Season 2 of light-hearted Vancouver crime drama Wild Cards starts with some bad blood between Giacomo Gianniotti’s cop Cole Ellis and Vanessa Morgan’s con-woman Max Mitchell.
You lied to me Max. You played me like one of your marks. — Ellis.
Season one’s cliffhanger found the unlikely partners in a rough place: with Ellis about to arrest Max for her triple-crossing role in a $33 million jewel heist when she showed up at his houseboat to tell him she’d discovered who murdered his brother.
As Ellis is arresting Max for her elaborate con, she blindsides him with info about his brother’s killer. Now the stakes are raised both in the cases they solve…and their feelings for each other.
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In the season 2 opener, Ellis and Max are reassigned as partners to help bust a network of high-speed robbers. But Ellis is wary, can he ever trust Max again?
I’m fast. He’s furious. — Max.
Does it get better?
Who else is back?:
Terry Chen as Chief Li; Fletcher Donovan as Max’s butler and new roommate Ricky; Jonesy as Ellis’s cat Marc; and Jason Priestley as Max’s con-man father George,
New characters:
Martin Sheen, who played an idealistic US President for seven seasons on The West Wing, joined season 2 as “the greatest con man of all time” John Edwards with connections to Max and her father George.
Other guest-stars includeThe 100’s Marie Avgeropoulos as Nadia Evans, a street racing expert in the season 2 premiere.
Ally Sheedy
Plus Katie Findlay as Max’s best friend and former partner-in-crime, Maddy and WWE NXT North American Champion Tony D’Angelo
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Production on season 2 of the “blue-sky” series began in early September and wrapped last December in Vancouver.
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Season 2 premieres February 5th on the CW, about a month after its debut on CBC.
The CBC-CW co-production trailed only (the now-cancelled) Walker in total audience on The CW last season, averaging 892,000 viewers and a 0.1 demo rating with Live+7 playback, according to TVLine.
Wild Cards Season 2:
Episodes: 13
Vancouver filming dates: September 03 2024 – December 17 2024.
Showrunner: Michael Konyves
Cast: Vanessa Morgan, Giacomo Gianniotti, Terry Chen, Fletcher Donovan, Jason Priestley
Others: Martin Sheen, Fletcher Donovan, Ally Sheedy, Marie Avgeropoulos, Katie Findlay, Tony D’Angelo.
Producers: piller/segan, Blink 49, Front Street Pictures, CBC, The CW.
Filming in Vancouver:
On Ellis’s houseboat in False Creek.
At the Vancouver Public Library in downtown Vancouver on October 10th and 11th.
