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Season 1 – Players

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The FBI paroles three bickering con men - brainy Ice, computer genius Charlie, kleptomaniac and stud Alphonse - from prison with the provision that they use their talents to foil other con artists. They receive marching orders from Special Agent Christine Kowalski.
Players — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Oct 17, 1997 Con Job Parolees work with the FBI using their experiences to help fight street crime; with Ice-T; Costas Mandylor; Frank John Hughes. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 24, 1997 Con Law In a bid to dupe a felonious attorney, the Players go to Los Angeles and act out the roles of criminal, witness and defense lawyer. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 31, 1997 In Concert Ice poses as a country music singer to expose a record producer who bilks his artists by selling bootleg copies; guest Glen Campbell. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 7, 1997 Con Artist In order to stop a corrupt art dealer trafficking in stolen masterpieces, Ice, Alphonse and Charlie must act out an art theft. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 14, 1997 Contact Sport The crew hits the golf links to hustle a gambler linked to Ice's nephew; Alphonse pursues an international ring of car thieves. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 22, 1997 Con Amore A gun-running general (Miguel Sandoval) has powerful political connections; a beautiful grifter from Ice's past scams the trio. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 5, 1997 Rashocon While setting up a sting to take down Peter Duchek, a powerful crime boss, the Players are themselves busted by the police over missing cash. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 12, 1997 Three of a Con The trio infiltrates a poker game to provoke a convicted stock swindler (Gregory Itzen) into revealing his cache. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 2, 1998 Mint Condition A hit man considers laundering money for his boss by buying a rare baseball card from the trio, until another con offers the gangster the same card. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 9, 1998 Confidence Man Ice, Alphonse and Charlie go in pursuit of a con man selling believers on the power of positive thought while taking their money. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 16, 1998 Con-traband A SWAT commander (John A. Bradley), who is a gunrunner, kidnaps Kowalski in order to get Ice after the players' trap goes awry. Details Episode 12 Aired Mar 6, 1998 Con-tinental Kowalski infiltrates the work force when a brother/sister team of fashion designers uses illegal immigrants as slave labor. Details Episode 13 Aired Mar 13, 1998 Wrath of Con The team must protect a witness (Michelle Stafford) from rogue cop (John Saint Ryan), now an escaped con seeking revenge. Details Episode 14 Aired Mar 20, 1998 Con-Strained A mob leader's grandson is kidnapped for a $1 million ransom, and the Players have very little time to find the culprits and save the boy. Details Episode 15 Aired Mar 27, 1998 Conspiracy Ice, Charlie and Chris race to find an FBI turncoat who slipped Alphonse a time-release poison to cover his ties to the mob. Details Episode 16 Aired Apr 3, 1998 Contamination A terrorist bomber threatens to release deadly nerve toxin on civilians unless his demand for money is met. Details Episode 17 Aired Apr 10, 1998 Conundrum The Players set up an elaborate ruse to find out who killed a computer programmer by posing as a computer designer, an entrepreneur and a hit man. Details Episode 18 Aired Apr 17, 1998 Con-Vivant An FBI snafu paroles the players (Ice-T, Costas Mandylor, Frank John Hughes), who head to New York City to find legitimate jobs. Details

Season Info

Executive Producer
Dick Wolf, Ed Zuckerman
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 17, 1997