Game of Silence (American TV series)
2016 American TV series or program
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Game of Silence is an American crime drama television series based on the Turkish series Suskunlar (English original title: Game of Silence) which is based on the true story of children who were sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison on the charge of stealing a baklava car in Gaziantep in 1997.
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| Created by | Pınar Bulut |
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| Developed by | David Hudgins |
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| Composer | John Debney |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Producer | Jean Higgins |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
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| Network | NBC |
| Release | April 12 – June 5, 2016 |
Timur Savcı, who was in the original series, is a producer of Game of Silence. Other producers are David Hudgins, Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz, Niels Arden Oplev, and Tariq Jalil.[1] The series premiered as a "preview" on April 12, 2016. It then debuted in its regular Thursday at 10:00 PM timeslot on April 14, 2016, and aired until June 5, 2016.[2][3] On May 13, 2016, NBC cancelled the series after one season.[4]
Cast
- David Lyons as Jackson Brooks[5]
- Curran Walters as Young Jackson
- Michael Raymond-James as Gil Harris[5]
- Judah Lewis as Young Gil Harris
- Larenz Tate as Shawn Cook[5]
- McCarrie McCausland as Young Shawn
- Bre Blair as Jessie West[5]
- Katie Kelly as Young Jessie
- Conor O'Farrell as Warden Roy Carroll[5]
- Deidrie Henry as Detective Liz Winters[5]
- Demetrius Grosse as Terry Bosch[5]
- Myles Grier as Young Terry
- Claire van der Boom as Marina Nagle[5]
- Derek Phillips as Gary "Boots" Nolan[5]
- Cannon Kluytman as Young Boots
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Niels Arden Oplev | Teleplay by : David Hudgins | April 12, 2016 | 6.41[6] |
| 2 | "Blood Brothers" | Deran Sarafian | Wendy West | April 14, 2016 | 3.90[7] |
| 3 | "Hurricane Gil" | Dave Rodriquez | Christopher Fife | April 21, 2016 | 3.35[8] |
| 4 | "The Uninvited" | Kimberly Peirce | Tom Mularz | April 28, 2016 | 3.08[9] |
| 5 | "Ghosts of Quitman" | Bill Johnson | Ian Deitchman & Kristen Rusk Robinson | May 5, 2016 | 3.26[10] |
| 6 | "Into the Black" | Holly Dale | Jerome Hairston | May 12, 2016 | 3.26[11] |
| 7 | "Road Trip" | Peter Weller | Hayley Tyler | May 19, 2016 | 3.21[12] |
| 8 | "Hey" | Robert Mandel | Hiram Martinez | June 2, 2016 | 2.26[13] |
| 9 | "The Truth" | Brad Tanenbaum | Kurt Voelker | June 2, 2016 | 2.26[13] |
| 10 | "She Sang Hymns Out of Tune" | Deran Sarafian | David Hudgins | June 5, 2016 | 2.40[14] |
Reception
On Metacritic, the series holds an average score of 58 (out of 100 points) based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[15] Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 11 of 19 critical responses were negative, averaging a 42% rating. The site's consensus reads: "Competent acting and a sufficiently intriguing premise aren't enough to make up for Game of Silence's unnecessarily convoluted, heavily clichéd storytelling."[16]
