Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 3, "The Lorne Identity" -- Kris Lemche as Edgar “Lorne” Peplow and Giacomo Gianniotti as Detective Cole Ellis Preview — Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 3: Ellis and Max Team Up to Stop Aliens

Preview — Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 3: Ellis and Max Team Up to Stop Aliens

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Ellis and Max’s investigation takes a sci-fi turn on Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 3, “The Lorne Identity.”

A biomedical engineer, presumably named Edgar “Lorne” Peplow and played by Kris Lemche, comes to Ellis for help. The promo video shows Lorne saying, “People are gonna die unless we stop them.”

Who is the deadly threat that Ellis and, therefore, Max have to stop? Aliens.

Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 3, "The Lorne Identity" -- Giacomo Gianniotti as Detective Cole Ellis and Vanessa Morgan as Max Mitchell
Wild Cards — “The Lorne Identity” — Pictured (L-R) : Giacomo Gianniotti as Detective Cole Ellis and Vanessa Morgan as Max Mitchell — Photo Credit: Jeff Weddell/The CW — © 2025 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

The episode description for “The Lorne Identity” characterizes Lorne as a paranoid man with a case of amnesia. As they often do, Ellis and Max are taking two very different approaches to understanding what Lorne may mean by aliens.

Ellis tells Max, “There’s no such thing as aliens, Max,” in the Wild Cards‘s promo video. Without missing a beat, Max responds, “Not with that attitude there aren’t.”

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It seems like Max may want to go down the trail of conspiracies, corruption, and secret codes with Lorne, while Ellis prefers to push back against it. Nevertheless, “The Lorne Identity” looks like it will need to be a team effort.

Check out the photos and promo video below for a preview!

Episode description:

A paranoid biomedical engineer with a case of amnesia comes to Ellis for help leading the team down a trail of conspiracies, corruption, and secret codes.

Photos from Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 3:
Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 3, "The Lorne Identity" -- Giacomo Gianniotti as Detective Cole Ellis and Vanessa Morgan as Max Mitchell
Wild Cards — “The Lorne Identity” — Pictured (L-R) : Giacomo Gianniotti as Detective Cole Ellis and Vanessa Morgan as Max Mitchell — Photo Credit: Jeff Weddell/The CW — © 2025 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 3, "The Lorne Identity" -- Giacomo Gianniotti as Detective Cole Ellis and Vanessa Morgan as Max Mitchell
Wild Cards — “The Lorne Identity” — Pictured (L-R) : Giacomo Gianniotti as Detective Cole Ellis and Vanessa Morgan as Max Mitchell — Photo Credit: Jeff Weddell/The CW — © 2025 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 3, "The Lorne Identity" -- Vanessa Morgan as Max Mitchell
Wild Cards — “The Lorne Identity” — Pictured (L-R) : Vanessa Morgan as Max Mitchell — Photo Credit: Jeff Weddell/The CW — © 2025 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 3, "The Lorne Identity" -- Kris Lemche as Edgar “Lorne” Peplow and Giacomo Gianniotti as Detective Cole Ellis
Wild Cards — “The Lorne Identity” — Pictured (L-R) : Kris Lemche as Edgar “Lorne” Peplow and Giacomo Gianniotti as Detective Cole Ellis — Photo Credit: Jeff Weddell/The CW — © 2025 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Promo video:

YouTube video

 

What are your hopes for this episode of Wild Cards? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below, and be sure to catch up with our review of Wild Cards Season 2 Episode 2, “Once a Con a Time in the West,” right here.

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Wild Cards airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on The CW.

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