Missing You (2025 TV series)

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Missing You
Based on Missing You
by Harlan Coben
Screenplay byVictoria Asare-Archer
Directed byNimer Rashed
Isher Sahota
Starring Rosalind Eleazar
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producers
ProducerGuy Hescott
Running time41–46 minutes
Production companies
  • Quay Street Productions
  • Final Twist Productions
Original release
Network Netflix
Release1 January 2025 (2025-01-01)

Missing You is a television series made for streaming service Netflix, adapted from the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben, who acts as executive producer on the series. It was released on 1 January 2025.

Contents

Premise

Detective Kat Donovan discovers her "missing" fiancé on a dating app, over a decade since his disappearance. [1]

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Every Breath You Take"Nimer RashedVictoria Asare-Archer1 January 2025 (2025-01-01)
Detective Kat Donavan continues to be haunted by the murder of her father, a police officer, and the ghosting by her fiancé, Josh, 11 years earlier. Kat matches with Josh on a dating application. Josh accepts the match but later disconnects the match. Kat is working on a case of a man, Rishi, who disappeared. Rishi’s car was found along with a cottage he rented for a romantic getaway. Rishi tried to escape his captors, but Rishi is unsuccessful. Kat crates one last opportunity to talk with the man, Monte Leburne, who has been convicted of killing her father; Monte is dying of cancer, and his prison nurse gives him a 'truth serum' under the guise of sedating him. Monte says he didn’t actually kill Kat’s father, Clint, but just took the fall for his murder. Kat’s friend, Stacey, finds Josh’s name on Monte’s visitor’s log.
2"With or Without You"Nimer RashedVictoria Asare-Archer1 January 2025 (2025-01-01)
Kat appears at the house of Detective Stagger, her boss, early the next morning with Monte’s revelation. Detective Stagger doubts his story while Kat begs Stagger to visit Monte in prison before Monte dies. Brendan, a nineteen year old, seeks out Kat with a plea to help his mother who he claims is missing. Brendan breaks into Kat’s flat and hacks his mother’s bank accounts. Brendan tells Kat that his mother went to Costa Rica with Josh and withdrew money from an ATM 10 miles off the family’s regular route to the airport. Brendan is certain something terrible has happened to his mother. Monte dies without Stagger visiting him in prison. It is revealed Stagger accompanied Josh on Josh’s visit to Monte. Kat confronts Stagger about his presence at Josh’s visit. Stagger said Josh used his access to Kat to further his journalistic career. Stagger puts Kat on leave when Kat revealed she cut corners to see Monte in prison. Rishi is threatened by two men to deposit £25,000 to a specific account or his girlfriend, Vanessa, will be harmed. Rishi complies and is chained up in a barn stall. Later, Rishi attacks one of his captors, but ends up being murdered and cremated. It is revealed that several other individuals are being held captive in separate stalls.
3"Never Too Much"Nimer RashedVictoria Asare-Archer & Sumerah Srivastay1 January 2025 (2025-01-01)
4"Don't You Forget About Me"Isher SahotaVictoria Asare-Archer1 January 2025 (2025-01-01)
5"Chain Reaction"Isher SahotaVictoria Asare-Archer1 January 2025 (2025-01-01)

Production

In January 2024, it was announced that Netflix would be adapting Missing You by Harlan Coben, who acts as executive producer on the series through his company Final Twist Productions. [3]

The series was produced by Quay Street Productions. It is written by Victoria Asare-Archer and directed by Sean Spencer. Executive producers along with Coben are Nicola Shindler, Richard Fee, Asare-Archer, and Danny Brocklehurst. Guy Hescott is the producer. [4]

The series has Rosalind Eleazar in a lead role alongside Richard Armitage, with Lenny Henry, Samantha Spiro, Steve Pemberton, Lisa Faulkner and Paul Kaye also confirmed in the cast. [5] Ashley Walters was seen on set in Manchester in late March 2024 and was confirmed in the cast in June 2024, along with James Nesbitt and musician Matt Willis. [6] [7]

Filming got underway in March 2024 with filming locations including Le Mans Crescent and Victoria Square in Bolton. [8] [9] Filming also took place in Manchester city centre, [10] [11] and Parkgate on the Wirral Peninsula. [12]

Release

The series premiered on Netflix on 1 January 2025. [13] [14]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 52% approval rating with an average rating of 5.3/10, based on 23 critic reviews. [15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 58 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [16]

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