I Need You to Put the Gun Down
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2012
A single mother considers using her gun against a possible rapist; a lone gunman creates chaos in a sporting goods store; an Oklahoma grandmother encounters an intruder.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2012
A single mother considers using her gun against a possible rapist; a lone gunman creates chaos in a sporting goods store; an Oklahoma grandmother encounters an intruder.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2012
The situations in the this episode are close calls. A pregnant woman in suburban Denver is helpless as she is attacked by her stalker in her secluded home. In Indiana, neighbors and paramedics rush to save two girls who have fallen through the ice on a frozen lake. A single mother is hunted by her ex-boyfriend on a North Carolina highway at high speeds.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2012
This episode begins with a rural California widow calling 911 in the middle of the night as someone tries to break into her home. The horrifying story of a mass killing spree in a quiet Ohio neighborhood is told through 911 calls from frightened neighbors and the gunman's girlfriend. In an upscale suburb of Connecticut, a bitter divorce battle drives Richard Shenkman to kidnap his ex-wife and make numerous taunting and threatening calls to 911 as he holds her hostage in their former home.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Aug 8, 2013
A mom and her teenage son barricade themselves inside an upstairs closet with no lock and call 911 as an intruder searchers for their hiding place. When a hiker is swept down a mountain in a wave of snow and buried alive, his cellphone is his only lifeline to the outside world. After watching a speeding car careen out of control, two teenage Spring Breakers call 911 as they sprint to the fiery crash site to check for survivors.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Aug 15, 2013
The assistant manager of a sporting goods store calls 911 as one of her customers uses an electric saw to cut his way into the store's ammunition and gun rack. While on a family hike, two mothers call 911 seconds after witnessing an ice cave crash down on their two teenage sons. And when a young receptionist starts her day shift at LA Tan, she never imagines that she and another customer will come face-to-face with a serial killer in training.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Aug 22, 2013
When a young woman, home alone, sees two men crawl over her back fence, she dials 911 and as she begins to beg for help, she hears the sound of glass breaking downstairs. Hours after an Amber Alert is issued for a missing 4-year-old boy, a woman on her way to work, thinks she spots the child and his kidnapper! And a single mother is about to leave for her 8-year-old son's birthday party when her abusive ex-husband forces his way into her home and attacks her with a machete.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Aug 29, 2013
A taxi driver calls 9-1-1 moments after witnessing her last fare commit a violent crime, but while on the phone, her passenger returns and gets back in her cab! When a fourteen-year-old boy decides to confront an intruder in his home, all he has at his disposal is whatever he can find in his bedroom closet. A pregnant woman, trapped on the second floor of her burning home, realizes in the middle of her 9-1-1 call that she might not be the only one inside.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2013
When a 50-year-old man having breakfast at home spots two ninja-masked men picking the lock on his back door he calls 9-1-1 but then wonders if he called 10 minutes too late. A cellphone in a school backpack is the only hope for a female college student abducted from campus by an ex-boyfriend and locked in the covered bed of a stolen pickup truck. Moments after seeing a strange car pull into her driveway, a woman is left with little choice but to seek the safety of an upstairs closet as an intruder crowbars his way inside her home.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2013
A twelve-year-old girl, home alone, grabs her mother's gun and holds fort in her bedroom closet, as an intruder enters and roams her home with unknown intentions. After being kidnapped by an ex-boyfriend, a woman narrowly escapes to a nearby house where the homeowner calls 9-1-1 just as the woman's ex steps into view armed with a kitchen knife. When their dog wakes them up in the middle of the night to the sounds of an intruder breaking into their home, an elderly couple calls 9-1-1 and prepares for a certain attack.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2022
A Florida woman fights for her life when her estranged husband starts shooting at her through the front door. A young mother finds herself in a terrifying situation when her brakes stop working on a busy highway on a holiday weekend. In Georgia, a family returns from vacation to hear a horrifying sound coming from the woods.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2022
A middle-aged woman holds an Ohio fast-food restaurant manager hostage. In Florida, it's a race against time as first responders scramble to locate a young woman who flipped her car into a dark, flooded ditch before she drowns. A married couple in Ohio defend themselves after an intruder enters their home in the middle of the night.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2022
In Portland, Oregon, a young woman hides in a closet as an intruder enters her home. After a fire breaks out, two Oklahoma City women become trapped in their apartment's breezeway by a wall of flames. And in Williamsburg, VA a woman and her daughter try to fight off an erratic carjacker.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2022
In Florida, a car chase transpires to rescue a hostage being held at gunpoint in her ex-boyfriend's car. After being shocked by 14,000 volts of electricity, a Georgia man's chance of survival is in the hands of his friend. A mother of three stands her ground in her Michigan home while two men break-in during the night.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2022
Armed home invaders hold a family hostage, so a young woman in Ohio calls 911 from under her bed; police officers in Georgia rescue a woman trapped in her burning car; a kidnapper in New Mexico tries to steal children at a gas station.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2022
During the height of Oklahoma's tornado season, a bride-to-be is trapped in a gully inside her overturned SUV. In North Carolina, a terrified 11-year-old and her younger brother are home alone when their apartment goes up in flames. A Florida mother holds an intruder at gunpoint.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2022
An 11-year-old, Florida boy is home alone when a group of robbers breaks into his house. While driving on I-80 in Utah, a good Samaritan spots a burning car on the salt flats and moves into high gear to save the driver. Firefighters plan a dramatic water rescue when a woman's boat gets stuck at the top of a dam in Illinois.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2022
After a stranger breaks into her home, a woman hides in her bathroom; a man calls 911 in a panic when his overturned truck begins to fill with water; the police hurry to save a young woman in the aftermath of an unexpected storm.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2022
Two young sisters hide in their closet in an effort to remain hidden from the men who broke into their Chicago home. An accidental leg amputation at an Orlando recycling plant has rescue workers racing to the scene before it's too late. In Washington, police rush to rescue a woman whose vehicle spontaneously bursts in flames.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2022
Near Fort Bragg, a brave young husband is forced to defend his family as a crazed intruder violently breaks down the front door and threatens his life. In rural Florida, a teenage girl clings to a tree and her life, to escape an aggressive alligator. And in Muncie, Indiana firefighters race to rescue a couple trapped in their house, fully engulfed in flames.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2022
Police race across three states to catch a bus carrying a suspected gunman threatening to kill everyone onboard. In the mountains of Utah, a snowboarder is trapped atop a 12,000-foot-high mountain when an avalanche rips the face off the slope below. On the coast of Florida, a toddler fights for her life after being found face down in a pool.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2022
Armed with a .40-caliber handgun, a woman's ex-husband forces himself into her Arkansas home. While skating on a frozen river, a New Hampshire man falls through the ice into freezing water. In Virginia, a seven-month-old baby girl is kidnapped from her mother's car.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2022
A father and daughter endure a terrifying road rage incident in North Carolina. Firefighters in Texas race to rescue a man who gets impaled by a steel fence pole. In Oklahoma, an armed man walks into an office building and holds two employees hostage.