? When it comes to uncovering the truth, this road is long, winding, and full of jaw dropping reveals. Missing You is a British limited series adapted from a novel by Harlan Coben that brings together suspense, secrets, and a protagonist haunted by the past. This five-episode crime drama follows a determined detective on a mission to solve her father’s murder.

It’s a classic slow-burn mystery: Kat Donovan (Rosalind Eleazar) is a sharp-witted detective who has buried herself in work to escape the ghosts of her past — particularly the death of her father, veteran cop Clint (Lenny Henry), 11 years ago. If that wasn’t enough, days after his murder, her fiancé Josh (Ashley Walters) vanishes without a trace.

Kat has long since forced herself to move on, until she stumbles across Josh’s profile on a dating app. When she reaches out, his response is cold and dismissive. But when a string of missing persons cases starts piling up in her city, Kat is drawn back into an investigation that not only threatens to unravel a web of secrets but also forces her to confront the truth about her father’s murder and Josh’s mysterious disappearance.

Binge-worthy or skip? With only five episodes, you’d expect the series to be rushed, but the pacing is better described as uneven than anything else. The first two episodes drag as the show offers (arguably too much) context, complicating the storyline as well as the plot. While things pick up after that, the show doesn’t quite stick the landing — there are some conspicuous holes in the plot, and the ending doesn’t pack the punch you’d expect.

WHERE TO WATCH- You can watch the series on Netflix or catch the trailer on YouTube (runtime: 2:38).

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