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.
Contents
Premise
Detective Inspector Kat Donovan discovers her "missing" fiancé on a dating application, over a decade since his disappearance.
Cast
Main
Rosalind Eleazar as Detective Inspector Kat Donovan, the lead detective on a case involving missing persons that happens to overlap with her past
Richard Armitage as Detective Chief Inspector Ellis Stagger, Kat's boss
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
Steve Pemberton as Titus Monroe, a psychopathic dog-breeder who is secretly also the leader of a dangerous criminal operation
Rudi Dharmalingam as Rishi Magari, a man reported missing who is captured by Titus's criminal operation and Kat's team are looking for
Mary Malone as Aqua Vanech, Kat's friend and Josh's former flatmate, and a yoga teacher
Jessica Plummer as Stacey Embalo, Kat's friend and a private investigator
Brigid Zengeni as Odette Donovan, Kat's mother and Clint's wife
Catherine Ayers as Nia Emine, Kat's subordinate police colleague
Charlie Hamblett as Charlie Pitts, Kat's subordinate police colleague
Simon Kunz as Detective Terrance "Terry" Khol, Flo's husband and a family friend of the Donovans who worked with Clint
Matt Jay-Willis as Darryl, a man who Kat meets on a date
Recurring
GK Barry as Vanessa / Catalina, a woman who Rishi was in a relationship with
Felix Garcia Guyer as Reynaldo, Titus's henchman and enforcer
Kieran Burton as Clement / Clem, another employee of Titus's criminal operation
Amelie Dokubo as Sadie Cross, the apparent secret daughter of Josh
Guest
Alice Offley as Tamsin Salter, a prison officer
Bo Poraj as Jim Mattson, the father of a family who are seeking to adopt a dog from Titus
Lucy Lowe as Ellie Mattson, the mother of a family who are seeking to adopt a dog from Titus
Jackie Knowles as Raya Stagger
Alex Waldmann as Arthur "Arty" Bork, Brendan's uncle who manages Dana's finances
Will Barnett as Claude, an employee of Titus's criminal operation who had Dana withdraw money from an ATM
Stevie Abrahms / Deepica Stephen as Pia
Geff Francis as Harvey Fox, Sadie's grandfather
Arian Nik as Ashkan "Chewie" Chuback, a financial adviser and tech operator
James Shenton as Leslie, a man working for Calligan
Cyril Nri as Parker, Clint's secret lover
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 Nimer Rashed and Isher Sahota, with filmmaker Sean Spencer initially having signed on to direct as well but dropping out during production. 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, though Kaye's role was replaced by Marc Warren by the time of filming. 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.