
Renowned crisis and hostage negotiator Eric Beaumont employs insight into human behavior to deal with challenging kidnap and ransom cases, refusing to ever resort to violence, even when faced with the world's most dangerous criminals. While his ability to manipulate sets him above others in his field, it often causes issues in his personal and professional relationships. Beaumont's team includes psych-profiler Oliver Yates, ex-cop Zara Hallam and aspiring investigator Maxine Carlson. "Ransom" is based on the experiences of real-life crisis negotiator Laurent Combalbert and his partner, Marwan Mery.
When a promising baseball player needs a bone marrow transplant, his donor is held hostage for $5 million.
Eric and the team must figure out how to negotiate with bank robbers who are not demanding cash.
When a software company engineer is taken hostage, Eric and the team email the kidnapper but discover a third party is intercepting their correspondence and sabotaging the negotiation.
Eric is hired by two adolescents whose parents are held hostage by a ruthless mob boss.