• 36
    watchers
  • 124
    plays
  • 54
    collected
  • 3
    lists

Master of the Game

Season 1 1984

  • 1984-02-20T01:00:00Z on CBS
  • 6h 53m
  • 7h 17m (9 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama
Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie McGregor's journey to South Africa to make his fortune in diamonds. The family history is littered with revenge, lust, betrayal, manipulation, and murder.

9 episodes

Series Premiere

1984-02-20T01:00:00Z

1x01 Fraud

Series Premiere

1x01 Fraud

  • 1984-02-20T01:00:00Z48m

Jamie McGregor has a dream: He wants to get rich through diamonds. That's why he travels to South Africa to try his luck in Klipdrift. When he meets the dealer Salomon Van der Merwe and his daughter Margaret there, the man agrees to help the aspiring diamond collector. But Salomon turns out to be a fraud

1984-02-20T01:00:00Z

1x02 The Discovery

1x02 The Discovery

  • 1984-02-20T01:00:00Z48m

Jamie and his new friend Banda set out on their own to search for diamonds in the Namib Desert. They can hardly believe their luck when they actually find what they are looking for. Despite their shared success, the friends have to part ways: James, now wealthy, wants to return to Klipdrift alone and take revenge for Salomon's betrayal.

1984-02-20T01:00:00Z

1x03 Growth

1x03 Growth

  • 1984-02-20T01:00:00Z49m

Margaret gives birth to Jamie's illegitimate child, and they begin a marriage of convenience for the boy's sake. But Margaret actually loves the father of her child. Meanwhile, workers' dissatisfaction is spreading at Jamie's mines.

1984-02-20T01:00:00Z

1x04 Achievements

1x04 Achievements

  • 1984-02-20T01:00:00Z49m

After her mother's death, Kate takes over the company Krüger-Brent, Ltd. She becomes a successful businesswoman and marries David Blackwell, the company's vice president. But after the two have their son Tony, the family is struck by a terrible blow of fate.

1984-02-20T01:00:00Z

1x05 The artist

1x05 The artist

  • 1984-02-20T01:00:00Z49m

Tony Blackwell, who doesn't want to take over his mother Kate's business, begins studying painting in Paris. Things initially go well for the young man in the metropolis: his works are well received and he gets to know the nude model Dominique. But when he reads a review of his works, everything suddenly changes.

1984-02-20T01:00:00Z

1x06 A perfect plan

1x06 A perfect plan

  • 1984-02-20T01:00:00Z48m

Kate's goal is to build a dynasty, whereupon her son Tony marries Marianne, a company subsidiary. When she becomes pregnant with twins, the young man is finally supposed to be happy. But a certain woman always seems to have a hand in things.

1984-02-20T01:00:00Z

1x07 The Twins

1x07 The Twins

  • 1984-02-20T01:00:00Z48m

While Kate slowly recovers from her son Tony's attempted murder, he cannot withstand the psychological stress; he goes crazy and is sent to a mental institution. His daughters, the twins Eve and Alexandra, are growing up with Kate. The entrepreneur has earmarked Eve as her heir, but she doesn't show her true colors to her grandmother.

1984-02-20T01:00:00Z

1x08 The intruder

1x08 The intruder

  • 1984-02-20T01:00:00Z50m

Eve meets the Greek George, who quickly turns out to be a fraud. She then decides to send the young man to her twin sister: He should approach Alexandra in order to get her money. But the plan is part of a larger maneuver.

Season Finale

1984-02-20T01:00:00Z

1x09 The inheritance

Season Finale

1x09 The inheritance

  • 1984-02-20T01:00:00Z48m

After the successful reconstruction of Eve's face, she continues to pursue the plan to get rid of Alexandra once and for all in order to become the sole heir to "Krüger-Brent, Ltd". She goes to see psychiatrist Dr. Harley pretends to be her twin sister and makes him believe she is depressed. When this plan doesn't work, George is supposed to kill Alexandra. But once again Eve is one step ahead of everyone.

Loading...