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About CROSSING LINES & Episode Guides

About CROSSING LINES & Episode Guides


Crossing Lines Premiered on NBC on June 23, 2013



About the Show:
Crossing Lines  is NBC's new action-packed global crime drama. The series taps into a unit mandated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate cross-border crimes and ultimately bring global criminals to justice. "Crossing Lines" is set in the world's most exotic locales, where an elite team of eager cops work to solve the most notorious international crimes.

The series stars William Fichtner (" Prison Break") as Carl Hickman, a wounded New York cop, pulled from the edge by a group of unlikely saviors, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Donald Sutherland ("The Hunger Games") as Michel Dorn, an inspector in the International Criminal Court, and Marc Lavoine ("The Good Thief") as Louis Daniel, the head of an elite cross-border police unit who hunts down the world's most brutal criminals. Also starring in the series are Gabriella Pession ("Wilfred") as Europol sergeant Eva Vittoria, Moon Dailly ("Black Heaven") as French detective and criminal analyst Anne-Marie San, Richard Flood ("Titanic: Blood and Steel") as Irish detective Tommy McConnel and Tom Wlaschiha ("Game of Thrones") as Berlin police officer Sebastian Berger.

Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this openness has given opportunities to criminals looking to exploit the system and ultimately threaten our global safety. As Europe has become a "safe house" for criminals eluding law enforcers, a special kind of law enforcement team is needed to handle specific ongoing crimes on a global level. "Crossing Lines" is the story of one such team, made up of five international cops, headed by Captain Daniel. The team - comprised of individuals who have little in common - must learn to live and work under the most dangerous and potentially deadly conditions. Housed in an unused storage section underneath the ICC, this mismatched team faces bureaucratic, jurisdictional and cultural obstacles while traversing continents in pursuit of justice.

"Crossing Lines" is produced by Tandem Communications in association with Bernero Productions in coproduction with TF1 Production and in association with Sony Pictures Television Networks. Edward Allen Bernero ("Criminal Minds"), Rola Bauer ("The Pillars of the Earth"), Jonas Bauer ("The Company") and Tim Halkin ("Labyrinth") serve as executive producers.

Cast:

Actor’s name

Character’s name

William FichtnerCarl Hickman
Donald SutherlandMichel Dorn
Marc LavoineMajor Louis Daniel
Richard FloodTommy McConnel
Gabriella PessionEva Vittoria
Tom WlaschihaSebastian Berger
Moon DaillyAnne-Marie San

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Season 1



Episode 1: Pilot – Part 1 (Jun/23/2013)
In the series premiere, we find disabled former NYPD detective Carl Hickman has become a recluse - that is until he receives a unique offer from his friend Detective Major Louis Daniel. The Major has a tough case searching for an international serial killer who crosses borders undetected leaving a trail of victims in his path. Carl joins a team of unique specialists working for the International Criminal Court; while trying to juggle his own personal demons and trying to corner the killer before time runs out. When a member of the ICC team goes missing, it is presumed to be at the hands of the psychotic serial killer. Meanwhile, Tommy follows the trail of the serial killer's earlier victims and Hickman must face his demons in time to find the missing team member. Elsewhere, when Sebastian tracks down the killer the team must race to apprehend him but a sudden tragedy changes the teams' lives forever.

Episode 2: Pilot – Part 2 (Jun/23/2013)
In the series premiere, we find disabled former NYPD detective Carl Hickman has become a recluse - that is until he receives a unique offer from his friend Detective Major Louis Daniel. The Major has a tough case searching for an international serial killer who crosses borders undetected leaving a trail of victims in his path. Carl joins a team of unique specialists working for the International Criminal Court; while trying to juggle his own personal demons and trying to corner the killer before time runs out. When a member of the ICC team goes missing, it is presumed to be at the hands of the psychotic serial killer. Meanwhile, Tommy follows the trail of the serial killer's earlier victims and Hickman must face his demons in time to find the missing team member. Elsewhere, when Sebastian tracks down the killer the team must race to apprehend him but a sudden tragedy changes the teams' lives forever.

Episode 3: The Terminator (Jun/30/2013)
Detective Eva Vittoria discovers a pattern of murders when wealthy businessmen begin dying from a mysterious virus and the ICC team’s investigations lead them to a group of art thieves. Meanwhile, a confrontation with the killer puts the whole team’s lives in jeopardy.

