Hostage
Hostage Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.7 |
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About
"Power and blackmail collide at the top"
When the British Prime Minister's husband is kidnapped abroad, she's told he'll die unless she resigns, just as a diplomatic summit with the French President spirals into its own private blackmail scandal. The setup pairs a domestic hostage crisis with high-level political maneuvering, and the show moves briskly through five episodes, leaning on its two lead performances to sell the pressure-cooker tension. It's glossy, twisty, and unapologetically soapy in its escalation, more interested in momentum and moral compromise than procedural realism.
the lead performances carrying a tense, escalating premise across a tight five-episode run.
you want grounded political realism rather than heightened thriller melodrama.
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All Seasons

| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 7.0 | 733 | 43 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 7.2 | 587 | 43 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 7.3 | 552 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | 7.4 | 533 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Episode #1.5 | 6.7 | 555 | 46 min |