Hostages
Season 1, Episode 2 (30 Sep. 2013): “Invisible Leash”
by Rick Eid, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jason Ensler

Hostages - Season 1, Episode 2

Title: “Invisible Leash”

Medium: television series episode

Original airdate: 30 Sep. 2013

Publisher:
Written by: Rick Eid, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Directed by: Jason Ensler

43 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Dr. Ellen Sanders (lead character)		[her family held hostage, she's told to kill President]		15
Duncan Carlisle		FBI [rogue FBI agent; plots to kill U.S. President using doctor]		15
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)		[government agency]		250
nurses		[occupation]		1
reporters		[occupation]	, etc.	100
Secret Service		[defends U.S. President, among other duties]	, etc.	42
Brian Sanders		[hostage husband of President's doctor]		3
Morgan Sanders		Whelan High School [hostage daughter of surgeon pressured to kill President]		3
Jake Sanders		Whelan High School [hostage son of surgeon pressured to kill President]		3
Sandrine Renault		Hispanic; U.S. Army [one of kidnapping crew in Presidential assassination plot]		3
Archer Petit		black; U.S. Army [part of hostage-taking team in President assassination plot]		3
Kramer Delaney		[part of team holding doctor Sanders' family hostage]		3
Burton Delaney		[father-in-law of hostage-taker Duncan Carlisle]		3
Samantha		[having an affair with her boss, Brian Sanders]		2
Quentin Creasy		[co-conspirator in plot to assassinate U.S. President]		3
Nina Carlisle		[very sick wife of hostage-taker Duncan Carlisle]		3
Stan Hoffman		black; Secret Service [investigated Dr. Sanders' hospital blood thinner incident]		2
Angela Nix		black [got blamed for giving President blood thinner]		2
Maryland College Hospital		[hospital]		3
Metropolitan Police Department		[police department]		3
Logan		Secret Service [part of Presidential assassination plot]		1
unnamed Secret Service agent		Hispanic; Secret Service [brought Dr. Sanders to speak with agent-in-charge Hoffman]		1
unnamed FBI agent		Hispanic [led inquiry into Agent Carlisle's lethal actions at bank]		1
unnamed polygraph examiner		[administered polygraph test to Dr. Sanders]		1
unnamed Secret Service agent		black [brought Dr. Sanders to speak with agent-in-charge Hoffman]		1
Beth Zion Hospital	Jewish	[Duncan Carlisle's wife Nina was treated there]		1
Sawyer Carlisle (cameo)  asleep		Holly Oak Elementary School [young daughter of hostage taker Duncan Carlisle]		3
Barkley (cameo)	N.A.	dog [dog of family held hostage in President assassination plot]		3
unnamed irritating guy at bar (cameo)		[hit on nurse Angela Nix at bar, annoying her]		1
unnamed assistant (cameo)		Asian; FBI		1
Amelia (listed in 2nd party cast list but not in on-screen credits; not noticed in film/episode)		Whelan High School [close friend of hostage Morgan Sanders]		1
Mrs. Watson (listed in 2nd party cast list but not in on-screen credits; not noticed in film/episode)		[1st app: Hostages - Season 1, Episode 2 (30 Sep. 2013)]		1
Malik (listed in 2nd party cast list but not in on-screen credits; not noticed in film/episode)		black		1
Pac-Man (on T-shirt)  on Jake's T-shirt		[1st app: Pac-Man (22 May 1980)]	Namco; Midway	30
Eastchester Savings Bank (behind the scenes)  Agent Duncan Carlisle is questioned by an FBI inquiry in some detail about his shooting of the bank robber disguised as a hostage at Eastchester Savings Bank.		[bank robbed in opening scene of "Hostages"]		1
mystery bosses (behind the scenes)		[leaders of conspiracy to assassinate U.S. President]		1
unnamed experimental doctor (behind the scenes)  This doctor is not seen mentioned explicitly, but has offered experimental therapy which may save Nina Carlisle, which is motivation for her husband Duncan to plan assassination of President.		[does experimental therapies; may be able to cure Nina]		1
Osama bin Laden (mentioned)  Dr. Sanders: "Let's just talk through this together. Just examine the different choices." Angela Nix: "What choices? That jackass Hoffman thinks I'm Bin Laden or something. It's ridiculous. They want me to take another polygraph tomorrow." Angela believes the Secret Service eyes her as the prime suspect in investigation about who gave President blood thinner. They asked her if she is a terrorist.	Sunni Muslim (Qutbist religious leader)	[1st app: Young X-Men #4 (Sep. 2008)]		128
Paul Kincaid (mentioned)  Entire episode (and entire series) is about a plot to assassinate President Paul Kincaid. He is mentioned extensively in this episode, but does not actually appear.		[intended target of Carlisle's surgery assassination plan]		3
Google (mentioned)  Sandrine: "Your devices have all been clones. We can listen to every call, read every text, track every Google search."		[world's leading search engine company]	Google Inc.	5
Nico (mentioned)  Jake Sanders (to Kramer): "We need twelve hundred bucks. By tomorrow. This guy Nico. We sold his weed, but never paid him because my father found all the money. Maybe you could help me out?"		[drug dealer connection of Dr. Ellen Sanders' son Jake]		1
unnamed bank robber (mentioned)  Agent Duncan Carlisle is questioned by an FBI inquiry in some detail about his shooting of the bank robber disguised as a hostage at Eastchester Savings Bank.		[shot by FBI Agent Duncan Carlisle while robbing bank]		1
Kevin (mentioned)  Kramer (looking at text message from Kevin to Jake): "Tell your friend it's a stupid idea, getting a cash advance off his dad's credit card." Jake Sanders: "We need twelve hundred bucks. By tomorrow."		black		2

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