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Country of origin United States Distributor Entertainment One First episode date 16 November 2016 Language English | 7/10 IMDb Original language(s) English Original network Audience Network Production company Entertainment One | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Jeremy Sisto
Cam Gigandet
Raymond J. Barry
Ray Winstone
Audrey Marie Anderson
Donald Sutherland
Ella Thomas
Rey Gallegos Original release November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16) – present Executive producers Robert Munic, Antoine Fuqua Created by Robert Munic, Antoine Fuqua Similar Rogue, You Me Her, Helix, The Cleaner, Suburgatory Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ice is an American television series created by Robert Munic and Antoine Fuqua. The project, set to air in late 2016 on Audience Network was ordered straight-to-series with an order of 10 episodes on August 2, 2016. The project was originally ordered in 2014 but was dropped for creative reasons. The series was then released on November 16, 2016.
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Plot
The series follows the lives of a Los Angeles diamond traders family business called G&G Diamond after recent events where one of the patriarchs sons has killed a prominent diamond dealer, while his step-brother has to bail him out and save the family business.. The Green and Green family is however trapped between doing a clean and dirty business. On one end, an Sierra Leone native, cum diamond dealer and philanthropists have huge interests in working with the G&G. She forcefully integrates herself in the G&G by blackmailing Jake Pierce that she needs an account of 25 million or Jake risk loosing her daughter. As the season proceeds, the ailing cooperation between Freddy Green (Jake father and the owner of G&G Diamond) weakens progressively and begins loosing the appropriate mental judgement. Sister Rah continues blackmailing Jake into cooperating with her. This forces Jake and Freddy Green (Jay Brother) to transport illegal diamonds over the border for a buyer who was willing to settle at an amount of 20 million. They loose the diamonds to one of Sister Rah trusted operatives, however Isaac succumb to the pressure in the process enters into a huge conflict with Cam Green. The two men struggles and Isaac collapses hitting his head really hard. He later dies in hospital after failing in a life support. After the will is read, it turns out that the Isaac offered the shares of G&G in four quarters to his granddaughter (daughter to Jake and his ex wife Ava Pierce), his two sons each 25% and his ailing sister, who happens to be Cam Green ex wife. The will distribution greatly affects Cam expectations, as a result he embarks on a mission to capture the easiest 25%, that is from his wife. However, the 25% assigned to his granddaughter are assigned to Ava her mother for custody. Jake continues trying to repay Sister Rah, however in the meantime, Sister Rah boss Peter appears. Apparently, Peter is blackmailing Sister Rah by kidnapping her daughter. Sister Rah is in the process of using all her savings to save her daughter's life and return to Sierra Leon. Peter becomes relentless with Cam promises that he will use his supposed 25% to capture the G&G business. As such, he kidnaps Ava Pierce to get an opportunity to blackmail Jake into giving him the company by force. The FBI advances their case based on the tapped information from Cam office. Jake eventually settles for more dynamic terms of doing the business while freeing his ex wife from the crawls of Peter. At the season finale episode 11, Freddy bumps into Peter new office at the Greens and finds Jake negotiating further terms of their contract. Sister Rah storms in with his security men and shoots Peter guards. At the end, Jake is standing in the middle of Peter and Sister Rah guns, waiting for a shooting opportunity.