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[Mr. Sobell]

Feel free to post spoilers here without using those ever-so stylish black bars. Also feel free to speculate wildly about anything that might be happening on the show.

[catperson]

Loved the first episode (from Netflix), although I've seen various versions of some of the scenes and I felt they could have used some others that were better. (I know, I'm way too obsessed with this show.)

Anyway, they're laying groundwork for Leopold to be throwing some wrenches in the works, which I love. He obviously won't get free til the last show (unless it gets canceled!), but it will be fun to see where the pill-hiding and trying to "dig" his way out will lead. He'll obviously play on the Spanish guy's sympathy and result in a fight between the two babysitters.

But I was thinking: If you were Knapp, wouldn't you prod the parents to threaten not to do business unless they get to talk to Leo to make sure he's alive? Seems like it's heading that way because they mentioned a couple of times about getting to speak to him, and Knapp asked if they let the boy talk on the phone. So if they try to pull that bluff, the kidnappers would have to move him to whatever place it is that the phone call guy is using, because it's obviously not the same place as the house the kid is in. So there might be some potential for some action, as in moving vehicles, whatever, and I think this would be very boring indeed if we just see a bunch of people in different buildings talking to each other.

My other predictions: Speaking French will factor in. The official site has bios on everyone and Leo's says that he is fluent in French, as is his mother (which we saw in the pilot). Maybe passing on secret instructions over a phone conversation?

I can't see where the Buddhist epistomology factors in, but the bio points out that Leo's interested in it because of Virgil, who will obviously show up again. So there must be a point there.

And the breathing underwater thing. That's one of those things no one else knows except Virgil and Leo, and his father. So I foresee an escape sequence wherein Leo has to go underwater and wait, to hide maybe.

As for suspects...Jeez! The only people I'm counting out right now are Knapp and his girl, the little sister (but not the older one), and Virgil. Everyone else is fair game. The doorman even looked suspicious. If I had to cast one vote, I'd say the cocky FBI guy from Alaska, because he's so inocuous, he knows the drill, he's ambitious.

Hurry up, September!

[HungryHippo2004]

I was sure the end of the pilot episode would have the FBI agent from Alaska being revealed as a villian, but it didn't happen. But it's so going to happen eventually.

[catperson]

Especially since, for some reason, he gets to hang around in the chief's car with him, knowing everything that's going on.

[catperson]

I've changed my mind. I've decided it's the father. We've seen this before in other kidnap stories: it's not really his money, it's his wife's father's money. And we've already seen that there's no love lost between Conrad and his father in law. This way, he gets to put aside $20 million minus expenses in his own private bank account somewhere and not be beholden to her dad. We've already seen he's a snake (pretending to love his wife in front of the reporter while privately sniping at each other), he's a questionable father (party animal daughter who goes off with guys all the time, doesn't have faith in or interest in his son so the son looks up to the bodyguard for male bonding), and they keep harping that he's got secrets to hide. Plus it would throw away the Ransom comparisons. And give a good shocker at the end of the season.

[catperson]

Yeah, I understand about the French, but it is a tv show, not a movie, where they get to spend days working on a scene and prepping the actors. It's pretty fast-paced in tv filming; that's evident in the really bad editing in the scene where they wake up Leopold. And my daughter speaks fluent Spanish, but her accent sucks; she just never cared enough to get that good - she knows the words to use but doesn't put in any effort to sound like a native.

Question: what spelling? Did I miss something written?

As for suspects, you'd think it would be someone in the FBI since they'd know all the technology to evade someone, but there are also other ways:
1) Ellie Cain's secret service secret man
2) Conrad Cain may be in with the mob or something; they keep saying he has secrets
3) The college daughter's mysterious boy who she disappeared with could be anybody.

Missing anyone?

[catperson]

I'm already so meh on Vanished that I forgot to watch it Monday.

Reading Jeremy Sisto's interview, he threw out something about not spilling all the beans about someone's past all at once, and as an example, said "his wife's dead" or some such. I wonder if that just popped out of his mouth because that's what will really be the case with Knapp? That his character's wife has died? Maybe in a kidnapping?

[catperson]

That is a pretty huge stretch, but I could certainly see the grandfather orchestrating it to test his son-in-law's mettle. Or to show his daughter what a worthless git she has for a husband. Or to bare all the skeleton's in his son-in-law's closet.

There are too many suspects! I even suspect Leopold. He is extremely smart, after all. Maybe it's a play for attention from his father, like in all the other kidnap movies?

I loved so much the scene where Knapp has to talk the girl into giving up the gun, that I can't wait for some sort of "meeting" scene between him and Leopold. I don't know, he just seemed to instantly be sensing what she was feeling and trying to work with her, you know?

