Scripted series · NBC
Taken
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Clive Standen
Bryan Mills
26 eps
Jennifer Beals
Christina Hart
26 eps
Gaius Charles
John
10 eps
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Bernie
10 eps
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Becca
10 eps
James Landry Hébert
REM
10 eps
Michael Irby
Scott
10 eps
Brooklyn Sudano
Asha Flynn
10 eps
Adam Goldberg
Kilroy
16 eps
Jessica Camacho
Santana
16 eps
Tonjha Richardson
Esme Flynn
1 eps
Romano Orzari
Carlos Mejia
4 eps
Aaron Roman Weiner
Mark James
1 eps
Gary Hudson
General Reed
1 eps
Brian J. White
Julius Vox
1 eps
Tara Nicodemo
Allie Graham
1 eps
Albert Lapi
Train Security Guard
1 eps
Isaac Kragten
Young Bryan Mills
1 eps
Vladimir Raiman
Boris
1 eps
Darryl Flatman
Officer Drabek
1 eps
Nick E. Tarabay
Boone
1 eps
Rachel Nichols
Eve
1 eps
Sabryn Rock
Cereus
1 eps
Sasha Roiz
Maximillion
1 eps
Jarrod Vanvolkenburg
Peter Francke
1 eps
Zoie Palmer
Meg
1 eps
Miguel Anthony
Drunk Guard
1 eps
Arlen Aguayo-Stewart
Lucia
1 eps
Matthew Bennett
Gary Martello
6 eps
David Julian Hirsh
Clayton Bass
1 eps
Romaine Waite
Langston
1 eps
Reese Alexander
Zaid
1 eps
Pedro Miguel Arce
Bookie
1 eps
Michael Ayres
Parks
1 eps
Marcello Bezina
Coyote
1 eps
Brittany Allen
Ella Riordan
2 eps
Ian Matthews
Morse
3 eps
Kevan Kase
Gerrard
2 eps
Jean Paul Najm
Dogan
2 eps
Barry Flatman
Bryan's Dad
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Taken actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Taken reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
The origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world. As he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge, Mills is pulled into a career as a deadly CIA operative, a job that awakens his very particular, and very dangerous, set of skills.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E10
I Surrender
In the season finale, the FBI threatens to remove Christina from command and Bryan and John lead a rogue mission that risks everything to stop Mejia's associates before.
S01E02
Ready
Bryan gets his first chance in the field but the mission goes bust, resulting in a tragic death. The team uncovers a group of government officials skimming off of refugee funds, which also leads Christina to reconnect with a long lost love. Meanwhile, Asha shows up unexpectedly at Bryan's doorstep.
S01E08
Leah
A Mossad agent from Christina's past asks for her help and protection. First, they need to know who is trying to kill Leah, then the "why" becomes rather obvious.
S01E03
Off Side
Bryan and team search for a suspected terrorist who has been taken, leading them to uncover a deeper plot within their own government. Christina receives troubling news and turns to Harry for support. Asha expresses her concern over Bryan's fixation with Mejia.
S01E09
Gone
The spouse of an FBI agent is kidnapped. Bryan wants nothing left to chance when Mexico demands the return of Mejia. Asha learns the identify of her friendly neighbor.
S02E01
S.E.R.E.
Bryan Mills fights for his life inside a secret Mexican prison and plans a series of dangerous deals to put him on track for escape to the United States. But plans change when Mills and a young migrant girl are taken by human traffickers. Meanwhile, Christina Hart leverages her spycraft skills to obtain powerful new software that could locate Mills, and enlists two unlikely allies to aid in her mission to bring Mills home.
- Directed by Romeo Tirone
- Written by Tony Camerino, Greg Plageman
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E12
Imperium
- Directed by MJ Bassett
- Written by Brusta Brown, John Mitchell Todd
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Alexander Cary
Showrunner
Thomas Anargyros
Executive producer
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Matthew Gross
Executive producer
Greg Plageman
Executive producer
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Zak Schwartz
Writer
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Erik Mountain
Writer
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Andy Callahan
Writer
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Sanford Golden
Writer
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Nicole DeMasi
Writer
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Karen Wyscarver
Writer
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Aaron Carew
Writer
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Tony Camerino
Writer
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Brusta Brown
Writer
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John Mitchell Todd
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Alexander CaryExecutive Producer
- Lena CordinaProducer
- Thomas AnargyrosExecutive Producer
- Katie O'HaraProducer
- Matthew GrossExecutive Producer
- Greg PlagemanExecutive Producer
Writing
- Zak SchwartzWriter
- Erik MountainWriter
- Andy CallahanWriter
- Sanford GoldenWriter
- Nicole DeMasiWriter
- Karen WyscarverWriter
Direction
- MJ BassettDirector
- Edward OrnelasDirector
- Eduardo SánchezDirector
- Lukas EttlinDirector
- Elodie KeeneDirector
- Michael NankinDirector
Cinematography
- Rudolf BlahacekDirector of Photography
- David A. MakinDirector of Photography
Music
- Trevor MorrisOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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