Here’s the peculiar thing about ‘Survivor’: It’s an action movie both too somber to offer much fun and too stupid to ever take seriously. The folks involved clearly thought they were going to kick off a new Jason Bourne-like polit...
‘Hostages’ returned for one last gasp on Monday night, as the final two episodes of the series’ 15-show run finally concluded. Was it worth the wait?
Regardless of whether it’s a hit TV show or one – like this – that’s on its last legs, I really can’t stand it when the writers change the basic premise of a series. Unfortunately, with only a few episodes remaining, that’s exactl...
Although hardly a week goes by on ‘Hostages’ without a few new twists and turns, this week’s entry feels very much like filler, as the series gears up for its final few episodes. Still, despite being one of the lowest-rated shows ...
This is the episode of ‘Hostages’ where our anti-heroes go to New York City to try to stop the assassination of the President so that it won’t interfere with their own assassination attempt on the President later on. The morals an...
Had ‘Hostages’ been a ratings hit, the show would probably move much more slowly than it has the last couple of weeks. However, one of the advantages of knowing that you’re going to get canceled is that it frees up the writers to ...
As CBS’s ‘Hostages’ begins the home stretch of its first (and only) season, I’ve stopped wondering just how crazy this show can get, and started wondering if I’m the only one still watching this thing. Episode 9, entitled ‘Loose E...
A lot of interesting stuff goes on in this week’s episode of ‘Hostages’, as the series starts to put its focus back on the plot to assassinate the President. Of course, ‘Hostages’ wouldn’t be ‘Hostages’ without the Sanders family ...
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any sillier on ‘Hostages’, Ellen’s sister comes for a visit this week, and we learn that stupid runs in the family. On top of that, two of our bad guys decide to hold up a poker game to ac...
In last week’s episode of ‘Hostages’, Brian Sanders was shot by Duncan to convince Ellen to give up her escape plan. This week, we see the aftermath of those events, as well as a whole new twist to the storyline that adds an inter...
The world’s most dysfunctional television family continues to be under siege this week, as ‘Hostages’ rolls out its third episode. While the members of the Sanders family continue to act like self-centered morons most of the time,...
You’ve got to hand it to Duncan Carlisle (Dylan McDermott). He seems to have taken hostage the only family in America selfish enough to put their own needs ahead of those of their nation. In episode 2 of ‘Hostages’, Duncan continu...
