The Player (S1E02) -- "Ante Up" -- 10/01/15
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The Player (S1E02) -- "Ante Up" -- 10/01/15
"ANTE UP"
10/01/2015 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Thursday) : THE BETS ARE IN AND THE CRIMES BEGIN- Alex Kane (Philip Winchester) is sent to stop a diamond heist and runs into an old colleague that wants information. Mr. Johnson (Wesley Snipes) and Cassandra King (Charity Wakefield) intervene and threaten to call off the bets. Finally, Kane attends Ginny's (Daisy Betts) funeral and uncovers some shocking evidence about her murder. Also starring- Damon Gupton TV-14 V
10/01/2015 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Thursday) : THE BETS ARE IN AND THE CRIMES BEGIN- Alex Kane (Philip Winchester) is sent to stop a diamond heist and runs into an old colleague that wants information. Mr. Johnson (Wesley Snipes) and Cassandra King (Charity Wakefield) intervene and threaten to call off the bets. Finally, Kane attends Ginny's (Daisy Betts) funeral and uncovers some shocking evidence about her murder. Also starring- Damon Gupton TV-14 V
http://variety.com/2015/tv/global/we...es-1201606098/
The Player was sold by Sony to 105 International Territories.
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Re: The Player (S1E02) -- "Ante Up" -- 10/01/15
Loved it!! Episode 2 was even better than the Pilot. Some awesome action sequences including the Vegas strip shootout and the plane/parachute scene. It almost felt like a mini action movie.
Now that I think about it, this show kind of reminds me of the 1st season of Human Target. Just fun and sometimes silly action.
I really like Cassandra as Alex's eyes and ears. Something really alluring about her as well.
Nice to see Jack from Revenge make an appearance.
I like this show being paired with The Blacklist. They are very compatible shows. Also, being that they are both produced by Sony, I think a Blacklist-Player crossover in the future isn't out of the question.
Last edited by DJariya; 10-02-15 at 03:28 AM.
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Re: The Player (S1E02) -- "Ante Up" -- 10/01/15
look at that, it only took one episode for him to lose. sort of convenient that they have a "double down" bet though. hopefully they don't go to that well too often.
this show is great. the premise is absurd, but so it most everything else on tv. it's pretty good action for a network show.
this show is great. the premise is absurd, but so it most everything else on tv. it's pretty good action for a network show.
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Re: The Player (S1E02) -- "Ante Up" -- 10/01/15
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Bill Clinton likes the show since he's a fan of Winchester from Strike Back.
Bill Clinton likes the show since he's a fan of Winchester from Strike Back.
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Re: The Player (S1E02) -- "Ante Up" -- 10/01/15
That was fun. The shootout was a great sequence and it's fun to watch Snipes go from ultra cool to badass in a like one second.
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Re: The Player (S1E02) -- "Ante Up" -- 10/01/15
TheBigDave - If anyone was planning on watching this at Hulu, it's been pulled. I asked Hulu if it was coming back, and here's what they said -
Thanks for getting in touch with us! At this time, we do not have a partnership with Sony who owns the show, so I'm afraid we're not able to offer their content through Hulu. I'm really sorry for any frustration here. While we did have it for a very short time we had pull it off our service because we did not have the rights to it. In fact Sony delivered the show to us in error, and it was their decision to immediately remove it.
LaxBandit - Guess Hulu and Sony have a partnership now as its back on Hulu - you can now watch the first two episodes there.
Its being promoted right now on their front page via a graphic.
Thanks for getting in touch with us! At this time, we do not have a partnership with Sony who owns the show, so I'm afraid we're not able to offer their content through Hulu. I'm really sorry for any frustration here. While we did have it for a very short time we had pull it off our service because we did not have the rights to it. In fact Sony delivered the show to us in error, and it was their decision to immediately remove it.
LaxBandit - Guess Hulu and Sony have a partnership now as its back on Hulu - you can now watch the first two episodes there.
Its being promoted right now on their front page via a graphic.
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Re: The Player (S1E02) -- "Ante Up" -- 10/01/15
This was another fun episode with a lot of implausible action. They are already topping 24-levels of impossible action sequences.
I just hope they have an idea of where to go with the story, the betting aspect will get awfully repetitive down the road.
I just hope they have an idea of where to go with the story, the betting aspect will get awfully repetitive down the road.