
Synopsis
Hostages (2013), Season 1 is a political thriller drama you can watch online on iFILM — fifteen episodes that start the night surgeon Ellen Sanders is chosen to operate on the President.
Rogue FBI agent Duncan Carlisle and an armed crew seize Ellen, her husband and their two kids inside their own home. The deal is brutal: kill the President on the table, or watch her family die. What follows is two weeks of forced normalcy under constant surveillance. The Sanders plot escapes, probe Duncan for a weakness, and slowly learn he has reasons of his own and a dying wife behind the gun. Outside the house, investigator Hoffman chases a missing nurse and edges toward the conspiracy. Episode by episode the line between captor and captive blurs.
This is the CBS remake of the Israeli series Hatufim, built as a single closed season of fifteen episodes with a real ending. Toni Collette and Dylan McDermott carry the tension between them. Good for anyone who likes a tight, single-location thriller. Stream Hostages Season 1 online on iFILM.
15 episodes
S1·E1Pilot
After Dr. Ellen Sanders, a prominent Washington D.C. surgeon, is handpicked to operate on the President of the United States, rogue FBI agent Duncan Carlisle and armed intruders suddenly take her and her family hostage.
S1·E2Invisible Leash
Duncan promises to kill a member of Ellen's family when she refuses to assassinate the president during surgery. Duncan also informs the family to go about their normal lives for the next two weeks until the commander in chief's operation.
S1·E3Power of Persuasion
When the President decides to use another doctor for his surgery, Ellen is threatened by Duncan to make him change his mind. Also, Ellen meets Duncan's daughter which could help her get more insight into him.
S1·E42:45 PM
Ellen and Brian work on a plan to escape with their kids. Meanwhile, Duncan's mom makes a difficult decision.
S1·E5Truth and Consequences
Emily puts her skills to work when there is an emergency in the house. An innocent becomes a victim and Duncan wants answers.
S1·E6Sister's Keeper
Ellen's sister Lauren unexpectedly arrives at the house and decides to stays while unaware of the current situation. Hoffman in his investigation of the disappearance of Nurse Angela discovers Archer's involvement and confronts Duncan about his lies. Meanwhile Kramer discovers a way that can get Sandrine the money that she needs with dire consequences by robbing a high stakes poker game and Morgan visits a OBGYN in a routine pregnancy checkup.
S1·E7Hail Mary
Ellen and Brian try to take down Duncan; Archer's accomplice plans to reveal information to the assistant district attorney about a murder.
S1·E8The Good Reason
As Ellen tries to decide if she should save Duncan, she confronts his wife; Creasy has a meeting with Col. Blair and Vanessa.
S1·E9Loose Ends
When investigators get close to uncovering the plot to kill the president, Duncan is ordered to take out an insider.
S1·E10Burden of Truth
Ellen tries to talk Duncan into backing out of the assassination plot when a member of the president's staff is murdered.
S1·E11Off the Record
Duncan locks the Sanders in a room for the day as he and the team go after the snipers in New York; Duncan's mother-in-law wants to expose the president.
S1·E12The Cost of Living
Brian wants to expose Duncan to the police, but changes his mind when he sees evidence of Ellen and Duncan getting close.
S1·E13Fight or Flight
Ellen tries to make a deal with Duncan; Nina flees from the hospital after learning Duncan's plan.
S1·E14Suspicious Minds
After Duncan discovers Sandrine's betrayal, he decides to use her to save Nina and Sawyer. Also, just before Ellen is to operate on the President, the First Lady confronts her and forces Ellen to tell the truth about the assassination plot.
S1·E15Endgame
After Duncan discovers Sandrine's betrayal, he decides to use her to save Nina and Sawyer. Also, just before Ellen is to operate on the President, the First Lady confronts her and forces Ellen to tell the truth about the assassination plot.
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