By-the-book Ella leads a new Ritualized Crimes Unit at the FBI along with her hotheaded partner Xander.

  A child abduction case leads them to an underground cult that uses mind control.  And to complicate matters, Xander's estranged twin brother is a member.

SYNOPSIS:

Title: RITUAL

Genre: Psychological thriller, Detectives

Format: One-hour episodic

Coverage: Recommend (top 3%)

Versions: US and UK scripts

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Underground cults challenge their members to break ALL outside rules and taboos but NONE of the sect’s own policies. My name is Amanda Nitsa Oz, and I grew up as a victim of such a group.

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Ella is the head of a new FBI task force investigating ritual abuse. Xander is her first recruit. When a seemingly ordinary teenage girl assists in kidnapping a twelve-year-old boy, they initiate an investigation.

But Xander discovers he has an identical twin, Alex, who is a member of the cult they are inspecting. The cult has used trauma-based mind control to create multiple personalities within Alex. They then mind-programmed the parts to serve them.

Can Xander and Ella save the kidnapped boy?

FROM COVERAGE:

"The character complexity is fascinating. Everything that could fall into stereotypes is turned into something fresh and sincere. Well done. "

RITUAL (US)