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E-Ring Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2005 - 2006
Episode 1
Pilot Episode
Wed, Sep 21, 2005 60 mins
The pilot centers on the efforts to rescue a U.S. operative in Shanghai whose cover was blown and who now seeks to flee China with the help of her American contacts. Algazi: Joe Morton. Boskovich: Robert Joy. Kit Yee: Jennifer Chu. J.T.: Benjamin Bratt.
Episode 2
Snatch & Grab
Wed, Sep 28, 2005 60 mins
Kelly Rutherford joins the cast as a DOD legal eagle and figure from J.T.'s past, who figures in his mission in Uzbekistan to grab a terrorist that endangers members of J.T.'s old unit. Bobby: Kerr Smith. Ashley: Brittany Ishibashl. Col. McNulty: Dennis Hopper.
Episode 3
Escape and Evade
Wed, Oct 5, 2005 60 mins
J.T. heads a mission in Iraq to explore unauthorized covert action by U.S. forces, and winds up wounded and on the run. Back in the Pentagon, McNulty faces a sexual-harassment charge. Aaron: Andrew McCarthy.
Episode 4
Tribes
Wed, Oct 12, 2005 60 mins
Danger arises in Africa that mirrors the genocide in Rwanda and energizes J.T., who seeks the backing of an ambitious bureaucrat (Andrew McCarthy) while the clock ticks. Samantha: Kelly Rutherford. Pierce: Aunjanue Ellis. Algazi: Joe Morton.
Episode 5
Weekend Pass
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 60 mins
A crisis in Suriname centers on two marines, suspected of raping a teenage girl and sought by a vengeful mob. J.T. seeks to evacuate the men, but his plan runs afoul of priority politics and intergovernmental wrangling. Karendi: Tom Wright. Larry Kincaid: Robert Picardo.
Episode 6
Toy Soldiers
Wed, Oct 26, 2005 60 mins
Interagency pressures tax J.T. over a suspected terrorist in Sarajevo, who has escaped from prison and is now a political hot potato.
Episode 7
Cemetery Wind
Wed, Nov 2, 2005 60 mins
Part 1 of 2. Angie is shot in D.C. in a violent attack that's linked to a Colombian drug cartel that she and J.T. had targeted years ago on an undercover mission, which is recalled via flashbacks---that also recount how Angie and J.T. got together. Angie: Kelsey Oldershaw.
Episode 8
Cemetery Wind
Wed, Nov 9, 2005 60 mins
Conclusion. In Colombia, J.T.'s at risk on an undercover operation to nail a murderous drug lord. It's a mission steeped in duplicity and intrigue, and one that triggers J.T.'s feelings of guilt and revenge. Angie: Kelsey Oldershaw. Metcalfe: Alan Dale.
Episode 9
Delta Does Detroit
Wed, Nov 16, 2005 60 mins
J.T. journeys to Detroit to handle a delicate hostage crisis after a radical Christian collective assumes control of a mosque and holds its members captive.
Episode 10
The Forgotten
Wed, Nov 23, 2005 60 mins
McNulty and J.T. mount a rescue mission in remote terrain in the Philippines to save a captured Navy SEAL, who was written off as dead three years earlier. The operation is met with numerous obstacles, however, including resistance from the Pentagon's civilian-oversight board.
Episode 11
Christmas Story
Wed, Dec 7, 2005 60 mins
It's Christmas Eve, but J.T. is hard at work on a special relief mission to help Afghan villagers, who are facing torrential weather and, worse still, the encroaching Taliban. Meanwhile, Samantha meets J.T.'s father, who wants a special favor.
Episode 12
Breath of Allah
Wed, Jan 11, 2006 60 mins
J.T. and company scramble to thwart a bioterrorism plot when it's discovered that the plague is being produced in an illegal lab. Meanwhile, J.T.'s relationship with Samantha is tested when she receives an appealing offer.
Episode 13
War Crimes
Wed, Jan 18, 2006 60 mins
J.T. and his team spring into action to investigate war criminals in Sarajevo, but the mission sours when an attorney they're assigned to protect is poisoned.
Episode 14
The General
Wed, Feb 1, 2006 60 mins
J.T. is promoted to lieutenant colonel and is put in charge of multiple Special Mission Units across the globe. But his celebration is cut short when terrorists kidnap an admired U.S. general in Spain and kill the man's wife in the process. Meanwhile, Pierce's love life blossoms.
Episode 15
Five Pillars
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 60 mins
A blown operation in Pakistan leads J.T. to work alongside the FBI to find a spy in the E-Ring; J.T. is shocked when Pierce's new boyfriend, Master Sgt. Brian Meeks (Billy Brown), is identified as the prime suspect for leaking the classified information. Meanwhile, Col. McNulty is kept out of the loop during J.T.'s investigation. Also, Bobby suspects his wife is having an affair. Beth: Ashley Williams. Javed Bakar: Ankur Bhatt. Charlie: Maurice Compte. Ken Watkins: Mitch Morris.
Episode 16
Fallen Angels
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 60 mins
A plane carrying American doctors on a mercy mission crashes in the Venezuelan jungle. The Venezuelans claim they were on a mission to assasinate their president. JT and his team must rescue them before they are captured.
Episode 17
Friends and Enemies
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 60 mins
In North Korean waters, a submarine that Bobby's team is on collides with a North Korean nuclear submarine, damaging it. The Korean commander is eager for the Americans to save his crew, but he must work against his own countrymen, who have sent another vessel to kill everyone aboard rather than allowing the Americans to get their hands on the Korean submarine.
Episode 18
Two Princes
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 60 mins
While visiting Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, JT and Bobby become involved in a scheme to kidnap the two daughters of the crown prince to help them to return to the US where they grew up.
Episode 19
Brothers in Arms
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 60 mins
On a mission to train an elite Iraqi secret service unit, JT and Bobby befriend an Iraqi soldier who doesn't know his brother is a suicide bomber fighting against the American occupation. Meanwhile, Sam accompanies a Congressional delegation to Iraq and becomes trapped by the bomber on a military base with JT and Bobby.
Episode 20
Hard Sell
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 60 mins
JT undergoes a psychological evaluation in which he recounts a mission to Lebanon to save one of his men who was tortured by insurgents.
Episode 21
Isolation
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 60 mins
JT and the team travel to Mexico to apprehend a drug lord who has allied himself with Al Qaeda and is smuggling terrorists into the US. Meanwhile Bobby receives some bad news.
Episode 22
Acceptable Losses
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 60 mins
After escaping from the hands of Mexican Police following a doomed operation, JT and his team end up killing a drug gang and a federal agent on the American side of the border. As the team was debriefing in a Miami hotel, Sonny and McNulty were trying to solve the crisis started by a mole inside the Pentagon.
