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Wild Card (also known as Zoe Busiek: Wild Gard) 's a comedy-crama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July
2008.
Contents [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Cast
2.1 Main
2.2 Recurring
3 Production notes,
3.1 Main crew
4 Episodes
4.1 Series overview
42 Season 1 (2003-04)
4.3 Season 2 (2004-05)
5 Syndication
6 References
T Exteial links
Synopsis [cit]
Wild Card
Zoe Busiek: Wild Card
‘Comedy-drama
Lynn Marie Latham
Bernard Lechowick
Joely Fisher
Chris Potter
Vikki Krinsky
asiinn Paul
Jamie Jonnsion
canada
United States
Original language English
No, ofseasons 2
Country of ongin
Zoe Busiek is @ former Las Vegas blackjack dealer whose Iife takes an unexpected tum when her sister dies in a car accident and she has to take care of her sister's three children, teenaged Taylor, preteen Clif, and litle kid
Hannah. When the insurance company denies the family a financial settlement Zoe takes matters into her own hands, which leads her to a new career as an insurance fraud investigator with handsome former criminal Dan
No, ofepisodes 35
Production
Executive Lynn Marie Latham
producers Bernard Lechowick
Dougias Steinberg
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 45~48 minutes
Production Fireworks Entertainment
Lennox and serious but sweet Sophia Mason becoming her partners. canpeaee iidsiina pioaisinee
Each episode is centered on a particular case as well as Zoe's family if Release
Sophia later becomes the boss. She leaves the show in the second season, along with Marcos, and is replaced by M. Pearl McGuire, who becomes Zoe's and Dan's new boss. Original network Lifetime (United States)
Giobal Television Network
(Canada)
Cast [edi
Leet} Original release August 4,2003 -
uly 16, 2005
Main (<cit] fed
Extemal links
+ Joely Fisher as Zee Busiek
Website
* Chris Potter as Dan Lennox
‘* Rae Dawn Chong as Sophia Mason (season 1)
‘= Bronson Picket as Marcos Morales (season 1)
‘+ Jamie Johnston as Cifford "Cliff" Woodall
‘= Vikki Krinsky as Taylor Woodall
« Aistinn Paul as Hannah Woodall
+ Loretta Devine as M. (Matilda) Pear McGuire (seasi
Recurring [edt]
* Corey Sevier as Julian
* Yani Gelman as Ryder
+ Joe Pingue as Leo Lombardi
Production notes [edit]
on 2)
‘The series, which is set in Chicago, Illinois (filmed in Toronto), was created and executive produced by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick. The theme song for the first season is performed by Amy Sky, while the theme song for the second season, "I Believe In Me,"
is performed by Cherie.
Main crew | cit]
Lynn Marie Latham, Bernard Lechowick, Linda Gase, and Thania St. John. Latham and Lechowick were fired as showrunners by the end of the first season, replaced by Doug Steinberg (formerly @ consultant on Dawson's Creek) ststion needec]
Episodes {est}
Series overview [cuit]
originally aired
Season Episodes
Firstaired | Last aired
1 | 18 | August2, 2003 | January 24, 2004
> [EEmIEIREo ces
Season 4 (2003-04) | exit]
1 1
Pitot”
Stephen Surjik
Lynn Marie Latham & Bemard Lechowick & Steve Blackman
August 2, 2003
2 2
Zoe Busiek is a free spirited woman originally from Chicago who lives in Las Vegas. When she learns her sister died in an
claims her sister was at faut. But Zoe doesn't believe she was so she sets out to prove it.
"The Learning Curve"
Steve Blackman
‘Steve Blackman
accident, she goes back to take care of her children. She then learns that the insurance company decides not to pay because eye witness account
August 9, 2003
that lives in her car.
3 3
A woman's house is set on fire for trying to help out the community, so Zoe and Dan go and interview a 12-year-old boy nai
"Con Artistry"
Andrew Potter
med Jimmy who knew the woman that was killed. Sophia has trouble with her boyfriend. Hannah tries to
‘Steve Blackman
protest for a crossing guard at her school
August 16, 200
4 4
Zoe finds out ner partner, Dan, used to be engaged and used to be a thief. Meanwhile Dan's ex-fiancé; comes to town. Mai
10 live. Dan discovers he has feelings for Zoe and goes to tell her, but when he does he sees Zoe and Marcos kissing on the porch,
"Hell Week"
Steve Blackman
COs asks Zoe out on a date, but she tums him down the first time. Sophia and her boyfriend try to find a
Steve Blackman & Marla Kanelos
house, but have differences tastes in a place
August 23, 2003
Adrunken young woman falls into a coma after being
her past comes and surprises her.
mauled in a lion enclosure. The zoo sues the girl for trespass. Zoe's
and Sophie's investigation takes them
to university sorority where the girl was a pledge. Zoe tries to sort out her feelings for Marcos, a visitor from.
5 5 "Dearly Beloved" Steve Blackman Steve Blackman September 6, 2003
A country club wedding that was ruined by errant lawn sprinklers.
‘Dead Again” Steve Blackman Steve Blackman September 13, 2003,
Aman falls overboard trom a yacht. His beneticiaries collect the Insurance. Zoe investigates when the drowned man ales a Second time, 2 years tater. Dan tries to prove the innocence cr the man's partner who Is in prison for embezzlement.
if io "The Cheese Stands Alone" Jeremy Podeswa Steve Blackman September 27, 2003
The database of an upscale matchmaking service Is destroyed.
