, I only watched the first 7 episodes before I bowed out. I just can't continue. It gets one star out of the respect I have for what Tyler Perry has done overall and one for the beautiful women on the show.

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    • Release date
      • March 19, 2020 (United States)
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