Me? I got all excited when I saw a Good Charlotte "Chronicles of Life and Death" poster on his wall! My favorite band in the world (what? 48-year-olds can like rock bands!), and one of the best "theme" albums ever made - all the songs cover the same theme - starting with being born, then going through life, and then finally death; just an amazing album. Like you, innamorata, I just have to like someone who likes what I like. :)

I just wish I could find more spoilers or clips or even articles about the show. And I keep reading how great it is, especially compared to Vanished, but when you look at how many people check into sites like this, it seems like no one is even interested in the show, so I'm getting worried that, despite it being a good show, no one will watch it and it will be canceled.

[catperson]

You know, we get way too involved in this stuff! :) TPTB probably just think we're all nuts.

[Tablesaw]

Does anyone know if there's an ARG running for Kidnapped? The latest Entertainment Weekly has a pretty big advertising thread representing Latimer King's case file. Lots of basic information and some unusual information.

Most importantly, there's a phone number attached to the information for Ellie Cain. Calling it gets her voice mail and a longer message in French. No idea what it is yet, though.

The phone number is 212-703-8877.

There's nothing much else identifiable, and I haven't seen the pilot yet. Regardless, there are a few other things that prick up me clue-finding organs. The FBI case file is #0616122500. There's also a mug shot with "GUNMAN AT KIDNAP SCENE" written on it. It looks like there's another mugshot below it, but it's obscured by a photo of Leopold. Written on that second mushot is "_____M CANTON" and "33540/032101".

I'm excited for the show. I'm a sucker for phone messages.

[catperson]

Thanks, tablesaw! Will be back later with any info I can gather!

[catperson]

In Entertainment Weekly's Fall Preview issue, on the page describing Wednesday, there's a quarter-page sidebar about the 10-11pm "battle" which of course says CSI will win, but what's interesting is there's a tiny picture of Leopold, and it shows his face and one hand in handcuffs!

My guess is he almost gets out through the hole in the wall under the bed but gets caught, so they handcuff him to detain him and figure out he's not taking the pills. I'm envisioning pulling away the bed to get to the hole, and the top mattress falling away, revealing the pills he's hidden. Cool! It almost kind of looks like he has a black eye, but the picture's so small I can't tell. Knowing NBC, I doubt they'd have anyone hurting him, but at least it would be more realistic. I know a lot of people don't like "violence" especially to children, but when I see a sanitized show, I stop believing it could be real and stop enjoying it. I mean, look at what 24 gets away with an hour earlier! I'd like to think that a 10pm show could be more realistic.

But at least it shows that there's more to Leopold's story than just sitting on a cot for however many episodes we end up getting. Someone said they didn't want to see the kidnap victim, it loses the show's suspense, but I think it enhances it. I read that it's supposed to be from a different person or group's perspective each episode, so maybe one will be his, or at least the kidnappers'. I'm pretty sure that the Hispanic guy's "tenderness" toward kids is going to play into this somehow.

But I'm still trying to figure out the water thing, where Leopold's going to have to hold his breath, probably to escape. Maybe it won't be in water, but in a bag or something.

Why no #%@%*"% spoilers anywhere?! They started taping this last spring, so they should be done by now.

ETA: I racked my brain over all the stuff in the special EW insert, with all the numbers and all, but I got nothing. One thing I did think of, they showed quite a bit of Leopold's room, which reminded me of Michael Scofield's wall of weird in Prison Break, and it all had some meaning, so maybe some of the stuff in his room means something. Like the photo on the headboard with the people's heads cut off at the top.

Edited by catperson, Sep 6, 2006 @ 9:22 PM.

[HungryHippo2004]

Just because you're so desperate catperson, here's some casting description from Starz Casting:

1.01

[AUBREY CAIN] The Cains' beautiful 19-21 year old daughter. She is a student at Brown University. A wild child who turns into a Kennedy on a dime. Aubrey disappears with a stranger she and her friend meet in a bar. We later discover that he has abducted her. (Recurring)

[KENNETH CANTRELL] 30's. Sexy and charming sociopath who's done 2 stints in federal prison. He seduces AUBREY CAIN and we come to find out that he has actually abducted her. (Guest Lead)

[KELLOGG] 20's to 30's. A brilliant psychopath who kidnapped his own sister. He torments Knapp about the Cain kidnapping and a past unresolved case. (Recurring)

[DIANE WEAVER] Also a student at Brown, she is Aubrey's beautiful insecure sidekick. The two girls share men and an interest in drugs. Diane is found murdered shortly after Aubrey disappears. (2 Scenes)

[TUCKER] 20's. Aubrey's on again off again albatross. A rich stoner kid who Conrad Cain (Tim Hutton) finds at home stoned out of his gourd watching Ren & Stimpy on TV. (1 Scene). Recurring.