8 8 "No Bull" Sturla Gunnarsson Steve Blackman October 4, 2003
‘Sophia stays behind to investigate a jewel theft, wh
9 9
Zoe and Dan are sent out of the city to investigate the health of a bull
"Mimi's Assetts”
Steve Blackman
Steve Biackman & Marla Kanelos
October 18, 2003
When a fog machine explodes and kills a stripper, Dan and Zoe go undercaver in that strip-joint to gather clues and find out who was responsible. Dan gets fired
quickly, but Zoe soldiers on.
10 10 "spooked" Steve Blackman Steve Blackman October 25, 2003
Zoe and Dan investigate a case of vandalism: Zoe deals with her niece's and nephews Halloween antics.
n n “Sand Trap" Andrew Fotter Steve Blackman November 8, 2003
Zoe and Dan investigate the death of a celebrity who may have changed her will to indicate she wanted to be cryogenically frozen.
12 12 "Black Sheep" Steve Blackman Steve Blackman November 15, 2003
Zoe and Dan investigate the circumstances of a large auto insurance claim.
13 13 "Bullet Proof" Steve Blackman Steve Blackman December 6, 2003
Zoe is shot when she interrupts a burglary in progress.
14 14 "Backstabbed" John Bell Steve Blackman December 13, 2003
Zoe goes undercover as a realty-TV contestant in order to Investigate a murder.
15 15 "Auntie Venom" Steve Blackman Steve Blackman January 3, 2004
16 16
"Block Party"
Andrew Potter
‘After @ woman is fatally bitten by a poisonous Australian snake on a cruise, the insurance investigation team’s suspects include her ex, the biologist who presents the TV show "Nigel au Naturel", and a rivaling cruise company which earlier just managed to Keep a lizard
incident from public knowledge. So Daniel goes on their next singles cruise, where Nigel Hampton also has booked carrying a ferret and a pet snake, 5 passenger and Zoe fils in for the sick singer. Meanwhile, the kids shoot a jealous murder play at nome.
Steve Biackman & Marla Kanelos
January 10, 2004
the Pacific and has access to several robbed houses,
the office.
17 7
"Candy Land”
Steve Blackman
When Victoria Motetti gets killed in her nice neighbourhood, the police suspects the Robin Hoods burglary gang, but their usual pickings were not robbed, just art. When Dan and Zoe investigate, it tums out that Victoria's lover, handyman Trey, a surfer who travels around
paid all his hefty debts shorty after the burglary, and a robbed bracelet falls out of his car; but the plot thickens... Meanwhile, Zoe tries to separate Taylor from Ryder at least some time by ‘creating’ a fling job for her at
Steve Biackman & Marla Kanelos
January 17, 2004
in this winter wonder episode, Dan enjoys investigatin:
accuse each-other; barman Sam hates the very sport.
without even telling Taylor.
18 18
1g the Karmakazi-snowboard scene, where sabotage of fuel tanks up:
Meanwhile Zoe -who tums out Candy's former best friend- takes her
"Queen Bea"
Steve Blackman
set everything, at the side of model Candace ‘Candy’ LaRue; the hotel owner, who might have planned this to get modem fire equipment, and his ex
nieces -whose minds and phones remain home-focused- on a ‘working parent guilt’ ski tip to the same Dells. Candy gets Zoe's blessing to go for
Dan, while Zoe's lover Marcos turns up after his volleyball tournament was cancelled. They suspect Josh Dickens who has his own physiotherapist and would have lost the sponsorship without the delay but has an alibi. Julian finds out that Ryder has returned to Columbus
‘Steve Blackman
January 24,2004
Season 2 (2004-05) [exit]
Wild gal pal Candy tags along with Zoe and her family back to Chicago.
pice bees ite Original air date
19 1 "A Felony for Melanie” July 11, 2004
20 a "Dr. Sidney Loses a Kidney" July 18, 2004
a 3 "Sniper Shot, Intern Hot" July 25, 2004
22 4 “Roses Are Red, Violets Are Busiek” August 1, 2004
23 5 "Bound and Gagged, Your Husband Was Snagged" August 8, 2004
24 6 "Wham Bam, Thank You Dan" August 15, 2004
25 a "Slam Dunk Funk" August 22, 2004
26 8 "Die, Die, Who Am 12" ‘September 26, 2004
27 9 "Premonition Mission" October 3, 2004
28 10 "Bada Bing, Bada Busiek" October 10, 2004
29 " "Tick Tock, Writer's Block" October 17, 2004
30 ord “pind in aBina” October 24, 2004
31 13 "Russian Missus Gets No Kisses” June 11, 2005
32 14 "See Ya Later, Investigator!” June 18, 2005
33 15 "A Whisper from Zoe's Sister" June 25, 2005
34 16 "Multiple Personality Fatality" July 2, 2005,
35 7 “My Boyfriend Is an Axe Murderer” July 9, 2005,
36 18 "Zoe's Phony Matrimony" July 16, 2005
Syndication {cai}
‘The series was aired in syndication on the Lifetime Real Women network
References [exit]
‘© Jeffrey Stepakor,, "Bilion-Dallar kiss” (Golnam/Penguin), p. 257. StepakorT was brlefly a co-executive producer of the series in ils early episodes.
External links [edit]
# Official websiter@
# Wild Card at IMDb
* Wild Card? at epguices.com
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