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Welcome to the Kingdom OT. Let's keep it clean. No rough stuff. Touch gloves and let's begin.
Kingdom airs Wednesdays on Audience Network in the US, and following Mondays on Bravo in Canada. 2 episodes have aired so far, but you can catch up online at the official web sites linked below. It's also already been renewed for two more seasons, so don't worry about it getting cancelled.
Premise
Kingdom is a drama set in Venice Beach, California. Centered around the Kulina family, and set against the backdrop of the brutal and unforgiving world of MMA, Kingdom follows the the trials and tribulations of these characters inside and outside the cage.
Cast
Alvey Kulina (Portrayed by Frank Grillo)
Alvey is the patriarch of the Kulina family. A successful fighter back in his glory days, he now runs Navy St. MMA with his girlfriend Lisa. Having two sons wishing to follow in his footsteps, Alvey is now transitioning from fighter to teacher. Yet he is struggling to accept his new role in life, worrying that his best days are behind him.
Lisa Prince (Portrayed by Kiele Sanchez)
Lisa is all business, and wishes to make Navy St. MMA into a successful business and eventually a franchise. Much savvier than Alvey when it comes to making the gym run smoothly, she is level headed and direct. After rebuilding her life following a messy break-up from former fiance Ryan, she grew to love Alvey and his sons (from a previous relationship), now considering them her family, but with Ryan back in the picture, she finds her past and present life beginning to intertwine in a way she does not appreciate.
Jay Kulina (Portrayed by Jonathan Tucker)
Alvey's oldest son and a total loose canon. Once on the road to becoming a successful MMA fighter, his hard partying ways got him blacklisted from the sport and has strained his relationship with his father considerably. Now no one will take him seriously, but he still wishes to get back into the ring and show his mettle. Fiercely loyal to his brother Nate and mother Christina, Jay holds Alvey responsible for the difficult situation their family is now in.
Nate Kulina (Portrayed by Nick Jonas)
Alvey's youngest son, and the peacemaker of the family. He cares for father and brother very deeply, and wants nothing more than to see them reconcile. A talented up and coming MMA fighter in his own right, he is now the center of Alvey's life. But things were not always so smooth with his father, not to mention a mother he barely remembers. Amongst all the family drama and pressures of the MMA world, he seems to uncertain of his place in life.
Ryan Wheeler (Portrayed by Matt Lauria)
Former star wrestler and past fiance of Lisa, Ryan had it all until he landed himself in prison. After a four year stretch, he emerges a changed man, but finds Lisa now in a relationship with his good friend and mentor Alvey. Seemingly accepting of their relationship, Ryan wants to turn his life around and Alvey is eager to help him do that. But does he still have the fire inside him that made him such a force four years ago? And is he really at peace with Lisa and Alvey being together?
Christina Kulina (Portrayed by Joanna Going)
Alvey's former wife, and mother to both Jay and Nate. A tumultuous past filled with drugs and mounting emotional problems has left her life in shambles, she is now estranged from her family. Jay blames Alvey for Christina's current state of being, but Nate was too young to remember why his mother is no longer a part of his life. The real reasoning behind Alvey and Christina's breakup remains to be seen, but as is, it is a considerable strain on their relationship with their kids, and it shows no signs of improving any time soon.
Media
Trailer #1
Trailer #2
Links
DirecTV web site
Bravo web site
In Closing...
Watch this show. It's great. I feel like this is a show a lot of Gaffers would really love if they just gave it a shot.
Pro Tip: You don't need to be a MMA fan to appreciate the show. I actually don't care for MMA fighting at all. Like, I really don't care for it, and yet I totally love this show.
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Thanks for reading.