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      Season 1 – Blood & Oil

      2015 Holiday Drama List
      63% 48 Reviews Tomatometer 40% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Dreaming of moving past their working-class roots and living a better life, Billy (Chace Crawford) and Cody Lefever (Rebecca Rittenhouse) move to North Dakota, the location of the biggest oil discovery in American history. Billy and Cody soon find themselves pitted against a ruthless oil tycoon named Hap -- played by Don Johnson ("Miami Vice") and marking his return to prime-time TV. Hap forces the young couple to bet big and put everything at risk -- including their marriage. Johnson also serves as an executive producer, alongside Tony Krantz, Josh Pate, Rodes Fishburne and Drew Comins. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Oct 12 Buy Now

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      High stakes and bawdy plots make Blood & Oil's plain premise and characters tolerable.

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      Keith Uhlich Hollywood Reporter Soap operatic machinations and narrative plausibility need not necessarily be bedfellows. But there's little in Blood & Oil that compels in the way of the best trash TV. May 19, 2020 Full Review Rob Sheffield Rolling Stone Don Johnson never fades away - and who would ever want him to? He's a North Dakota oil tycoon in this clever old-school soap - a salty wildcatter who still walks and talks like a cowboy, especially when he's kicking the ass of his spoiled brat of a son. Sep 29, 2015 Full Review John Doyle Globe and Mail Blood & Oil is a hopeless soap. Sep 28, 2015 Full Review Amanda Coyne Tell-Tale TV Unnecessary exposition and sometimes over-the-top acting aside, that cliffhanger seals the deal. I cannot wait until next week's episode. Rated: 3.5/5 May 19, 2020 Full Review Terri Schwartz IGN Movies Blood & Oil wants to follow in the soap opera roots of Dallas, but it's so self-serious that its pilot is too easy to laugh at and not with. Rated: 3.5/10 May 19, 2020 Full Review Tommy Cook Collider There's something here though - between Johnson's magnetic charms, the rich location and the darker network aesthetics - it all suggest the potential for a show far greater than its pilot. May 19, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member I loved this show and was sad to see it is done. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member It wasn't the best show, and probably a little too soapy for most, but at least they got a chance to tie everything up in the last episode before getting cancelled. Half a star because Don Johnson is always awesome to see. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member How can such a large scale production produce such garbage? Blood and Oil actually had a promising premise that worked well in the first few episodes but quickly devolved into unbearable soap opera. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Two stars is a generous rating. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member This show a bad soap opera; in less then a week, a young couple looses it's laundry business, uses a $10,000 credit card to raise $75,000 buys a land lease and turns it into a million dollars, all in the first 37 minutes. Is this the best vehicle Don Johnson could come up with? Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member JR Ewing would be so disgusted if he watched this trash Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episode 1 Aired Sep 27, 2015 Pilot Billy and Cody Lefever move to North Dakota hoping to cash in on the largest oil discovery in American history; Cody becomes uncertain about her husband's choices when Billy crosses paths with a powerful oil baron named Hap Briggs. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 4, 2015 The Ripple Effect Suspicions abound following the robbery; Wick scrambles to hide his involvement in the crime that nearly killed his father; Hap's daughter arrives, which sparks a rivalry with his wife. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 11, 2015 Hustle and Flow Hap invites Wick to participate in a new venture; tensions rise when Billy tries to get on board; a robbery suspect is arrested; Jules and Hap rekindle their relationship. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 18, 2015 The Birthday Party Intent on revenge, Billy turns to Clifton for help; Wick plans a huge birthday party for Jules; a confrontation forces A.J. to make a decision. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 25, 2015 Rocks and Hard Places Lacey officially joins the family business making Wick's shortcomings more glaring; Billy tries to blackmail Hap; Sheriff Tip reveals to Hap that Wick may know more about the robbery than he's let on. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 1, 2015 Convergence Friends and enemies unite after Cody is attacked; Billy seeks Wick's help as he tries to determine who is responsible for the crime; Carla is suspicious of Hap and Jules. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 8, 2015 Fight or Flight Billy and Wick form an alliance after leaving Gary for dead; federal agents trying to build a case against Hap approach Wick; Carla tries to expose her husband's affair. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 29, 2015 Rats, Bugs and Moles When Hap nearly exposes Wick as the leak, Wick recruits an unlikely accomplice to help bring him down; Billy's lies start to catch up with him. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 6, 2015 Art of the Deal Hap is determined to find the person responsible for putting Carla behind bars; the Briggs men rush to visit Jules after her brush with death; Billy worries that he won't be able to make things right with Cody. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 13, 2015 Departures As Christmas approaches, Billy must choose between saving his marriage or staying in the oil game alone; Cody is tempted by another man; Hap and Wick's relationship is pushed to the limits at the Briggs Christmas Eve gathering. Details

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      Keith Uhlich Hollywood Reporter Soap operatic machinations and narrative plausibility need not necessarily be bedfellows. But there's little in Blood & Oil that compels in the way of the best trash TV. May 19, 2020 Full Review Rob Sheffield Rolling Stone Don Johnson never fades away - and who would ever want him to? He's a North Dakota oil tycoon in this clever old-school soap - a salty wildcatter who still walks and talks like a cowboy, especially when he's kicking the ass of his spoiled brat of a son. Sep 29, 2015 Full Review John Doyle Globe and Mail Blood & Oil is a hopeless soap. Sep 28, 2015 Full Review Amanda Coyne Tell-Tale TV Unnecessary exposition and sometimes over-the-top acting aside, that cliffhanger seals the deal. I cannot wait until next week's episode. Rated: 3.5/5 May 19, 2020 Full Review Terri Schwartz IGN Movies Blood & Oil wants to follow in the soap opera roots of Dallas, but it's so self-serious that its pilot is too easy to laugh at and not with. Rated: 3.5/10 May 19, 2020 Full Review Tommy Cook Collider There's something here though - between Johnson's magnetic charms, the rich location and the darker network aesthetics - it all suggest the potential for a show far greater than its pilot. May 19, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

      Season Info

      Director
      Chris Grismer, Rod Holcomb, Jonas Pate, Brian Kelly, Tim Hunter
      Executive Producer
      Tony Krantz, Josh Pate, Rodes Fishburne, Drew Comins, Don Johnson
      Screenwriter
      Jon Harmon Feldman, Robert Rovner, Josh Pate, Matt Pyken, Rodes Fishburne, Cynthia Cidre, Nicholas Schutt, Pierluigi Cothran, Dana Ledoux Miller, David Renaud
      Network
      ABC
      Rating
      TV-PG
      Genre
      Holiday, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Sep 27, 2015