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 From the moment con artist Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan) sets her sights on former detective Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) in Wild Cards, the new Canadian police procedural premiering January 17 on The CW (and viewable on CBC Gem for my fellow Canadians), it’s clear we’re in for some good old-fashioned “will they or won’t they” procedural fun. There’s something almost nostalgic about a glossy dramedy starring pretty people that largely resolves everything in a tight 45 minutes, and instead relies on the captivating chemistry of its leads and the audience’s investment in each of them as people to move things forward. Fortunately for Wild Cards, the first two episodes of the series address this very well. Wild Cards follows skilled con artist Max Mitchell, whose luck runs out when she’s caught posing as a wealthy woman in order to open her safe deposit box. She is taken to the precinct and handed over to the reluctant custody of former detective Cole Ellis, whose recent demotion t...