[SENATOR BILL ROSS] 40's to 50's. Tall, handsome, silver tongued East coast senator who was Ellie Cain's (Dana Delaney) sweetheart until she met Conrad. Though their lives have taken divergent paths, they remain the closest of friends. (2 Scenes) Recurring Guest Lead. Please submit name actors.

[MALCOLM SEABROOK] 50's-60's. Curmudgeonly writer for the Wall Street Journal, he has a lot of integrity and can keep a secret. Malcolm gives Knapp (Jeremy Sisto) information about Conrad Cain. (1 Scene)

[JIMBO] Large man who is hired to guard the Cains' youngest daughter, Alice. He is able to define difficult vocabulary words for her while she is reading. Please submit 6'3 and taller Caucasian or Asian men. (3 Scenes)

[EAMONN CAIN] Late 60's-early 70's. Conrad Cain's father, he is Blue Collar Irish from Brooklyn with a chip on his shoulder. Eamonn is skeptical of the son who has chosen a life on Wall Street and Park Avenue. (Recurring)

[IRISH] HUGE redheaded Irishman who Knapp encounters in a Westie bar. After a brief tussle in the bar, Knapp follows Irish who leads him to Kenneth Cantrell. (2 Scenes)

[CANTRELL'S EX-WIFE] Late 20's to early 30's. New Yorker with a little kick to her. Smokes 3 packs a day and always has a drink in her hand. Likes to watch Ultimate Fight Championship on Pay Per View. Is coerced by the FBI into setting up her ex-husband. (2 Scenes)

[SECURITY GUARD] 30's. A security guard at Aubrey's dormitory at Brown, he is young and clean cut with his eyes on joining the FBI. Leads Knapp to the Zurich Bar where he has seen Aubrey and Diane hanging out. (1 Scene)

[MANAGER AT ZURICH BAR] 30's to 40's. Low life manager at the bar where Aubrey and Diane liked to hang out. (1 Scene, 4 lines)

[TERRY] 50's to 60's, white haired Irish bartender at Dempsey's, the Brooklyn bar where Conrad's father hangs out. He is quiet as a mouse. (1 Scene)

[MEDICAL EXAMINER] 30's, female who is on the scene where Diane Weaver's body is found. (1 Scene, 2 lines)

[N.D. AGENT] 20's to 30's. FBI agent assisting in the Cain kidnapping. (2 Scenes, 3 lines)

[N.D. AGENT #2] 20's to 30's. (1 line)

[N.D. AGENT #3] 20's to 30's. (1 line)

[MAN] 40's. The father of Alice's friend Sally who looks like a professor. Jimbo sees him talking to Alice in the park and attacks him. (1 line)

[LITTLE GIRL (SALLY)] 7-9 years old. A friend of Alice's from school (1 line - "Daddy")

[NEWSCASTER] 30's to 40's. Anchor on local NY newscast. (1 line)

[A MAN] Old Mexican man with gold teeth who tries to mug Leopold Cain. (1 Scene, no dialogue)

[LEOPOLD CAIN AT 9 YEARS OLD] Flashback in which we see the Cains' son at a younger age. (2 lines)

[AUBREY CAIN AT 14 YEARS OLD] Flashback in which we see the Cain's daughter at a younger age.
(1 line)

1.02

[JACK SULLIVAN] (40's) Conrad's old friend from the neighborhood. As young men, the two got into trouble with the law. But while Connie worked his way up to Wall Street mogul, Jack continued to live life on the dark side. A powerful Irish thug, he is now the local Kingpin in the neighborhood where Connie grew up. (GUEST LEAD)

[SCOTT] (Late 30's) A charming guest at the Cain's annual charity event. (3 Scenes)

[E.J.] (20's to 30's) Upscale and efficient, she is Ellie Cain's personal assistant and responsible for keeping her charity event on course. (4 Scenes)

[JERRY] Late 30's-early 40's - a "low life" from Conrad's old neighborhood. (2 Scenes)

[MICHAEL MELTZER] (40's-50's) A business friend of the Cains who gets inebriated at their party. (2 Scene)

[PAUL LEVINE] (Late 30's-early 40's) A knowledgeable corporate raider who is a guest at the Cain's charity event. (1 Scene)

[SHERIFF ESPINOZA] (Late 30's-early 40's) A corrupt Mexican sheriff. (1 good scene)

[LITTLE GIRL #1] (9 yrs old) Young girl suffering from a serious illness. (2 lines)

[LITTLE GIRL #2] (9-10 yrs old) Kidnapped girl who was never found.

