Missing You (titled onscreen as Harlan Coben's Missing You) is a thriller television miniseries 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.
Premise Detective Inspector Kat Donovan discovers her "missing" fiancé on a dating application, over a decade since his disappearance.
Cast Rosalind Eleazar as Detective Inspector Kat Donovan, the lead detective on a case involving missing persons that happens to overlap with her past Ashley Walters as Josh Buchanan / Reggie Cross, Kat's fiancé, a journalist who went "missing" 11 years prior to the beginning of the series and matches with her on a dating application in the present Lenny Henry as Clint Donovan, Kat's father and Odette's husband, a police officer who was murdered 11 years prior to the beginning of the series Brigid Zenzeni as Odette Donovan, Kat's mother and Clint's wife Jessica Plummer as Stacey Embalo, Kat's friend and a private investigator Mary Malone as Aqua Vanech, Kat and Josh's friend and a yoga teacher Richard Armitage as Detective Chief Inspector Ellis Stagger, Kat's boss Catherine Ayers as Nia Emine, Kat's subordinate police colleague Charlie Hamblett as Charlie Pitts, Kat's subordinate police colleague Steve Pemberton as Titus Monroe, a dog-breeder who is secretly also the leader of a dangerous criminal operation Felix Garcia Guyer as Reynaldo, Titus's henchman and enforcer Will Barnett as Claude, an employee of Titus's criminal operation Kieran Burton as Clem, an employee of Titus's criminal operation Rudi Dharmalingam as Rishi Magari, a man who is captured by Titus's criminal operation GK Barry as Vanessa / Catalina, a woman who Rishi was in a relationship with Oscar Kennedy as Brendan Fells, a nineteen-year-old who is looking for his mother Dana that he believes went missing Lisa Faulkner as Dana Fells, Brendan's mother who is thought to have gone missing Alex Waldmann as Arthur "Arty" Bork, Brendan's uncle who manages Dana's finances James Nesbitt as Dominic Calligan, a powerful crime boss who is believed to be connected to Clint's murder Marc Warren as Monte LeBurne, a convicted killer who has confessed to Clint's murder and is dying in prison of cancer Samantha Spiro as Nurse Sally Steiner, a prison nurse for Monte Alice Offley as Tamsin Salter, a prison officer Matt Willis as Darryl, a man who Kat meets on a date Simon Kunz as Detective Terrance "Terry" Khol, Flo's husband and a family friend of the Donovans who worked with Clint Naomi Wirthner as Florence "Flo" Khol, Terry's wife Jo Martin as Tessie Sewell, a friend of Odette's and former colleague of Clint's Amelie Dokubo as Sadie Cross, the apparent secret daughter of Josh Arian Nik as Ashkan "Chewie" Chuback, a financial adviser and tech operator
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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.
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.
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. 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.
Filming got underway in March 2024 with filming locations including Le Mans Crescent and Victoria Square in Bolton. Filming also took place in Manchester city centre, and Parkgate on the Wirral Peninsula.
Release The series premiered on Netflix on 1 January 2025.
Reception The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 48% approval rating with an average rating of 5.2/10, based on 29 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Missing You tests the psyche but leaves one with the lingering effects of a soapy, twisty, and slippery miniseries." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 57 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
The Guardian found the first episodes repetitive, but that the series improved in later ones.
Viewership According to data from Showlabs, Missing You ranked third on Netflix in the United States during the week of 6–12 January 2025, placing among the platform’s most watched titles in that period.
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