Missing (American TV series)

Missing
Intertitle
Genre	Mystery Action Espionage
Created by	Gregory Poirier
Starring	Ashley Judd Cliff Curtis Sean Bean Adriano Giannini Nick Eversman
Composer	Robert Duncan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	5 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Ashley Judd Gina Matthews Gregory Poirier Grant Scharbo Stephen Shill Matthew Stillman
Producers	Gideon Amir David Minkowski
Cinematography	Arthur Albert
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	ABC Studios Little Engine Productions Stillking Films
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	March 15, 2012 (2012-03-15) – present

Missing is an American mystery thriller drama television series, starring Ashley Judd and Cliff Curtis that debuted on March 15, 2012 on ABC. ABC announced on May 17, 2011, that the series would air as a midseason replacement in 2012. Ten episodes have been ordered for the first season. The series premiered in the United States on March 15, 2012.

Plot

The series follows Rebecca (Becca) Winstone (Ashley Judd), a now-retired CIA agent raising her son, Michael (Nick Eversman). In 2001, Becca's husband Paul Winstone (Sean Bean), who was also working for the CIA, was killed in a car bombing that Michael was able to avoid. Michael, now age 18, informs his mother that he has been accepted to a summer architecture program, in Rome, Italy. Becca, who now lives an ordinary life running a florist shop, is hesitant to let him go, but consents. After not hearing from him for over week and receiving a call informing her that Michael has moved out of his dorm room, Becca travels to Rome to track down her son, and finds herself in the middle of an international conspiracy involving the CIA and an Interpol agent who was once her lover.

Cast

• Ashley Judd as Rebecca "Becca" Winstone
• Cliff Curtis as Agent Dax Miller
• Sean Bean as Paul Winstone
• Nick Eversman as Michael Winstone
• Adriano Giannini as Giancarlo Rossi

Recurring cast

• Aunjanue Ellis as Mary, Becca's business partner and close friend.
• Laura Donnelly as Violet Heath and Jason Wong as Fitzpatrick: Members of Miller's CIA team.
• Gina McKee as Jamie Ortega: CIA director in charge of Dax's station, based in Washington D.C.
• Tereza Voříšková as Oksana, a girl also held captive in the same house that Michael is being held.
• Keith Carradine as Martin Newman, the CIA agent who trained Becca and served as her mentor; he is also Michaels' godfather.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release dates
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	10	March 15, 2012 (2012-03-15)	May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17)	June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12)	—	—

