The Player

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Name: The Player
Abbreviation(s):
Creator: John Rogers and John Fox
Date(s): September 24 – November 19, 2015
Medium: live-action television series
Country of Origin: United States
External Links: Wikipedia, Official Site, IMDB
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The Player is an American drama television series starring Philip Winchester, Charity Wakefield and Wesley Snipes. It was announced that it would end at nine episodes, instead of the original thirteen.

Canon

A former intelligence and FBI officer, who now works as a security expert in Las Vegas, is recruited by mysterious pit boss Mr. Johnson to, based on his tips, try to prevent crimes, while the rich place bets on his chances of success.

Main Characters

  • Alex Kane, "The Player"
  • Cassandra King, the dealer
  • Detective Cal Brown, Las Vegas Police Department and Alex's friend
  • Mr. Isaiah Johnson, the pit boss
  • Virginia "Ginny" Lee, Alex's ex-wife

Fandom

The Player's fandom is fairly small, mainly located on Tumblr - reblogging gifs and reviews. YouTube and Archive of Our Own only has a few other fanworks. Since it was announced it would be canceled, fans have been expressing their disappointment on Tumblr and Facebook.

Pairing of Alex/Cassandra (ship name is "KingKane") is fairly popular in the fandom.

Fanworks

Vids

Archives & Fannish Links