Series synopsis
Black Monday is an American comedy crime television series that premiered on Showtime on January 20, 2019. It ended on August 1, 2021. It was created by David Caspe, Jordan Cahan. It stars Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall and Paul Scheer.
Travel back to October 19, 1987 – aka Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history – this is the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley's birthday party and the glass ceiling.
Premise
Travel back to October 19, 1987 – aka Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history – this is the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley's birthday party and the glass ceiling.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Don Cheadle as Maurice 'Mo' Monroe
- Andrew Rannells as Blair Pfaff
- Regina Hall as Dawn Darcy
- Paul Scheer as Keith Shankar
- Casey Wilson as Tiffany 'Tiff' Georgina
- Eugene Cordero as Ronnie
- Michael James Scott as Chad
Guest cast
- Chasty Ballesteros as Beautiful Woman
- Corey Allen Kotler as Obnoxious Guy #1
- Jason Andre Smith as Obnoxious Guy #2
- Dan Warner as Sobbing Stock Broker
- Dennis Delsing as Old Trader
- Hugh Dane as Calvin
- Joey Napoli as Random Trader #1
- Daniel Strauss as Random Trader #2
- Harry Zinn as Random Trader #3
- Paul Rust as Brandt
- Bob Turton as Kurt Covington
- Teresa Ganzel as Trisha
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 30 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | January 20, 2019 | March 31, 2019 |
| Season 2 | 10 | March 15, 2020 | July 19, 2020 |
| Season 3 | 10 | May 23, 2021 | August 1, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
365 Wide-eyed Blair is thrust into the insane world of ’80s Wall Street. Mo enacts his master plan to take over the Georgina Jeans Company. |
January 20, 2019 |
| 2 |
364 A Hollywood screenwriter shadows Mo at the office as Mo and Dawn fight over her desire to be made a partner. Keith plays a prank on Blair. |
January 27, 2019 |
| 3 |
339 Mo attempts to create a father/son bond with Blair. Dawn and Spencer have a lively dinner with Dawn's parents. Keith finds his secret increasingly difficult to hide. |
February 10, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mixie-Dixie After the fallout from Black Monday, Dawn and Blair pursue a new deal from different directions while Mo runs from his past. |
March 15, 2020 |
| 2 |
So Antoine Mo has an unexpected guest. Blair and Tiff go looking for a new home. |
March 15, 2020 |
| 3 |
Idiot Inside Mo tries to extricate Keith from a difficult situation. |
March 22, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TEN! It’s 1989 and Mo makes his first big “discovery” as a newly minted jazz producer. Dawn’s still serving time for masterminding Black Monday, Blair learns the hard way how to play politics, and Keith discovers that the late Lenny Leighman has some big follicles to fill. Mo hatches a plot to get Dawn an early release. |
May 23, 2021 |
| 2 |
NINE! Keith thinks he’s the perfect tailor-made business-wiz Tiff and Corkie need to rebrand Pfaffashions and put it back in the money. Dawn and Mo negotiate their new work/life balance the way they negotiate everything else – no holds barred. Blair has a near-death sexperience and makes a new frienemesis. |
May 30, 2021 |
| 3 |
EIGHT! Dawn puts on a show at her new “job” for her parole officer, while Blair puts on a show for the RNC. Mo makes a big personal announcement, and Keith tries to please Larry. Blair shoots for political points and his electroshock therapist gets a shock of his own. |
June 6, 2021 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Showtime |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 20, 2019 |
| Last aired | August 1, 2021 |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Sunday at 22:00:00 |