[HAIRDRESSER] (30's-40's) Gossipy male hairdresser of Bergdorf Goodman Salon. (1 Scene)

[FBI AGENT] 30's-40's. (3 lines)

[YOUNG FBI AGENT] Mid to late 20's (1 line)

[MOM] (Mid 30's) Mother of the sick girl. (1 line)

[OFFICER] (Late 20's-early 30's) Mexican policeman . (1 line)

1.03

[JACOB MILLS] (40's - 50's) An arms supplier and expert on guns and hitmen. He lives in a junkyard and wears a ghillie outfit made from junk. He has a history with King (Delroy Lindo) and Knapp (Jeremy Sisto). (1 good scene)

[DR. CORTEZ] (50's - 60's) Philosophical Mexican doctor. He sports a necktie, two days stubble, and drinks too much. Speaks fluent Spanish. (Guest star - 3 Scenes)

[SURGEON] (40's - 50's) Doctor at a NYC metropolitan hospital. (1 Scene) Please submit all ethnicities.

[NURSE] (30's - 40's) At NYC hospital. (2 lines) Please submit all ethnicities.

[GEEK] (20's - 30's) Works in the FBI ballistics lab. (1 scene)

[MANCINI] (40'S - 50'S) Works for a defense contracting company who provides security personnel in both the public and private sectors. Sinister and intimidating, he has a run in with Knapp (Jeremy Sisto). (2 Scenes)

[DETECTIVE HOLLY] (30's - 50's) NYC detective who interrogates Conrad (Tim Hutton) about the death of a former friend. (2 Scenes) Please submit all ethnicities.

[DETECTIVE MARTIN] (30's - 40's) Detective Holly's partner. (1 scene) Please submit all ethnicities.

[WOMAN] (30's - 40's) Participant in a support group for parents of abducted children. (1 Scene)

[MAN] (30's - 40's) Middle class father in a support group for parents of abducted children. (1 Scene)

[N.D. AGENT #1] (20's - 30's) Young FBI agent. (1 line)

[N.D. AGENT #2] (20's - 30's) Young FBI agent. (2 lines)

[RONKO] (20's - 30's) Plain Jane Japanese receptionist at NYC company. (2 lines)

[GIANT] (20's - 40's) Huge Security guard at NYC company. (1 line)

[MEDICAL EXAMINER] (30's) In NYC - male or female. (1 scene)

[GROUP LEADER] (30's - 40's) Leader of the Parent Support Group. (1 line)

[MAUREEN] (30's) Attractive, ambitious undercover reporter. (2 Scenes)

[PHOTOGRAPHER] (30's - 50's) Sleazy - works with Maureen. (1 Line)

[INTERPRETER] (20's- 40's) Chinese - he works for 3 important Chinese businessmen. (1 Scene)

1.04

[DIANA] Late 20's - 30's. Also referred to as "mystery woman." Cool and beautiful with perfectly manicured red laquered fingernails. She has a real dark side. (4 Scenes - Recurring)

[KATHERINE (AKA SCRATCH)] 30's. Beautiful "master of disguise." Helps people change their appearance and their identity. (2 Scenes)

[BOOMER] 30's - 40's. Heavyset member of the NY bomb squad. Has a history with Knapp (Jeremy Sisto). (One scene)

[GUS] Late 50's - 60's. An old painter and former disguise artist. He is Scratch's father and knows Knapp. (One Scene)

[WIFE] Mid to late 30's. Wife of "The Accountant" who is one of the recurring characters on the show. Seems demure but full of surprises. (One Scene)

[KELLY DEVERE] Mid to late 30's. Distraught wife of "Schroeder" who is one of our recurring characters. (1 Non Speaking Scene and 1 Speaking Scene).

[BEAT COP] 20's - 30's, NYC cop. (2 Lines)

[BOY'S MOTHER] 20's -30's. Woman on NYC street chastising her son for crossing the street. (2 Lines)

[SWEEPER #1] 30's. FBI agent sweeping apartment for bugs and hidden cameras. (2 Lines)

1.05:

[TECHNICIAN] (Late 20's-30's, male or female) WORKS IN FBI TECHNO ROOM. (1 SCENE) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES.

[TOOT] (20's-30) RASTIFARIAN WITH LONG DREADS WHO RUNS A JAMAICAN HEAD SHOP IN BROOKLYN. (1 SCENE).

