“Missing You” is a Netflix series Written by Victoria Asare-Archer, Harlan Coben & Sumerah Srivastav and directed by Nimer Rasheed & Isher Sahotastarts. The series starts with a gripping premise and strong character moments, but by the end, it struggles to maintain its momentum.
I feel the first few episodes keep you hooked, unrealistic character decisions and forced plot twists quickly begin to unravel the story. The tension that once made the series so engaging fades, and what could have been a thrilling emotional journey ends up feeling uneven and underwhelming. Here’s why the show falters in its final stretch.
Kat gets ghosted for 11 years. Eleven!!! After all that time, she tracks down Josh through a random search. Surprise he’s now a widower with a child, claiming he’s never stopped loving her. And just like that, Kat an experienced detective is back in love with him.
Seriously? How is Josh’s “I’ve been loving and thinking about you for 11 years” a romantic gesture when he was married to someone else all that time? Does this make him a good person? And where does that leave his feelings for his late wife?
After surviving a terrifying kidnapping and finally escaping, Vanessa, for some reason, returns to the kidnapper’s lair just to make a phone call to her son. Any real person in her shoes would have been frantically calling the police, grateful for the chance to get away. This whole act feels completely out of character for her.
The reveal about Parker, Kat’s father’s secret lover for 15 years was handled oddly. There was a lot of tension when Parker was thought to be a woman. But once it’s revealed that Parker is a man, the show’s tone suddenly softens, almost as if it’s encouraging us to feel sympathy for the situation.
Kat’s anger also fades too quickly. Would her reaction have been so mild if Parker were a woman? It felt like the show was rushing to downplay the betrayal as if it were part of some agenda.
The cliffhangers in each episode kept me engaged, but episode five was a letdown. It deflated the plot, muddied the conflict, and offered a disappointing, lazy resolution.
And what exactly was that pact between Kat and Josh at the end of the last scene?
The first three episodes had promise, but the last two felt like the result of a creative disagreement in the writers’ room that threw the entire flow off.
