The Negotiators

A sober, nerve-stretching procedural that walks you through real standoffs step by step, tense but never exploitative.

Created by

Alyx Ayn Arumpac, Georgie Yukiko-Donovan

Genres

Documentary

Overview

A deep dive into one of the world’s most high-pressure professions: hostage negotiation. With exclusive access to the expert negotiators involved, we go behind the scenes of some of the world's most dangerous hostage situations, and reconstruct how the negotiations played out.

How it feels

Tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Survival, power, deception, trauma

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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