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The Game

2006 – 2015Show9 seasons146 episodesTV-14

ComedyDrama
47
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb6.9Metacritic314.8
47
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb6.9Metacritic314.8

Summary

When her boyfriend Derwin Davis is chosen as the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers, Melanie Barnett decides to attend a local college so she can be with him.

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  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

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The Game episodes

9 seasons · 146 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Away Game, 7.4
  2. S1 E2 The Rules of the Game, 7.3
  3. S1 E3 Gifted, 7.8
  4. S1 E4 How Tasha Got Her Groove Back, 8.1
  5. S1 E5 Brittany's Super Sweet Sixth, 7.7
  6. S1 E6 Rift and Separate, 8.2
  7. S1 E7 Mi Casa Es Su Casa, 8.0
  8. S1 E8 The Trey Wiggs Episode, 8.0
  9. S1 E9 The Trey Wiggs Fallout Episode, 7.4
  10. S1 E10 There's No Place Like Home, 7.7
  11. S1 E11 It's Hard Being Kelly Pitts, 8.0
  12. S1 E12 To Baby... Or Not to Baby, 7.1
  13. S1 E13 The Iceman Cometh, 7.0
  14. S1 E14 Pro Bowl Blues, 6.6
  15. S1 E15 Out of Bounds, 8.4
  16. S1 E16 Baby B.S., 7.8
  17. S1 E17 God Bless the Girl That's Got Her Own, 7.2
  18. S1 E18 You Say You Want a Revolution, 7.7
  19. S1 E19 The Big Chill, 8.5
  20. S1 E20 The Many Lies of Derwin Davis, 7.1
  21. S1 E21 When the Chickens Come Home to Roost: Part 1, 7.7
  22. S1 E22 When the Chickens Come Home to Roost: Part 2, 7.2
  1. S2 E1 Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Redux, 8.1
  2. S2 E2 The Trey Wiggs Taps Back Episode, 7.3
  3. S2 E3 Tasha, Renee, and Malik the Cliché, 7.4
  4. S2 E4 Hit Me with Your Best Shot, 7.7
  5. S2 E5 Fool Me Twice... I'm the Damn Fool, 8.0
  6. S2 E6 Parental Guidance Suggested, 6.6
  7. S2 E7 Media Blitz, 8.1
  8. S2 E8 The Truth Hurts, 7.7
  9. S2 E9 Turkey Basting Bitches, 8.0
  10. S2 E10 The Ghost of Derwin Past, 6.4
  11. S2 E11 Je-Rome Wasn't Built in a Day, 7.6
  12. S2 E12 Take These Vows and Shove 'Em!, 8.1
  13. S2 E13 The List Episode, 7.2
  14. S2 E14 White Men Can't Jump, But They're Definitely Packing, 6.1
  15. S2 E15 The Commitments, 8.1
  16. S2 E16 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, 7.1
  17. S2 E17 Before the Parade Passes By, 6.9
  18. S2 E18 The Lord Givens and the Lord Taketh Away, 7.4
  19. S2 E19 I Got 99 Problems and My Chick Is One, 7.9
  20. S2 E20 Baby Come Back, 8.0
  1. S3 E1 Baby on Board, 8.0
  2. S3 E2 Mel-odrama, 7.3
  3. S3 E3 Just When I Thought I Was Out, She Pulls Me Back In, 6.9
  4. S3 E4 Just the Three of Us, 7.0
  5. S3 E5 A Delectable Basket of Treats, 7.1
  6. S3 E6 The Platski Thickens, 7.4
  7. S3 E7 White Coats and White Lies, 6.5
  8. S3 E8 The Side-Part, Under Episode, 6.5
  9. S3 E9 Oh, What a Night, 6.5
  10. S3 E10 The Negotiation Episode, 6.7
  11. S3 E11 Insert Car Here, 7.3
  12. S3 E12 Stay Fierce, Malik, 7.6
  13. S3 E13 Do the Wright Thing, 7.0
  14. S3 E14 Punk Ass Chauncey, 8.1
  15. S3 E15 Take a Bow, 5.9
  16. S3 E16 Truth and Consequences, 6.6
  17. S3 E17 Hill Street Blues, 7.5
  18. S3 E18 The Third Legacy, 6.5
  19. S3 E19 Put a Ring on It, 7.9
  20. S3 E20 The Fall of the Roman, 7.5
  21. S3 E21 I Want It All and I Want It Now, 7.4
  22. S3 E22 The Wedding Episode, 7.8
