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Sep 11, 2013
80
If you get past the large leap and buy into the premise, Hostages promises surprising switchbacks and character development ranking among the best of the season.
Sep 19, 2013
80
It’s a pretty great first hour and if they can keep up the suspense before changing direction, it might be a feat worth watching every week.
Sep 20, 2013
80
It's a dramatic premise that should yield high rewards for Hostages, whose confident pilot episode ends with a cliffhanger worthy of the name--a kind that should bring audiences back lusting for more.
Sep 23, 2013
80
Things get tense fast in CBS’ new Hostages, and if it can maintain that tension for 13 weeks, the network has a winner.
Sep 23, 2013
80
Both pilots [Hostages and "The Blacklist"] are among broadcast TV's better offerings this fall.
Sep 23, 2013
80
Hostages piles on twists upon complications upon secrets with enough breathless zeal to keep us wondering what will happen next, even when it challenges our disbelief.
Sep 13, 2013
75
The opener sets this all up smoothly, and Collette, combining a mother's protective instinct with type A pride, is great to watch. [23 Sep 2013]
Sep 19, 2013
75
Overstuffed though the pilot is, the show works because of the performances.
Sep 23, 2013
75
Like Spader, Collette is fascinating to watch; there's always so much happening just under the surface.... Show creators Alon Aranya, Omri Givon, Rotem Shamir and Jeffrey Nachmanoff pack the Hostages pilot with a ton of side plots.
