The Game (2006)

Comedy · Drama · Romance

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. While Derwin worries about the plays on the field, Melanie adjusts to her new lifestyle. She gets a play-by-play account of the lives and relationships among NFL wives, girlfriends and mom/managers who use their best game to help their men stay on the field and on their arm.

IMDb rating: 6.9 (5,192 votes)
Seasons: 9
Streaming (US): Netflix
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2006)

7.63 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 7.2 21 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Away Game	7.4	57
2	The Rules of the Game	7.3	41
3	Gifted	7.8	35
4	How Tasha Got Her Groove Back	8.1	29
5	Brittany's Super Sweet Sixth	7.7	33
6	Rift and Separate	8.1	32
7	Mi Casa Es Su Casa	8.0	28
8	The Trey Wiggs Episode	8.0	29
9	The Trey Wiggs Fallout Episode	7.4	29
10	There's No Place Like Home	7.7	33
11	It's Hard Being Kelly Pitts	8.0	28
12	To Baby... Or Not to Baby	7.1	27
13	The Iceman Cometh	7.0	26
14	Pro Bowl Blues	6.6	29
15	Out of Bounds	8.4	24
16	Baby B.S.	7.8	22
17	God Bless the Girl That's Got Her Own	7.2	32
18	You Say You Want a Revolution	7.7	28
19	The Big Chill	8.5	34
20	The Many Lies of Derwin Davis	7.1	33
21	When the Chickens Come Home to Roost: Part 1	7.7	26
22	When the Chickens Come Home to Roost: Part 2	7.2	32

Season 2 (2007)

7.48 avg 20 episodes 8.1 → 8.0 21 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Redux	8.1	31
2	The Trey Wiggs Taps Back Episode	7.3	30
3	Tasha, Renee, and Malik the Cliché	7.4	21
4	Hit Me with Your Best Shot	7.7	28
5	Fool Me Twice... I'm the Damn Fool	8.0	25
6	Parental Guidance Suggested	6.6	27
7	Media Blitz	8.1	27
8	The Truth Hurts	7.7	24
9	Turkey Basting Bitches	7.9	28
10	The Ghost of Derwin Past	6.4	27
11	Je-Rome Wasn't Built in a Day	7.6	22
12	Take These Vows and Shove 'Em!	8.1	26
13	The List Episode	7.2	21
14	White Men Can't Jump, But They're Definitely Packing	6.1	24
15	The Commitments	8.1	22
16	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee	7.1	22
17	Before the Parade Passes By	6.9	22
18	The Lord Givens and the Lord Taketh Away	7.4	25
19	I Got 99 Problems and My Chick Is One	7.9	21
20	Baby Come Back	8.0	29

Season 3 (2008)

7.14 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 7.8 21 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Baby on Board	8.0	25
2	Mel-odrama	7.3	20
3	Just When I Thought I Was Out, She Pulls Me Back In	6.9	22
4	Just the Three of Us	7.0	19
5	A Delectable Basket of Treats	7.1	21
6	The Platski Thickens	7.4	23
7	White Coats and White Lies	6.5	27
8	The Side-Part, Under Episode	6.5	26
9	Oh, What a Night	6.5	25
10	The Negotiation Episode	6.7	23
11	Insert Car Here	7.3	20
12	Stay Fierce, Malik	7.6	30
13	Do the Wright Thing	7.0	29
14	Punk Ass Chauncey	8.1	24
15	Take a Bow	5.9	26
16	Truth and Consequences	6.6	26
17	Hill Street Blues	7.5	25
18	The Third Legacy	6.5	24
19	Put a Ring on It	7.9	28
20	The Fall of the Roman	7.5	30
21	I Want It All and I Want It Now	7.4	23
22	The Wedding Episode	7.8	37

Season 4 (2011)

7.62 avg 13 episodes 8.5 → 6.9 22 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Parachutes	8.5	61
2	Beach Chairs	7.4	29
3	The Confession Episode	6.4	21
4	The Wing King	8.4	20
5	It Was All Good Just a Week Ago	6.7	15
6	Men in Crisis	7.5	21
7	Don't You Know Who I Was?	7.8	17
8	You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello	8.2	17
9	A Very Special Episode	8.0	20
10	Whip It, Whip It Good	6.8	17
11	Never Surrender	8.5	18
12	Death Becomes Her	8.0	18
13	The Right to Choose Episode	6.9	26

