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The Best Episodes of Wild Card Season 1

Every episode of Wild Card Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Wild Card Season 1!

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Wild Card is an American comedy-drama 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 2005.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Wild Card Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Zoe gives up her job as a blackjack dealer so she can raise her nieces and nephew after their mother dies in a car accident. Sophia Mason and Dan Lennox, special fraud investigators, tell her the family is denied any financial settlement because they think her sister was responsible for her own death. Zoe decides to go on her own investigation to prove her sister wasn't at fault while trying to find a new job. Also, Zoe runs into an old flame and Taylor disappears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 2 - The Learning Curve
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    #2 - The Learning Curve

    S1:E2

    Zoe investigates her first case

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 3 - Con Artistry
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Con Artistry

    S1:E3

    Zoe finds out her partner Dan used to be engaged and used to be a thief. Meanwhile Dan's ex-fiance comes to town. Marco's ask Zoe out on an date but she turns him down the first time. Sophia and her boyfriend try to find a house but have difference of tastes in a place to live. Dan discovers he has feeling for Zoe and goes to tell her, but when he does he see's Zoe and Marco's kissing on the porch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 4 - Hell Week
    8.6/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Hell Week

    S1:E4

    Zoe investigates a possible sorority prank gone awry while struggling to sort out her love life.

    Director:William Fruet
    Writer:Marla Kanelos

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  5. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 5 - Dearly Beloved
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Dearly Beloved

    S1:E5

    Professionally, Zoe and her co-workers try to find out who sabotaged a wedding at an exclusive country club by making the lawn sprinklers turn on at an inappropriate time. Personally, Zoe has to deal with the sudden re-appearance of her nieces' and nephew's deadbeat dad after a 7-year absence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 6 - Dead Again
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    #6 - Dead Again

    S1:E6

    Though fearful of a forthcoming performance evaluation by her boss, Zoe must unravel the life of a man just found dead of a heart attack, who was supposed to have died three years earlier in a boating accident.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 7 - The Cheese Stands Alone
    8.4/10(13 votes)

    #7 - The Cheese Stands Alone

    S1:E7

    When the client database of an online dating service is wiped out, Zoe goes undercover to determine whether or not it was an accident. Marcos asks Zoe to spend the weekend at a remote cabin with him, but she initially refuses because she thinks that this would set a bad example for Taylor. Then when Zoe decides to tell Marcos that she has changed her mind, she finds that he has already made plans to go with someone else.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 8 - No Bull
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #8 - No Bull

    S1:E8

    Zoe and Dan are forced to share a motel room when they look into the death of a farmer's prize bull.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 9 - Mimi's Assets
    7.9/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Mimi's Assets

    S1:E9

    When a fog machine at a strip club explodes and causes the death of a dancer, Zoe goes undercover as a bartender to determine if the explosion and resulting fire were just accidents. But is she good enough to fool Mimi, the savvy club owner? Meanwhile, back at the office, Sophia becomes frustrated when she is overlooked for a promotion. And at home, Taylor must choose between love and loyalty when Julian, the neighbor boy, starts flirting with her even though he is dating Taylor's best friend Carla.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 10 - Spooked
    8.9/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Spooked

    S1:E10

    Zoe investigates a house that may have been vandalized by ghosts. Meanwhile Zoe is in over her head with all of the Halloween craziness with her nephew and nieces.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 11 - Sand Trap
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Sand Trap

    S1:E11

    Dan takes up a job at a spa when people there gets sick from a pesticide in the mud. Taylor gets an F on her essay, and learns she has a learning disability. Meanwhile Zoe wonders why Sophia has been avoiding her after she gets promoted.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 12 - Black Sheep
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Black Sheep

    S1:E12

    Zoe and Dan investigates a man who crashes his car into his house and almost hits his wife. Meanwhile Taylor tries to run away with Ryder, when she learns her father came to see them but Zoe didn't let him see them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 13 - Bullet Proof
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Bullet Proof

    S1:E13

    Zoe closes a claim for Dan and winds up getting shot when she walks in on a burglary. Her co-workers try their best to find the person that shot her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 14 - Backstabbed
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Backstabbed

    S1:E14

    When a contestant on a reality show dies, Zoe auditions to be on the shows upcoming season. Everyone from the crew members to the competitors is a suspect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 15 - Auntie Venom
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Auntie Venom

    S1:E15

    Zoe disguises herself as a cruise ship singer to find out how a woman died from a venomous snakebite while on the ship. She soon discovers a boatfull of suspects.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 16 - Block Party
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #16 - Block Party

    S1:E16

    Zoe and Dan snoop around when they here four burglary claim and each one of the residents is hiding a secret they might just help crack the case. Zoe starts to fall for the carpenter that comes and does the houses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 17 - Candy Land
    6.7/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Candy Land

    S1:E17

    Dan and Zoe (who brings Taylor, Cliff, and Hannah) go up to a ski lodge to investigate why a snowboarding competition was postponed because of frozen pipes. Dan starts going out with Zoe's bestfriend Candy, and it looks like Zoe might be a little jealous that Dan likes Candy. Meanwhile Zoe has Julian water her plants while her and the kids are up at the ski lodge. When Taylor has Julian go over to Ryder's house to find out why Ryder hasn't been returning her calls, Julian tells her that Ryder moved back to Columbus, and now Taylor is willing to do anything to make him come back.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wild Card Season 1 Episode 18 - Queen Bee
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #18 - Queen Bee

    S1:E18

    When the host of a popular children's TV show gets blackmailed its up to Zoe, Sophia, and Dan to find out who the blackmailer is. Taylor travels to Columbus to get Ryder back only to find out he hooked back up with his ex-girlfriend. Dan and Candi break up after she realizes Dan has feelings for Zoe, so Candi decides to move back to Las Vegas. Dan trys to tell Zoe how he feels about her, but instead he kisses her on the elevator. Zoe meets Marcos at the restaurant after her and Dan's kiss and tries to tell him about it, but when she tries, she finds a ring in her glass and Marcos proposes to her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Wild Card" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/2/2003. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Learning Curve".