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Hostages

★ 6.7 10K votes 2013–2014 1 season · 15 episodes Canceled CBS
SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 7/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Toni ColletteTate DonovanRhys CoiroSandrine HoltQuinn ShephardDylan McDermott
Written by
Alon AranyaJeffrey NachmanoffOmri GivonRotem Shamir
Starring
Toni ColletteTate DonovanRhys CoiroSandrine HoltQuinn ShephardDylan McDermott
Written by
Alon AranyaJeffrey NachmanoffOmri GivonRotem Shamir
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A home invasion that becomes a political chess match"

A skilled surgeon is set to operate on the President of the United States when armed intruders take her family hostage in their own home, ordering her to kill him on the table. What starts as a taut home-invasion thriller stretches into a season-long game of shifting loyalties, blackmail, and political conspiracy. The tone is tense and paranoid, driven by ticking-clock pressure, though the plausibility strains as the plot piles on twists. It's watchable in a bingeable, pulpy way rather than prestige television, carried mostly by its central premise and performances.

Watch it for

the high-concept premise that turns a family's living room into a pressure cooker.

Maybe skip if

you need airtight plotting, since the twists stretch credibility as the season goes on.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12013
7.53K1510h 36m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.3
40344 min
▶2Invisible Leash7.3
30340 min
▶3Power of Persuasion7.6
24843 min
▶42:45 PM7.6
22742 min
▶5Truth and Consequences7.3
21341 min
▶6Sister's Keeper7.4
20644 min
▶7Hail Mary7.5
19643 min
▶8The Good Reason7.6
19943 min
▶9Loose Ends7.6
17543 min
▶10Burden of Truth7.6
18442 min
▶11Off the Record7.4
16142 min
▶12The Cost of Living7.4
15943 min
▶13Fight or Flight7.5
16641 min
▶14Suspicious Minds7.4
14944 min
▶15Endgame7.8
16741 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Toni Collette Dr. Ellen Sanders
Tate Donovan Brian Sanders
Rhys Coiro Kramer Daly
Sandrine Holt Sandrine Renault, Sandrine
Quinn Shephard Morgan Sanders
Dylan McDermott Duncan Carlisle
Billy Brown Archer Petit
Mateus Ward Jake Sanders
Jim True-Frost Logan
Lola Cook Sawyer

Crew

Alon Aranya
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Omri Givon
Rotem Shamir

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