The WORST episodes of Taken (2017)

Every episode of Taken (2017) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Taken (2017)!

As former CIA agent Bryan Mills deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world, he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge.

Last Updated: 9/11/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
Pilot
star
7.56
3381 votes

#1 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/2017

The murder of Bryan Mills' sister launches him into a dangerous mission for revenge against cartel boss Carlos Mejia. A secret US intelligence agency covertly uses Bryan as bait to capture Mejia, and recruits Bryan to become a part of their team.

Directors: Alex Graves
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Off Side
star
7.58
2349 votes

#2 - Off Side

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/13/2017

Bryan and team search for a suspected terrorist who has been taken, leading them to uncover a deeper plot within their own government. Christina receives troubling news and turns to Harry for support. Asha expresses her concern over Bryan's fixation with Mejia.

Directors: Tim Matheson
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Invitation Only
star
7.58
793 votes

#3 - Invitation Only

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/16/2018

Bryan and Santana must extract a nuclear physicist long thought dead, from a secret North Korean prison compound. Kilroy faces a moral dilemma when Hart asks him to locate a criminal wanted by a foreign government.

Directors: T.J. Scott
Writer: Zak Schwartz
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Strelochnik
star
7.59
726 votes

#4 - Strelochnik

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/23/2018

(Switchman) Hart takes a solo mission to track down the mentor who betrayed her, and the team tries to locate her before it's too late.

Directors: Elodie Keene
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Mattie G.
star
7.60
2136 votes

#5 - Mattie G.

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/20/2017

Riley's insistence to uncover the truth behind a fatal drug given to war vets results in her asset's child being taken. Bryan defies orders to rescue the girl and uncover the truth. When a break-in at Asha's apartment leaves her shaken, a new neighbor is there to calm her nerves.

Directors: Romeo Tirone
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Charm School
star
7.61
789 votes

#6 - Charm School

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/2018

When the wife of a war hero senator is taken, Bryan and the team must determine if her disappearance was orchestrated by a foreign government or someone closer to home. Meanwhile, Christina's meeting with an old friend brings up painful memories.

Directors: Michael Nankin
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Ready
star
7.61
2807 votes

#7 - Ready

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/6/2017

Bryan gets his first chance in the field but the mission goes bust, resulting in a tragic death. The team uncovers a group of government officials skimming off of refugee funds, which also leads Christina to reconnect with a long lost love. Meanwhile, Asha shows up unexpectedly at Bryan's doorstep.

Directors: Michael Offer
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Verum Nocet
star
7.62
717 votes

#8 - Verum Nocet

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/30/2018

(Truth Hurts) Hart must find a way to stop an exiled former journalist from leaking the names of government assets abroad before innocent lives are taken.

Directors: Eduardo Sánchez
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Absalom
star
7.62
818 votes

#9 - Absalom

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/2018

Santana must face her past when a foreign diplomat linked to a sex trafficking ring is kidnapped.

Directors: Romeo Tirone
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Imperium
star
7.62
653 votes

#10 - Imperium

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/26/2018

When a dangerous weapons dealer smuggles his wares into New York City, Bryan teams up with the FBI in a race to stop him before he reaches the safety of international waters.

Directors: M.J. Bassett
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A Clockwork Swiss
star
7.64
1930 votes

#11 - A Clockwork Swiss

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/27/2017

Christina 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 trust in Elena proves to be misplaced and leaves Bryan vulnerable.

Directors: Clark Johnson
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All About Eve
star
7.66
714 votes

#12 - All About Eve

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/6/2018

Bryan must stop an act of biological terrorism when invasive species are stolen from the Global Seed Bank in Norway.

Directors: Scott Peters
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Hail Mary
star
7.68
1741 votes

#13 - Hail Mary

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/3/2017

The ODNI are tasked with helping a Russian FSB agent defect, but the agent's pregnant girlfriend creates a problem for their plans. Meanwhile, Christina searches for a mole in the CIA and John faces a spiritual crisis after trying to resolve his brother's problem with a local gang.

