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      Season 1 – Crisis

      2014 Drama Mystery & Thriller List
      61% Tomatometer 33 Reviews 68% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A vengeful mastermind ambushes a schoolbus carrying the children of Washington, D.C.'s, elite, abducting the children and their chaperons, and creating a national crisis. The powerful parents -- including the president himself -- find themselves at the mercy of the abductor with nowhere to turn, creating an unthinkable situation that puts the entire nation at risk. As the authorities work to rescue the children, the parents discover how far they are willing to go to protect the people they love. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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      Though Crisis may be engaging and exciting to some, its premise is too silly to be taken seriously.

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      Sophie Gilbert The Washingtonian Crisis is a surprisingly gripping thriller about the horrors that befall a group of rich, overeducated teens when their cell phones enter a network-free dead zone. Aug 22, 2018 Full Review David Bianculli NPR Crisis may wind up being only half as long as a season of 24, but it also may wind up being just as intense - and just as good. Mar 21, 2014 Full Review Andy Greenwald Grantland Crisis spends so much time constructing a complicated world that it forgets to populate it with anyone worth watching. Mar 20, 2014 Full Review Jessica Johnson Time Out Chicago Crisis is a limp series that relies too much on plot contrivances and fails miserably at connecting with its audience. Jul 2, 2018 Full Review Kari Croop Common Sense Media Twisty hostage drama involves kids in danger. Rated: 4/5 May 5, 2014 Full Review Alan Pergament Buffalo News The truth is I liked Crisis, despite its sappy dialogue and some very improbable moments. It has a couple of decent twists. Mar 19, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member As a fan of political dramas, I decided to give "Crisis" a try because it looked like a very interesting premise. Plus, being an X-Files junkie, I was curious about Gillian Anderson's return to network TV. Those assumptions did hold...for about two episodes. After that, unfortunately, the show turns into a standard crime procedural lacking any sort of "new ground". After the first two episodes of "Crisis", I thought that I had found the next great political drama. A group of high-society prep students on a school field trip (one being the son of the President of the United States) are kidnapped and held hostage. It is very interesting to see the different dynamics between the students and how they all react a little bit differently to the situation. Even the heavily-advertised Gillian Anderson return is a hit, as her character adds a toughness angle to the show that seems intriguing. Sadly, that is where the innovation of this show ends. For the next 3/4 episodes, it turns into a complete procedural. It has the stereotypical "one male, one female F.B.I. agent" (played by Lance Gross & Rachael Taylor) premise, and follows a "one parent of a hostage each week" approach to storytelling. It is sad, because had the show-runners been able to focus on the relationships between the teen hostages themselves, THAT is where the interesting material was. As soon as the focus shifted to the parents, it became tedious and un-inspiring. Even Anderson's character has been pretty much in invisible since those first couple episodes. I compare "Crisis" to a show like "Intelligence" on CBS. Both shows had great kernels of concepts/ideas, but instead of truly breaking ground with original storytelling, the networks instead shoe-horn those interesting plots into tired TV storytelling conventions. Both shows were also advertised as something almost completely different from what they turned out to be. Much like "Intelligence", I would be surprised if "Crisis" gets a renewal for a second season. It just doesn't differentiate itself enough from other similar "stock" fare on television these days. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member One good scene that looks to be setting up an excellent story and plot can't save the show. The way it's made doesn't work with the type of show it wants to be. It's very boring, and kinda cheesy. Seems content to coast on the one scene that was good. There's one decent twist in the first episode, but it wasn't executed well which made it worse. This was very disappointing, especially because that first scene was so great and showed so much potential, but then they reveal why it happened and it's just so stupid. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A shamed that got canceled Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Crisis is sappy, cheap and gloriously stupid, although it had its fun moments (the pilot is decent and so are the first episodes). The characters are shallow and the plot is utter unbelievable. It fits somewhere between Hostages and The Following - meaning: it sucks. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Liked the characters and the intricate set up. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review mohamed a Series Finale!!! The show has a very good premise! It took kidnapping, CIA mastermind, escape/trap plan into a new height, how a man on a mission could cripple a nation and how far parent could go for their child! It is great but it didn't tick :/ and so we get something special at the two hour finale, I think they wrapped up the entire to be season two in that episode :p and It was great with a disappointing ending :/ a mastermind with caliber shouldn't end this way -_- but it always did to make the good prevails -_- the great few who make him either disappear or to do the hard, evil choice when his psychopathic behavior control for the sake of survival :/ but that didn't happen here! even with the last panel it didn't make it better! Anyways! It's CANCELLED after a half first season! so :/ I wasn't rooting for it really! but it got a good story, a great premise but :/ I liked enough to give it 7/10 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episodes

      Episode 1 Aired Mar 16, 2014 Pilot A group ambushes a bus full of the children of Washington's elite while on a secluded road on the way back from a field trip. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 23, 2014 If You Are Watching This I Am Dead Meg Fitch gets together a large sum of money in order to get her daughter back, while the Pakistani Ambassador is tasked with the unthinkable; Dunn and Finley uncover a secret; the captors test the students. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 30, 2014 What Was Done to You After a meeting with the president and first lady, Dunn and Finley realize the chief of staff is the next target; a hostage is taught a lesson after an escape attempt. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 6, 2014 We Were Supposed to Help Each Other Three parents are asked to steal an important piece of the mastermind's puzzle; Meg faces the consequences of her actions; Amber receives unwanted attention from a captor. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 13, 2014 Designated Allies Gibson uses Janice to get information about the CIA's covert soldier program; Finley and Dunn become targets when they go off grid; Meg is willing to do anything to get Amber back. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 20, 2014 Here He Comes Finley comes face to face with one of the kidnappers after trying to lure them from hiding. Details Episode 7 Aired Apr 27, 2014 Homecoming The tables are turned on Dunn and Finley; Widener moves forward with a brutal plan to take out a former associate. Details Episode 8 Aired May 4, 2014 How Far Would You Go Dunn goes to extremes to protect Meg; Gibson makes a demand that could result in the release of some of the students; Finley must keep Gibson's target away from a desperate parent. Details Episode 9 Aired May 25, 2014 You Do Not Know War When the president visits FBI headquarters, Olsen lets Dunn and Finley share their theories with him; Gibson sends a parent on a mission that could incite a war with China; Ian witnesses something unthinkable. Details Episode 10 Aired Jun 1, 2014 Found Dunn and Finley make a surprising discovery as the FBI finally finds the mansion; Meg has to testify about her link to the secret soldier program; an unlikely asset is put to work. Details Episode 11 Aired Jun 15, 2014 Best Laid Plans Finley enters the mansion as part of the hostage exchange; Gibson focuses on a new target and enacts a piece of his plan. Details Episode 12 Aired Jun 21, 2014 This Wasn't Supposed to Happen Finley makes a bold move while in the mansion; a mystery person endeavors to get revenge against Gibson, putting Beth Ann in further danger. Details Episode 13 Aired Jun 21, 2014 World's Best Dad Gibson finds himself on a mission planned by Beth Ann's kidnapper, who wants Gibson to confess his crimes; Ian receives a message; Finley and Dunn make a shocking revelation. Details

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      Season Info

      Executive Producer
      Rand Ravich, Far Shariat, Phillip Noyce
      Network
      NBC
      Rating
      TV-14 (D|V|L)
      Genre
      Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Mar 16, 2014