[DETECTIVE MARLEY] (30's-40's) NYPD DETECTIVE WHO ARRESTS CONRAD CAIN. (2 SCENES) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES.

[PARTNER] (30's-40's) MARLEY'S PARTNER. (2 SCENES - 4 LINES)

[BIG MAN] (30's-40's) PART OF BENJAMIN RANDS'S SECURITY FORCE. LOOKS LIKE HE PLAYS FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS. (2 SCENES) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES.

[HOMELESS DUDE] (20's) YOUNG AND SKINNY - CONRAD MISTAKES HIM FOR HIS SON. (3 LINES)

[CRACK WHORE] (20's-30's) FLIRTS WITH KNAPP (Jeremy Sisto) AT NYPD PRECINCT. (2 LINES) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES.

[AGENT] (20's-30's) FBI AGENT. (1 LINE) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES.

1.08:

[GIBSON] (Late 30's-40's, Caucasian or Asian) Muscular and assured beneath his modest clothes, he is a trained assassin skilled in the art of torture. (GUEST LEAD - 3 Scenes)

[ANNABELLE KELLOGG] (7-10 years old) Kellogg's (Anthony Rapp) sister. A very articulate, wise beyond her years little girl who Knapp (Jeremy Sisto) cannot get out of his mind. Caucasian and on the fair side. ( 1 Long Scene)

[DR. EMERSON] (40's-50's) Unlicensed doctor who practices on some unsavory characters who have issues with the law. (1 Scene)

So, some interesting stuff in there - Aubrey Cain has also been abducted and Conrad gets arrested at some point. Couldn't find anything on 1.06 or 1.07.

Oh, and this video on Youtube has a couple tiny snippets of upcoming episodes. Nothing big but you see Knapp dressed in a tux at some event and Conrad (with much longer hair) screaming at someone, saying "did you take my kid?".

Edited by HungryHippo2004, Sep 7, 2006 @ 8:32 AM.

[catperson]

hippo, you are my hero! Thank you very much! So much to think about now!

First standout: Leopold gets mugged? Does that mean in the past, thus justifying a bodyguard, or in the future, meaning he escapes? They cast a younger Leopold, so probably past.

[HungryHippo2004]

I think Kellogg sounds like he's going to be Kidnapped's own Hannibal Lecter, with Knapp paying him visits in jail and Kellogg helping him get in the kidnapper's head.

[catperson]

So was it the senator Ellie was calling? Would he have Secret Service?

Agreed about Kellogg; I'd guess the sister's role takes place in the past, as in Kellogg killed her when she was a child? Maybe that's the case that caused Knapp to quit the FBI. But it didn't say he's in jail. But I like the idea.

Why was Aubrey kidnapped? Obviously not for money; so maybe she became involved somehow. Shades of Vanished. *sigh* I hope it's a better story than that.

What's with all the Mexico stuff? Maybe Leopold gets mugged when they're on vacation when he's 9 and Aubrey's 14?

Obviously, Knapp goes to one of their charity functions to see if he can spot any villains, thus the tuxedo and the characters. Sure cleans up good. :)

Ok, here's my first guesses on what the casting news may turn out to mean, although I must say the Mexico thing is really throwing me off; I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that the maid spoke Spanish to her husband, but both of the kidnappers speak Spanish, so who knows?

EPISODE 1.01
Knapp investigates Aubrey’s disappearance; Security guard takes Knapp to a bar, finds out she left with a stranger (Cantrell). Cantrell’s ex-wife is coerced by the FBI into setting up her ex-husband, who has abducted Aubrey. Knapp/FBI finds Diane Weaver’s body.
Knapp goes to another bar and follows Irish to Kenneth Cantrell.
KELLOGG contacts (?) Knapp about the Cain kidnapping and a past unresolved case (his sister?).
Conrad goes to Tucker’s house to find Aubrey; he’s stoned, no help.
Ellie contacts Senator Ross.
Malcolm Seabrook contacts Knapp with information about Conrad Cain.
Jimbo starts working to guard Alice. In the park, he attacks Sally’s father, who’s talking to Alice.
Conrad runs into his father Eomonn at Dempsey’s?
Flashback scene (?) in Mexico, old man tries to mug Leopold, Aubrey witnesses.

1.02
Conrad contacts Jack Sullivan, who is now the local Kingpin in the neighborhood where they grew up, for help.
ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT; E.J. helps Ellie get ready for the event. Gets hair done at Bergdorf’s. Michael Meltzer gets inebriated at the party. Paul Levine also attends. Little girl and mother are guests at event, girl is suffering from illness, praise Ellie for her help.

