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  • Jan 10, 2024
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  • Jan 10, 2024
Wild Cards

Summary Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) can get back his detective badge and con artist Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan) can stay out of jail if they work together to solve cases in this Canadian series created by Michael Konyves. [Premieres in Canada on 10 Jan 2024 on CBC and in the US on 17 Jan 2024 on The CW]

Created By: Michael Konyves

  • The CW
  • Jan 10, 2024
  • The CW
  • Jan 10, 2024
Wild Cards
Season 1
Season Premiere: Jan 10, 2024
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Summary Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) can get back his detective badge and con artist Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan) can stay out of jail if they work together to solve cases in this Canadian series created by Michael Konyves. [Premieres in Canada on 10 Jan 2024 on CBC and in the US on 17 Jan 2024 on The CW]

Created By: Michael Konyves

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Episode 1 • Jan 10, 2024
The Infinity Thief
To regain his detective status, Cole Ellis, a demoted by-the-book cop, is assigned to work with Max Mitchell, a spirited con artist whose charismatic street smarts could help catch an elusive thief.
Episode 2 • Jan 17, 2024
Show Me the Murder
A community outreach lecture on porch pirates turns into a murder investigation when Max and Ellis find an elite sports agent dead in his condo. Max's dad George gives her advice from his jail cell.
Episode 3 • Jan 21, 2024
Howl to Get Away With Murder
Things go from quaint to creepy when Max and Ellis look into the disappearance of a butcher in a small rural town; Max quizzes Ellis on his personal life.
Episode 4 • Jan 31, 2024
Strangers on a Wave
After a surfer gets shot and washes up on the beach, Ellis goes under cover and Max puts on her detective hat to unravel a criminal plot worthy of Hitchcock.
Episode 5 • Feb 7, 2024
The Accountant of Monte Cristo
After an infamous accountant set to testify against the mob is kidnapped, Ellis gets an urgent call from an old friend to help get him back; Chief Li tells Max and Ellis they're on thin ice.
Episode 6 • Feb 14, 2024
Dead of Night
Max and Ellis go behind-the-scenes of a long-running vampire TV show when a stalker sends cryptic death threats to the cast. Max opens up to Ellis about her mom.
Episode 7 • Feb 21, 2024
Con With the Wind
George gets a three-day pass from jail to spend his birthday with Max and feels the urge to pull one more con; Ellis helps a troubled youth charged with breaking and entering after he discovers it's a teen his brother used to know.
Episode 8 • Feb 28, 2024
Eternal Sunshine of the Therapized Mind
When a celebrated therapist and best-selling author is cuddled, a bickering Max and Ellis go undercover as a married couple at her wellness retreat and discover more than their chakras.
Episode 9 • Mar 6, 2024
Inside (Con)Man
When Max is taken hostage during a bank robbery, Ellis goes against protocol to secretly infiltrate the bank, where he and Max work together to negotiate the release of hostages.
Episode 10 • Mar 13, 2024
Romancing the Egg
Ellis is drawn into a case involving Max, her ex, and a world-famous Imperial egg, where a cat-and-mouse heist tests their friendship, their partnership, and their trust in each other.

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70
Jan 17, 2024
Though only two episodes of the series were provided for this review, those were enough to determine that the series is built on a fairly solid foundation, and should continue to thrive and find its audience should they avoid the temptation to try and fit a network TV procedural peg into a prestige TV-sized hole.
By Arezou Amin FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 3, 2024
Even with its corny dialogue and predictable beats, Wild Cards is still an extremely enjoyable time, especially if you have been missing the kind of breezy, easy-viewing shows networks like USA and The CW of olde once provided.
By Anna Govert FULL REVIEW
67
Jan 10, 2024
Enter Wild Cards, a show that is just fine. It is not reinventing the wheel, nor is it even coming anywhere close to perfecting the wheel, at least in these first couple of episodes. But it’s hitting those old familiar beats that are enjoyable, even soothing, to watch, with very pleasant and likable characters at its core.
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