The SRU assures security, in Ed's case close protection, at a fancy hotel ceremony in honor of businessman David Graham. But a group of Chileans,including a journalist and hotel staff, manage to kidnap his wife. A necklace-bomb blackmails David into exposing himself as responsible for a drama in his company's Chilean mining past. Written by KGF Vissers

Josh Scott goes to work, unsuspecting his wife Sarah was deadly serious about a domestic row and assumed that a few text messages on his phone mean he's having an adulterous affair with New York reporter Hannah. The team gets an alarm call after Sarah has tricked Hannah to the Scott home and holds her at knife-point. After Ed's mishap, Gregory has switched everybody's roles, with Sam as negotiator and Ed in the control vehicle. They workout with Josh and the baby-phone Hannah manages sneakily to turn on that Josh really remains committed to his marriage, which came under near-fatal stress because of unsuccessful IVF they couldn't afford and his dad's death. When he hears Hannah is the hostage, his old affair with her suddenly seems relevant. The team faces impossible choices, which further strains Sam's secret affair with colleague Jules. Written by KGF Vissers

While part of the team assists at a bomb alert in a train station, which seems expert, in HQ retired team chief Daniel Rangford draws a weapon after failing to get insight in a 1989 file of a case he handled. Greg coordinates while Ed, who knows former mentor Dan best, tries to talk him over. Sam researches the old case, which proves the key. Dan's team was initially successful in saving two kids from an attacker, but when the fiend returned young Jeremy took his advice to 'be brave to save his sister' too literal and perished bravely. Dan now feels his entire career, which wrecked hi s family life to his wife's anger, was wasted. Written by KGF Vissers

The SRU is exhausted having being called all over the city due to the deeds of a mysterious but expert sniper, who anonymously asks for Ed's presence. Some time later the sniper's friend, Luka Boblic, explains it's fellow Bosnian Croatian immigrant Petar Tomasic, a civil war hero, whose last relative unfortunately had to be eliminated by Ed. Written by KGF Vissers

A few men who feel their families lost everything after their mortgages were sold ruthlessly march into Joel Graves's company HQ. When denied an interview with the CEO, two of them intrude to force him at gun-point to make a 'confesion' on TV, as a live camera crew already stood by. A fellow victim stays in the lobby but threatens to incinerate himself. Their backgrounds prove vital for Ed and Sam to get control. While Sam especially hopes for Jules recovering fully so she can return, Greg grudgingly interviews possible replacements. Written by KGF Vissers

Wealthy Ted Sabiston's housekeeper Irina Kazkov, her fellow Russian lover Misha Kondrashoff and his criminal gang mates have planned to kidnap Ted's pre-teen son Daniel. Ted however smelled a rat and send the regular police, just in time to pin down in his home the crooks, who pretend Irina is a hostage too. Their escape van puts the team on the trace of the truth. Irina finds out the hard way ruthless Misha is far less romantic then she assumed. Written by KGF Vissers

The SRU suspends contemplating interim member Donna's hazing when assigned to the security of serial killer Peter Wilkins, who is repatriated from Germany for psychosis diagnosis to determine if he can stand trial. Haughty customs agent Delia Semple suggests airport liaison Jack Broder leaked the alternative route Greg improvised. Victim father Walter Volcek captured Sam who heroically saves Delia from a bomb. Information about more family connections and Sudanese UN missions slowly but fundamentally completes the plot. Written by KGF Vissers

Teen drop-out Donnie 'D-rock' was fired from his shop clerk job for laziness. He drags his even lamer mate Adam 'Back-slash' along in a quest for 'compensation' by stealing the monthly pay. But without planning they are chased back by the armed delivery staff. Donnie kills one of them, steals his gun and takes arbitrary hostages. The knaves' background and report are crucial as shooting teenagers isn't really an option. Meanwhile Sam is torn apart by lover Jules's return as they must break up either professionally or romantically. Ed and Greg pretend not to know about their affair. Written by KGF Vissers

Mischievous orphan Terry Dornan (22) returns, no longer expected by his girlfriend Jessie Wyeth (19), to see their baby after a short assault jail term, but she gave Owen up for adoption. They go visit 'Liam' with his new parents, lawyer Andrew Greenwood and his wife Cindy, who convinced Andrew to allow a single visit. Terry stabs Andrew so they can 'steal back' Owen. The SRU pursues them, sneakily contacted over the phone by Cindy. A lifetime of neglect and misery made Terry unpredictable, possibly suicidal. Written by KGF Vissers

Orphaned Internet bank employee Justin Fraser is tickled pink when his wife Maya announces they're expecting a baby. Then his half-brother Mike McKewon begs till Justin accepts 'a last time, just a few hours' to help pay off ruthless loan shark debts. That proves harder then expected and attracts attention, so Mike must admit it's a half million and pretends to hold Justin at gunpoint. This time the software security works, but Justin learns his wife and kid will be killed by a Latino gang unless they pay within an hour. The team intercepts a phone call, reconstructs the whole story and moves in on both kidnapping scenes, but may be too late at least once. Written by KGF Vissers

A bullied teenager goes on a rampage at his high school, sending the team racing to ensure the safety of the students and hopefully talk him down, but a family member compromises the rescue plan as grief causes him to lose control.

