Game of Silence (American TV series)

Game of Silence is an American crime drama television series based on the Turkish series Suskunlar (English original title: Game of Silence) which is based on the true story of children who were sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison on the charge of stealing a baklava car in Gaziantep in 1997.

Game of Silence
Genre	Crime drama Thriller
Created by	Pınar Bulut
Based on	Suskunlar by Pınar Bulut
Developed by	David Hudgins
Starring	David Lyons Michael Raymond-James Larenz Tate Bre Blair Conor O'Farrell Deidrie Henry Demetrius Grosse Claire van der Boom
Composer	John Debney
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	David Hudgins Carol Mendelsohn Julie Weitz Niels Arden Oplev Timur Savcı Tariq Jalil Deran Sarafian
Producer	Jean Higgins
Cinematography	Eric Kress Christopher Baffa
Editors	Timothy A. Good Rich Fox John Wesley Whitton
Camera setup	Single-camera
Production companies	David Hudgins Productions Carol Mendelsohn Productions Universal Television Sony Pictures Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 12 (2016-04-12) – June 5, 2016 (2016-06-05)

Timur Savcı, who was in the original series, is a producer of Game of Silence. Other producers are David Hudgins, Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz, Niels Arden Oplev, and Tariq Jalil.^[1] The series premiered as a "preview" on April 12, 2016. It then debuted in its regular Thursday at 10:00 PM timeslot on April 14, 2016, and aired until June 5, 2016.^[2][3] On May 13, 2016, NBC cancelled the series after one season.^[4]

Cast

• David Lyons as Jackson Brooks^[5]
  • Curran Walters as Young Jackson
• Michael Raymond-James as Gil Harris^[5]
  • Judah Lewis as Young Gil Harris
• Larenz Tate as Shawn Cook^[5]
  • McCarrie McCausland as Young Shawn
• Bre Blair as Jessie West^[5]
  • Katie Kelly as Young Jessie
• Conor O'Farrell as Warden Roy Carroll^[5]
• Deidrie Henry as Detective Liz Winters^[5]
• Demetrius Grosse as Terry Bosch^[5]
  • Myles Grier as Young Terry
• Claire van der Boom as Marina Nagle^[5]
• Derek Phillips as Gary "Boots" Nolan^[5]
  • Cannon Kluytman as Young Boots

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	Niels Arden Oplev	Teleplay by : David Hudgins	April 12, 2016 (2016-04-12)	6.41[6]
2	"Blood Brothers"	Deran Sarafian	Wendy West	April 14, 2016 (2016-04-14)	3.90[7]
3	"Hurricane Gil"	Dave Rodriquez	Christopher Fife	April 21, 2016 (2016-04-21)	3.35[8]
4	"The Uninvited"	Kimberly Peirce	Tom Mularz	April 28, 2016 (2016-04-28)	3.08[9]
5	"Ghosts of Quitman"	Bill Johnson	Ian Deitchman & Kristen Rusk Robinson	May 5, 2016 (2016-05-05)	3.26[10]
6	"Into the Black"	Holly Dale	Jerome Hairston	May 12, 2016 (2016-05-12)	3.26[11]
7	"Road Trip"	Peter Weller	Hayley Tyler	May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19)	3.21[12]
8	"Hey"	Robert Mandel	Hiram Martinez	June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02)	2.26[13]
9	"The Truth"	Brad Tanenbaum	Kurt Voelker	June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02)	2.26[13]
10	"She Sang Hymns Out of Tune"	Deran Sarafian	David Hudgins	June 5, 2016 (2016-06-05)	2.40[14]

Reception

On Metacritic, the series holds an average score of 58 (out of 100 points) based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[15] Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 11 of 19 critical responses were negative, averaging a 42% rating. The site's consensus reads: "Competent acting and a sufficiently intriguing premise aren't enough to make up for Game of Silence's unnecessarily convoluted, heavily clichéd storytelling."^[16]