New Series: WILD CARDS

Laura: If you’re looking for something light-hearted with lively banter and interesting story lines, try Wild Cards, a Canadian show launched in 2024. It’s not a deep, thought-provoking show, but it’s entertaining. It focuses on a demoted detective (Giacomo Gianniotti) and a spunky con woman (Vanessa Morgan) who are paired together to solve crimes and redeem themselves in the process. Overall, the premise of this show is highly unrealistic. But if you suspend belief and stop saying to yourself “that would never happen,” then you might enjoy this light, fun, escapist show.

I like it for two main reasons. First, I’m fond of the two main characters. She’s spunky and quick witted and he’s kind of stoic but starts to loosen up as his “partner” wins him over with her charm and wit. Second, I love how the crime is solved in each episode. She gathers clues and solves mysteries in totally unorthodox ways and he doesn’t always follow the rules to the letter. They make a fun pair. Plus, I discovered that the premise of Wild Cards was inspired by the 1982 film 48 Hours, where a renegade cop (Nick Nolte) teams up with a robber (Eddie Murphy) to take down criminals. And each episode of Wild Cards is actually inspired by the plot of various tv shows and/or movies, such as Fast and Furious, Yellowstone, Rear Window and Knives Out to name a few.

New restaurant: Wu Wei Din

Speaking of wild cards or “something whose qualities are uncertain” there were several untried restaurants beginning with the letter “W”, so we put their names in a hat and the wild card winner was Wu Wei Din in Plano. 

What a lucky pick! We were immediately struck by the fact that the place was much larger than it appeared and was PACKED. We looked at what some of the other patrons were eating and settled on pork and shrimp soup dumplings (be sure to dip them in the recommended sauce) and beef flat noodles. The portions were large and delicious (you need to be careful not to burn your mouth with the soup dumplings) and we will definitely be going back.