NBC reveals Official Synopsis of Taken episode Pilot

NBC has released the Official Synopsis of Taken episode “Pilot” (1.01) that will be aired on Thursday, February 27 at 10:00-11:00 PM.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS

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The murder of Bryan Mills’ (Clive Standen) sister launches him into a dangerous mission for revenge against cartel boss Carlos Mejia (Louis Ferreira). A secret US intelligence agency, led by Christina Hart (Jennifer Beals), covertly uses Bryan as bait to capture Mejia, and in the end recruits Bryan to become a part of their team.

Also starring Gaius Charles (John), Brooklyn Sudano (Asha Flynn), Monique Gabriela Curnen (Becca Vlasik), Michael Irby (Scott), Jose Pablo Cantillo (Dave) and James Landry Hébert (Rem).

Taken is a new modern-day, edge-of-your-seat thriller follows the origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills (Clive Standen) as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world. As he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge, Mills is pulled into a career as a deadly CIA operative, a job that awakens his very particular, and very dangerous, set of skills.

Taken is produced by EuropaCorp TV and Universal Television for NBC with Luc Besson, Matthew Gross, Edouard de Vésinne, Thomas Anargyros, Alexander Cary and Director Alex Graves as executive producers.