Scripted series · NBC
Crossing Lines
A world without borders needs justice without borders.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
William Fichtner
Carl Hickman
22 eps
Marc Lavoine
Louis Daniel
22 eps
Gabriella Pession
Eva Vittoria
22 eps
Tom Wlaschiha
Sebastian Berger
34 eps
Donald Sutherland
Michael Dorn
34 eps
Moon Dailly
Anne-Marie San
10 eps
Lara Rossi
Arabela Seeger
26 eps
Elsa Mollien
Rebecca Daniel
12 eps
Elizabeth Mitchell
Carine Strand
12 eps
Goran Višnjić
Marco Costante
12 eps
Stuart Martin
Luke Wilkinson
12 eps
Naomi Battrick
Ellie Delfont-Bogard
12 eps
Richard Flood
Tommy McConnel
22 eps
Michelle Fairley
Sophie Baines
2 eps
Genevieve O'Reilly
Sienna Pride
2 eps
Eddie Jemison
Gerald Wilhoit
2 eps
Ivan Cori
Antoine Laffont
2 eps
Miroslav Cipra
Uniformed Sergeant
2 eps
Nicola Millbank
Young Woman
2 eps
Estelle Lefébure
Caroline Pelletier
2 eps
Jana Pallaske
Masha
2 eps
Marek Oravec
Yan
2 eps
Nadine Warmuth
Katya
2 eps
Arthur Jacquin
Maxim
2 eps
Jean-Philippe Ricci
Philippe
2 eps
Florentine Lahme
Kathrin Eichholtz
2 eps
Fanny Krich
Laure
2 eps
Denis Braccini
Jacques
2 eps
Albert Goldberg
Claude Geroux
2 eps
Mikuláš Křen
Emcee
2 eps
Marco Bonini
Lorenzo Vincente
3 eps
Rossif Sutherland
French Police Detective
4 eps
Dominic Boeer
Commander Bergen
2 eps
Jérémie Covillault
Francois Paré
2 eps
Ronan Raftery
Tiger
3 eps
Karel Roden
Lev Marianski
3 eps
Marcel Iureș
Alexander Dimitrov
2 eps
Kevin Michael Clarke
Coroner
3 eps
Marc Barbé
Commissaire Leveaux
4 eps
Pavel Bezděk
Gino Freschetti
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Crossing Lines actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Crossing Lines reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Spectacle.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this openness has given opportunities to criminals looking to exploit the system and ultimately threaten our global safety. As Europe has become a "safe house" for criminals eluding law enforcers, a special kind of law enforcement team is needed to handle specific ongoing crimes on a global level. "Crossing Lines" is the story of one such team, made up of five international cops, headed by Captain Daniel. The team - comprised of individuals who have little in common - must learn to live and work under the most dangerous and potentially deadly conditions. Housed in an unused storage section underneath the ICC, this mismatched team faces bureaucratic, jurisdictional and cultural obstacles while traversing continents in pursuit of justice.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 34 episodes.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E11
The Team, Part 1
The gang escalates their deadly rampage. Meanwhile, the team deals with tragedy and deception.
- Directed by Bill Eagles
- Written by Erika Harrison
S02E12
The Team, Part 2
The gang escalates their deadly rampage. Meanwhile, the team deals with tragedy and deception.
- Directed by Xavier Gens
- Written by Edward Allen Bernero
S02E02
The Homecoming
Genovese returns to New York and becomes involved with human trafficking.
- Directed by Michael Wenning
- Written by Edward Allen Bernero
S02E08
Family Ties
A string of deaths are traced to toxic cocaine in London.
- Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence
- Written by Edward Allen Bernero
S01E10
New Scars, Old Wounds - Part 2
Hickman's life hangs in the balance and he is forced to find a way to survive. Elsewhere, Sebastian and Eva search for Anne-Marie, who has not returned from Italy. Meanwhile, Eva must reveal that she has broken her trust with Sebastian and that his personal secrets could be exposed. Dorn may have tracked Dimitrov, which in the process leads to many mysteries being solved.
- Directed by Eric Valette
- Written by Edward Allen Bernero
S02E04
Everybody Will Know
A string of teen suicides that may be linked to Internet bullying are investigated.
- Directed by Philip John
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S03E11
Penalty
- Directed by Susan Tully
- Written by Ben Harris, Jason Sutton
S03E10
Enemy of the People
- Directed by Kerric Macdonald, Susan Tully
- Written by Frank Spotnitz, Jimmy Dowdall
S03E09
Expose
- Directed by Michael Wenning
- Written by Frank Spotnitz, Jimmy Dowdall
S03E07
Lost and Found
- Directed by Niall MacCormick
- Written by Nicholas Meyer
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Rola Bauer
Showrunner
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Edward Allen Bernero
Creator
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James Moran
Writer
Ben Harris
Writer
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Clive Bradley
Writer
Frank Spotnitz
Writer
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Jason Sutton
Writer
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Wendy Battles
Writer
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Jason Bernero
Writer
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Jimmy Dowdall
Writer
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Corinne Marrinan
Writer
Nicholas Meyer
Writer
Spencer Hudnut
Writer
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Oliver Hein-Macdonald
Writer
Francesca Gardiner
Writer
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Erika Harrison
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Edward Allen BerneroExecutive Producer
Writing
- James MoranWriter
- Ben HarrisWriter
- Clive BradleyWriter
- Frank SpotnitzWriter
- Jason SuttonWriter
- Wendy BattlesWriter
Direction
- Ben BoltDirector
- Laurent BarèsDirector
- Bill EaglesDirector
- Niall MacCormickDirector
- Eric ValetteDirector
- Daniel PercivalDirector
Cinematography
- Laurent BarèsDirector of Photography
- James WellandDirector of Photography
- Giulio BiccariDirector of Photography
- Sam McCurdyDirector of Photography
- Nicolas MassartDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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