ENDGAME

Endgame is an original drama series centering on brilliant chess master, Arkady Balagan. Traumatized by the murder of his fiancée, Balagan has become a prisoner in his luxury Vancouver hotel, terrified to step outside. To pay his bill, Balagan starts solving mysteries – using an unlikely band of hotel employees and chess fanatics to do his legwork. Arrogant, brilliant and charismatic, the Russian-born Balagan uses the skills that made him chess champion of the world to solve the crimes that mystify others. He imagines events, interviews the living and the dead, and runs conflicting scenarios – all in his head. And we get to watch right along with him as he solves crimes that baffle the police. In Endgame, we see genius at work. 

Season 1, Episode 1 - Opening Moves

Balagan’s first case is launched when Danni pleads with him to find a missing boy and, in a race against time, he enlists Sam and Alcina to help.

Season 1, Episode 2 - Turkish Hold Em
A daring robbery during a high-stakes poker game forces Hugo to ask Balagan for help, prompting the chess master to create his own complex plot to trap the culprit.

Season 1, Episode 3 - The Caffeine Hit
Hired by a desperate amnesiac, Balagan begins to unravel the man’s complicated identity while battling with Pippa over the investigation into his fiancée’s murder.

Season 1, Episode 4 - The Other Side of Summer
In order to help his former mentor on the police force, Hugo is forced to ask Balagan for help in solving a baffling decades-old cold case about a missing teenage girl.

Season 1, Episode 5 - I Killed Her
A mysterious doctor tells Balagan that he is responsible for the murder of a woman found in the hotel pool during a Psychiatric Conference, drawing Balagan into a complex and dangerous game.

Season 1, Episode 6 - Fearful Symmetry
Enlisted by a terrified family to help solve the inexplicable bombing of their car, Balagan is sidetracked by an unexpected match with a 16-year-old world chess champion.

Season 1, Episode 7 - Gorillas in Our Midst
Smitten by a beautiful Chinese cryptologist, Sam convinces Balagan to try to solve an intricate puzzle involving a vital secret and an attractive, conniving female journalist.

Season 1, Episode 8 - The White Queen
When the imperious heiress of the Huxley Hotel Empire descends for an inspection, she coerces Balagan into helping her find her son, who has mysteriously disappeared.

Season 1, Episode 9 - Huxley, We Have a Problem
A boisterous reunion between Balagan and his longtime buddy, a Russian cosmonaut, is interrupted when an aerospace engineer plunges to his death and Balagan’s friend is accused of the murder.

Season 1, Episode 10 - Bless This Union
When the hotel safe is robbed during an extravagant Indian wedding celebration, the distraught couple asks Balagan to help recover their stolen gifts- but is it an inside job or the work of professionals?

Season 1, Episode 11 - Mr. Black
Balagan is forced to match his chess skills against a computer when his anonymous online opponent reveals that he is playing for lethally high stakes - the lives of a group of innocent hostages.

Season 1, Episode 12 - Polar Opposites
A rock star hires Balagan to find $200,000 stolen from him – a mystery that also involves colourful groupies, a missing polar bear, and the kidnapped grandmother of Danni’s estranged husband.

Season 1, Episode 13 - Deadman Talking

After Balagan investigates the sudden death of a hotel security guard, he is forced to face his worst nightmare.