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The Catch

TV·2016–2017·2 seasons, 20 episodes·ABC·Drama, Crime, Thriller·1h·7.2·Created by Jennifer Schuur, Kate Atkinson, Helen Gregory

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Alice Vaughan is LA's top private investigator - and the one woman you don't want to mess with. But when her fiancé cons her out of millions and disappears, Alice goes on a private mission for payback. No matter where it leads or the secrets she must keep along the way, Alice will stop at nothing to catch her man.

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  1. 01The Catch S01E07The RingerS01E07 · 7.6AVI takes on a case involving a missing child with parents embattled in a bitter divorce. Against their better judgment, Ben convinces Margot and Reggie to work a con for their benefactor, and Alice leads Dao into investigating Ben from a different angle.
  2. 02The Catch S01E05The Larágan GambitS01E05 · 7.2Alice and Val are shocked to discover their longtime political client is being blackmailed by compromising photos. Meanwhile, Margot and Ben's benefactor grows dangerously impatient, sending them on a high-stakes jewelry heist to recoup their debt. And, Alice's suspicion of Dao leads her to confide in Val.
  3. 03The Catch S01E01The PilotS01E01 · 7.1Alice is on the top of her game, but when her fiancé, Benjamin Jones, cons her out of millions and disappears, she suddenly becomes the victim and goes on a private mission for payback, stopping at nothing to catch her man. However, she is not the only one chasing Ben. FBI Agent Jules Dao has been following his criminal activity across Europe and now is closer than ever to capturing him and hopes to elicit Alice's help in taking him down. Meanwhile, the elusive Ben has slipped back into the dangerous and sexy world of international crime with his long-time partners, mastermind Margot Bishop and Reggie Lennox. With stakes this high, you can't make one misstep, but both Alice and Ben are playing with fire in this intoxicating game of cat and mouse.

Castfull cast & details

Mireille EnosMireille EnosAlice VaughanRose RollinsRose RollinsValerie AndersonElvy YostElvy YostSophie NovakJay HaydenJay HaydenDanny YoonSonya WalgerSonya WalgerMargot BishopPeter KrausePeter KrauseBenjamin JonesJohn SimmJohn SimmRhys GriffithsJacky IdoJacky IdoJules Dao

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2016Aired 7.1Season avg
  1. S01E01The Catch S01E01The PilotMarch 24, 2016 7.1Alice is on the top of her game, but when her fiancé, Benjamin Jones, cons her out of millions and disappears, she suddenly becomes the vict
  2. S01E02The Catch S01E02The Real KillerMarch 31, 2016 7.0Alice and the team take on a very public client, a husband who was wrongly imprisoned for murdering his wife. Alice, however, is distracted
  3. S01E03The Catch S01E03The TrialApril 7, 2016 7.1Anderson Vaughan Investigations takes on a case that hits close to home when Valerie's estranged husband, Gordon, comes to them for help aft
  4. S01E04The Catch S01E04The Princess and the I.P.April 14, 2016 7.0Anderson Vaughan and Associates take on a new client, a government agency that may have just lost the only person with the blueprints for a
  5. S01E05The Catch S01E05The Larágan GambitApril 21, 2016 7.2Alice and Val are shocked to discover their longtime political client is being blackmailed by compromising photos. Meanwhile, Margot and Ben
  6. S01E06The Catch S01E06The BenefactorApril 28, 2016 6.8The AVI team takes on a new client, a female captain in the army, who is being harassed by her colleagues. Meanwhile, Alice makes a play on
  7. S01E07The Catch S01E07Season's bestThe RingerMay 5, 2016 7.6AVI takes on a case involving a missing child with parents embattled in a bitter divorce. Against their better judgment, Ben convinces Margo
  8. S01E08The Catch S01E08The PackageMay 12, 2016 6.9Ben agrees to help Rhys with one of their biggest cons to date: to break Leah Wells (Nia Vardalos) out of FBI custody. Meanwhile, Sophie ask
  9. S01E09The Catch S01E09The Happy CoupleMay 19, 2016 7.0Ben makes a critical decision just as the matriarch of the Kensington Firm, Sybil Griffiths, pays an unexpected visit that throws everyone o
  10. S01E10The Catch S01E10The WeddingMay 19, 2016 6.9Sybil proves to be a formidable adversary and devises a well-orchestrated con that takes place at a high-profile wedding. Meanwhile, Alice f

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2017Aired 6.7Season avg
  1. S02E01The Catch S02E01The New DealMarch 9, 2017 6.2Con man Benjamin Jones has gone from committing the ultimate betrayal to performing the ultimate sacrifice, when he turned himself in to the
  2. S02E02The Catch S02E02The HammerMarch 16, 2017 6.4The AVI team take on a difficult and unlikely client who's being hunted by a sharpshooting assassin. Meanwhile, Alice struggles to keep Tomm
  3. S02E03The Catch S02E03The Dining HallMarch 23, 2017 6.9Alice discovers some very hard truths about Tommy, and Val digs into the past to help with his case. Meanwhile, relationships are tested as
  4. S02E04The Catch S02E04The Family WayMarch 30, 2017 6.7Alice and Ben get caught in each other's crosshairs when they must choose between loyalties. Meanwhile, Alice is forced to confront a past s
  5. S02E05The Catch S02E05The Bad GirlApril 6, 2017 6.9The AVI team dig deep into Margot's past to uncover the truth about who is set on destroying the Kensington Firm. Meanwhile, Ben's plans for
  6. S02E06The Catch S02E06The Hard DriveApril 13, 2017 6.4Alice and Val reexamine the cold case that brought them together as partners, and Ben and Rhys are faced with a major threat when they are t
  7. S02E07The Catch S02E07The Birthday PartyApril 20, 2017 6.9Alice is caught off guard when someone from her past resurfaces and is in need of her help. Meanwhile, Ben and Margot are forced to work tog
  8. S02E08The Catch S02E08The Knock-OffApril 27, 2017 6.8Alice's attention to her recent case forces Ben to confront her about their relationship, and Ben and Rhys help Justine solve the biggest ca
  9. S02E09The Catch S02E09The CleanerMay 4, 2017 7.0The AVI team discover their working relationship with Margot isn't as clean as they'd like, while Alice finds herself on the receiving end o
  10. S02E10The Catch S02E10Season's bestThe MockingbirdMay 11, 2017 7.1While Alice and Ben are forced to face their pasts, a shocking betrayal could change everything, on the highly anticipated season finale.

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