7.7/10151 votesLoading...#1 - Prison Riot, U.S.A.
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/9/2016
On Easter Sunday in 1993, inmates at a maximum security prison in Lucasville, Ohio, riot and take eight guards hostage, leading to a 10-day standoff.
Director: N/A
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7.0/10101 votesLoading...#2 - Cola Kidnap, Brazil
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/9/2016
During a wave of kidnappings in early-1990s Brazil, a local Coca-Cola bottling executive is ambushed at gunpoint and held for a ransom of millions.
Director: N/A
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7.0/1057 votesLoading...#3 - Al Qaeda Hostages, Yemen
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2016
Pierre and Yolande Korkie relocate from South Africa to Yemen to perform charitable work, but tragedy follows when they are kidnapped by Al Qaeda.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1055 votesLoading...#4 - The Peacemakers, Iraq
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/2016
In the violent aftermath of the Iraq War, four human rights activists from Christian Peacemaker Teams are taken hostage by insurgents in Baghdad.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1063 votesLoading...#5 - American Missionaries, Philippines
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/2016
The long captivity of American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham by Philippine terror group Abu Sayyaf takes on new urgency after 9/11.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1078 votesLoading...#6 - Taken at Sea, Somalia
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/9/2016
Sailing the Indian Ocean on their yacht, British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler are kidnapped by Somali pirates and held for an exorbitant ransom.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/1056 votesLoading...#7 - British Aid Workers, Chechnya
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/2016
A pair of British aid workers establishing a children's rehab center in war-torn Chechnya are taken prisoner and held for a year.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/1061 votesLoading...#8 - Bethlehem Siege, Palestine
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2016
When Israeli forces invade Bethlehem in 2002, dozens of Palestinians take refuge in the Church of the Nativity, sparking a monthlong standoff.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Captive
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Documentary series reconstructing history's most complex, high-stakes hostage negotiations as kidnapping victims recount their terrifying ordeals.
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
Network:Netflix
Best Episodes Summary
"Prison Riot, U.S.A." is the best rated episode of "Captive". It scored 7.7/10 based on 151 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/9/2016. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "Cola Kidnap, Brazil".