DJariya

Synopsis:

"Invisible Leash" - When Ellen disobeys Duncan's orders to assassinate the President during surgery, he tells her it will cost her a family member's life. Duncan also informs the family that they are to go about their normal lives for the next two weeks until the President's operation, and that his team will be monitoring their every move, on HOSTAGES, Monday, Sept. 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Hilarie Burton recurs as Samantha, Brian's mistress.

SERIES REGULARS:

Toni Collette (Dr. Ellen Sanders)
Dylan McDermott (Duncan Carlisle)
Tate Donovan (Brian Sanders)
Sandrine Holt (Sandrine)
Rhys Coiro (Kramer)
Billy Brown (Archer)
Quinn Shephard (Morgan Sanders)
Mateus Ward (Jake Sanders)
James Naughton (President Kincaid)

RECURRING CAST:

Hilarie Burton (Samantha)
Jeremy Bobb (Quentin Creasy)
Lola Cook (Sawyer)
Larry Pine (Burton Delaney)

GUEST CAST:

Paul Calderon (Stan Hoffman)
Toni Trucks (Angela Nix)
Jim True-Frost (Logan)
Lauren Kelly (Amelia)
Robert Eli (Irritating Guy)
Martin Sola (Secret Service Agent # 1)
Philip Hernandez (FBI Agent)
Garth Kravits (Polygraph Expert)
Debra Kay Anderson (Mrs. Watson)
Veronica Dang (Assistant)
Gavin-Keith Umeh (Malik)

WRITTEN BY: Rick Eid and Jeffrey Nachmanoff

DIRECTED BY: Jason Ensler


Episode 2/15

TheStoicPaisano

Mr. Prezbo!

Collette needs something other than the wide-eyed look.

chrisih8u

I'm going to continue to watch this but I'm not too impressed and I dont see how they keep dragging this out. I think this is going to take the title of worst show I watch every week. (Congratulations, Revolution!)

Quatermass

As somebody said in the first episode thread, this show is too predictable and seems to rely on too many action movie cliches. As soon as he handed her the gun, I knew exactly how the scene would play out because I have seen it before. I don't think I'll watch any more episodes. I'll probably just wait for the post-sweeps-period holiday burnoff of canceled shows to see how it plays out. My prediction for the ending:

Original Desmond

Looks likely to be cancelled

I'm not going to invest

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...nceled/205414/

Josh-da-man

This thing makes The Following look like a complex, staggering work of genius.

Cardsfan111

It's hard to envision me sticking around too much longer with this. McDermott's character is interesting. Otherwise, there's not much in the way of redeeming qualities.

MikahC

I'm holding off to see the consequences for doc not doing what she was supposed to do. For me, that will determine what kind of show this is. If the bad guy makes threats of what will happen if you don't follow his orders, then nothing happens, he's toothless.

Josh-da-man

There's not really a lot they can do the family for punishment. If he shoots one of the kids in the head, it's going to cast too much attention onto the doctor and her family.

PhantomStranger

The Following at least kept it semi-plausible and interesting for a few episodes. Hostages' pilot wasn't bad but this second episode was routine and forgettable.

Seeing as it has no shot at renewal, I am out.

MikahC

That underlines my point. What are the real options here?

1) Kill the whole family for not playing along? Show over.

2) Keep moving the line while threatening they REALLY better not cross that one. Toothless and boring.

3) Kill the husband or someone else close and underline the initial thread. Now granted, they did kill the nurse friend of doc, but that was more because doc didn't handle the drug misdirect as instructed. There really was no direct consequence for not taking out the President.

At this point, I'm curious to see what the next episode will be like. By all rights, it should be terribly boring watching the two week "go about your normal lives" period. For me personally, there's a lot riding on this 3rd episode. Win, and I'd give me more time. Lose, and I'm probably out.

I don't care whether it's renewed or not because the first season of a limited run should be self contained anyway.

Rypro 525

but then again, wasn't it supposed to be one 15 episode story? Where next year it would be a different premise? (like american horror story)

Frederic

This is actually one of the few shows that's holding my attention and I hate that the ratings are so low. It ain't perfect, but I'm enjoying it well enough. I am interested in seeing how all the characters merge their personal dilemmas to the main plot. Cheating husband, pregnant daughter, drug-dealing son, and even one of the hostage takers is apparently a pill-popper.

PhantomStranger

I think that was mostly a publicity scam by CBS. Just like Under The Dome, the networks don't want limited runs. If Hostages had been a huge ratings hit, they would have brought back the same essential cast.