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The intersection of David Milch and Michael Mann creates a kind of baroque naturalism in this densely populated racetrack drama canceled either for low numbers or animal fatalities (you choose). Like the Altman movies it sometimes resembled, plot ran second to milieu -- which, in TV, is as it should be.

'Luck' (HBO)

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The intersection of David Milch and Michael Mann creates a kind of baroque naturalism in this densely populated racetrack drama canceled either for low numbers or animal fatalities (you choose). Like the Altman movies it sometimes resembled, plot ran second to milieu -- which, in TV, is as it should be.

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'Luck' (HBO)