No edit summary
Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
|
m Reverted edits by 2600:387:F:491B:0:0:0:4 (talk) to last version by Lonniemitchell22
|
||
Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
| endtheme = |
| endtheme = |
||
| composer = Elvin Ross |
| composer = Elvin Ross |
||
| |
| country = United States |
||
| language = English |
| language = English |
||
| num_seasons = 2 |
| num_seasons = 2 |
Ruthless | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Also known as | Tyler Perry's Ruthless |
Genre | |
Created by | Tyler Perry |
Written by | Tyler Perry |
Directed by | Tyler Perry |
Starring |
|
Composer | Elvin Ross |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 46(list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers |
|
Camera setup | Multiple camera |
Running time | 41-80 min. |
Production company | Tyler Perry Studios |
Original release | |
Network | BET+ |
Release | March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19) – present (present) |
Related | |
The Oval |
Ruthless is an American drama series created, executive produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry. The series is produced under Perry's overall deal with Viacom/CBS.[1] It is a spin-off from the BET drama The Oval.[2][3] The first season of 24-episodes premiered on March 19, 2020, on BET+.[2] Starting on February 23, 2021, the show began begin airing on BET following new episodes of The Oval. Season 2 premiered on March 11, 2021. Season 3 premiered on March 10, 2022.[4] The show has attracted a cult following.[5][6]
In a backdoor pilot during the first three episodes of The Oval, Ruth Truesdale (Melissa L. Williams) kidnaps her daughter Callie to join her and the sex-crazed members of the Rakudushis cult. Ruth is a devoted member of the Rakadushi cult. After helping to severely punish her rebellious, best friend Tally, she becomes an "Elder," a high-ranking member of the cult. However, in order to be initiated into the position of Elder, she was required to be gang raped by seven high ranking cult members, including Andrew and Dikhan, in the presence of The Highest. After being gang raped, Ruth no longer wants to be a member of the cult and began planning an escape, along with her best friend, Tally.
The leader of the Rakadushis is "the Highest" (Matt Cedeño). The Highest has long hair and is always wearing white. His demeanor is very calm, peaceful, and welcoming. This is to cover up the fact that he is a sexual sadist. He uses drugs to make newcomers black out and lose all memory in order to violently rape them. He himself is also a drug addict.
Dikhan (Lenny Thomas), is a high ranking cult member who is the right hand to The Highest. He is the overseer of everything that happens on the cult's property. Dikhan is very handsome and loyal to The Highest, but he is also extremely invasive and stern. It is revealed in Season one, episode seven, that Dikhan and The Highest have been in a homosexual relationship for twelve years. However, Dikhan is bisexual. He has been having a secret affair with Ruth and is also attracted to Lynn (Nirdine Brown). Dikhan has fallen in love with Ruth, however, Ruth is only using him to plan her escape from the cult. Dikhan is under the impression that Ruth is pregnant with his child. He has to hide his feelings for Ruth because of his relationship with the Highest. It is also against the rules of the cult. The Highest becomes suspicious about Dikhan and Ruth, after smelling Ruth's soap on him. The Highest's fondness of Andrew and River causes Dikhan to become jealous and insecure. Members of all ranks of the cult fear Dikhan. Dikhan reports all wrongdoing of the cult members to The Highest and often recommends and inflicts their punishment.
The Rakadushi cult was infiltrated by undercover FBI agent Andrew (Blue Kimble) who eventually converted his beliefs into that of the religious sex cult and is in the process of becoming a high-ranking member of the Rakadushis. Andrew is married to Sarah and they have one son. After the infiltrating and becoming a unwavering believer of the Rakadushi religion, he began a secret, forbidden, sexual affair with Tally (Yvonne Senat Jones), who is also a member of the Rakadushi cult. Andrew falls in love with Tally, and eventually gets her pregnant. Tally does not know that Andrew is an undercover FBI agent who is also married. Andrew is a very loyal member and believer of the Rakadushi cult and its beliefs. However, he is frequently torn between his beliefs and his love for Tally, when Tally is severely and continuously punished for her mistakes and rebellious behavior. Tally questions Andrew's love for her after finding out Andrew was one of the seven men who gang raped Ruth. Andrew had homosexual sex with The Highest one time, proving his loyalty to the cult, but causing friction between him and Dikhan, due to Dikhan being in love with The Highest.
