WILD CARDS – Episode 306 – Return of the Corkscrew Killer (limited spoilers) ⁓ Jessica (Kaylah Zander) joins Cole for coffee on the boat in the morning. Cole is drinking coffee from the mug that Vivienne gave him when she …
WILD CARDS – Episode 305 – Hot Tub Death Machine (limited spoilers) ⁓ Pretending to be Max’s cousin Cheyenne, Vivienne (Tamara Taylor), invites Cole (Giacomo Gianniotti) to dinner, surprising George (Jason Priestley) and Max (Vanessa Morgan), and making Ricky (Fletcher …
WILD CARDS – Episode 304 – Dead Weight (speculative recap) ⁓ Ridge Rodgers has been murdered. The nine-time world body-building champion was found dead in his gym. He had been struck on the back of the head with a hex …
WILD CARDS – Episode 303 – M. D. CEASED – (speculative recap) ⁓ On her way to work, Max (Vanessa Morgan) gets three phone calls. The first is from Ricky (Fletcher Donovan), complaining about too many interruptions getting in the …
WILD CARDS – Episode 302 – Quit Playing Games (with my life) – (some spoilers) ⁓ Vivienne (Tamara Taylor) re-institutes the family tradition of French Toast Friday. Max (Vanessa Morgan), is happy to have her mother back and doesn’t want …
WILD CARDS – Episode 301 – Rack ’em Up – (some spoilers) ⁓ Cole (Giacomo Gianniotti) has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the investigation of his brother’s death (see previous post), and is back on the job. He tells …
In “Bride and Doom” (episode 211), Max (Vanessa Morgan) can’t join her father George (Jason Priestley) on the anniversary of his wedding to his late wife. She and Cole (Giacomo Gianniotti) are busy trying to solve the murder of a …
LUCY BETTS-TAYLOR – Ludwig – Anna Maxwell Martin ⁓ An aspiring photographer, Lucy is “still doing endless weddings and bonneted babies”, and has been married for twenty-odd years to DCI James Taylor. When her husband disappears she decides to make …
WILD CARDS – Catch Me If You Con – limited spoilers ⁓ After being cooped up for weeks with a sprained ankle, Max (Vanessa Morgan) is looking for something to do. Ricky (Fletcher Donovan) and his amateur theatre group are …
WILD CARDS – Dial ‘A’ for Alibi – (limited spoilers) ⁓ The episode title comes from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Dial ‘M’ For Murder“, but the story is largely an homage to the other Hitchcock film released in 1954, “Rear Window“. Max …
WILD CARDS – Episode 203- The Lorne Identity – (limited spoilers) ⁓ It is Cole’s late brother Daniel’s birthday. Max (Vanessa Morgan) comes into the office without being summoned because, she says: “They’re setting up wifi in my condo, which …
WILD CARDS – Season 2 Episode 2 – (limited spoilers) ⁓ Cole (Giacomo Gianniotti) is having breakfast with his cat when a woman he doesn’t know (Naomi Simpson) tells him his scuppers need cleaning. He assures her that the boat …
WILD CARDS – Season 2 Episode 1 (limited spoilers) ⁓ Max (Vanessa Morgan) and her sidekick Ricky (Fletcher Donovan) were on their way out of town with a 33 million dollar Fabergé Egg until Ricky, in the course of transcribing …
WILD CARDS – Season 1 Episode 9 – (limited spoilers) ⁓ On a Saturday, Max (Vanessa Morgan) gets a call from her butler Ricky (Fletcher Donovan). She is downtown, and walking to some unspecified location. “I’m calling,” he says, “to …
WILD CARDS – Episode 108 – Eternal Sunshine of the Therapized Mind – (limited spoilers) ⁓ Dr. Sophie Fernwood, renowned therapist and self-help guru, is found floating face down in her swimming pool, dead. Cole (Giacomo Gianniotti) and Max (Vanessa …
WILD CARDS – created by Michael Konyves (limited spoilers) Police Detective Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) has a new sidekick, and he’s not sure it’s a good thing. A year ago, his brother Daniel was killed in an apparently random mugging. …
