While Season 1 followed the surgical plot, Season 2 shifts into a full-blown siege. Prithvi Singh (Ronit Roy) takes refuge in an old mansion with his "hostage," Handa, after an escape plan goes south.

What makes the 15th episode of Hostages so effective in any language is the . It forces the audience to ask: What would I do?

Dr. Ellen Sanders (Toni Collette) finally enters the OR to operate on President Kincaid.

By the time we reach [S2E15] or [E15], the "bad guys" have usually been humanized—revealing they are often just desperate parents themselves—while the "good guys" have had to commit dark acts to survive. It’s a masterclass in tension that proves sometimes, the only way to win is to break the rules.