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13 Episodes 2006 - 2007
Episode 1
Wed, Sep 20, 200642 mins
The son of millionaire Conrad Cain and his wife Ellie, 15-year-old Leopold, is kidnapped on his way to school. The bodyguard, Virgil Hayes, is left for dead at the scene. Cain, who has a lot to hide in his past, hires Private Investigators Knapp and Turner, both of whom work outside "The System" to find his son. "The System", represented by Federal Agents Latimer King and Andy Archer, also begin to investigate the case, against the Cains' will.
Episode 2
Wed, Sep 27, 200641 mins
The Cains receive an alarming parcel in the mail, sending Knapp to find Aubrey, and Conrad to his father to talk about his past.
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 4, 200642 mins
Since keeping secret Leopold's kidnapping improves his safe return, the Cains carry on with their annual fundraiser; but, an outside few, knowing of their plight, try taking advantage of the situation. As Lucian checks out what a surprisingly aware convict knows about the kidnapping (a taunting and malicious fellow from Lucian's own past), tensions grow between Leopold's guards, compounded by a local authority ready to take advantage, himself.
Episode 4
Sat, Oct 21, 200642 mins
The kidnappers once again target Leopold's bodyguard, Virgil, as he heads toward surgery for the lodged bullet. Recollections of young Leopold distract Conrad during business negotiations. Ellie attends an anonymous support group for parents of kidnapped children. Knapp ferrets out the name of Virgil's shooter. A doctor treats Leopold's infection under the watchful eyes of Bellows.
Episode 5
Sat, Oct 28, 200640 mins
Finding deceptions and backup plans aplenty as they try to discern the name of the mastermind behind Leopold's kidnapping, Lucian and Latimer surmise that something or someone is also tipping off the perpetrators every step of their way. Meanwhile, Leopold, having a cell phone almost within reach, tries to call for help before his kidnappers become aware of it.
Episode 6
Mon, Jun 25, 200740 mins
The investigation gets a good throttling when Benjamin Rand, Leopold's maternal grandfather, gets wind of the kidnapping and takes charge with iron-fist tactics. He sets up Conrad to be arrested and out of the way while having Lucian and Latimer removed from the case. As Benjamin negotiates with James Devere for the return of his grandson, Conrad blackmails Benjamin for Lucian's and Latimer's reinstatements. As a forty million dollar exchange gets underway for Leopold's return, a creeping unease grows between Lucian and Latimer: this isn't a kidnapping - it's something far more personal.

Episode 7
Mon, Jul 2, 200741 mins
The Cains find their home besieged and privacy infringed when news of Leopold's kidnapping comes out in the press. As Lucian learns of a year-old incident which led directly to hiring a bodyguard for Leopold, Latimer comes under scrutiny from Vance of Internal Affairs.
Episode 8
Mon, Jul 9, 200741 mins
Seeing forty million in ransom money blow up on TV news leads Bellows, Otto and The Operator to question their involvement in the kidnapping and the motives of their superiors. As Vance continues to fish for evidence that Latimer pocketed twenty million in gangster money, the Cains discover that Virgil was more than just a bodyguard to Leopold. As Virgil goes fishing for the Accountant by setting himself up as human bait, Conrad attends Sully's wake fishing for answers, and Senator Bill Ross meets with Lucian to discuss his relationship with Ellie.
Episode 9
Mon, Jul 16, 200742 mins
As Leopold's kidnapping stretches into its second week (coinciding with a family anniversary), Lucian and members of the Cain family begin seeing his ghost, which in some instances proves helpful. Conrad discovers Ellie was involved in the disappearance of his mistress, Virgil remains at large, and Lucian, just like he had the Accountant strapped to a chair for torture, finds himself captured for torture by a man assigned to end the Accountant.
Episode 10
Mon, Jul 23, 200744 mins
Lucian tracks down and captures Vivian Guttman, but the foresighted mastermind behind everything sets a contingency plan in motion, threatening the life of Latimer's daughter in return, so Lucian summons an ace-in-the-hole for help.
Episode 11
Sun, Jul 29, 200743 mins
Trying to figure Sullivan's fit in the scheme of things sets Lucian and Turner to comb through financial records, throwing suspicion on Conrad for financing his own son's kidnapping and leading to the discovery of an inside source. As Malcolm and Latimer track down the likely dead pilot who may have taken Leopold out of the country, Lucian's exposure of clandestine dealings reveals dissension among the kidnappers and puts him aboard a plane to Mexico to retrieve Leopold.
Episode 12
Mon, Aug 6, 200744 mins
As Latimer gets closer to finding Leopold and/or the identity of his kidnapper, evidence surfaces pegging him as the culprit in Vance's misappropriations hunt. As Leopold makes his third direct attempt at freedom, multiple armed parties set to track him down close in, with death in their wake. Meanwhile, Ellie learns a curious fact from Conrad's ex-mistress, setting her and Turner into Ellie's past for a potential clue.
Episode 13
Mon, Aug 13, 200744 mins
Their task complete, Lucian and Turner pack up and prepare to leave, but the overly tidy outcome troubles Latimer. Is it over? All things point to a culprit still at large, but one whose motive Latimer can't find, and that bothers him. As he and Lucian independently pursue one last clue, everyone else relaxes, enabling the mastermind to strike a long-awaited fatal blow.