NBC has released the Official Synopsis of Taken episode “A Clockwork Swiss” (1.05) that will be aired on Thursday, March 27 at 10:00-11:00 PM.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
SERIES PREMIERE
Christina (Jennifer Beals) 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 (Brooklyn Sudano) trust in Elena (Layla Alizada) proves to be misplaced and leaves Bryan (Clive Standen) vulnerable.
Also starring Gaius Charles (John), Monique Gabriela Curnen (Becca Vlasik), Michael Irby (Scott), Jose Pablo Cantillo (Dave), James Landry Hébert (Rem), Simu Liu (Faaron) and Jennifer Marsala (Riley). Also guest starring Saad Siddiqui (Tracy Dyer), Ivan Wanis Ruiz (Juan Pablo), Daniel Kash (Byron Kaine), Jasmin Geljo (Stefan Jusic), John Nelles (Otto Fänger) and Jarrod Vanvolkenburg (Peter Francke).
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.