What seems to be a textbook child kidnapping becomes a tangled mess when it is revealed that the victim is the daughter of David Lao - an Asian crime lord who is currently under FBI investigation. To save the young girl's life, Matt and Emily must compromise the investigation, infuriating the Crime Division's Chief, and deal with a corrupt father who doesn't want their help. With two FBI teams on opposite sides of the same case and a kidnapper who is more experienced than he's revealing, Matt and Emily have their hands full at work while keeping some secrets from each other in the bedroom.
s01e01 - Pilot
s01e02 - Circling
s01e03 - Shanghai'd
s01e04 - Partners in Crime
s01e05 - Life Support
s01e06 - One Shot Stop
s01e07 - Man of Steele
s01e08 - Heroine
s01e09 - Peer Group
s01e10 - The Accidental Negotiator
s01e11 - Borderline
s01e12 - No Strings
s01e13 - Backfire
s01e14 - Road Trip
s01e15 - Lie to Me
s01e16 - Ex-Factor
s01e17 - Kids in the Hall
s01e18 - Severance
Matt Flaherty and Emily Lehman are top-ranked crisis negotiators in the FBI's Crisis Negotiation Unit who are trained to talk their way through volatile situations. They make an outstanding team professionally, but their relationship is a bit more precarious off the job. The series advances the fundamental idea that in life and in love "Everything is a negotiation".