The Best Episodes of The Hire Season 1

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   #1 - Ambush

   S1:E14/26/2001

   On a dark freeway, a van swerves close to the driver and the door slides open. From inside, masked gunmen threaten to fire unless the driver stops and surrenders his passenger, a seemingly harmless man they accuse of smuggling diamonds. It's a simple choice: do or die.

   Director:John Frankenheimer

   Writer:Andrew Kevin Walker

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   Director:John Frankenheimer

   Writer:Andrew Kevin Walker
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   #2 - Chosen

   S1:E25/10/2001

   The driver meets a ship carrying an eight-year-old Tibetan boy at a dark, deserted New York shipyard. But he's not the only one waiting.

   Director:Ang Lee

   Writer:David Carter

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   Director:Ang Lee

   Writer:David Carter
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   #3 - The Follow

   S1:E35/24/2001

   The driver is hired by a nervous movie agent to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her, he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life. He discovers the wife is fleeing the country and returning to her mother's, and that she's been given a black eye, likely by her husband. He returns the money for the job, refusing to tell where the wife is, and drives off telling the agent never to call him again.

   Director:Wong Kar-Wai

   Writer:Andrew Kevin Walker

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   Director:Wong Kar-Wai

   Writer:Andrew Kevin Walker
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   #4 - Star

   S1:E46/7/2001

   The driver faces perhaps his most perplexing challenge: Coming face-to-face with a hugely talented and successful rock star. But beneath her beauty lies a problem: she always gets what she wants.

   Director:Guy Ritchie

   Writers:Joe Sweet, Guy Ritchie

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   Director:Guy Ritchie

   Writers:Joe Sweet, Guy Ritchie
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   #5 - Powder Keg

   S1:E56/21/2001

   Soldiers patrol fields and rural villages. Their mission: find a photojournalist who has snapped a picture certain to unite the world against their leader. Alejandro González Iñárritu directs Clive Owen as the photographer's driver and sole hope of getting him and his film beyond the strongly guarded border.

   Director:Alejandro González Iñárritu

   Writers:Alejandro González Iñárritu, David Carter, Guillermo Arriaga

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   Director:Alejandro González Iñárritu

   Writers:Alejandro González Iñárritu, David Carter, Guillermo Arriaga