Directors: Lexi Alexander
Writer: Mike Daniels
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Quarry
star
7.68
979 votes

#14 - Quarry

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2018

When a plane crashes carrying Bryan Mills and a key witness in a murder investigation, a wounded Mills must call upon the survival skills his father taught him to overcome the elements, find a way out of the woods and protect the witness from a lethal team of mercenaries on their tail. Meanwhile, Santana organizes a 'go big or go home' plan to locate the downed plane.

Directors: Stephen Kay
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Leah
star
7.69
1635 votes

#15 - Leah

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/2017

The ODNI assist an Israeli spy with early onset Alzheimer's when her own agency tries to kill her. Also: Christina worries she may face a similar fate as she is threatened by forces within her own organization and Bryan and Asha have an argument due to Bryan's trust issues.

Directors: Bill Johnson
Writer: Wendy West
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Carapace
star
7.70
643 votes

#16 - Carapace

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/9/2018

Bryan must protect his cousin when he's targeted by a powerful crime syndicate. Meanwhile, Kilroy becomes a victim of blackmail.

Directors: Ruba Nadda
Writer: Zak Schwartz
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Hammurabi
star
7.70
942 votes

#17 - Hammurabi

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2018

A laid-off worker kidnaps a high-powered accountant in revenge for his lost pension, and the team gets swept up in a case of class warfare when Bryan decides to help the kidnapper get justice.

Directors: Lukas Ettlin
Writer: Zak Schwartz
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Render
star
7.71
632 votes

#18 - Render

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/23/2018

The daughter of a government official working overseas is taken, and an unexpected suspect derails Bryan's rescue operation.

Directors: Edward Ornelas
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Gone
star
7.72
1539 votes

#19 - Gone

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/2017

ODNI is forced to deliver a hostage to the FBI, but plans to hijack the transfer surface from the cartel. Later: John and Rem try to stall the handover; Bryan tries to keep the hostage in his custody; and Asha learns true identity of her best friend.

Directors: Romeo Tirone
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ACGT
star
7.74
652 votes

#20 - ACGT

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/2/2018

When a CIA analyst's son is kidnapped, the team gets help from an unlikely source - another kidnapping victim. Meanwhile, Hart discovers the sinister motive behind the abductions.

Directors: Bill Johnson
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S.E.R.E.
star
7.74
1093 votes

#21 - S.E.R.E.

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/2018

Bryan Mills fights for his life inside a secret Mexican prison and plans a series of dangerous deals to put him on track for escape to the United States. But plans change when Mills and a young migrant girl are taken by human traffickers. Meanwhile, Christina Hart leverages her spycraft skills to obtain powerful new software that could locate Mills, and enlists two unlikely allies to aid in her mission to bring Mills home.

Directors: Romeo Tirone
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Opsec
star
7.75
871 votes

#22 - Opsec

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2018

When the President's emergency "football" is stolen, Bryan and the team must recover it before classified national security measures fall into dangerous hands.

Writer: Aaron Carew
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Solo
star
7.77
1656 votes

#23 - Solo

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/10/2017

Bryan is taken during the team's efforts to thwart a Mejia weapons operation; Bryan and Asha take the next step in their relationship.

Directors: Elodie Keene
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Password
star
7.79
721 votes

#24 - Password

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/13/2018

When a bomb goes off in Washington D.C., the team suspects an innocent man is being framed for the crime. Meanwhile, Kilroy tracks down a notorious hacker.

Directors: David Wellington
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I Surrender
star
7.84
1537 votes

#25 - I Surrender

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/1/2017

In the season finale, the FBI threatens to remove Christina from command and Bryan and John lead a rogue mission that risks everything to stop Mejia's associates before they cross the border.

Directors: Holly Dale
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