Network: CBS
Episodes: 15 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: September 23, 2013 — January 6, 2014
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Toni Collette, Dylan McDermott, James Naughton, Rhys Coiro, Billy Brown, Sandrine Holt, Tate Donovan, Quinn Shephard, and Mateus Ward.
TV show description:
In this suspense drama, Doctor Ellen Sanders (Toni Collette) is a premiere surgeon who’s scheduled to operate on the President (James Naughton). She’s thrust into a political conspiracy when her family is taken hostage by a rogue FBI agent, Duncan Carlisle (Dylan McDermott). He orders her to assassinate the President by causing his death on the operating table.
Carlisle’s highly skilled accomplices include his brother-in-law Kramer (Rhys Coiro), whose loyalty to Carlisle will be tested; quick-tempered and intimidating Archer (Billy Brown), an ex-military man with a razor-sharp tongue; and the only woman involved, Sandrine (Sandrine Holt), a mysterious last-minute replacement to the team.
With Ellen’s family’s life in imminent danger, she faces an incomprehensible moral dilemma. Can she save her overbearing husband Brian (Tate Donovan), her secretive daughter Morgan (Quinn Shephard), and her not-so-innocent son Jake (Mateus Ward)?
Episode #15 — Endgame
On the day of the President’s surgery, the various plots are in motion. Just before the surgery begins, Ellen is cornered by the First Lady, who finally sees through Ellen’s lies about her husband’s condition and forces her to tell the truth about the assassination plot.
Ellen spills the secrets Kincaid has been keeping from his wife and she agrees to help get the bone marrow out of the hospital. Blair’s squad of hired terrorists move into position after passing themselves off as Secret Service agents, and they launch their diversionary attack just after Ellen nicks an artery during surgery.
Once Ellen is alone with the President and Logan, she gives Logan a sedative, extracts the bone marrow, and prevents the President from bleeding out on the operating table. Once the terrorist threat is subdued, Ellen takes the bone marrow to Nina, who accepts it and apologizes for everything Duncan did to her family.
Meanwhile, Duncan schemes with Vanessa to outwit Blair and free his family. He corners Blair at gunpoint at a fundraising banquet and demands that Blair’s men release Nina and Sawyer.
Once they’ve been released, Blair lashes out, forcing Duncan to shoot and kill him. Duncan then confronts Archer, who has captured the rest of the Sanders family and demands payment for his services.
The two battle in a brutal fistfight with Archer coming out on top, but Kramer arrives just in time to save Duncan and kill Archer.
Duncan then reunites with Nina and Sawyer briefly, saying goodbye before turning himself in to the police for his actions.
First aired: January 6, 2014.
What do you think? Do you like the sound of the Hostages TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
DO NOT CANCEL HOSTAGES!!! BEST SHOW ON TV
Please do not cancel Hostages. I am always on the edge of my seat to see what happens.
they better not cancel hostages! i love that show!
dont cancel the hostage
I love hostages. Please don’t cancel
My boy friend and I. Love the show please don’t cancel hostages
Please don’t cancel hostages it is a great show
pLEASE don,t cancel
Please do not cancel Hostages. My husband and I have watched the show from the beginning. It’s great. It appeals to an audience that enjoys fast-paced plots and twists.
We like to be challenged and we have fun making up scenarios for the next episode. We
sincerely hope the two hour finale is as great as what we have written in our minds.
Please, Please, Please don’t cancel this show. It’s one of the best shows on TV and one of the few shows worth watching. Wonderful writing and wonderful acting.
Every Monday night my husband and I look forward to this show. We love it! Please do not cancel!!
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL!!!!!
I absolutely LOVE Hostages & hope it continues. I’m at a loss as to why it has not been on the last two weeks??
What a terrific show !! Suspenseful, exciting, good acting, and a really creative plot. It’s one of those shows that is NOT the “same old, same old” kind of show. Hostages is unique. A first of its kind. Like “Lost”, “CSI”, etc., Hostages is of its own genre. I hope the show does really well in the ratings and it comes back for another season.
I love this show ,please don’t cancel it.