MISSING YOU
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Missing You: A detective revisits her father’s murder when her long-missing fiancé suddenly reappears on a dating app, pulling her into a web of connected mysteries and buried secrets.
He Said / She Said
“I should be invested in the show by now and I’m not. It honestly would not bother me to never find out more. I wish Harlan Coben would pick just one to three situations and focus on those instead of trying to shove every little idea into one show.”
“Three episodes in and I still do not really know what the main story is. Is it the people being kidnapped? Is it the missing boyfriend who reappears? Is it the corrupt police father? I would only keep watching to figure out why I invested the first three hours.”
Critical reception (so far)
- Intriguing setup, especially the missing fiancé reappearing after 11 years
- Dark and mystery-driven, but also slow-feeling and crowded with plotlines
- More confusing than gripping
What it’s about
Kat Donovan is a detective whose father was killed 11 years earlier. Not long after that murder, her fiancé Josh disappeared without explanation.
In the present day, Kat comes across Josh on a dating app and learns he visited the man imprisoned for her father’s murder the day before he vanished. At the same time, she is pulled into a missing person case that appears to connect to the secrets surrounding her past.
Overall vibe
Dark, tense, and mystery-heavy, with a slow-feeling pace despite a lot happening at once. The show clearly wants you to sit in uncertainty and keep collecting clues until everything clicks into place.
Through three episodes, the tone stays consistent: bleak, uneasy, and full of hidden motives.
Episode-by-episode (1–3)
Detective Kat Donovan matches with her missing fiancé Josh on a dating app, 11 years after he vanished shortly after her father’s murder. She also learns Josh visited the man imprisoned for killing her father the day before he disappeared, while she investigates a missing man who appears to be held captive somewhere.
Kat digs further into why Josh visited her father’s killer in prison before vanishing. As she keeps pulling at that thread, more secrets around the people close to her begin to surface.
The stakes rise in the missing person case, and Kat is ordered to stop investigating both that case and her father’s murder. She also learns new information about one of her closest friends and that friend’s connection to Josh.
Content warnings
- Violence
- Emotional distress
- Adult themes
- Kidnapping / captivity
Who will love it / who should skip it
Will love it if:
- You already like Harlan Coben adaptations
- You enjoy mystery shows built around multiple eventually-merging storylines
- You do not mind being kept in the dark for a long stretch
- You like tense, bleak, secret-filled thriller energy
- You are happy to keep watching for answers rather than characters alone
Should probably skip it:
- You want clear storylines and a strong sense of direction early
- You get frustrated when shows pile on too many threads at once
- You need compelling characters to hook you quickly
- You are looking for an easy, breezy watch
- You do not enjoy slow-feeling mysteries that save the payoff for later