Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

1. Confidence Man The cons check out Jeff Taylor, a self-help author/guru, for tax evasion. While investigating Taylor, they discover that he has killed three of his top investors who have left all of their estate to them. 2. Con Job The FBI director wants the cons to go up against the Cuban mob. Alphonse meets his son. They find out that Agent Cates is dirty and is responsible for the death of the former director and the cons go after him. Agent Cates tries to play the cons and the cons play him. 3. Con Law The cons meet Agent Christine Kowalski. The cons go after a lawyer who gets dirty clients acquitted and has paid informants in every police department. 4. In Concert A record company executive is book-legging his own CD's plus extorting his own clients. And he is not above murder. But not every one who is believed dead is actually dead. 5. Con Artist An art dealer hires Ice to steal masterpieces for him—his predecessor was also working undercover for the FBI and ended up dead. Things don't go as planned and the dealer gets the real Van Gogh instead of the fake. 6. Con-spiracy Supposedly the Mendoza syndicate is involved in bootleg gasoline and tax evasion. But the team cannot pin them because they have a mole in the FBI and are tipped off every time the FBI plans a raid. 7. Con-tamination The cons catch Hugh Stern who has possession of Rican powder. Then a call comes into the FBI from "Jericho" who also has Rican powder and attempts to extort the FBI. Jericho told Stern to contact with Charlie, but Charlie doesn't know any Jericho. 8. Con-undrum College student Barry Decker is killed for his computer program to help a company that is behind schedule. Charlie plays Barry's unknown partner. Alphonse plays a computer programmer/ hacker and "joins" the company. 9. Con-Vivants The cons are cut loose by the FBI to normal parole, but life on the outside isn't as easy as they think. 10. Con-tinental Ice helps a model and ex-junkie go after her clothing designer bosses who supply their models with drugs. Alphonse and Charlie chase after designer clothing counterfeiters. What they discover is that the clothes are not counterfeit, but they are made in sweatshops with cheap Asian labor. 11. Con-traband The cons go after gun runners but the bust doesn't go well. Chris is kidnapped by the runners. 12. Wrath of Con A convicted killer escapes a prison bus after killing two correctional officers and goes after the witness who put him in prison. 13. Con-strained A kid with a mobster grandfather is kidnapped from school. Although the father refuses help, the grandfather interferes with the investigation. One of the grandfather's men recognizes Alphonse and kidnaps Ice because he thinks the cons are in on the kidnapping. 14. Contact Sport The cons go after a counterfeiter. Ice's nephew is shaving points in his college basketball games. Alphonse is looking for a blonde who steals cars. 15. Con Amore While trying to buy missile cruisers, Ice runs into an old acquaintance that screwed him over years ago during a con. Ice busts her and she tries to con the FBI. 16. Rashocon The cons try to catch a mobster who uses the race track for laundering money and catch a crook named Axel Ducheck—who happens to be dead. 17. Three of a Con Quentin Belkey has been to prison, but now he is out and bilking people out of their life savings. The cons set up a poker game in order get him to tell them where his hid his cache. Chris tries to cover for the cons because they shouldn't be working this case. 18. Mint Condition Dudevitch loses a lot of money at craps and kills the patron who threw the dice. The Feds want him and his boss,Pappas. Pappas hides his assets in very clever ways (such as Charlie Chaplin's cane which is worth $100,000 but looks like an ordinary cane). He is now in the market for a very rare baseball card.

I loved this show. And thanks to sharp eyed friends have managed now to record all of it for posterity!I like my television to be the kick-off-your-shoes-chill-out-on-the-sofa kind. And Players fits the bill perfectly. Great fun, great deceptive plots, three wholly believable leads with great chemistry, a sense of humour. It couldn't have been more tailormade for my enjoyment if it tried.

Players was gem of a program amongst a sea of muck. The writing was fabulous -- clever, well plotted out, intelligent. The three leads -- John, Ice-T, Costas -- had such superb on-screen chemistry. Despite their obvious physical and personality differences, it wasn't at all hard to believe that these three would have found each other and hooked-up. I especially liked the plotlines which conned the audience as well as the bad guys. There are far too many shows which condescend to the audience instead of drawing it in. Too many shows which assume the audience is either brain-dead or permanently stuck at age thirteen. This show could have been a stupendous hit if the people in charge had not done what they always seem to do -- not advertise, not promote, shift time slots, pre-empt.... Intelligent shows need an audience which can find it week after week. When will the tv execs realize that?

I have to agree with my fellow player: Why did this show get cancelled? Players was the best thing that ever happened to "The Peacock" (NBC). Here we had the perfect blend of comedy and drama a la con...sure the premise has been used before, but this show had undeniable character.My hats off to the cast and crew of the show. We miss you dearly :)