  1. S4 E1 Parachutes, 8.5
  2. S4 E2 Beach Chairs, 7.4
  3. S4 E3 The Confession Episode, 6.4
  4. S4 E4 The Wing King, 8.4
  5. S4 E5 It Was All Good Just a Week Ago, 6.7
  6. S4 E6 Men in Crisis, 7.5
  7. S4 E7 Don't You Know Who I Was?, 7.8
  8. S4 E8 You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello, 8.2
  9. S4 E9 A Very Special Episode, 8.0
  10. S4 E10 Whip It, Whip It Good, 6.8
  11. S4 E11 Never Surrender, 8.5
  12. S4 E12 Death Becomes Her, 8.0
  13. S4 E13 The Right to Choose Episode, 6.9
  1. S5 E1 Skeletons, 8.9
  2. S5 E2 The Truth Pact, 8.3
  3. S5 E3 No Money, Mo Problems, 8.2
  4. S5 E4 The Black People Episode, 6.4
  5. S5 E5 Grand Opening, Grand Closing, 7.5
  6. S5 E6 Drink, Pray, Love, 6.3
  7. S5 E7 The Tricks Episode, 6.9
  8. S5 E8 Matchmaker, Matchmaker... Mind Your Business!, 6.7
  9. S5 E9 Keep Your Friends Close and Your Prostitute Closer, 7.8
  10. S5 E10 Catfight on the Catwalk, 8.1
  11. S5 E11 A Punch in the Gut... Full of Human, 6.0
  12. S5 E12 Higher Ground, 7.4
  13. S5 E13 There's No Place Like Home, 6.6
  14. S5 E14 Derwin's About to Go H.A.M., 8.2
  15. S5 E15 Party in a Box, 6.8
  16. S5 E16 Fits and Starts, 7.7
  17. S5 E17 A Woman's Right to Choose Herself, 6.1
  18. S5 E18 Breakthrough. Breakdown? Break-through, 7.0
  19. S5 E19 Let Them Eat (Cup)cake!, 7.8
  20. S5 E20 Cold Swine Sucks... And So Does Falling in Love!, 7.1
  21. S5 E21 Move Trick, Get Out the Way, 8.0
  22. S5 E22 The Championship Game Episode, 8.7
  1. S6 E1 The Blueprint: Part 1, 8.1
  2. S6 E2 The Blueprint: Part 2, 8.0
  3. S6 E3 We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This, 6.8
  4. S6 E4 Getting to Know All a Butt You, 6.5
  5. S6 E5 Trashbox, 7.6
  6. S6 E6 Guess Who's Bizzack?, 7.7
  7. S6 E7 Welcome to the Jungle, 8.7
  8. S6 E8 How to Lose All Your Phat in One Day, 8.2
  9. S6 E9 Blue Canvases, 7.0
  10. S6 E10 The Pre-Season Game Episode, 8.8
  11. S6 E11 The Busted Episode, 8.3
  12. S6 E12 I'm Not Kelly Pitts, 7.8
  13. S6 E13 I Love Luke... Ahh!, 6.6
  14. S6 E14 Photo-Shoot Fresh, 8.2
  15. S6 E15 Psh!! I'm Good!!, 7.8
  16. S6 E16 A Swan Song for Rick and Tasha, 8.0
  17. S6 E17 Miss Me a Little When I'm Gone, 8.6
  18. S6 E18 In Treatment, 8.5
  19. S6 E19 Extra Butter... Extra Salt..., 8.2
  20. S6 E20 The Hospital Episode, 8.4
  1. S7 E1 The Jersey Episode: Part 1, 8.9
  2. S7 E2 The Jersey Episode: Part 2, 8.7
  3. S7 E3 Rules of the Street, 8.1
  4. S7 E4 Missed You, Kelly Pitts, 9.0
  5. S7 E5 Intervention, My Ass, 7.9
  6. S7 E6 He's a No-Good, Lyin', Cheatin', Honky-Tonk Man!, 6.6
  7. S7 E7 Chardonnay Goes Kissing, 7.6
  8. S7 E8 Mommy Dearest, 8.2
  9. S7 E9 This Is Happening, 8.1
  10. S7 E10 The Birth & Vows Episode, 8.8
  1. S8 E1 The Wedding Night Episode, 7.7
  2. S8 E2 The After the Wedding Night Episode, 7.6
  3. S8 E3 The Pittsy Shuffle: Why Pitts Really Dipped, 6.6
  4. S8 E4 Nothing Was the Game, 7.0
  5. S8 E5 The Saber's Story, 8.0
  6. S8 E6 Acting Class and Rebound Ass, 7.8
  7. S8 E7 Sexual Healing, 7.0
  8. S8 E8 Switch!, 8.0
  1. S9 E1 The Kiss Fallout Episode, 8.3
  2. S9 E2 The Spin Control Episode, 7.4
  3. S9 E3 The Dead Episode, 7.7
  4. S9 E4 Dust in the Wind, 8.0
  5. S9 E5 Hashtag My Bad, 8.0
  6. S9 E6 Get Up, Stand Up, 8.5
  7. S9 E7 Clip It... Clip It Good, 7.9
  8. S9 E8 The Crying Game, 8.6
  9. S9 E9 What More Can I Say?, 8.6
  10. S9 E10 Pow Pow Pow!!, 7.5

