In the abence of Nikita there has been a void in television for a show packed with action and mystery. The Player is NBC's answer to filling this void and by the looks of it...a good one. The premise is simple, since technology florished the rich have had a backdoor into the systems and as a result have created a way to predict crime. Instead of using this for good they instead created a game around it betting on the outcome of crimes; with the need for 3 entities to exist. The Pit Boss, The Dealer and The Player. The series follows Alex Kane an ex-FBI agent who used to be on a task force hunting terrorists as he unwittingly becomes the new "player" in one of the games which results in the death of his ex-wife. ...