Season 5 (2012)

7.39 avg 22 episodes 8.9 → 8.7 22 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Skeletons	8.9	34
2	The Truth Pact	8.3	17
3	No Money, Mo Problems	8.2	30
4	The Black People Episode	6.4	24
5	Grand Opening, Grand Closing	7.5	16
6	Drink, Pray, Love	6.3	19
7	The Tricks Episode	6.9	18
8	Matchmaker, Matchmaker... Mind Your Business!	6.7	14
9	Keep Your Friends Close and Your Prostitute Closer	7.8	17
10	Catfight on the Catwalk	8.1	22
11	A Punch in the Gut... Full of Human	6.0	14
12	Higher Ground	7.4	14
13	There's No Place Like Home	6.6	12
14	Derwin's About to Go H.A.M.	8.2	18
15	Party in a Box	6.8	16
16	Fits and Starts	7.7	15
17	A Woman's Right to Choose Herself	6.1	12
18	Breakthrough. Breakdown? Break-through	7.0	14
19	Let Them Eat (Cup)cake!	7.8	19
20	Cold Swine Sucks... And So Does Falling in Love!	7.1	13
21	Move Trick, Get Out the Way	8.0	15
22	The Championship Game Episode	8.7	23

Season 6 (2013)

7.89 avg 20 episodes 8.1 → 8.4 22 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Blueprint: Part 1	8.1	35
2	The Blueprint: Part 2	8.0	20
3	We've Got to Stop Meeting Like This	6.8	17
4	Getting to Know All a Butt You	6.5	16
5	Trashbox	7.6	12
6	Guess Who's Bizzack?	7.7	16
7	Welcome to the Jungle	8.7	17
8	How to Lose All Your Phat in One Day	8.2	12
9	Blue Canvases	7.0	15
10	The Pre-Season Game Episode	8.8	17
11	The Busted Episode	8.3	11
12	I'm Not Kelly Pitts	7.8	13
13	I Love Luke... Ahh!	6.6	9
14	Photo-Shoot Fresh	8.2	10
15	Psh!! I'm Good!!	7.8	16
16	A Swan Song for Rick and Tasha	8.0	11
17	Miss Me a Little When I'm Gone	8.6	11
18	In Treatment	8.5	15
19	Extra Butter... Extra Salt...	8.2	13
20	The Hospital Episode	8.4	14

Season 7 (2014)

8.19 avg 10 episodes 8.9 → 8.8 22 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Jersey Episode: Part 1	8.9	19
2	The Jersey Episode: Part 2	8.7	16
3	Rules of the Street	8.1	17
4	Missed You, Kelly Pitts	9.0	22
5	Intervention, My Ass	7.9	17
6	He's a No-Good, Lyin', Cheatin', Honky-Tonk Man!	6.6	16
7	Chardonnay Goes Kissing	7.6	13
8	Mommy Dearest	8.2	15
9	This Is Happening	8.1	15
10	The Birth & Vows Episode	8.8	19

Season 8 (2015)

7.46 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 8.0 25 min avg

Rebound

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Wedding Night Episode	7.7	17
2	The After the Wedding Night Episode	7.6	17
3	The Pittsy Shuffle: Why Pitts Really Dipped	6.6	12
4	Nothing Was the Game	7.0	14
5	The Saber's Story	8.0	13
6	Acting Class and Rebound Ass	7.8	19
7	Sexual Healing	7.0	15
8	Switch!	8.0	16

Season 9 (2015)

8.05 avg 10 episodes 8.3 → 7.5 24 min avg

Shape drift

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Kiss Fallout Episode	8.3	16
2	The Spin Control Episode	7.4	11
3	The Dead Episode	7.7	11
4	Dust in the Wind	8.0	15
5	Hashtag My Bad	8.0	13
6	Get Up, Stand Up	8.5	10
7	Clip It... Clip It Good	7.9	14
8	The Crying Game	8.6	16
9	What More Can I Say?	8.6	17
10	Pow Pow Pow!!	7.5	30

The Game (2006)

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