NO CLUE:
[LITTLE GIRL #2] (9-10 yrs old) Kidnapped girl who was never found.
RECURRING MEXICO SCENES –
[SHERIFF ESPINOZA] (Late 30's-early 40's) A corrupt Mexican sheriff. (1 good scene)
[OFFICER] (Late 20's-early 30's) Mexican policeman . (1 line)

1.03
Knapp visits Jacob Mills in junkyard.
Someone visits Mexico? (Dr Cortez)
Mancini has a run in with Knapp concerning “security” issues.
A friend of Conrad’s (Jerry?) dies after surgeon and nurse try to save him; medical examiner visits; Detectives Holly and Martin interrogate him about it.
FBI’s ballistics lab studies friend’s death.
Ellie (?) attends a support group for parents of abducted children.
Knapp/FBI (?) visit a NYC company, talk to receptionist and security guard.
Reporter Maureen is starting to get suspicious?
NO CLUE:
[INTERPRETER] (20's- 40's) Chinese - he works for 3 important Chinese businessmen. (1 Scene)

1.04
Knapp visits Scratch and her father Gus concerning disguises (for him? That someone else used?).
NO CLUE:
[DIANA] Late 20's - 30's. Also referred to as "mystery woman." Cool and beautiful with perfectly manicured red laquered fingernails. She has a real dark side. (4 Scenes - Recurring)
[BOOMER] 30's - 40's. Heavyset member of the NY bomb squad. Has a history with Knapp (Jeremy Sisto). (One scene)
[WIFE] Mid to late 30's. Wife of "The Accountant" who is one of the recurring characters on the show. Seems demure but full of surprises. (One Scene)
[KELLY DEVERE] Mid to late 30's. Distraught wife of "Schroeder" who is one of our recurring characters. (1 Non Speaking Scene and 1 Speaking Scene).
[SWEEPER #1] 30's. FBI agent sweeping apartment for bugs and hidden cameras. (2 Lines)

1.05:
Conrad on streets, thinks he sees Leopold.
Conrad has run in with Ellie’s father, Benjamin Rand.
Conrad is arrested.
Knapp gets Conrad out?
Knapp visits head shop looking for clues.
Someone working evidence at FBI.

1.08:
Someone is tortured and/or killed by Gibson.
Knapp recalls Annabelle, Kellogg's sister, who he cannot get out of his mind.
Someone who’s hurt (by Gibson?) goes to Dr. Emerson.

[HungryHippo2004]

Official press release for episode 1.02, from The Futon Critic:

"Special Delivery"

CAIN FAMILY REALIZES THAT LEOPOLD MAY NOT BE THEIR ONLY CHILD MISSING - Conrad Cain (Timothy Hutton) reunites with his father to explore how his past may be related to Leopold's (Will Denton) abduction. Meanwhile, the Cains learn that Leopold may not be the only one of their children targeted when the family receives a shocking package in the mail. Knapp (Jeremy Sisto) sets off to Brown University to look for the Cain's eldest daughter, Aubrey (guest star Olivia Thirlby), while advising Ellie (Dana Delany) and Conrad to keep up appearances as if nothing is wrong. Elsewhere, Agent Latimer King (Delroy Lindo) also picks up the trail at Brown University and is surprised to find out Knapp had beat him there. Carmen Ejogo, Linus Roache also star.

When are we expecting Mykelti Williamson's character to return?

Edited by HungryHippo2004, Sep 9, 2006 @ 11:57 AM.

[HungryHippo2004]

Official press release for episode 1.03, from The Futon Critic:

"Sorry, Wrong Number"

CAIN FAMILY KEEPS UP APPEARANCES AND HOST ANNUAL CHARITY BALL - Knapp (Jeremy Sisto) and Special Agent Latimer King (Delroy Lindo) insist the Cain's family keep up appearances and host their annual charity ball to prevent the public from discovering that Leopold (Will Denton) has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, Conrad Cain (Timothy Hutton) confronts a former childhood friend (guest star) who appears at the party unannounced. Elsewhere, both the private investigative team and FBI are on high alert as they wonder how he learned of the party -- and if he's the only one? Dana Delany, Carmen Ejogo, Mykelti Williamson and Linus Roache also star.