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original U.S. air date	U.S. viewers (million)
1	"Pilot"	Stephen Shill	Gregory Poirier	March 15, 2012 (2012-03-15)	10.60
Paul Winstone (Sean Bean) is car-bombed in Europe. Ten years later, son Michael Winstone has gone to Europe for an architecture program. When she doesn't hear from her son for over a week, Rebecca Winstone goes to Europe. There's an intruder in her son's dormitory room. After she kills one foreign spy, the CIA becomes alert to her activities. Recognizing an Italian street in one of her son's cellphone photos, she breaks into a jewelry store, to view the store's video surveillance records of that street. Her old spy sources trace the tag number of a truck in the security footage, to a warehouse in France. The CIA intercepts her on the train to France. She is questioned by CIA agent Dax Miller, a CIA supervisor. CIA headquarters orders him to send her back to the United States. However, he gives her three hours to uncover information. She breaks into the French warehouse, where she sees photos of her family; the photos reveal that her son has been tracked for years. She sees a code, written in chalk; A sign that Michael was there. An armed guard spots her; She fends him off. She makes an telephone transmission to Agent Miller's CIA offices; A CIA team is dispatched to the warehouse. Some unidentified contraband is spilling out of broken Asian artifacts. They find a note from Rebecca, which reads: "He was here." On a bridge, Rebecca hears gunshots. The episode ends with her in the river, the water cloudy with her blood.
2	"The Hard Drive"	Stephen Shill	Grant Scharbo	March 22, 2012 (2012-03-22)	8.81
Rebecca survives with the help of a former French intelligence agent, who says she can not assist her more as all European intelligence is on the lookout for Rebecca. Rebecca points guns at some French soldiers, ordering her own arrest,in order to be taken to Antoine Lussier (Joaquim de Almeida) the deputy chief of French Intelligence. A mysterious hard disk is mentioned which contains proof of corruption charges against Lussier. Rebecca makes a deal that if French intelligence can find Michael, she will surrender the hard drive, which is actually the nickname for a man (Lothaire Bluteau), who worked for Lussier 12 years earlier and has autobiographical memory. After nearly falling into a trap to capture them both, Rebecca and Hard Drive hack into Lussier's computer which reveals that Lussier authorized an emergency flight which is about to leave in 20 minutes. Rebecca leaves the office to find Michael before his kidnappers can take him out of France, as Hard Drive uploads all files from Lussier's computer to the internet, exposing his corruption. Rebecca reaches the airport just in time to see Michael but his kidnappers force him onto the plane before Rebecca can catch them.
3	"Ice Queen"	Stephen Shill	Paul Redford	March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)	7.87
A raid by CIA agents of the jet on an Italian runway does not produce Michael; The architecture of his place of captivity causes him to determine he is somewhere in Russia; A russian girl Oksana (Tereza Voříšková) tends to Michael's needs, and works to gain his trust. A blonde woman named Sloane (Victoria Smurfit) who was on the airplane that took Michael out of France, is tracked to Ravella, Italy. Interpol agent Rossi gets Rebecca away from CIA director Dax Miller. Rebecca's best-friend Mary from home has arrived. At the Ravella, Italy interpol safe-house, 'Becca discovers that Mary has rifled thru Rebecca's bag, and has found Rebecca's gun and multiple passports. While the blonde woman Sloane oversees a charity auction of a multi-million-dollar yacht, Rebecca evades Sloane's henchmen on the docks, and sneaks aboard the yacht; Rebecca picks a lock on a wood box, and finds a bag of diamonds. On the docks, she telephones Sloan, AKA the "Ice Princess." Rebecca demands an immediate meeting on the bay, in one hour. Sloane has kidnapped Mary to use as a pawn against Becca, but Mary escapes from Sloane's speedboat. Sloane reluctantly puts down her gun, as Becca threatens to drop the diamonds in the bay. Sloane divulges that the kidnapping is about Becca's deceased husband Paul. Seconds later, a sniper puts a bullet in Sloane's head. Interpol Agent Rossi cannot help further. The Paul Winstone Interpol file is sealed. 'Becca needs to trust Agent Dax Miller.
4	"Tell Me No Lies"	Stephen Shill	Meredith Lavender & Marcie Ulin	April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05)	7.24
Martin Newman (Keith Carradine) was the CIA agent who trained Rebecca Winstone, and was lead investigator into Paul Winstone's death. Newman, Miller, and Mrs. Winstone travel back to Europe; a tattooed man who is spotted in the Hotel surveillance video, when Michael saw his fathers murder, is also spotted in an old Winstone family photo. They identify the tattooed man as an ex-Mossad agent turned assassin. Agent Miller is told by CIA headquarters to shut down the search. Newman convinces Agent Miller to defy those orders, and search for Michael. Rebecca Winstone doesn't want to believe it, when Newman tells her that Paul Winstone was suspected of being corrupt and a traitor. Rebecca is on a foot chase, going after a suspect who has just killed the tattooed assassin. When she has the suspect cornered, she receives a shocking surprise. The suspect is her husband Paul Winstone. With nowhere to run, he climbs over the tall seawall, and jumps into the ocean. Michael does some snooping around the mansion, and the snarly, silent henchman locks Michael in his room. Later, a bloodied Oksana is thrown into Michael's room. She obviously has taken punishment for his hijinks, but she admits that for some still unknown reason, they will not hurt Michael. When news of Paul Winstone's reappearance reaches the CIA, they tell Dax Miller to continue the mission. Rebecca thinks Michael is being held captive by Paul.
5	"The Three Bears"	Paul Edwards	Adele Lim	April 12, 2012 (2012-04-12)	7.91
Agent Dax Miller's first priority is finding Paul, and Dax has an agent follow Rebecca. Becca resumes her search with Interpol Agent Rossi. They travel to Prague; Rossi has discovered Paul deposited funds into a dormant account; Rossi shows Becca video of Paul at the bank; Paul is signaling her, in the video. Becca's fingerprint is on file at the bank, and she learns of a safety deposit box. A man she recognizes as having made an exchange with Paul years earlier, attempts to violently intercept her, for her fingerprint. The CIA team follows Becca to Prague. The only way that 'Becca can access the safety deposit box is for Becca to rob it, with Rossi's help; The CIA arrives, and unwittingly becomes a diversion for Rossi to finish the robbery. Contents include Russian oil company bonds, cash and a deed. Becca and Rossi review the deposit box contents with Dax. At the house, Michael escapes thru a secret basement door, but he goes back; He will not abandon Oksana. Documents in the box lead Prague, Becca and Dax to a house in the Czech countryside, but before they can find anything, they trigger a timing device.
6	"A Busy Solitude"	Paul Edwards	Patrick MacManus	April 19, 2012 (2012-04-19)	TBA
7	"A Measure of a Man"	Phil Abraham	Dana Greenblatt & Gregory Poirier	April 26, 2012 (2012-04-26)	TBA
8	"Answers"	Unknown	Unknown	May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03)	TBA
9	"Promises"	Unknown	Unknown	May 10, 2012 (2012-05-10)	TBA
10	"Rain on the Evil and on the Good"	Unknown	Unknown	May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17)	TBA

International broadcast

Country	Channel	Premiere date
Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary North Macedonia Romania Serbia Slovakia	AXN	March 15, 2012
Canada	CTV
Russia	VOD now.ru (dubbed)
India	STAR World	March 11, 2012
Israel	YES	April 5, 2012
Middle East	OSN (censored)
Philippines	FOX Asia	April 15, 2012
Poland	AXN	March 20, 2012
South Africa	MNET	April, 7, 2012
Sweden	Kanal 5	March 18, 2012

Note: The series had an early premiere in India on March 11, 2012 on STAR World.

Other media

On March 23, 2012, the Disney-ABC Television Group announced plans to release the first season of Missing in DVD format on June 12, 2012 to the United States and its territories, Canada, and Bermuda. Entitled "Missing — The Complete First Season", the package will include all ten episodes in their entirety and will feature deleted scenes; bloopers; Production Journal: Istanbul; and Genesis Piece, in which producers Ashley Judd and Gina Matthews discuss making the series with show creator Greg Poirier.

External links

• Official website
• Missing at IMDb
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