Endgame (TV series)
Television series | |
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Country of production | Canada |
original language | English |
year | 2011 |
Production company |
Thunderbird Films, Front Street Pictures, Shaw Media |
Episodes | 13 in 1 season ( list ) |
genre | Thriller |
idea | Avrum Jacobson |
music | James Jandrisch |
camera | Mathias Herndl |
cut |
Alison Grace Nicole Ratcliffe |
First broadcast | March 14, 2011 (Canada) on showcase |
occupation | |
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Endgame (shown as ENDGAMƎ ) is a Canadian drama series broadcast by Showcase . It was first broadcast in Canada on March 14, 2011. The series only consists of 13 episodes in a season, as the broadcasting station refrained from continuing due to poor ratings. So far there has not been a broadcast synchronized in German.
action
After his fiancée was murdered, the Russian chess master Arkady Balagan developed agoraphobia . Therefore he retires to the hotel in front of which his fiancée was killed. From this he tries to solve the murder of his fiancée with some friends and servants, while he also solves other crimes and uses his analytical skills. To finance his livelihood, he uses online chess games that interested parties can play against him, the “Grand Master Arkady Balagan”, via his website.
characters
- Arkady Balagan - the main character and chess master who becomes a hobby detective
- Sam Besht - a student and chess fanatic who helps Balagan solve his cases.
- Hugo - the hotel's head of security
- Danni - bartender and source of information for Balagan
- Pippa - the younger sister of Balagan's murdered fiancé, Rosemary
- Alcina - a cleaning lady at the hotel who helps Sam with the field work on Balagan's cases
- Barbara Stilwell - the manager of the hotel
- Rosemary - Balagan's murdered fiancée
Episode list
No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
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1 | - | Opening moves | 14 Mar 2011 | - | David Frazee | Avrum Jacobson |
2 | - | Turkish Hold'em | 21 Mar 2011 | - | David Frazee | Avrum Jacobson |
3 | - | The Caffeine Hit | 28 Mar 2011 | - | Anne Wheeler | Jeremy Boxing |
4th | - | The Other Side of Summer | Apr 4, 2011 | - | Anne Wheeler | Sarah Dodd |
5 | - | I killed her | Apr 11, 2011 | - | James Head | Avrum Jacobson |
6th | - | Fearful Symmetry | Apr 18, 2011 | - | David Frazee | Steve Cochrane |
7th | - | Gorillas in our Midst | Apr 25, 2011 | - | Rachel Talalay | Katherine Collins, Avrum Jacobson |
8th | - | The White Queen | May 2, 2011 | - | Charles Binamé | Jeremy Boxing |
9 | - | Huxley, We Have a Problem | May 9, 2011 | - | Anne Wheeler | Graeme Manson |
10 | - | Bless This Union | May 16, 2011 | - | David Frazee | Kate Melville |
11 | - | Mr. Black | May 30, 2011 | - | James Head | Jeremy Boxing |
12 | - | Polar opposites | June 6, 2011 | - | Kari Skogland | Katherine Collins |
13 | - | Deadman Talking | June 13, 2011 | - | David Frazee | Avrum Jacobson |
Web links
- Endgame in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Endgame at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mariano Glas: Endgame: series discontinued after a season .