The second season of the drama Ray Donovan follows Los Angeles Jack-of-all-trades Ray Donovan (Liev Schreiber) as he works to solve the often complicated problems of his wealthy clients. Despite his career success, however, Ray struggles to deal with his ex-con father and other problems within his own family.

This gritty crime drama follows Detective Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) as he leads a group of detectives known as the Strike Team throughout the crime ridden streets of California. Though is goal of stopping crime at its source is admirable, his methods are anything but on the straight and narrow, and become increasingly corrupt as time goes on. Romantic relationships are equally difficult to navigate; Mackey's marriage falters due to several indiscretions, as well as the stress of paying for the education of a special needs child. Fellow Strike Team member Shane Vendrell's (Walton Goggins) marriage is equally rocky, and motivates Shane to pursuing a course of actions that would shake the team to its very core.