TW0P » Kidnapped » Pilot: Mykelti Williamson -- Virgil, to the folks on this show -- is clearly one no-nonsense kind of guy. He doesn't break stride as he takes off his coat in the lobby or return the greetings of the assorted doormen and hangers-on. He even has no time to make small talk with the guy in the elevator bringing up an armload of flowers, except to correct him that those are hydrangeas, not roses. So we're not a minute into this show, and already we know a key detail: Virgil knows his flora. We soon learn another detail when Virgil gets out of the elevator and a darling little girl opens up the penthouse door and snottily informs him that he's 38 seconds late: based on the fact that he doesn't snap her neck like a Twix bar for this effrontery, it's clear he has a soft spot for the kids. Or that she's the daughter of the guy signing his paychecks. Either or.
Either or. hehee I like this recap. that was page 1.

from final page:
I don't think this is my anti-Dana Delaney bias at work when I tell you that she delivers a really horrible speech. I mean, it's not the way she says it, it's the drivel she's forced to say: "Business as usual out there. People going to bed in one place, people waking up in another. The ebb and flow of the tides, Mr. Knapp. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Traffic jams. Baseball games. A teenager's first kiss. I don't understand how it hasn't come to a halt. How the world can keep spinning on its axis. Not miss one silly revolution for my boy. You wake up in the morning worrying about the color of a napkin, and by the end of the day, you feel so small, you're not sure you'll be able to breathe." Yeah, that's wading pool deep there, folks. Knapp looks like he's getting teary-eyed; I'm going to pretend it's because Jeremy Sisto doesn't much care for this speech, either.

imbtw.. pg 2 I think
Leo asks Virgil how long he could hold his breath: "As long as I had to," Virgil replies, and I don't think any of us want to be the ones who dispute him. "My dad says it's stupid, that I should give it up," Leo says. Virgil wants to know what Leo thinks of that. "I tell him not to hold his breath." Oh, snap, young man -- snap.

and pg 5 the bit I wanted the wording on, re the FBI wanting to get the kidnappers as well as save the kid~
Knapp spells out his business plan: "All right, the first thing I got to tell you to do is call the FBI. You should know that option is available to you. The second thing I'll tell you is, whatever you do, don't call the FBI. You see, the FBI's objectives during kidnapping investigations are to affect the safe return of the subject along with the identification, apprehension, and prosecution of the kidnappers, as well as the recovery of the ransom payments. All I care about is retrieval. Everything else is a distraction. My fee is non-negotiable, payable upon the safe return of the kidnap victim. Intact."