In The Cards
Connor Ratliff (“Dead Eyes”) stars as Gil, a low level ad man who is fated to lose at everything. When Nadya (Jamie Ann Romero), the beautiful niece of the psychic Bella (Laila Robins), reads his tarot cards and informs him that the universe is against him, he vows to change his destiny. Cheered on by his co-worker and best friend Lex (Steven Boyer), Gil studies philosophy under Professor Towers (Chukwudi Iwuji) and faces an epic showdown with supernatural forces.
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July 26, 2023 • 1 min
Connor Ratliff (“Dead Eyes”) stars as Gil, a low level ad man who is fated to lose at everything. When Nadya (Jamie Ann Romero), the beautiful niece of the psychic Bella (Laila Robins), reads his tarot cards and informs him that the universe is against him, he vows to change his fortune. Cheered on by his co-worker and best friend Lex (Steven Boyer), Gil studies philosophy under Professor Towers (Chukwudi Iwuji) en route to an epic...
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August 2, 2023 • 1 min
The first two episodes of "In The Cards," an existential romantic comedy about a born loser who takes on fate, go live on Wednesday, August 9!
Connor Ratliff (“Dead Eyes”) stars as Gil, a low level ad man who is fated to lose at everything. When Nadya (Jamie Ann Romero), the beautiful niece of the psychic Bella (Laila Robins), reads his tarot cards and informs him that the universe is against him, he vows to change his fortune. Che...
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August 9, 2023 • 36 mins
Gil visits a psychic after Lex asserts he has the worst luck of any person he’s ever met. Nadya, the beautiful psychic, isn’t exactly truthful about what she sees in Gil’s tarot spread. Later, after attending a college philosophy class, Gil has serious doubts about his standing in the universal order.
“IN THE CARDS”, was written and directed by KEVIN HENDERSON.
Cast:
CONNOR RATLIFF as GIL
STEVEN BOYER as LEX
LAILA ROBINS as BELLA...
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August 9, 2023 • 34 mins
Unmoored, Gil returns to the tarot card shop for another look at what the stars have to say regarding his destiny. Later, Lex heads to the tarot shop to defend Gil and meets Nadya’s aunt, Bella. Under great emotional duress, Gil hands in his first philosophy paper.
“IN THE CARDS”, was written and directed by KEVIN HENDERSON.
Cast:
CONNOR RATLIFF as GIL
STEVEN BOYER as LEX
LAILA ROBINS as BELLA
JAMIE ANN ROMERO as NADYA
CHUKWUDI I...
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August 16, 2023 • 31 mins
Gil makes plans with Nadya which irks the Universe. At work, Gil and Lex find their backs against the wall.
“IN THE CARDS”, was written and directed by KEVIN HENDERSON.
Cast:
CONNOR RATLIFF as GIL
STEVEN BOYER as LEX
LAILA ROBINS as BELLA
JAMIE ANN ROMERO as NADYA
CHUKWUDI IWUJI as PROFESSOR PETER TOWERS
ROBERT CUCCIOLI as JIM
JOANNA GLUSHAK as CATHERINE CORKER, HELGA and OTHERS
MAHRI SANDOVAL as CLEA and OTHERS
CHRIS HENRY COFFE...
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August 23, 2023 • 37 mins
Gil takes Nadya to a quaint French cafe. The universe, not happy with Gil’s disobedience, does its best to turn Gil and Nadya’s outing into a disaster while Lex pays Bella an unexpected visit at the Tarot Card Shop.
“IN THE CARDS”, was written and directed by KEVIN HENDERSON.
Cast:
CONNOR RATLIFF as GIL
STEVEN BOYER as LEX
LAILA ROBINS as BELLA
JAMIE ANN ROMERO as NADYA
CHUKWUDI IWUJI as PROFESSOR PETER TOWERS
ROBERT CUCCIOLI as ...
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August 30, 2023 • 37 mins
Gil and Lex audition terrible actresses to be the face of the Corker Cheese Curl ad campaign. Nadya asks Bella to read her fortune which turns tense. Gil and Professor Towers heatedly argue about the philosophical theories dealing with inevitability leaving fellow students confused.
“IN THE CARDS”, was written and directed by KEVIN HENDERSON.
Cast:
CONNOR RATLIFF as GIL
STEVEN BOYER as LEX
LAILA ROBINS as BELLA
JAMIE ANN ROMERO a...
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September 6, 2023 • 33 mins
Gil charmingly recounts the production of his TV commercial to Nadya. The success of the commercial, among other things, convinces Lex that Gil has in fact beaten the Universe and officially changed his loser fate. Lex runs a test to prove his theory.
“IN THE CARDS”, was written and directed by KEVIN HENDERSON.
Cast:
CONNOR RATLIFF as GIL
STEVEN BOYER as LEX
LAILA ROBINS as BELLA
JAMIE ANN ROMERO as NADYA
CHUKWUDI IWUJI as PROFES...
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September 13, 2023 • 34 mins
Gil and Nadya head to the carnival while Lex, on his own date with Bella, questions her about the inevitability of destiny. When Gil and Nadya get closer the Universe intervenes in several big ways. Gil’s professional life also flies off the rails.
“IN THE CARDS”, was written and directed by KEVIN HENDERSON.
Cast:
CONNOR RATLIFF as GIL
STEVEN BOYER as LEX
LAILA ROBINS as BELLA
JAMIE ANN ROMERO as NADYA
CHUKWUDI IWUJI as PROFESSOR...
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September 20, 2023 • 36 mins
Nadya, still under a spell, won’t take Gil’s calls. As Gil and Lex fight to save their careers Gil finds out Nadya is headed off to Montreal with Professor Towers. Gil drops everything to stop her from leaving. It’s a final battle with the Universe which could prove deadly.
“IN THE CARDS”, was written and directed by KEVIN HENDERSON.
Cast:
CONNOR RATLIFF as GIL
STEVEN BOYER as LEX
LAILA ROBINS as BELLA
JAMIE ANN ROMERO as NADYA
C...
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October 4, 2023 • 55 mins
"And it goes something like this….” Laila Robins interprets what’s in the cards for writer / director Kevin Henderson and producer Michael Goodfriend, taking listeners on the path from Minneapolis to Yale to a fateful Halloween party at Claire Danes’s home to persevering past the meanest review any critic ever wrote
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October 11, 2023 • 49 mins
“Kinda reminded me of being in 8th grade and talking to your crush on the phone…” The mellifluous Jamie Ann Romero recounts her experience working with Connor Ratliff on In the Cards.
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October 18, 2023 • 58 mins
Hear Chukwudi Iwuji make his debut in improv as he recalls how he conned his father into sending him from London to Yale in order to pursue theater under the guise of an Economics degree, and how a worn-out VHS tape of Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole’s “Becket” inspired him as a child growing up in Addis Ababa.
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October 26, 2023 • 51 mins
“Some people play ball”: Steve Boyer explains why Connor Ratliff was so easy to work with. Plus, how puppet fucking can enhance your acting career!
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November 1, 2023 • 68 mins
“I tend to talk long”: Actor/Comedian Connor Ratliff leads us on a journey from the inception of podcasts through the Old Testament to the future of Gil Garson and into Heaven.
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