An apparently stoned couple of lovers first leaves a restaurant noisily, without paying, then robs a pawnshop and escapes by shortly kidnapping the owner's wife. The escape by taxi, whose driver, Ramesh, decides against reporting them after Clyde's Bonnie confides into him a secret. The boy's car allows the team to identify them as Evan Hewson and Laura 'Lo' Scheinmann. They enter a ball room, where the team can pin them down. Laura's medical history proves key to a dramatic finale. Written by KGF Vissers

Hospital orderly Derek Medeiros discovers his kid brother Mattie was shot by his own former street gang boss Shane Thomas and sneaks him in for (illegally) discrete 'treatment' by a friend nurse. But Thomas and two goons find them and intrude in order to kill both, fearing Mattie told big brother he witnessed a drug war murder. The team has a hard time operating with late information and a hospital full of vulnerable people, but bonds over the effort. Written by KGF Vissers

In a few hours, the SRU gets several bomb calls, all deadly serious, against 'environmental criminals', notably firms, and finally a university science faculty. Frantic detective work traces them to environmentalists, not John Martens's modern PR-oriented organization but the remnants/heirs of the PLC, once run by the Kaminski couple, now professors. Overstretched on several sites, the team must allow Lew to tackle the campus bomb alone. But it's trapped with a landmine, a virtually hopeless case according to Sam's Afghanistan experience. Written by KGF Vissers

When diner waitress Zoe Granger is abducted from her home, her stubborn recent ex, habitual small criminal Jeff Stuckley, is the obvious suspect. He's found, clueless, and puts the team on the trace of her other admirer, diner's regular customer Dale Murray. Dale is a contractor whose marriage broke up after the disappearance of his daughter, who looks a lot like Zoe. Written by KGF Vissers

Ed's youth neighborhood protege Anton Brand's fourth attempt at parole is denied after the daughter of Amiri, the shopkeeper whom he killed during his only hold-up as a teenager, testifies yet again. Shortly after, nothing-to- lose (NTL) prison gang leader Sloan Keller starts a riot and fakes an escape attempt to cover up his main aim: to eliminate his rival gang's leader. Anton gets hold of Amiri's wife and daughter in an attempt to protect them while also trying to help Ed's team. Written by KGF Vissers

Lawyer Adam Westfall is held at gunpoint by Donald Mitchell, who just won custody of his kids against his wife Helen, but now his kids are missing. Westfall's client is Helen. Donald correctly assumes that Helen is helped by the lawyer's assistant to abduct their children in order to take them to Ireland. the team also discover that Helen's boyfriend is also involved. The team, after talking Donald down, must catch Helen before she can flee the country with the kids. Written by KGF Vissers

Award-winning talk show host Pat the LionCosgrove, who may know his program is about to be canceled, invited mayoral candidate Ryan Malone. But after e few insults, Pat abducts Ryan at gunpoint to a secret location for 'judgment'. Pat claims Ryan witched seats ten years ago with his frat mate Cody Ackerman to hide he was driving after a party when their car had an accident fatal for Cody. Ryan denies, and the team discovers the truth. Cody's mother is Pat's lover, and more, but Ryan's assistant Nicole Bennett holds the darkest secret. Written by KGF Vissers

Apparently instable Rachel Simpson holds a young gas station-shop-bar clerk at gun point, and as the till is a meager catch snatches a customer's purse. Someone called the police, but she holds both hostage, shortly after releasing the woman's small child. Before Sam's team overpowers Rachel, her parents explain she's an ex-addict and married Charles Stewart, the eccentric chief of recluse rural rehab center The Farm. Another team goes check t out as she claims their teenage son Isaac is in danger. The nightmare is complete when Ed gets kept at gunpoint before the team realizes it's run as a cult and planning a mass suicide. Written by KGF Vissers

Sergeant Gregory Parker is abducted by drug thug Joe, who hands him over to his kin Kevin and his unsuspecting, naive protégé Tyler. By the time the team can trace and surround the abandoned warehouse, Kevin has locked up parker to die from a timer-triggered explosion on account of the death of his lover Haley's mother ten years ago. The files about what actually happened then, key to the case, are legally sealed. Written by KGF Vissers

The SRU is in search of a man, Robert Cooper, who stopped two local drug dealers from vandalizing a local restaurant only to take their gun and hunt them down. Cooper goes vigilante and the SRU must stop him from killing the drug dealers he blames for the burning down of his family's hardware store and for the death of his brother who died that morning of an overdose. .

Sam Braddock's negotiator skills are put to the test when he forms a special connection to a sniper holed up in an arena that's scheduled for demolition. Sam ends up questioning his role as a member of the SRU.