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 Tereza Voříšková
Composer	Robert Duncan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (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 a week and receiving a call from the architecture school 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

Main 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
• Tereza Voříšková as Oksana

Recurring cast

• Aunjanue Ellis as Mary Dresden, Becca's business partner and close friend.
• Laura Donnelly as Violet Heath, a member of Miller's CIA team.
• Jason Wong as Fitzpatrick, a member of Miller's CIA team.
• Gina McKee as Jamie Ortega: CIA director in charge of Dax's station, based in Washington D.C.
• Keith Carradine as Martin Newman, Becca's former CIA trainer and mentor; he is also Michael's godfather.
• Karel Roden as Victor Asimov, a former Russian agent.
• Nikola Navratil as Maxim Asimov, a professional hit man and Victor's son.

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 goes to Europe for an architecture program. When Michael doesnt call home in over a week, Rebecca Winstone goes to Europe. 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 bureau chief Dax Miller. 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; She finds photos which reveal that her son has been tracked for years. She finds evidence that Michael was there. After She fights an armed guard, she makes an telephone transmission to Agent Miller; A CIA team is dispatched to the warehouse. They find a note from Rebecca, which reads: "He was here." The episode ends with Becca in a 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
CIA agents raid the airplane; Michael is not on the plane; Michael determines from the architecture of his place of captivity that he is in Russia; A young girl, Oksana (Tereza Voříšková), tends to Michael's needs, and works to gain his trust. A woman named Sloane (Victoria Smurfit) who was on the airplane that took Michael out of France, is tracked to a charity auction of a yacht in Ravella, Italy. Interpol agent Rossi helps Rebecca ditch CIA agent Miller, but then Rebecca suddenly gets an inconvenient visit in Ravella, from her best-friend Mary. Rebecca evades Sloane's henchmen, and sneaks aboard the yacht; Rebecca picks a lock on a wood box, and finds a bag of diamonds. On the docks, Rebecca phones Sloane, demanding an immediate meeting on the bay, in one hour. Sloane kidnaps Mary, as leverage 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 husband Paul. Seconds later, a sniper kills Sloane. 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 Rebecca's CIA mentor, and also lead investigator into Paul Winstone's death. Newman joins the search. 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 cease the search. Newman convinces Agent Miller to defy those orders, and search for Michael. Newman tells 'Becca that Paul was suspected of being corrupt. In Dubrovnik, Rebecca chases after a suspect who has just killed the tattooed assassin. She has the suspect cornered; He is her husband Paul Winstone. With nowhere to run, he climbs over a seawall, jumping into the ocean. Michael does some snooping around the mansion, and the snarly henchman locks Michael in his room. Later, a bloodied Oksana is thrown into Michael's room. She has taken a beating for Michael's snooping; But she says that for some still unknown reason, they will not hurt Michael. The CIA has learned of Paul Winstone's reappearance, and Dax is authorized to resume the operation.
5	"The Three Bears"	Paul Edwards	Adele Lim	April 12, 2012 (2012-04-12)	7.91
The CIA's #1 priority is finding Paul; Dax's new strategy is to follow Becca instead of threatening to send her home. Interpol Agent Rossi discovers Paul has made a deposit into a dormant bank account in Prague. Becca and Rossi travel to Prague, and learn Paul has a safety deposit box; but the box requires thumbprints of Paul, Becca, and Michael. A man she recognizes as having made an exchange with Paul years earlier, attempts to capture her, and cut off her thumb. In video of Paul entering the bank, Becca sees Paul signaling her. Unable to access the box, Becca robs the safety deposit box with Rossi's help. The CIA arrives at the bank to attempt to stop her, but Becca and Rossi succeed. They disclose the contents of the box to Dax; it contains stock certificates from a Russian company, cash and a deed. At the house, Oksana leads Michael to a secret exit. He escapes, but he goes back to the house. He refuses to abandon Oksana. Documents in the box lead Rossi, 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)	7.23
