Ransom

CINCINNATI, OHIO - The CriRes team meets Dawn Eastman, whose husband Rob shot a gang member named Andre Miller. The incident caused the city to erupt in protest, some siding with the unarmed black man who was shot, and others with the gun owner who stood his ground. Not long after, the gang demanded blood money from Rob as compensation, but when he didn't pay, they murdered him - and Dawn is next. She pleads for CriRes to negotiate the payment and ensure that they will honour the agreement. But not everyone is convinced Dawn's story is entirely truthful.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - Eric and CriRes are called in by FBI agent Kate Barrett to see if they can get a traumatized young woman who had attempted suicide to talk about an Internet stalker. Eric is able to reach her and discovers that she had been participating in an online challenge called Black Dolphin, which grooms victims to become suicidal. The FBI is horrified to discover if they can't stop this "game," hundreds of users will be driven to kill themselves.

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - CriRes is hired by the CEO of Discretion Escorts, whose exclusive agency received a disturbing message from a long-standing client. He accuses one of Discretion's employees, Sasha Levant, of stealing a diamond-encrusted watch from him. The problem is, Sasha has gone missing - and her best friend and co-worker Nicole is being held by the client until he gets the watch back. As the CriRes team investigates, they realize that more is at stake than an expensive watch. An ongoing police investigation threatens to derail Eric's negotiation, with both Sasha and Nicole's lives hanging in the balance.

TUSCANY, ITALY - Eric and the CriRes team enter the world of Italian fashion royalty when they are hired to negotiate the safe return of a world-famous designer's kidnapped wife. While investigating, the team is faced with family infighting, scandalous rumours, and deadly conspiracies. But everything changes when Eric realizes rescuing the designer's wife may be more dangerous than leaving her in the hands of the kidnappers.

HAMILTON, ONTARIO – A ten year old boy is taken and CriRes is called in to negotiate the ransom. But when Eric hears the voice of the kidnapper, he realizes he negotiated with this same person six years ago. CriRes was hired on that case, and although the boy was returned - he came back mutilated. The case shakes the CriRes team to their core. They've always known that their policy of letting kidnappers go to preserve the lives of victims could lead to more kidnappings in the future. But now Eric must wrestle with his tried and true policies - knowing that the kidnapped boy may not be returned intact.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI - Eric and Oliver interview Carlos, a death row inmate, as he recounts a murder he committed ten years ago: a drunken bar fight that he barely remembers. He and his wife have contacted CriRes to negotiate with an anonymous caller offering to sell evidence that Carlos didn't start the fight - evidence that could help put a stay on his death sentence. And they have to do it fast: Carlos is set to be executed in 48 hours. As they race against the clock, Eric and the team face off with a determined DA convinced of Carlos' guilt and the father of the victim who wants to finally see justice for his late son.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - CriRes is called in to negotiate the return of two rival ballerinas, both competing to be the lead performer, the Prima, for the most prestigious ballet company in the world. When Eric speaks to the kidnapper, he is given an impossible choice: pick the ballerina he wants returned - and the other one will be killed. While the team tries to find a way to bring both women back, they discover that the jealousy and rivalry in the ballet world runs deep.

TRENTON, NEW JERSEY - Kate Barrett and the FBI bring Eric in to negotiate between a pharmaceutical company and an anonymous caller claiming to have information about the poisoning of the nation's insulin supply. The national emergency is putting hundreds of thousands of diabetics at risk - both from the poison and from people who have stopped taking their medicine out of fear. In a relationship so new they haven't told their coworkers, Eric and Kate try to figure out where they stand with each other. Meanwhile Oliver reconnects with an old flame (and Stanford classmate) who works for the pharma company and continues to struggle with his break up with Maxine. Now carrying a gun, despite CriRes' non-violence policy, Oliver will be forced to confront his deeply buried demons.

LAKE BALATON, HUNGARY - CriRes is called in to negotiate the release of a hotel owner but when they arrive they discover that an imposter negotiator seems to have taken the ransom and their client is nowhere to be found. Eric is shocked to find out he knows the imposter personally, and the team starts to think Eric's relationship with this former mentor is clouding his judgement. When the team is finally able to track down the hotel owner, they discover that he's become a pawn in a battle between two old world crime families - and may be the first to be sacrificed in their war.

LONDON, ENGLAND - Kaylee, a teenage mother and recovering addict, corners Eric at a conference and desperately pleads with him to help find her baby boy. He was taken by a well-known serial kidnapper six weeks ago and after a failed apprehension, the police have lost all contact. As the team investigates, they are confronted by an indifferent system that has all but given up on addicts like Kaylee - and a police force that can only focus on her criminal past. Finding themselves at a roadblock and unable to contact the kidnapper, Eric is forced to ask Kate to do something that could jeopardize her career at the FBI.

PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Eric and Kate seem to be taking their relationship to the next level when they take an overseas trip to attend an extravagant gala at the American Embassy in Prague. But before they have a chance to take in the sights, they get embroiled in an assassination attempt – and Kate is arrested as the number one suspect. Eric is confronted with a startling possibility: could the woman he's fallen for have actually been using him this entire time?

PHILADELPHIA, PA - After a DNA testing facility is bombed, the sole survivor is found to have lost her memory. The team believes the young woman holds the answer to identifying the bomber and Oliver uses psychology techniques to help her regain her memory of the event. But as the threat of another bombing looms, the team works to put the pieces of the crime together and discover if she's a victim or the actual bomber.

MONTREAL, QC - Recently released from prison, Cynthia's younger brother Tyler has come to live with her. When he is abducted by a formidable criminal to whom he's indebted, CriRes is forced to break all the rules in order to free him.