3.0/105 votesLoading...#1 - Absalom
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/2018
Santana must face her past when a foreign diplomat linked to a sex trafficking ring is kidnapped.
Director: Romeo Tirone
Writer: Erik Mountain
5.5/102 votesLoading...#2 - Password
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 4/13/2018
When a bomb goes off in Washington D.C., the team suspects an innocent man is being framed for the crime. Meanwhile, Kilroy tracks down a notorious hacker.
Director: David Wellington
Writer: Andy Callahan
5.9/1011 votesLoading...#3 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2017
The murder of Bryan Mills' sister launches him into a dangerous mission for revenge against cartel boss Carlos Mejia. A secret US intelligence agency, led by Christina Hart, covertly uses Bryan as bait to capture Mejia, and in the end recruits Bryan to become a part of their team.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.0/105 votesLoading...#4 - Hammurabi
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2018
A laid-off worker kidnaps a high-powered accountant in revenge for his lost pension, and the team gets swept up in a case of class warfare when Bryan decides to help the kidnapper get justice.
Director: Lukas Ettlin
Writer: Zak Schwartz
6.0/103 votesLoading...#5 - OPSEC
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2018
When the President's emergency "football" is stolen, Bryan and the team must recover it before classified national security measures fall into dangerous hands.
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson
Writer: Aaron Carew
6.0/102 votesLoading...#6 - Strelochnik
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/23/2018
Hart takes a solo mission to track down the mentor who betrayed her, and the team tries to locate her before it's too late.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: Tony Camerino
6.0/102 votesLoading...#7 - Verum Nocet
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/30/2018
Hart must find a way to stop an exiled former journalist from leaking the names of government assets abroad before innocent lives are taken.
Director: Eduardo Sánchez
Writer: Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver
6.0/102 votesLoading...#8 - All About Eve
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 4/6/2018
Bryan must stop an act of biological terrorism when invasive species are stolen from the Global Seed Bank in Norway.
Director: Scott Peters
Writer: Brusta Brown, John Mitchell Todd
6.0/102 votesLoading...#9 - ACGT
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 6/2/2018
When a CIA analyst's son is kidnapped, the team gets help from an unlikely source - another kidnapping victim. Meanwhile, Hart discovers the sinister motive behind the abductions.
Director: Bill Johnson
Writer: Nicole DeMasi
6.0/102 votesLoading...#10 - Render
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 6/23/2018
The daughter of a government official working overseas is taken, and an unexpected suspect derails Bryan's rescue operation.
Director: Edward Ornelas
Writer: Erik Mountain
6.2/106 votesLoading...#11 - A Clockwork Swiss
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/2017
Christina orders the retrieval of sensitive documents in Zurich needed to prevent economic and political disaster. But the mission to break into a bank vault turns into a three-way battle, and a race to escape safely. Meanwhile, Asha's trust in Elena proves to be misplaced and leaves Bryan vulnerable.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/105 votesLoading...#12 - Quarry
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2018
When a plane crashes carrying Bryan Mills and a key witness in a murder investigation, a wounded Mills must call upon the survival skills his father taught him to overcome the elements, find a way out of the woods and protect the witness from a lethal team of mercenaries on their tail. Meanwhile, Santana organizes a 'go big or go home' plan to locate the downed plane.
Director: Stephen Kay
Writer: Erik Mountain
6.3/106 votesLoading...#13 - Mattie G.
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/20/2017
Riley's insistence to uncover the truth behind a fatal drug given to war vets results in her asset's child being taken. Bryan defies orders to rescue the girl and uncover the truth. When a break-in at Asha's apartment leaves her shaken, a new neighbor is there to calm her nerves.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/106 votesLoading...#14 - Hail Mary
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/3/2017
The ODNI is asked to facilitate the defection of a Russian FSB agent, but the agent's pregnant girlfriend throws a curve in the team's plans. Meanwhile, Christina goes off the books to reveal a mole in the CIA, and John's attempt to resolve his brother's problem with a local gang results in a spiritual crisis.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/106 votesLoading...#15 - Solo
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/10/2017
During the team's efforts to thwart a Mejia weapons operation, Bryan is taken. As he relies on his ODNI training to survive, the team attempts a daring rescue. Meanwhile, Bryan and Asha take their relationship to the next level.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/105 votesLoading...#16 - S.E.R.E.
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/2018
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.
Director: Romeo Tirone
Writer: Greg Plageman, Tony Camerino
6.5/106 votesLoading...#17 - Gone
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/2017
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/102 votesLoading...#18 - Charm School
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/2018
When the wife of a war hero senator is taken, Bryan and the team must determine if her disappearance was orchestrated by a foreign government or someone closer to home. Meanwhile, Christina's meeting with an old friend brings up painful memories.
Director: Michael Nankin
Writer: Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver
6.5/102 votesLoading...#19 - Invitation Only
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/16/2018
Bryan and Santana must extract a nuclear physicist long thought dead, from a secret North Korean prison compound. Meanwhile, Kilroy faces a moral dilemma when Hart asks him to locate a criminal wanted by a foreign government.
Director: T.J. Scott
Writer: Andy Callahan
6.5/102 votesLoading...#20 - Imperium
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 5/26/2018
When a dangerous weapons dealer smuggles his wares into New York City, Bryan teams up with the FBI in a race to stop him before he reaches the safety of international waters.
Director: M.J. Bassett
Writer: Brusta Brown, John Mitchell Todd
6.6/107 votesLoading...#21 - Off Side
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/13/2017
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/106 votesLoading...#22 - Leah
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/2017
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/109 votesLoading...#23 - Ready
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/6/2017
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/107 votesLoading...#24 - I Surrender
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/1/2017
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votesLoading...#25 - Carapace
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 6/9/2018
Bryan must protect his cousin when he’s targeted by a powerful crime syndicate. Meanwhile, Kilroy becomes a victim of blackmail
Director: Ruba Nadda
Writer: Zak Schwartz
The Worst Episodes of Taken
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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...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Absalom" is the worst rated episode of "Taken". It scored 3/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Romeo Tirone and written by Erik Mountain, it aired on 3/2/2018. This episode scored 2.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Password".