Episode
Wild Cards: Strangers on a Wave
Overview
When a surfer is mysteriously killed, Detectives Simmons and Yates are assigned the case. But it’s Ellis who grabs a board and goes undercover, taking a page out of Max’s book of disguise.
Details
- Series
- Wild Cards
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2024-01-31
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Strangers on a Wave is Episode 4 in Season 1 of Wild Cards. It aired on 2024-01-31. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 3: Howl to Get Away with Murder
Things go from quaint to creepy when Max and Ellis look into the disappearance of a butcher in a small rural town. The duo gets a lesson in team building and Max quizzes Ellis on his personal life.
Episode 5: The Accountant of Monte Cristo
When Ellis’s federal agent ex-girlfriend loses an accountant scheduled to testify against the mob, she enlists their help to find him before the accountant ends up sleeping with the fishes.
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Episode 2: Show Me the Murder
A community outreach lecture on porch pirates turns into a murder investigation when Max and Ellis find an elite sports agent dead in his condo. Max’s dad George gives her advice – from his jail cell.
Episode 6: Dead of Night
When the leads of THE most popular vampire show on TV become the target of a stalker, Max and Ellis enter the world of showbiz where the behind-the-scenes drama is even wilder than what’s on screen.
Episode 1: The Infinity Thief
To regain his detective status, Cole Ellis, a demoted by-the-book cop, is assigned to work with Max Mitchell, a spirited con artist whose charismatic street smarts could help catch an elusive thief.
Episode 7: Con With the Wind
George gets a 3-day pass from jail to spend with Max but the urge to pull one more con is real. Ellis helps a troubled youth charged with a B&E after he discovers it’s a teen his brother used to know.
Episode 8: Eternal Sunshine of the Therapized Mind
When a celebrated therapist and best-selling author is murdered, a bickering Max and Ellis go undercover as a married couple at her wellness retreat and discover more than their chakras.
Episode 9: Inside (Con)Man
Max visits the bank to access her safe deposit box but instead becomes a hostage in a dangerous robbery. Ellis defies Chief Li's orders to wait for the Tactical Response Team, knowing Max is inside.
Episode 10: Romancing the Egg
Ellis is drawn into a case involving Max, her ex, and a world-famous Imperial egg, where a cat-and-mouse heist tests their friendship, their partnership, and their trust in each other.