[catperson]

So I guess I'll rearrange my predictions:
1.02
Everyone searching for Aubrey at Brown, visiting Diane Weaver
Flashbacks(?) of Aubrey and Kenneth Cantrell
Connie visits his father Eamonn
Connie visits Tucker, Aubrey's stoner friend
Flashback of trip to Mexico, attempted mugging

MAYBE?:
Ellie visits Senator Ross
Malcolm Seabrook contacts Knapp about Connie
The Cains hire Jimbo to protect Alice
Kellogg rags on Knapp about: [LITTLE GIRL #2] (9-10 yrs old) Kidnapped girl who was never found.
Leopold continues to try to get out

1.03
E.J. helps Ellie get ready for the event. Gets hair done at Bergdorf’s.
ANNUAL CHARITY EVENT; Connie's friend Jack Sullivan crashes the party. Little girl and mother are guests at event, girl is suffering from illness, praise Ellie for her help.

MAYBE?:
Leopold tries to escape, gets caught, thus picture of him in handcuffs

[catperson]

I'm forgetting there must also be some sort of scene where the kidnappers contact the family again. I'm hoping that Knapp will advise the Cains to not negotiate unless they get to talk to Leopold; at least that's what I would do if I were him. Isn't this supposed to take place over a period of 2 or 3 weeks? By the end of the pilot, it's already been at least 2 days.

Speaking of 2 days...2 days to go!

I don't know if this counts as spoilers, since the clips are on NBC's site, but wow! A whole slew of new clips with action from future episodes! And the one I was anticipating - Leopold tries to break out under the bed and gets caught, thrown against the wall, and then handcuffed to the bed. Then it looks like he overhears them saying they're going to kill him as soon as they get paid.

Also Connie with some new people, Knapp visiting someone in prison, probably Kellogg, Ellie meeting someone out in the middle of nowhere, all kinds of cool stuff!

I just realized we haven't heard anything about the bodyguard. But I'm pretty sure he'll show up again, right? He was only shot in the shoulder, and he's a pretty big name and they throw it around a lot as if he's a main character. So would they take his unconscious body to the same place Leopold is at? That doesn't make sense, seems like they'd just dump him somewhere. If so, how does he find Leopold to rescue him? I assume that's why they'd keep his character around.

I was also watching the new clip on NBC with Leopold again last night and I realized it looked like he was hurrying to get through the hole in the wall, as though they were about to stop him. So did he somehow bar the door so they couldn't get in or something? That's all I can come up with. But I loved the way when they caught him, they shoved him up against the wall, handcuffed him to the bed, and then angrily flipped him onto the bed, the one guy telling the other, "You don't leave him alone. Ever." At least some realistic action for kidnappers who almost lose their charge. People are always tiptoeing around violence to children on film, so I was afraid they'd film that kind of situation unrealistically, so I'm happy.

[catperson]

I have NBC on so I don't miss the beginning, and they just had an ad for the premiere, and it showed Connie talking to his oldest daughter Aubrey about Leopold being missing! I guess she's not missing for long, but she wasn't in the pilot I saw. Maybe they're adding stuff from future episodes in the ad. She tells Connie that Leo is smart and he'll be able to take care of himself.

Also, in the preview after the show, they show 1) Leo running down the street, 2) Leo getting handcuffed to the bed, and 3) Leo laying on his side, handcuffed behind his back on a bed platform in some bright, sunshiney loft. So I'm guessing he breaks through that hole under the bed, makes a run for it, they catch him and bring him back and cuff him to the bed ("Never leave him alone"), call the boss ("Tell them we got a problem"), and get ordered to transport him to another place, since people in the neighborhood might have seen him running and call it in. Thoughts?

They show Connie going to the bar (his dad's?) and asking someone if they took his son. One of the clips shows him on the street, throwing a trash can down on a guy laying on the street; I guess he just beat him up, and the guy saying "You're a dead man, Connie."

They show a lot of the missing daughter, so I'm guessing this all can't be happening in the very next episode, they must be showing a whole arc of story in the preview. So they show her running, too, and being held hostage. Wonder what that's got to do with anything? They show her playing pool with a guy (the one from the bar who kidnaps her?) too.

I'm wondering, since they said the maid's husband called, if just for grins they'd make her husband be the Anglo guy holding Leo, and not the Hispanic guy, like we're supposed to maybe suspect. He did speak Spanish.

You see Ellie getting money out of the safe in one of the clips, and then you see her meeting someone both in an apartment and in a park at night. And Knapp with her! Maybe she brings the money and the guy takes it and it's just a scam, so she tells Knapp and they go to his apartment? It looks like a neat scene, where he threatens to throw the guy out the window, the guy screams NO!, and Knapp says something like "Huh. Doesn't want to go out the window."

Edited by catperson, Sep 21, 2006 @ 1:21 PM.

[catperson]

Sorry, I meant they go to some other guy's apartment. As in maybe she meets the guy in the park and doesn't get Leo back, so the next day (it's daylight) she and Knapp go to some guy's apartment (maybe the same), and Knapp threatens to beat him up.

