Jessica Hall

Jessica Hall is the main villainess from "Alters," episode 2.02 of Ransom.

She was played by Tara Spencer-Nairn.

Jessica Hall is a Special Agent for the FBI, and she was on the call regarding a hostage situation at a business building in Boston. The situation had Jordan Jones, a former Miami police officer, searching for business owner George Harris, as he was planning to kill him. Hall worked with Eric Beaumont's crew on the case, mainly working with Oliver Yates as Beaumont was attempting to negotiate with Jones. However, as the episode progressed, Hall suddenly turned heel when she purposely put herself in the way of Beaumont's negotiation, while making orders that could have resulted in Jones and Harris being killed.

As later revealed, Harris and Hall colluded to steal money belonging to a drug cartel, and to keep their secrets hidden, they set up Jones in the theft, and he ended up sentenced to solitary confinement; not even allowed to visit his mother during her dying days. Harris anticipated Jones' appearance, and once Hall arrived, she feared that her true heel persona would be revealed by both men. When Oliver realized her true plan, the evil Hall had him taken away, while claiming that Beaumont would be arrested due to his mission to save everyone getting in the way of her investigation. Beaumont and his crew figured out the connection between Harris and Hall, as well as Jones' identity (he referred to himself as "Mr. Bear"), and he was able to prevent Jones from killing himself and Hall, as Harris had a bomb strapped to him as well.

After the situation ends, Hall snidely stated to Beaumont that he would be facing charges for his efforts, but Oliver stated to Beaumont that Hall's corruption got back to her superiors, and the indication was that the villainess was arrested for that and her attempts to kill Harris and Jones.