So, when I decided to watch some new series, I picked up some pilots and so far, this one sounds really promising. It starts already in action, what was really clever way and the way we learn about the chars turning that standoff - it was great. I liked that fast and moving style. But then we have that kind of drama and on that level, those chars look weird. I do not know if it was bad acting or something else.. but somehow it felt weaker and somehow fake.
But most of the time, this was really exciting episode.. Anyway, I am definetly going to watch a next episode.moreless
The pilot introduces Matt and Emily, a man and a woman who deal with their personal relationship while focusing on their jobs as hostage negotiators. In this episode, the CNU deals with two separate crises: one regarding an estranged father about to lose custody of his sons and another revolving a young man who takes control of a coffee shop.moreless
 Raquel Alessi |
Lia Mathers |
 Gina Torres |
Cheryl Carrera |
 Ron Livingston |
Matt Flannery |
 Rosemarie DeWitt |
Emily Lehman |
 Jose Pablo Cantillo |
Duff Gonzalez |
 Michael Cudlitz |
Frank Rogers |
 Ria Bellafiore |
Counter Girl Hostage |
Guest Star |
 Erin Chambers |
Krista |
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David Patrick Green |
Rapid Air Driver |
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The ringtone on the cell phone that rings while Trent is holding the coffee shop hostage plays the theme from M*A*S*H, appropriately (for this situation, anyway) titled "Suicide is Painless."
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Emily: Trent, are you going to commit suicide?
Trent Cunningham: (sarcastically) No. I just strapped a bomb to my chest because I had nothing else to wear. -
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Matt: You're putting yourself at risk. You're acting like me. -
(Emily has just gotten off the phone with the HT.)
Emily: He called me a bitch and an infidel.
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Matt: (holding up collage of the HT and his mother) Do you have any idea why he'd send this to you?
Judith Cunningham: No.
Matt: Well, I think I do. I think he's trying to send you a message.
Carl Cunningham: What message?
Matt: Loosely translated, 'Mom, this is your fault.' -
Frank: So this kid's gonna blow up "Coffee Nation" because he's pissed at Dad?
Emily: People have done worse.
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Emily: (to her class) At the heart of every crisis lies a broken relationship. Defining the nature of that shattered bond could be the key to a successful negotiation, even if the relationship in question is impossible to repair.
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Frank: What are you, in love with her? (Matt is silent)
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Emily: I just want to know what you're thinking right now.
Matt: No, you don't.
Emily: Yeah, I do.
Matt: I'm wondering if the last time we had sex is gonna be the last time we had sex. -
Matt: I'm a person. Like everybody, I got problems, I got secrets that could hurt me... I'm sleeping with my partner, for one... We've been doing it for three months now... But that's out over the radio now. Everybody knows. My boss, Cheryl, she's gonna be asking me for my resignation tomorrow, even if she doesn't -- the guys that I work with? Hell, they're not gonna let me live this down.
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Matt (to Cheryl about Emily): I can't win when she gets all smart like that.
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International Show Titles:
Czech Republic "Policejní vyjednavači" (Police negotiators) -
This is not the first time Rosemarie DeWitt and Ron Livingston have worked in the same TV series. Although they didn't have a scene together, and probably did not meet on the set, they both featured in the episode of Sex and the City's, "Hop, Skip, and a Week." It was the last episode of Ron Livingston's character, Jack Berger, and Rosemarie DeWitt had a small part as a legal aid in Miranda's office, named Fern.
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Michael Cudlitz's character was originally named Frank Perry. The name was changed to Frank Rogers after the series was picked up by the network.
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The song at the end of the episode as they stare at each other is "Yesterday/Tomorrow" from the album Volcano & Heart by The Coral Sea.
Other songs were "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi, "Suicide Is Painless" theme from M*A*S*H, and "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield.
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Tom Wopat was credited as a special guest star in this episode (he played Rick Keesler).
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The original name of the series was Primary, which FOX changed to Standoff just prior to the 2006 upfront presentation.
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