I'm home now, so I'll give you the play by play on the preview for next week:
Knapp telling the Cains the word's going to get out about Leo, but until then act like nothing happened.
Leo running down the street, obviously fast, but in slow motion on the screen, while Knapp is still talking.
while Ellie is lying on Leo's bed again, day time (innamorata, here's the scene where the poster's off the wall and the guitars are in the corner near the bed; looks like she did some housecleaning, probably didn't like the "life and death" image on the Good Charlotte poster)
More telling them to act like everything's ok, voiced over scene of Connie viewed from under water of the pool, splashing the water. Then shot of Leo under water at bottom of pool looking up, talking, letting bubbles out, looks like he's saying "help me" as Ellie asks "how can we do that?" and Knapp says "it's best for Leopold."
Then similar shot of Alice underwater, looking dead. Judging from the voiceover about nightmares, I'm assuming Connie's having a nightmare about his kids dying.
Some random shot of a lighter being lit.
In Leo's room, Ellie asking Knapp if he thinks one of their friends could be involved, and he says "Until Leo comes home, you have no friends."
Scene of Connie banging a trash can over some guy's head in the street, walking across the street, somebody taking pictures of him as he gets in his car, voice over about his past raising questions.
Latimer King at the proverbial clues board with team, someone showing him a picture of the cop with his throat slashed.
Connie in the bar yelling at another guy who's drinking, "Did you take my kid?"
Knapp and FBI-pup looking in a dark place with flashlights, open a refrigerator.
Knapp strongarming some guy over a bar, guy goes "No, man" and Knapp says "If you're lying I'm gonna come back," gives him a cute slap to the face. [I saw some other preview where he says he's gonna take a guy's eye out if he doesn't tell him what he wants to know.]
Voiceover about the kidnapping being "just the beginning" as the apartment gopher guy delivers a package, which Alice accepts and Maria opens in the kitchen, she screams bloody murder - so I thought it was Leo's finger or something, but then it looks lilke something is on fire or blowing up; may be just a trick photography thing. Maybe Leo's tie?
What looks like Aubrey getting her head smashed against a mirror by the Accountant. WTF?
A helicopter taking off.
Voiceover of "While everyone's looking for a kidnapped boy" showing King looking at video from bar where Aubrey was, seeing that guy who kidnapps her in the video; cut to Leo on the bed looking really scared, then video of him getting handcuffed to the bed.
[Note: They're really bad about putting this stuff in here out of order to make something look like something else; it's my opinion that they handcuffed him first after the escape attempt and then came to get him (this scene) to move him, thus the being scared.]
Aubrey telling her dad "He's a smart kid, dad," (looks like she's smoking a cigarette).
Aubrey playing pool with a guy
Aubrey running down the street being chased by the guy who kidnapped her, broad daylight. [IMO, the Aubrey/dad scene was probably at the end of the episode.]
Voiceover continues "The next target is wide open."
Leo laying on the bed platform (no mattress), on his side, handcuffed behind his back, as the door opens (they do that a lot).
A car driving in the dark, might be a police car (some kind of blue light in the back window).
Kidnap guy holding Aubrey hostage, shooting at people, nighttime.
Connie to some guy "Where's my boy?" It looks like he's holding a pool cue stick, which would match the going to the bar bit.
FBI-pup pulling a gun from behind a car door at kidnap guy holding Aubrey hostage.
King, very shaken, probably to kidnap guy "We can work this out!"
Gun to Aubrey's head, closeup shot of gun and hair.
That's it.

Edited by catperson, Sep 21, 2006 @ 5:40 PM.

[HungryHippo2004]

Official press release for episode 1.04, from The Futon Critic:

"Number One With A Bullet"

LEOPOLD CAIN'S BODYGUARD TARGETED ONCE AGAIN AS KIDNAPPERS SEEK TO TIE UP LOOSE ENDS - As Virgil (Mykelti Williamson) is prepped for surgery Special Agent Latimer King (Delroy Lindo) realizes something is wrong, as the hired assassin -- "The Accountant" (guest star James Urbanial) -- attempts to tie up loose ends by posing as a surgeon. Elsewhere Knapp (Jeremy Sisto) goes undercover to investigate the specialized bullet that struck down Virgil. Meanwhile, Conrad Cain (Timothy Hutton) is interrogated by detectives regarding the murder of his childhood friend who was last seen leaving the Cain's residence. Dana Delany (Ellie Cain) tries to find comfort by joining an anonymous group for parents whose children have been abducted. Carmen Ejogo and Linus Roache also star.