Intricacies of international diplomacy plays and political power-plays unravel while a young man's life hangs in the balance. While Otto Warmbier faces 15 years in a North Korean prison camp, the tension between superpowers begins to boil, political tides shift, and strategies of the past are weighed against the fate of an American held hostage abroad. Amidst these high-stakes negotiations, who would anticipate a former NBA legend would come to play a critical role in the process?

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Lead writer this season: Carissa Collinge
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Main theme music: 20Six Hundred
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Additional music: Augusta Treverorum
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