Episode 4: Long-Haul Predators (Jul/07/2013)
An abandoned car leads Sebastian and the ICC team to Poland where technology reveals a shocking secret. The investigation uncovers a bizarre scenario in which families are pitted against each other in a fight to the death. When Eva and Tommy go undercover, their lives are in peril, and it’s up to Hickman and Louis to reach them in time.

Episode 5: Special Ops – Part 1 (Jul/14/2013)
When a wealthy teenager is taken hostage, the ICC team has to move fast to track the kidnappers. Meanwhile, Anne-Marie finds a connection to a similar case in Florence as the team races to rescue the boy. Elsewhere, Dorn and Louis soon discover an unexpected link to their arch enemy Alexander Dimitrov, which puts their lives in danger.

Episode 6: Special Ops – Part 2 (Jul/21/2013)
While in Florence, Eva finds something amiss when she discovers another similar kidnapping. While confronting her former partner in the Italian Police, a secret is discovered that may put Sebastian's career at risk. Back in Cannes, a search of the financial records from the missing boy's father shows that not everything is as it seems.

Episode 7: The Animals (Jul/28/2013)
Hickman's search for a criminal mastermind leads him to a bank where he is suddenly taken hostage and soon realizes that the thieves may not be after the money. Outside the bank, the ICC team must work against time to figure out the real motive behind the crime and when part of the truth is revealed, Tommy must confront a secret from his past that could jeopardize his career.

Episode 8: Desperation & Desperados (Aug/11/2013)
When Anne-Marie is away working on an old case, the ICC team must figure out the reason behind a series of shootings in Italy and Slovenia. Meanwhile, two young men have stolen money and drugs from an Italian drug lord and unknowingly kidnap the drug lord's daughter. Eva's past family connections to the drug lord reveal hidden details from her past which may be able to help save the girl.

Episode 9: New Scars/Old Wounds, Part 1 (Aug/18/2013)
Louis and his wife, who have never recovered from the death of their son at the hands of arch enemy Alexander Dimitrov rely on Dorn, who discovers new information that may lead to the capture of the Russian. Meanwhile, a woman is found dead and another missing, and all the evidence points to Hickman prompting Tommy and a Dutch detective to track down who framed him. Elsewhere, Louis returns home to a shocking discovery.

Episode 10: New Scars/Old Wounds, Part 2 (Aug/18/2013)
Hickman's life hangs in the balance and he is forced to find a way to survive. Elsewhere, Sebastian and Eva search for Anne-Marie, who has not returned from Italy. Meanwhile, Eva must reveal that she has broken her trust with Sebastian and that his personal secrets could be exposed. Dorn may have tracked Dimitrov, which in the process leads to many mysteries being solved.

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Season 2



Episode 1: The Rescue (Aug/15/2014)
Set against the terrible loss of Anne-Marie, one of their own, the team has only 24 hours to find and rescue Louis and Rebecca. Meanwhile, Dorn plays a dangerous game with Dimitrov. The gut-wrenching pressure mounts for the team to pinpoint Louis and Rebecca's location of imprisonment and torture. With help from Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Miles Lennon, the team is able to close in on the captors, saving Louis and destroying Dimitrov.

Episode 2: The Homecoming (Aug/15/2014)
Hickman's former New York partner, Detective Amanda Andrews, is in the middle of a dangerous rescue of kidnapped young women. But, it's a trap set by Genovese - old nemesis of Hickman and Andrews -- and he's back in New York. The team flies to the States where a rooftop confrontation between Hickman and Genovese leaves one man standing. At the ICC, Dorn wrestles with the best way to break some terrible news to Rebecca.

Episode 3: The Kill Zone (Aug/15/2014)
A highly skilled sniper with a serious grudge is killing people indiscriminately to bring attention to his political grudge. He kills five people in broad daylight on the busy streets of Paris and shoots five more in Sofia, Bulgaria. He cleverly ensures the participation of the team to get to his real goal - an international platform for his extremist demands. A shootout in the mountains of Austria puts Louis directly in the sniper's sight. On the home front, Rebecca agrees to prosecute once again for the ICC and Arabela, the newest member of the team, starts work.