The series was picked up by BET+ on November 7, 2019, with 24 episode order.[3] The first season was shot over the course of 13 days in Atlanta.[9] As production began during the height of the COVID pandemic, it was filmed in a quarantine "bubble" at Tyler Perry StudiosinAtlanta.[10]
Melissa Williams plays the lead role, after previously appearing on The Oval.[11] New series regular cast members were announced in October 2020 to appear from the second season.[12] Kelvin Hair was announced as a recurring cast member in March 2021.[13]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 24 | March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19) | January 28, 2021 (2021-01-28) | |
2 | 19 | March 11, 2021 (2021-03-11) | January 13, 2022 (2022-01-13) | |
3 | TBA | March 10, 2022 (2022-03-10) | TBA |
No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19) |
2 | 2 | "The Precious Jewel" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19) |
3 | 3 | "The Holy Ground" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19) |
4 | 4 | "Waiting For Tomorrow" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26) |
5 | 5 | "The Chosen" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 2, 2020 (2020-04-02) |
6 | 6 | "Lost" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 9, 2020 (2020-04-09) |
7 | 7 | "The Outsiders" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 30, 2020 (2020-04-30) |
8 | 8 | "Heaven On Earth" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | May 7, 2020 (2020-05-07) |
9 | 9 | "To Be Chosen" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | May 14, 2020 (2020-05-14) |
10 | 10 | "The Closer" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | May 21, 2020 (2020-05-21) |
11 | 11 | "The Devil's Brew" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | May 28, 2020 (2020-05-28) |
12 | 12 | "Wicked Acts" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | June 4, 2020 (2020-06-04) |
13 | 13 | "An Angel From Heaven" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 26, 2020 (2020-11-26) |
14 | 14 | "The Restful Sleep" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 26, 2020 (2020-11-26) |
15 | 15 | "On Assignment" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 26, 2020 (2020-11-26) |
16 | 16 | "Quid Pro Quo" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | December 3, 2020 (2020-12-03) |
17 | 17 | "Unnatural Acts" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | December 10, 2020 (2020-12-10) |
18 | 18 | "Drinking My Scotch" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17) |
19 | 19 | "The Purge" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | December 24, 2020 (2020-12-24) |
20 | 20 | "The Dark Walkers" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31) |
21 | 21 | "Two Days" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | January 7, 2021 (2021-01-07) |
22 | 22 | "Into the Woods" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | January 14, 2021 (2021-01-14) |
23 | 23 | "Live Bait" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | January 21, 2021 (2021-01-21) |
24 | 24 | "Out of Time" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | January 28, 2021 (2021-01-28) |
No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | 1 | "The Outhouse" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 11, 2021 (2021-03-11) |
26 | 2 | "Over The Barrel" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 11, 2021 (2021-03-11) |
27 | 3 | "Holding On By A Thread" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 11, 2021 (2021-03-11) |
28 | 4 | "Duplicity" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 18, 2021 (2021-03-18) |
29 | 5 | "Agitators" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 25, 2021 (2021-03-25) |
30 | 6 | "Trust No One" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 1, 2021 (2021-04-01) |
31 | 7 | "The Code" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 8, 2021 (2021-04-08) |
32 | 8 | "Small Little Lies" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 15, 2021 (2021-04-15) |
33 | 9 | "The Ritual Bath" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | April 22, 2021 (2021-04-22) |
34 | 10 | "My Brother's Keeper" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 25, 2021 (2021-11-25) |
35 | 11 | "Secrets of the Garden" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 25, 2021 (2021-11-25) |
36 | 12 | "Masquerade" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | November 25, 2021 (2021-11-25) |
37 | 13 | "Evil Deeds" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | December 2, 2021 (2021-12-02) |
38 | 14 | "Prophecy" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | December 9, 2021 (2021-12-09) |
39 | 15 | "Caged Birds" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | December 16, 2021 (2021-12-16) |
40 | 16 | "Retribution" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | December 23, 2021 (2021-12-23) |
41 | 17 | "Into the Woods" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | December 30, 2021 (2021-12-30) |
42 | 18 | "Precious Armor" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | January 6, 2022 (2022-01-06) |
43 | 19 | "The Raku Way" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | January 13, 2022 (2022-01-13) |
No. overall | No.in season | Title [14] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [14] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
44 | 1 | "The Calming" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 10, 2022 (2022-03-10) |
45 | 2 | "Uncharted Territory" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 10, 2022 (2022-03-10) |
46 | 3 | "Prepare the Throne" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 10, 2022 (2022-03-10) |
47 | 4 | "The Highest To Be" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 17, 2022 (2022-03-17) |
48 | 5 | "Proving Grounds" | Tyler Perry | Tyler Perry | March 24, 2022 (2022-03-24) |
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
| |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current |
| ||||
Upcoming |
| ||||
Ended |
| ||||
Films |
|