The Missing

[zebo]

Spoiler Alert!

Who was the man whose throat was cut on the railway station 8 years ago? Just when I though I was getting the hang of it! Also, is there, yet, any connection between the case and the man at the hospice?

[ladybirder]

Zebo when you find out will you tell me:-))

[Caran]

I seem to watch this programme in a state of bewilderment. I have stuck with it in the hope it will fall into place, but there are so many unanswered questions like, who is he? where does he fit in? What's going on?

[rockyracoon]

The chap with the slit throat is an undercover officer that was ingratiated into a gang, he was probably found out. I was of the mind that the gang were smuggling the child at first but that seemed to be a bit of misdirection when the raid on the farmhouse was fruitless, this was probably so that the gang could find out who the mole was. Then killed him.

As for the chap at the hospice, I've no idea what he's got to do with anything, he's a friend of the wife's that got a kicking for crossing the line by the sounds of it.

I don't like Ken Stott being a probable pervert.

[wendilla]

Very slow going .it is the going backwards and forwards in time that makes it difficult to keep up with but as there are 8 parts I am sure it will all fall into place after my brain is worn out but will keep watching as I like this sort of stories .

[Prudie]

I'm totally and utterly lost with this programme, I thought the man with his throat slit at the station was the known paedophile who last week went to the doctor for drug treatment that would 'cure' him of all sexual desire.
I tool my eye off the screen right at the end so have no idea what time period or what was being looked at when the boy appeared to be on form looking out of a window..
It's a shame it's so complex, I think the majority of viewers are finding it all too much effort to try and follow.

[chelle7272]

rocky is right in that he was an undercover cop but i don't know his relevance to the rest of the story yet.

The window, the neighbours opposite the house where the boy was held 8 years ago had a video of people arriving at their party which showed the window of the house opposite. they were looking at it in present time (I think!)

[ummmm]

I think people are over analysing it. Everything will start to fall into place. My son is hooked.

I don't find the jump from past to present confusing at all.

[pips1]

I am OK with the jumping between the past and the present, it is the characters I am getting confused with. I just can't work out who is who because no proper explanation seems to be given. I am glad others are confused too as I thought it was me!

[chelle7272]

I think as ummmm said, things will fall into place.
We know what they want us to know so far, which may not be as much as we wish we did :)

[zebo]

Thank you everyone, I've started to enjoy it but I had to watch episode 2 last night before I watched 3! I work on the principle that with 8 episodes, there'll be a lot of red herrings. There's something odd about the retired detective and in his past I think. The Ken Stott character is interesting especially as he fabricated the alibi for Vincent, who seems innocent anyway.

[trt]

Im a little confused about the boys step mother, as she acts as if its her own son, or have I got it wrong?

[Prudie]

Which boy do you mean trt? The missing boy, those are his real parents but it seems when we move to the present they are divorced and she is with a man and his son of similar age that they chased after in the first episode mistakenly thinking it was their son, the dad is some kind of policeman/official/liaison sent out to help on the case originally.. She seems very fond of her stepson, presumably because of their similar ages.

Or am I wrong or even more confusing?

[ummmm]

I think you have it, Prudie.

[Barsel]

Does anyone know who the guy in the photo was that had been beaten up? They showed the photo last week and this.

[Butterbun]

I stopped watching, too confusing. I may look in again to find out the ending.

[islasmum]

I watched it last night and found it very confusing, I may go and watch it on Iplayer if I have a chance - I also don't like Ken Stott playing a baddie.

[netibiza]

I thoroughly enjoyed it this week, but I thought the son was the woman's 2nd son from her 2nd marriage, and where does the yellow scarf come into it ? Thank heavens they dye the father's hair and eyebrows as I wouldn't know when it was.

[rockyracoon]

The yellow scarf (belonging to the missing child) was bought in a charity shop by a tourist family, the scarf came from someone living in the house where the boy was kept.

[netibiza]

.....but the boy did not have the scarf with him at the pool, so where did it come from?