Cast

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Crew

Directors
Arlene Sanford, Leonard R. Garner, Jr., Sheldon Epps
Written by
Mara Brock Akil
Produced by
Kelsey Grammer, Mara Brock Akil

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Facts

October 1, 2006 · August 5, 2015 · Ended

First aired
October 1, 2006
Last aired
August 5, 2015
Status
Ended
Length
9 seasons · 146 episodes
Age rating
TV-14
Content
Strong Language, Sexual Content, Drug Use, Violence
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Original language
English
Available in
9 countries

Tropes

Ladykiller in Love, Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe, Momma's Boy +9

Q&A

7 questions, like "Where can I stream The Game?"

Questions about The Game

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream The Game?

NetflixHuluPluto TV

In the United States, The Game streams on Netflix and Hulu, and it is free with ads on Pluto TV. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 4 other countries.

Is The Game worth watching?

47
MediocreGoodWatch score

Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 47 (IMDb 6.9 and Metacritic 31). Audiences rate it higher (59 out of 100) than critics (31).

Which season of The Game is best?

Season 7, with an IMDb average of 8.3. Season 3 is the weakest at 7.2. The highest-rated episode is Missed You, Kelly Pitts (season 7, episode 4) at 9.0, and the lowest is Take a Bow (season 3, episode 15) at 5.9.

Is The Game okay for kids?

TV-14Strong languageSexual contentDrug useViolence

Not for young kids: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for strong language, sexual content, drug use, and violence, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.

How long does it take to watch The Game?

73 h

About 73 hours: 146 episodes in 9 seasons of about 30 minutes each, aired from 2006 to 2015.

Will The Game make me laugh?

A touch

Not much for a comedy: the title analysis gives its humor 1 of 4.

Is The Game good for date night?

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Yes: romance is 8 of 10, and the viewing guide lists it for date night.