- A woman finds herself fighting for her daughters when her ex kidnaps them.
- Sarah Drew plays Lizabeth, a mother living in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1994 with her two daughters. She works for a woman's crisis center and has personal experience with an abusive ex-husband, Greg.
Lizabeth is annoyed that Greg isn't planning by the rules with shared custody. Greg is Greek and still has family abroad. She reluctantly lets him take the girls on for his visitation.
The next day at school, Lizabeth is surprised to learn that the girls aren't at school. She goes to Greg's house, and it has been cleared out. She immediately goes to the police, who refer her to the crimes against children unit.
They aren't helpful and don't believe that Greg has left the town, let alone the country. Lizabeth goes to a travel agency to find proof that he took her girls. The travel agent (who also dated Greg) admits to booking him and the girls a flight to Athens.
Lizabeth follows them and goes to the US embassy. Things are moving too slow for her. The system is dragging, and it has been two months since she has heard from them. She gets the opportunity to see the girls when the government finds them, but Greg finds out and moves the girls again. he files for custody of the girls in Greece.
To help fight for her daughters, Lizabeth gets extra time off to stay in Greece and find her children.
Things are more complicated because Greg has lied to the girls and said that Lizabeth had abandoned them. They have been brainwashed and don't want to leave when Lizabeth finds them. Greg is arrested for kidnapping.
The girls are given to Lizabeth, and she is saddened to learn that they have been neglecting their oral hygiene.
While trying to leave at the airport, Lizabeth is stopped and arrested by the Greece police for kidnapping. She is given temporary custody while the Greek court system decides who has parental rights.
In the law part of this very long Law & Order episode, Elizabeth testifies on her own behalf. The judge talks with the daughters and then rules in favor of the father. Greg gets the kids, and Elizabeth is shocked. Her lawyer thinks that Greg's lawyer bribed the judge.
Elizabeth decides to kidnap her daughters back and sneak out of their hotel at 4 am. They manage to get on a ferry and are one step closer to freedom.
The girls are back in the USA, and Elizabeth is happy to have her family back. Greg can't get back into the US as there are warrants issued for his arrest if he comes to US, and he will never see his daughters again. (thanks to lifetimeuncorked)
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