Bullet in the Face

Synopsis

Following a botched jewel heist, sociopath criminal Gunter Vogler is forced to assume the identity of a cop he shot and work undercover to take down the city’s crime lords.

First Air Date: 2012-08-16

Last Air Date: 2012-08-17

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Alan Spencer

Networks: IFC

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Top Cast

Max E. Williams as Gunter Vogler
Eric Roberts as Racken
Neil Napier as Lt. Karl Hagerman
Jessica Steen as Eva Braden
Kate Kelton as Martine Mahler
Eddie Izzard as Johann Tannhauser
Scott Faulconbridge as Police in Uniform #1
Kaoru Matsui as Yakido Akido
Christopher Heyerdahl as Lustig Balder
Mylène Dinh-Robic as Teacher / Female

Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Meet Gunter Vogler (2012-08-16)

Gunter Vogler, a vicious criminal, is betrayed and left for dead, only to be recruited by the police, who want to use him against the mob. Given a badge and authority, Vogler becomes even more dangerous and out of control.
Ep. 2: Angel of Death (2012-08-16)

Vogler and Hagerman investigate a series of apparent suicides by priests, uncovering a conspiracy involving a dentist-hitman and gangsters who are hiding out in churches.
Ep. 3: Drug of Choice (2012-08-16)

A teenager goes on a violent rampage and kills several people, impressing Vogler. Vogler encourages the boy to embrace his dark side, but Vogler then must defuse a hostage situation at the school when it turns out that a new drug is the cause of the violence in the city. Vogler is shot in the face again during the hostage crisis, which drives him even further into madness.
Ep. 4: Kiss Me Thrice (2012-08-17)

Vogler confronts Racken, exposes some dirty cops, and attempts to figure out Martine's plans. Martine has convinced Tannhäuser, Racken, and Vogler that each man is the father of her baby, and has even married Racken while living under a false identity. More curious than anything else, Vogler does not expose Martine to Racken.
Ep. 5: The World Stage (2012-08-17)

Vogler and Hagerman fight a group of prostitutes who are knocking off gangsters and inflaming tensions in the underworld. Racken and Tannhäuser, convinced that each other are behind the attacks, declare war, threatening to destroy the entire city.
Ep. 6: Cradle to Grave (2012-08-17)

Everyone converges on the hospital in which Martine is giving birth. Martine reveals that she's been playing all sides against each other so that she can take control of the underworld. Her pregnancy is revealed to have been a ruse, and she pulls out a submachine gun from the prosthetic belly, killing Racken and his men. While Martine prepares to kill Vogler once again, a bomb planted by Tannhäuser's men counts down to zero. The show fades to black on that cliffhanger.