Crisis Episode 1 Recap: Rich Kiddies In Peril (Season Premiere)

"Crisis" airs on Sundays at 10 on NBC. I originally checked this out since I'm a sucker for anything with Gillian Anderson. Not sure how much screen time she'll have here. I also hope to see her again soon on "Hannibal" Hannibal Recaps and the British serial killer series "The Fall" The Fall Recaps

My initial thought is this show might be a good made-for-TV-movie but I'm not sure it has enough staying power for 13 episodes. It also reminds me of "Hostages" which suffers from the same shortcoming Hostages Recaps

Other thoughts:

It's good to see kidnappers have iPads in the field so they can recognize their potential captives.
What are the 3 Bs per Meg Finch? Be careful. Be smart. Be curious. GMonster's 3 Bs are: Bring on more Gillian Anderson. Bring on more Gillian Anderson. Bring on more Gillian Anderson.
Adult emotions are complicated" is the stupidest dialogue I've heard in some time.
I love a man who's committed enough to his plan to chop off his own finger.
This whole loyalty to family vs loyalty to country thing is a bit much. Loyalty to family would always win out (sorry country).
Come on people. Who mails anything anymore? Not to mention cell phones so they can make menacing calls to rich people later.

Wikipedia:

The President's son and other children of Washington's elite, along with chaperone-father Francis Gibson, get taken from a bus on a rural road. The elaborate plan is effective until student Anton Roth is rescued by injured Secret Service Agent Marcus Finley, who has been shot by a fellow agent, and they escape into the woods. The remaining hostages are taken to a house, where Gibson plots to take a gun from a kidnapper. This is also part of the plan, as he is injured and taken to a room where he is revealed to be the mastermind with a detailed notebook. Even though they had last parted on bad terms, FBI Agent Dunn and her CEO sister Meg Fitch work together. Fitch's daughter is among the kidnapped and it is revealed the girl was actually Dunn's child. Gibson is shown as a CIA analyst bent on revenge for being betrayed by the government. His plan is to test the parents' loyalties to either their children or their country.

Grade: 3 1/2 Monsters (out of 5). The acting and interaction between characters are good but the pilot could use some help. Not on my "can't live without list" but I'll check back intermittently and see if they've escaped yet. Oh let's be honest, I'm just checking back for Gillian Anderson.