The NBC drama "Taken" did not have very good ratings, but was still renewed for a 16-episode second season. The crew said that only Clive Standen, who plays the protagonist Bryan Mills, and Jennifer Beals, who plays Christina Hart, will return next season, and the other leading actors have been dismissed. It is said that this is because the new producer Greg Plageman wants to take a new creative direction and use a more unit drama-oriented route in the second season.