About “Girl Taken” in a few words:

Girl Taken is a brand-new six-part psychological thriller streaming on Paramount+ that doesn’t pull its punches. It’s about twin sisters, Lily and Abby Riser, whose quiet English town life gets shattered when Lily is kidnapped by her trusted schoolteacher, Rick Hansen. Years in captivity, a desperate escape, and a family trying to piece itself back together form the heart of this emotional, unsettling tale.

Meet the characters from Girl Taken

Eve Riser

Okay, Eve is the kind of protagonist who barges into a scene and you just know trouble loves her — and she loves trouble right back. Sharp, relentless, and suspicious of everyone (including the neighbor’s weirdly cheerful cat), she keeps a pocketful of Polaroids and a lipstick tube she swears is very important—no one knows why. She’s got this guarded softness that peeks out when she thinks no one’s watching, like she will cry at a commercial and then immediately eat three tacos to recover. Also, she’s inexplicably excellent at lock-picking but forgets birthdays sometimes, which is both infuriating and oddly endearing.

Rick Hansen

Rick is the gruff, steady anchor — think calm before the storm, except sometimes he’s the storm and that’s fun. He gives one-word answers and terrible dad jokes, keeps a sad little plant on his dashboard that’s somehow still alive, and carries a folded drawing (a kid’s drawing? maybe his?) in his wallet like it’s a relic. Loves order, hates small talk, but will talk your ear off about boats even though he swears he hates sailing; contradictions are his brand. He’s the protector-type with a secret soft spot for late-night diners and pie, and he’s way more sentimental than he’d admit.

Lily Riser

Lily is chaos in high heels and flip-flops at once — impulsive, brilliant at improv, and prone to starting projects she forgets to finish (macramé and a novel both exist, partially). She’s vivid and loud when she wants to be, quietly observant when she doesn’t, and she organizes her whole life by color-coding things nobody else would think to color-code. Allergic to daisies yet wears them in her hair sometimes because rules are for other people, and she talks in metaphors so much you’ll either fall in love or need a translator. Also she has this weird habit of humming to herself when she’s nervous, which is cute and slightly alarming.

Abby Riser

Abby is the unofficial family CEO — ironclad, warm in a kettle-of-soup-and-boots way, and effortlessly bossy when someone needs it (which is always). She runs on lists, band-aids, and a surprisingly terrible off-key singing habit that breaks tension like nothing else; she’ll also organize the neighborhood bake sale between giving a pep talk and fixing a fence. She can be stern as a librarian one minute and then impulsively drag everyone to karaoke the next, which is confusing but honestly why not. She forgets to eat when she’s stressed and yet always has snacks tucked in the glove compartment, because priorities, you know?