History Series / Kidnapped

%%* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Bellows and Otto.

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Alice Cain
* BestServedCold: The BigBad has been planning his revenge for eight years.
* BodyguardBetrayal: Deliberately invoked by the kidnappers, who set Virgil up to look like a conspirator, in order to tar Agent King by association.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Agent Archer.]]

* ColdBloodedTorture: Gibson threatens Knapp with this.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: It is broadly implied that Conrad Cain is one.
* CowboyCop: Agent King becomes one by the end of the series, after spending too much time around Knapp.
* CreepyChild: Kellogg's sister, or at least Knapp's hallucination of her in episode nine.

* DetectiveMole: [[spoiler:Agent Archer.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: James Devere.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome:

* EveryoneIsASuspect

* FriendOnTheForce: King, to Knapp.

* TheHandler: The Operator. As it turns out, he has a handler, too.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: A lot of members of the conspiracy end up dead because of this.

* HollywoodSilencer: Most of the bad guys have them.
* HumanShield: A favorite bad guy tactic. It never ends well for them.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Turner, who is not just a pretty face. Not just a computer geek, either.
* InternalAffairs: Agent Vance. [[spoiler:And Agent Atkins.]]
* TheIrishMob: Conrad Cain's childhood friend now leads one. And may be involved in the kidnapping.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Knapp uses it on the Accountant. It doesn't really work.
* KarmaHoudini: The Accountant.
* MagicalComputer: Turner has one.
* TheManBehindTheMan: And you thought "Mr. Schroeder" was the BigBad? Please.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Otto.
* MissionControl: The Operator and Turner.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Roger Prince.]]
* MotiveMisidentification: "We don't want your money."
* MuggedForDisguise: Devere does this to a cop.

* OddCouple: Bellows and Otto.
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler:Averted. Virgil eventually dies from his untreated shoulder wound.]]
** Played straight with Knapp's injuries in episode nine... admittedly we don't see how extensive his torture was, but he looks in pretty rough shape at the end of the episode. Next episode (and keep in mind each episode only covers one day) he says he's in pain and is moving stiffly, but only has some faint bruising, and in the remaining episodes he's perfectly fine.

* PetTheDog: The Accountant and Devere love their wives. The Operator loves his daughter.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Knapp and Turner
* PrisonerExchange: When Gutman is captured, a sniper threatens to kill King's daughter unless she is released.
* PrivateDetective: Knapp and Turner.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The Gracen Group.
* ProfessionalKiller: The Accountant is an assassin.
* PsychoForHire: Bellows.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: Used often.
* RedHerringMole: [[spoiler:Agent Vance.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Otto.]]
* {{Retirony}}: [[spoiler:Averted. Agent King is announced to be retiring in his very first scene. He survives the entire series.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler:Ellie Cain]] pulled this one too many times.

* {{Sidekick}}: Turner and Agent Archer.

* SinsOfOurFathers: The BigBad's reason for targetting Leopold.

* SpySpeak: The members of the conspiracy converse in code on the phone.
* StalkerShrine: [[spoiler:Agent Archer]] has one in his basement.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Agent Atkins]]
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: The Accountant's reaction to [[spoiler:his wife's murder]].
* ThatOneCase: Knapp's last case at the Bureau.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Bellows and Otto.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Gutman.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: If [[spoiler:Agent Vance]] is the BigBad, why do we have a whole other episode to get through?

The series follows the investigation into the kidnapping of fifteen-year-old Leopold Cain (Will Denton), the son of Wall Street billionaire Conrad Cain (Timothy Hutton) and his oil heiress wife Ellie (Creator/DanaDelany). Because the kidnappers demand that the police not be called in, the Cains instead turn to the mysterious Knapp (Jeremy Sisto), a shady "retrieval expert," and his assistant Turner (Carmen Ejogo), to help rescue their son.

The FBI is soon involved anyway, however, as it is revealed that Leopold's bodyguard Virgil (Mykelti Williamson), who was critically wounded in his abduction, is the brother-in-law of Special Agent Latimer King (Delroy Lindo), the head of the Bureau's anti-kidnapping squad. With sidekick Agent Archer (Creator/LinusRoache) and rookie Agent Atkins (Michael Mosley) in tow, King sets up shop in the Cain's apartment and gets to work.

Meanwhile, Leopold finds himself chained to a bed and watched over by a pair of goons, the violent sociopath Bellows (Creator/RobertJohnBurke) and the kindly Otto (Otto Sanchez). The resourceful Leopold quickly escapes, only to discover that his captors have spirited him to Mexico. Although recaptured, he redoubles his attempts to escape.

