Players

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Television series
German title Players
Original title Players
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1997-1998
Production
company		 Universal Television ,
Wolf Films
length approx. 46 minutes
Episodes 18 in 1 season
genre Action , crime
idea Shaun Cassidy ,
Dick Wolf
production Clyde Phillips ,
Robert Lloyd Lewis ,
Dick Wolf
music Ben Decter ,
Dennis McCarthy
First broadcast October 17, 1997 (USA) on NBC
German-language
first broadcast		 October 1, 1998 on RTL
occupation

Players is an American television series produced by Universal Television for the US broadcaster NBC . Dick Wolf co- created the series and was a producer. Ice-T was one of the main characters. The first broadcast took place on October 17, 1997 on NBC, while the German-language first broadcast began on October 1, 1998 on RTL .

background

The players are Isaac "Ice" Gregory, Alphonse Royo and Charlie O'Bannon. The three are con artists and petty criminals on parole . The FBI made you an offer to work for her. At first they refuse, but then they are threatened with another prison sentence and so the three of them agree.

Your former boss is murdered and the criminals lose all trust in the FBI. They want to get out, but they are threatened again. Special Agent Christine "Chris" Kowalski becomes her direct superior.

action

Ice is the head of the three and is responsible, among other things, for planning. Alphonse is the charming type, loves women and knows how to win people over. Charlie is the computer geek, but often gets nervous quickly.

In almost every episode, Ice creates a plan to outsmart the perpetrator. Often the three, or one of them, go undercover . Often it seems as if their plan is going wrong, but in the end the perpetrator is convicted and you learn that everything was planned that way.

At the beginning the players are critical of their boss, which is based on reciprocity. But they get closer and closer and develop more trust in one another. When it finally comes out that Chris' friend has poisoned Alphonse, and he is dying because of it, Chris takes the side of the three and asks her friend to hand over the antidote , which he does.

Behind Chris' backs, Ice, Alphonse and Charlie do odd deals every now and then. They also do not shy away from illegal means to convict perpetrators. Chris finds out sometimes, but since the three have a high success rate, she keeps covering them.

Trivia

  • The series was shot in Los Angeles , California .
  • There was no second season due to low ratings.
  • Ice-T is friends with Dick Wolf and worked on the idea for the series.

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