Paul hijacks the CIA car carrying the Russian stock certificates. Later, Paul makes a drop-off with the certificates, and reports it to his Russian contact, who we now know as former Russian intelligence agent Azimoff. A search by the CIA of another of Paul's European houses reveals a master copy of a phony ID for Michael. CIA Director Ortega is now in Europe. Becca steals a helicopter, and crosses into Russia, where she walks into Azimoff's office at a Russian chemical company. Becca is taken by force to the house where Michael has been. Azimoff and a sniper in the woods shoot a Russian who is chasing down Michael. Michael and Oksana escape onto a train. Becca wants to go after Azimoff, but CIA Director Ortega places Becca into CIA custody. Dax rejects Agent Rossi's presence. Director Ortega says Rossi is a guest of a CIA operation.
7	"Measure of a Man"	Phil Abraham	Dana Greenblatt & Gregory Poirier	April 26, 2012 (2012-04-26)	6.98
Becca is questioned by Ortega in a CIA facility in Vienna. Becca describes Operation Songbird, during which she and Paul reunite a boy with his mother; At the reunion, the boy, named Maksim, grabs a gun, and shoots his mother. Ortega tells her that Maksim is the blonde sniper working with Azimoff. When Ortega leaves the interrogation room, a secret door opens, and Becca escapes. When Ortega returns, Violet stabs Ortega, and leaves through the door. Miller and Rossi believe Becca has killed Ortega. Michael and Oksana jump off the train, and are finally safe, after Michael is able to kill the main henchman from the house. Oksana might die from lack of insulin, but she tells Michael he is a hero. Becca is on the run, with the sniper following her. Becca is unaware of Ortega's death.
8	"Answers"	Phil Abraham	Paul Redford	May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03)	6.32
Rossi and Becca meet in the Vienna subway. Rossi ditches his wire and transmitter, and the CIA loses the tail. Becca regains Rossi's trust. Remembering details of an Azimoff phone conversation she overheard, they travel to a church to intercept Azimoff. The CIA gets a message about Michael. Dax sends Martin Newman to Hungary, where Michael has taken Oksana to a hospital. Paul is at the church to exchange the second batch of stock certificates and his own life in exchange for Michael's freedom. Becca yells to Paul that Michael escaped; They escape from the church, and Paul explains he was undercover years ago, and his cover was blown. There is a second stand-off. The blonde sniper, who is Azimoff's son Maksim, kills Azimoff, instead of Paul. Maksim is remorseful about his life as Azimoff's killer. Maksim answers Azimoff's cellphone; Martin Newman is reporting to Azimoff that Michael has been recaptured. Martin Newman is the corrupt traitor, referred to as Suspect Zero.
9	"Promises"	James Strong	James Parriott	May 10, 2012 (2012-05-10)	TBA
Voilet arrives at the scene only to find that Maksim killed Azimoff,Violet then shoots Maksim and chases Rossi.Becca & Paul proceed to find Michael leaving Rossi behind.Violet then shoots at Rossi and tells Dax that Rossi aimed and shot at her so she responded.Violet gets her weapons confiscated by the Vienna police.Violet informs Martin Newman about the happenings and He instrucs Violet to kill Rossi in the hospital.Dax receives the jurisdiction and cooperation from Interpol he asked from Rossi.Violet and Dax pay a visit to Rossi at the hospital where Violet tacitly changes the morphine drop amount in Rossi's body.Dax discovers that something he is missing. Meanwhile Martin Newman escorts Michael & Oksana to a cobbler , a person who makes counterfeited passports.Then they proceed to Istanbul where Oksana discovers the truth about Martin.But she is asked to keep quite by Martin. Paul and Becca find the cobbler's office and get a lead on Michael.They find Martin Newman's car in the parking lot.Dax has discovered that Violet is the traitor and takes her into custody.Dax investigates the contents of the lead tanker which is found empty and figures that the radioactive material is being transported.Paul is taken to prison by Istanbul police when he tries to trespass Newman's car and thus defending Becca.
10	"Rain on the Evil and on the Good"	James Strong	Gregory Poirier	May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17)	TBA

International broadcast

Country	Channel	Premiere date
Italy	FOX	April 30, 2012
Poland	AXN	March 20, 2012
Portugal		April 19, 2012
Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary North Macedonia Romania Serbia Slovakia		March 15, 2012
Canada	CTV
Russia	VOD now.ru (dubbed)
Australia	Seven Network	May 1, 2012
India	STAR World	March 11, 2012
Israel	YES	April 5, 2012
Middle East	OSN (censored)
Philippines	FOX Asia	April 15, 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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