The FBI is soon involved anyway, however, as it is revealed that Leopold's bodyguard Virgil (Mykelti Williamson), who was critically wounded in his abduction, is the brother-in-law of Special Agent Latimer King (Delroy Lindo), the head of the Bureau's anti-kidnapping squad. With sidekick Agent Archer (Linus Roache) and rookie Agent Atkins (Michael Mosley) in tow, King sets up shop in the Cain's apartment and gets to work.

* FakeGuestStar: Michael Mosley appears in all 13 episodes, and, up until the finale, Agent Atkins has just as much screen time/ storyline (if not more) as Agent Archer, yet Mosley is listed as a guest star, and Linus Roache is part of the starring credits. Gee, I wonder [[spoiler:which one turns out to be the evil mastermind?]] Lydia Jordan (Alice Cain) gets it even worse... she's in nearly every episode and has decent screen time, yet always gets delegated to the guest star list in the closing credits.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Linus Roche's American accent slips all over the place, particularly when he has to say more than one sentence at a time. He improves a lot by the time he gets to ''Series/LawAndOrder''.

The series follows the investigation into the kidnapping of fifteen-year-old Leopold Cain (Will Denton), the son of Wall Street billionaire Conrad Cain (Timothy Hutton) and his oil heiress wife Ellie (Dana Delany). Because the kidnappers demand that the police not be called in, the Cains instead turn to the mysterious Knapp (Jeremy Sisto), a shady "retrieval expert," and his assistant Turner (Carmen Ejogo), to help rescue their son.

Not to be confused with [[Literature/{{Kidnapped}} the adventure novel of the same name]] by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson.

Meanwhile, Leopold finds himself chained to a bed and watched over by a pair of goons, the violent sociopath Bellows (Robert John Burke) and the kindly Otto (Otto Sanchez). The resourceful Leopold quickly escapes, only to discover that his captors have spirited him to Mexico. Although recaptured, he redoubles his attempts to escape.

* TheDanza: Otto is played by Otto Sanchez.

* DuelingShows: ''Vanished'' (which doesn't have a TV Tropes page) had a similar sounding premise (though the shows were different) and aired at the same time on a different network. Neither of them survived beyond a half season, even though both of them weren't really set up as shows that could go on beyond a single season.

* FakeAmerican: Linus Roache as Agent Archer

* ShockingSwerve

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It's quite apparent watching the finale that end conclusion isn't what was intended and clearly just quickly put together resolution for the series.

Not to be confused with the adventure novel of the same name by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson.

A short-lived CopShow that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} for part of one season in 2006. Created by Jason Smilovic, a screenwriter best known for the film ''LuckyNumberSlevin'', and executive produced by David Greenwalt of ''Series/{{Profit}}'' fame, the series lasted just five episodes before being canceled, with the remaining eight episodes eventually broadcast online.

* [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Screw The Rules, I Have Money]]: [[spoiler:Ellie Cain]] pulled this one too many times.

* SideKick: Turner and Agent Archer.

A short-lived CopShow that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} for part of one season in 2006. Created by Jason Smilovic, a screenwriter best known for the film ''LuckyNumberSlevin'', and executive produced by David Greenwalt of ''{{Profit}}'' fame, the series lasted just five episodes before being canceled, with the remaining eight episodes eventually broadcast online.

* ShoutOut: One of the conspiracy's lackeys is a mercenary who also works for a firm called the Gracen Group. Executive producer David Greenwalt was the co-creator of the series ''{{Profit}}'', which was set at a company called Gracen & Gracen.

* StepThreeProfit: Once the BigBad has Leopold, it seems like he doesn't really have any idea for what to do next. [[spoiler:His lackeys eventually realize this, and decide to take matters into their own hands.]]

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Linus Roche's American accent slips all over the place, particularly when he has to say more than one sentence at a time. He improves a lot by the time he gets to LawAndOrder.

* FakeGuestStar: Michael Mosley (Agent Atkins) appears in all 13 episodes, and, up until the finale, has just as much screen time/ storyline (if not more) as Agent Archer, yet Mosley is listed as a guest star, and Linus Roache is part of the starring credits. Gee, I wonder [[spoiler:which one turns out to be the evil mastermind?]] Lydia Jordan (Alice Cain) gets it even worse... she's in nearly every episode and has decent screen time, yet gets delegated to the guest star list in the closing credits.

A short-lived CopShow that aired on NBC for part of one season in 2006. Created by Jason Smilovic, a screenwriter best known for the film ''LuckyNumberSlevin'', and executive produced by David Greenwalt of ''{{Profit}}'' fame, the series lasted just five episodes before being canceled, with the remaining eight episodes eventually broadcast online.