S01E01 Pilot
Brian Finch's life takes an extraordinary turn when he uses a mysterious drug, NZT, that allows him to access his full brain capacity. However, when an NZT-related murder lands Brian on the FBI's radar, he...
Limitless
Open your mind.
S01E13: Stop Me Before I Hug Again
Brian embarks on his first FBI field assignment when he travels to Quantico to lend his skills to the bureau unit that catches serial killers. However, the trip takes a negative turn when Brian realizes the man he's working with may have put away an innocent person in the career-making case that made him a renowned profiler. Also, Brian tries to stay one step ahead of Rebecca as she comes closer to discovering Senator Morra's connection to NZT.
Overview
Brian Finch's life takes an extraordinary turn when he uses NZT-48, a neuroenhancing drug whose mystery and chaos lead him to working for the FBI and a senator who is not what he seems.
Episodes
S01E02 Badge! Gun!
Brian risks his new FBI job when he disobeys orders to stay out of the investigation into a renowned journalist’s murder.
S01E03 The Legend of Marcos Ramos
When Brian helps Agents Harris and Boyle investigate the murder of a retired FBI agent, they’re shocked to find a link to the elusive head of a notorious drug cartel. Also, Brian reconnects with an...
S01E04 Page 44
Brian's loyalty to the FBI is tested when Sands, Senator Edward Morra's representative, demands he steals the FBI's secret files on NZT. Also, Agent Harris is emotionally conflicted when she learns what her estranged father...
S01E05 Personality Crisis
Brian learns a shocking secret about Rebecca's late father but worries that telling her will land him in legal trouble. Also, Brian accidentally meddles in Rebecca's personal life while learning self-defense from her secret boyfriend,...
S01E06 Side Effects May Include...
When Brian begins to experience the side effects of NZT again, Senator Morra demands he betrays Rebecca in exchange for another inoculation. Also, Brian secretly looks for an alternate cure for himself while he works...
S01E07 Brian Finch's Black Op
When Brian calls in sick for a day off from the FBI, the CIA abducts him from home to borrow his NZT-enhanced capabilities for a black ops mission. As the operation becomes increasingly dangerous, Brian...
S01E08 When Pirates Pirate Pirates
When Naz is detained on suspicion of funding terrorism, Brian and Rebecca's efforts to clear her name lead them to Naz's daughter, Ava, who reveals a family secret Naz is keeping from the FBI.
S01E09 Headquarters!
Brian offers to use NZT to capture the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" criminals in two weeks, in exchange for Naz giving him his own personal work "headquarters" at the agency. Also, the secretive nature of...
S01E10 Arm-ageddon
When Boyle's former military buddy is accused of murder and blames it on the loss of control of his prosthetic arm, Boyle asks Brian to help determine if the artificial limb was hacked. Also, Brian's...
S01E11 This Is Your Brian on Drugs
When Agent Casey Rooks and his SWAT team skim 80 NZT pills for themselves from the recovery of stolen inventory, it starts an internal investigation that is viewed through the shifting perspectives of Brian’s immediate...
S01E12 The Assassination of Eddie Morra
When an assassin makes an attempt on Senator Edward Morra's life, Brian is ordered to sabotage the FBI's investigation into it in order to prevent exposing the Senator's connection to NZT. As Brian and Morra's...
S01E13 Stop Me Before I Hug Again
Brian embarks on his first FBI field assignment when he travels to Quantico to lend his skills to the bureau unit that catches serial killers. However, the trip takes a negative turn when Brian realizes...
S01E14 Fundamentals of Naked Portraiture
When a developer at the tech think tank Brian frequents is murdered, he and Rebecca interview the robotic version of the victim that she created before her death for clues to the killer's identity. Also,...
S01E15 Undercover!
After a list with the real identities of undercover bureau operatives leaks, Brian develops a personal connection with FBI Agent Lucy Church, a tenacious rule-breaker, when he helps her finish a field case before she's...
S01E16 Sands, Agent of Morra
When Sands, Senator Morra’s deadly representative, enlists Brian’s help to eliminate an immediate threat he needs to keep secret from the politician, Brian learns Sands’ dangerous and shocking past. Also, Brian’s sister, Rachel, scrambles to...
S01E17 Close Encounters
Brian and Rebecca are placed under quarantine by the CDC after being exposed to an unknown substance after investigating a citywide blackout. Also, trust issues arise after Rebecca catches Brian using his secret stash of...
S01E18 Bezgranichnyy
When Brian’s closest relationships implode due to his inability to cut ties with Eddie Morra, he goes rogue from the FBI to free himself from the senator’s control. In Russia, he searches for Piper, Morra’s...
S01E19 A Dog's Breakfast
Brian’s double life unravels when Senator Morra makes contact just as Brian’s placed under 24-hour surveillance by the FBI following his rogue trip to Russia. Also, Mike and Ike tell an already suspicious Rebecca about...
S01E20 Hi, My Name Is Rebecca Harris
When Rebecca learns the truth about her father's death, she takes NZT for the first time and uses it to seek justice for his murder. Also, Sands makes a dangerous move against Brian to ensure...
S01E21 Finale (1)
When NZT floods the streets of New York City and threatens to become a national epidemic, the FBI partners with the DOJ in a city-wide manhunt to find the lab producing the drug. Also, Brian...
S01E22 Finale (2)
Following a stunning betrayal to their team, Brian and the FBI race to stop an NZT-enabled Sands and his associates from orchestrating an international incident. Also, Brian experiences devastating side effects when his NZT immunity...
Cast
Jake McDorman
Brian Finch
Jennifer Carpenter
Rebecca Harris
Desmond Harrington
Casey Rooks
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Nasreen "Naz" Pouran
Bradley Cooper
Edward Morra
Hill Harper
Spellman Boyle
Ron Rifkin
Dennis Finch
Blair Brown
Marie Finch
Tom Degnan
Ike
Michael James Shaw
Mike
Colin Salmon
Jarrod Sands
Georgina Haig
Piper Baird
