







Season 1 • Episode 18
LatestThe CNU resolves a hostage situation when a corporate executive takes 16 hostages in the company's boardroom. A second crisis involves a domestic situation that results in Matt and Emily questioning a decision they had made during the standoff. The second crisis soon turns into another crisis when the wife of the second crisis'hostage taker holds her husbands mother hostage in exchange for her "lover"who she supposedly was having an affair with. Matt is assigned to one scene and Emily who is no longer on the same hostage negotionating team takes the other as they attempt to solve both conflicts.
The series focused on an FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit whose members negotiated hostage situations and shared relationships.
Acting
Livingston and DeWitt's crackling chemistry deserves better scripts
Writing
Negotiation tactics actually researched, surprisingly
Production
That golden-hour Fox cinematography hit different in 2006
Creator
Craig Silverstein
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