Desperation & Desperados 

The ICC team sets out to stop a revenge-fueled cross-border killing spree sparked by the theft of drugs and cash from an Italian crimelord and the kidnapping of his innocent daughter.

Director:

Daniel Percival

Writers:

Edward Allen Bernero (creator), Edward Allen Bernero

Stars:

William Fichtner, Marc Lavoine, Gabriella Pession

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
William Fichtner	...	Carl Hickman
Marc Lavoine	...	Louis Daniel
Gabriella Pession	...	Eva Vittoria
Tom Wlaschiha	...	Sebastian Berger
Moon Dailly	...	Anne-Marie San
Richard Flood	...	Tommy McConnel
Donald Sutherland	...	Michel Dorn
Duccio Camerini	...	Nicola Conti
Elsa Mollien	...	Rebecca Daniel
Luigi Di Fiore	...	Giancarlo
Alan Cappelli Goetz	...	Antonio Luca
Christian Burruano	...	Paolo Luca
Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz	...	Angela Conti (as Matilda Lutz)
Barbara Nedeljakova	...	Marina Novek (as Barbara Nedeljaková)
Miroslav Simunek	...	Bruno

Storyline

An Italian mafioso, Nicola Conti, sends his henchmen after two thieves who stole drugs and money from him and then took his daughter Angela as prisoner. The process of tracking them down has led to two mass shootings, one in Italy and the second just across the border in Slovenia. Michel Dorn's has little faith in Hickman, who is temporarily in charge, but agrees to let the team get involved. The experience is an eye opener for he young Angel. Hickman meanwhile follows up with the woman from the bank who identified him as a cop. He's certain she knows something about the account he was looking into. Dorn continues in his quest to find evidence against Dimitrov while Louis Daniel and his wife try to deal with the latest revelations.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

France Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 August 2013 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tandem Communications, Bernero Productions, TF1 Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anne-Marie appeared in one scene only - while Eva, Louis, and Hickman were talking outside of Conti's warehouse, she was briefly present in the background. Moon Dailly was in the process of leaving the show and never appeared again, only her voice was heard in a later answering machine message.

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Goofs

When the team uses the ultra expensive high quality scanner to scan the shooting site at the gas station, the message that pops up on the scanning equipment while it is working is misspelled -- "Calibrating Activating Reciever".

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Quotes

[first lines]
brother: [from behind] So you finally found the bollocks to come out in the open.
Tommy McConnel: I don't hide.
brother: Is that what you tell yourself now?
Tommy McConnel: It's the truth.
brother: Well, look around you, brother. It's not exactly Dublin.
Tommy McConnel: This is where my job is.
brother: [laughs]
Tommy McConnel: [turning around now] You laugh again, I'll knock the teeth out of your head.
brother: Well, careful, now. I'm not exactly 10 years old anymore.
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User Reviews

Over Your Head

A couple young men with good intentions rob a drug lord. They escape by forcing the guy's daughter to drive the away. This leads to major complications and lots of death, mostly because of a psychotic "protector" of the young woman. A sort of Stockholm syndrome thing takes place with the young woman. But mostly, she realizes her father is the worst of the worst. They try hard to stay alive as they make their way across European borders. But they are inexperienced in what they are trying to do, and the bad guys are trained killers. The international group has to put the pieces together in order to locate the daughter while her father plays the mafia role, not really caring about what happens to her. Good episode.