The best episodes of Crossing Lines
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- 01
The ICC team must track down a sniper with a serious anti-EU agenda.
- 02
The second season ends as the gang escalate their deadly rampage; and the team deals with tragedy and deception.
- 03
The team investigates a double prison break, a series of jewelry heists and the abduction of a prison psychiatrist.
- 04
In the series premiere, we find disabled former NYPD detective Carl Hickman has become a recluse - that is until he receives a unique offer from his friend Detective Major Louis Daniel "The Major" has a tough case searching for an international serial killer who crosses borders undetected leaving a trail of victims in his path. Carl joins a team of unique specialists working for the International Criminal Court while trying to juggle his own personal demons and trying to corner the killer before time runs out. When a member of the ICC team goes missing, it is presumed to be at the hands of the psychotic serial killer.
- 05
Meanwhile, Tommy follows the trail of the serial killer's earlier victims and Hickman must face his demons in time to find the missing team member. Elsewhere, when Sebastian tracks down the killer the team must race to apprehend him but a sudden tragedy changes the teams' lives forever.
- 06
A former Soviet secret agent, Valentina Michailova murdered the Press officer of the right-wing of the Freedom Romanian Party with a garrote. Since her motives are very personal, the ICC have to hurry to catch the professional killer . Her next victim is Solbak, the head of the Party. Marco takes a new step in the investigation of his missing sister.
- 07
A string of overdoses in the UK, results in Tommy being wrongfully arrested by Miles Lennon, for suspicions around his family.
- 08
The team travels to Spain to investigate the disappearances of several backpackers.
- 09
Following Genovese's escape, he resurfaces in the US, where Hickman's former partner, Detective Amanda Andrews, is tracking a human trafficking ring.
- 10
A string of teenager suicides prompts the team to investigate if they were coerced into it.
- 11
Genovese's trial is halted, after he offers a deal to the ICC court. Hickman, along with Amanda Andrews, must race to find evidence in order to void the deal, while Eva investigates a missing persons case.
- 12
Detective Eva Vittoria discovers a pattern of murders when wealthy businessmen begin dying from a mysterious virus and the ICC team's investigations lead them to a group of art thieves. Meanwhile, a confrontation with the killer puts the whole team's lives in jeopardy
- 13
The team must race to save Major Daniel and Rebecca from the hands of Dimitrov. After tracking them to the UK, the team partners up with an Inspector from Scotland Yard, who has serious issues with Tommy.
- 14
Sebastian must go undercover for the first time, as the team hunts down a violent and murderous biker gang.
- 15
Inspector Miles Lennon requests the help of the ICC team, in order to catch a team of black widows.
- 16
The ICC tries to protect a movie star after a string of murders involving a film director, agent and journalist take place.
- 17
Following Sophie Baines' rescue from her captors, the ICC team must race to find Baines' source before his life is threatened. The ICC Cross-border unit is reactivated.
- 18
When the locker room of a football team is bombed, the team assumes a racist motive and exposes a dark secret of the profitable owner.
- 19
The mysterious death of a journalist who is about to give an exclusive to Dorn's unit has to do with the world of counterfeiting and weapons sales.
- 20
An injured girl leads the team to uncover a sex trafficking ring.
- 21
During the search for a cargo of lethal polonium, Carine faces a well-respected expert who questions her ability to lead the ICC.
- 22
An abandoned car leads Sebastian and the ICC team to Poland where technology reveals a shocking secret. The investigation uncovers a bizarre scenario in which families are pitted against each other in a fight to the death. When Eva and Tommy go undercover, their lives are in peril, and it's up to Hickman and Louis to reach them in time.
- 23
When a wealthy teenager is taken hostage, the ICC team has to move fast to track the kidnappers. Meanwhile, Anne-Marie finds a connection to a similar case in Florence as the team races to rescue the boy. Elsewhere, Dorn and Louis soon discover an unexpected link to their arch enemy Alexander Dimitrov, which puts their lives in danger. Richard Flood, William Fichtner, Tom Wlaschiha and Gabriella Pession also star.
- 24
Hickman's search for a criminal mastermind leads him to a bank where he is suddenly taken hostage and soon realizes that the thieves may not be after the money. Outside the bank, the ICC team must work against time to figure out the real motive behind the crime and when part of the truth is revealed, Tommy must confront a secret from his past that could jeopardize his career.
- 25
Six months after the ICC Cross-border Unit is shut down following Major Daniel's death, Dorn is heading a warlord's trial when his second, Sophie Baines, is kidnapped after delivering evidence against the warlord.
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