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Standoff

A romantic tension unfolds between two hostage negotiators as they struggle to keep their professional distance.

Matt Flannery and Emily Lehman are the top-ranked negotiators in the FBI's Crisis Negotiation Unit, trained to talk their way through volatile situations. They're experts at understanding people's motivations, but their secret relationship, revealed during a hostage standoff, causes friction between them.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Sep 5, 2006

An FBI hostage negotiation team with a personal relationship try to work with...

Episode 2 Circling

2. Circling

Aired: Sep 12, 2006

An air traffic controller suspected in a mid-air collision takes the tower ho...

Episode 3 Shanghai'd

3. Shanghai'd

Aired: Sep 19, 2006

After the team finds out a crime boss' daughter has been kidnapped, they have...

Episode 4 Partners in Crime

4. Partners in Crime

Aired: Sep 26, 2006

Matt's ability to separate his feelings from the job are called into question...

Episode 5 Life Support

5. Life Support

Aired: Oct 31, 2006

A hostage situation at a hospital brings back memories for Matt that may comp...

Episode 6 One Shot Stop

6. One Shot Stop

Aired: Nov 7, 2006

When an infamous sniper turns out to be a copycat, Matt and Emily try to draw...

Episode 7 Man of Steele

7. Man of Steele

Aired: Nov 14, 2006

A man cheated out of an adoption takes a young girl hostage, and the team rel...

Episode 8 Heroine

8. Heroine

Aired: Nov 21, 2006

When a hostage becomes attached to Matt in the aftermath of her kidnapping, h...

Episode 9 Peer Group

9. Peer Group

Aired: Nov 28, 2006

17 year old Cary Steckler masterminds a plot to humiliate his high school tor...

Episode 11 Borderline

11. Borderline

Aired: Dec 12, 2006

Matt and Emily cross the border unauthorized, tracking an escaped HT, but the...

Episode 12 No Strings

12. No Strings

Aired: Jun 8, 2007

A Homeland Security customs agent (Fisk) tries to allow a container into the ...

Episode 13 Backfire

13. Backfire

Aired: Jun 15, 2007

Two hostage crises split Matt and Emily: A train with too-knowledgeable HTs d...

Episode 14 Road Trip

14. Road Trip

Aired: Jun 22, 2007

When a cult leader abducts one of his followers and takes to the road, Matt a...

Episode 15 Lie to Me

15. Lie to Me

Aired: Jun 29, 2007

A young boy is abducted from the Santa Monica Pier.

Episode 16 Ex-Factor

16. Ex-Factor

Aired: Jul 6, 2007

Dennis Ryker, key witness in a top level money laundering trial against Norri...

Episode 17 The Kids in the Hall

17. The Kids in the Hall

Aired: Jul 13, 2007

Californian juvenile prison riots are prevented by closing the institute and ...

Episode 18 Severance

18. Severance

Aired: Jul 20, 2007

The CNU resolves a hostage situation when a corporate executive takes 16 host...

Info about Standoff

Current Status: Ended

Network: FOX

Genres:Drama, Crime, Thriller, Romance