Episode 4: Everybody Will Know (Aug/15/2014)
"Everybody will know" - a threatening text message sent repeatedly to specific teenagers along with incriminating videos. The goal: to prompt the recipients to commit suicide. So far, three out of three have died, one more to go. The team dives into the world of Internet cyber-bullying while trying to locate the last victim before he hangs himself. At the ICC, Dorn puts Sebastian under internal investigation when he discovers that Sebastian's long and very expensive gambling habit has been leaked to the press.

Episode 5: Home Is Where the Heart Is (Aug/15/2014)
A series of vicious home invasions in Belgium and Germany have escalated in violence. In Belgium, the entire family has been brutally murdered. The team applies their unique talents to assess the evidence at the crime scene including some bloody boot prints, ID'd by Sebastian as those worn by the infamous Kavalier Motorcycle Club, a well-known German biker gang. Going deep undercover for the first time, Sebastian will join the gang on their next job. When the team figures out the real motive of the gang, to fix a drug deal gone bad, they need to get to Sebastian before he is killed.

Episode 6: Freedom (Aug/15/2014)
Amanda brings Genovese to The Hague to stand trial but he seems smug, as if he knows something they don't know. He says he has invaluable information about a very big player in the human trafficking business - for which he wants to bargain for an early release from prison. As Eva goes undercover to try to get information on a human trafficking gang, Hickman and Amanda work a sting on Genovese. They search for and find the information Genovese wants to use as a bargaining chip...now they no longer need him or his deal. Dorn is victorious; Genovese is furious.

Episode 7: The Velvet Glove (Aug/15/2014)
Miles Lennon contacts Dorn after noticing stark similarities between a news story from Prague and cases he had previously investigated involving dead old men and greedy young brides. We learn of a potential honey trap ring operating across Europe: shortly after their marriage, each victim suffers a debilitating accident, leaving them reliant on their young wife's care. After our team becomes aware of an ongoing case in England, they discover the use of a nearly undetectable poison that is able to replicate natural deterioration. After interviewing a potential victim and his newlywed wife, they connect the suspect to a case in Prague. Ready to make the bust, they discover that both parties have vanished. The team is left with limited time - not only to save the life of a potential victim - but to catch the black widow gang before they disappear for good.

Episode 8: Family Ties (Aug/15/2014)
Lennon asks for the help of the ICC team in solving a new case involving a tainted batch of drugs that is killing dozens of people across London. We soon learn he suspects the crime was carried out by the McConnell family but not before Tommy is arrested and unwillingly reunited with his brother (Colin) and father (Michael). Our team is sent on a diversionary trip to France while Lennon sets his plan in motion of getting Tommy to lead him closer to the Traveller community. Knowing a new batch is due to hit the streets imminently, our team must first save Tommy, then help solve the crime before more people are hurt.

Episode 9: Truth and Consequences (Aug/15/2014)
After the attempted kidnapping of Audrey St.Marie - movie star and long term friend of Dorn - our team investigate a number of murders of other film professionals that show stark similarities. They quickly learn of an apocalyptic religious group, led by 'The Truthteller', who believe the world will end on the 4th of April (next day). With Clement (the kidnapper) unwilling to talk, our team must decipher the reason they chose Audrey in order to understand their true motives. When Audrey disappears, it's a race across France to make sure she doesn't become the final victim of the cult.

Episode 10: The Long Way Home (Aug/15/2014)
While Eva is visiting her hometown in Italy, a body washes up onshore. Eva receives a call from a mysterious man who knows intimate details of the body. Suspicion soon leads to the informant's arrest, but he is soon cleared as a journalist who has been tracking the pattern of the dead and identifying a serial killer's calling card. The team must work with the journalist to pinpoint the motive and find the serial killer.

Episode 11: The Team: Part One (Aug/15/2014)
Eva thought she saw her father, whom she long believed to be dead, in Spain. The rest of the team investigates two elaborately planned prison escapes.

Episode 12: The Team: Part Two (Aug/15/2014)
The team, at first baffled by the gang's tactics, begins to put the pieces together. Realizing the prison psychiatrist is in on the breakout, Hickman alerts the team. As the mystery unfolds, tragedy for the team also follows.

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