Ice (American TV series)

Last updated
Ice
Created by
Starring
Composers Simon Franglen
Guillaume Roussel
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Craig Forrest
  • Joe Haplan
  • David Alex Boorstein
Production companies
Original release
Network Audience Network
ReleaseNovember 16, 2016 (2016-11-16) 
May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)

Ice is an American television series created by Robert Munic. The project, set to air in late 2016 on Audience Network was ordered straight-to-series with an order of 10 episodes on August 2, 2016. [1] The project was originally ordered in 2014 but was dropped for creative reasons. [2] The series was then released on November 16, 2016. On June 16, 2017, the series was renewed for a second season. [3]

Contents

On July 30, 2018, the series' cancellation was confirmed via a comment from the show's official Facebook page. [4]

Plot

Season One

The series follows the lives of a Los Angeles diamond trader’s family business called Green & Green Diamond after recent events in which one of the patriarch’s sons has killed a prominent diamond dealer, while his step-brother has to bail him out and save the family business. [5] The Green family, however, is trapped between doing a clean and dirty business. Lady Rah, a diamond dealer and philanthropist from Sierra Leone has huge a interest in working with Green & Green. She forcefully integrates herself into Green & Green by blackmailing Jake Green that she needs an account of $25 million or he risks losing his daughter. As the season proceeds, the ailing cooperation between Isaac Green (Jake's father and the owner of Green & Green Diamond) weakens progressively and begins losing the appropriate mental judgement. Lady Rah continues blackmailing Jake into cooperating with her. This forces Jake and his step-brother, Freddy Green, to transport illegal diamonds over the border for a buyer who was willing to settle at an amount of $20 million. They lose the diamonds to one of Lady Rah’s trusted operatives, however Isaac succumbs to the pressure and in the process enters into a huge conflict with longtime associate and former brother-in-law, Cam Rose.

The two men struggle and Isaac collapses hitting his head really hard. He later dies in hospital after fading while on life support. After the will is read, it turns out that the Isaac split the shares of Green & Green equally to four people: his granddaughter, Willow (daughter to Jake and his ex-wife Ava Green); his two sons; and his ailing sister, who happens to be Cam Rose's ex-wife. The will distribution greatly affects Cam expectations, and as a result he embarks on a mission to capture the easiest 25% from his ex-wife. However, the 25% assigned to his granddaughter are assigned to Ava, her mother with custody. Jake continues trying to repay Lady Rah, however, in the meantime, Lady Rah's boss Peter appears.

Apparently, Peter is blackmailing Lady Rah by kidnapping her daughter. Lady Rah is in the process of using all her savings to save her daughter's life and return to Sierra Leone. Peter becomes relentless with Cam promises that he will use his supposed 25% to capture the Green & Green business. As such, he kidnaps Ava Green to get an opportunity to blackmail Jake into giving him the company by force. The FBI advances their case based on the taped information from Cam's office. Jake eventually settles for more dynamic terms of doing business while freeing his ex-wife from Pieter. In the season finale, Freddy bumps into Pieter’s new office at the Greens and finds Jake negotiating further terms of their contract. Lady Rah storms in with her security men and shoots Peter's guards. At the end, Jake is standing in the middle of Pieter and Lady Rah's guns, waiting for a shooting opportunity.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 10November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16)February 8, 2017 (2017-02-08)
2 10March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28)May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)

Season 1 (2016–17)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal
air date
11"Hyenas" Antoine Fuqua Robert Munic November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16)
22"Run You Bastards Run"Ashley WayRobert MunicNovember 23, 2016 (2016-11-23)
33"The Line" Norberto Barba Holly HaroldNovember 30, 2016 (2016-11-30)
44"Two Handkerchiefs"Ashley WayBenjamin Daniel LobatoDecember 7, 2016 (2016-12-07)
55"Tears of the Gods" Thomas Carter Story by: Robert Munic
Teleplay by: Robert Munic, Marc Blitstein and Brian Rousso
December 14, 2016 (2016-12-14)
66"Facet" John David Coles Story by: Michael Cobian
Teleplay by: Mark Valadez
January 11, 2017 (2017-01-11)
77"Clarity" T.J. Scott Joe HalpinJanuary 18, 2017 (2017-01-18)
88"Side Trip" Peter Werner Holly HaroldJanuary 25, 2017 (2017-01-25)
99"The Cut" Jon Amiel Joe Halpin and Holly HaroldFebruary 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)
1010"Stand Off" Rod Holcomb Joe Halpin and Holly HaroldFebruary 8, 2017 (2017-02-08)

Season 2 (2018)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal
air date
111"Game of Stones"Edward Allen BerneroEdward Allen BerneroMarch 28, 2018 (2018-03-28)
122"Thicker Than Water"Edward Allen BerneroKim ClementsApril 4, 2018 (2018-04-04)
133"Heart of Darkness"Guy Norman BeeHolly HaroldApril 11, 2018 (2018-04-11)
144"Blood Brothers"Guy Norman BeeRobert David PortApril 18, 2018 (2018-04-18)
155"Rendezvous with Death"Samira RadsiDevon GreggoryApril 25, 2018 (2018-04-25)
166"Strange Friends"Guy Norman BeeFredrick KottoMay 2, 2018 (2018-05-02)
177"Two Ounces"Guy Norman BeeNicky HawthorneMay 9, 2018 (2018-05-09)
188"Dig Two Graves...At Least"Ashley WayJackson SinderMay 16, 2018 (2018-05-16)
199"Clouds"Edward Allen BerneroJason J. BerneroMay 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)
2010"It All Comes to This"Edward Allen BerneroEdward Allen BerneroMay 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)

Broadcast

Ice aired on Audience Network from November 16, 2016 to May 30, 2018. The series was also shown in several countries.

Home video

The first season of Ice was released on DVD by Entertainment One on July of 2017.

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