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Anyone watching Missing ?

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BlueBelle Fri 04-Nov-16 08:12:51

If you are watching Missing what do you think of it . it's complicated isn't it? stories within stories and changing countries and changing years I m really having to keep on my toes to follow it I am enjoying it though One criticism is I wish the wife and girlfriend looked less alike I have to keep translate which is which it is getting better now I m more familiar with the story line but the first couple of episodes foxed me

gillybob Fri 11-Nov-16 09:59:34

Oh I see Jalima thank you . confused

She is involved with Daniel Reed and his father though isn't she ? He came into the shop at the beginning of the series and accused her. Wasn't she ex army?

Jalima Fri 11-Nov-16 09:57:10

gillybob I think the picture of the butcher's wife being gagged was one of her husband's and her kinky sex games, so she deleted it because she thought it could be construed as evidence that he was involved in the crime.

Jalima Fri 11-Nov-16 09:54:04

I think that was mentioned Mamie, that she didn't have an accent, presumably brought up bi-lingual.

Mamie Fri 11-Nov-16 09:34:10

Sophie would not (necessarily) have had a French accent at all. Her mother was English.

merlotgran Fri 11-Nov-16 09:18:54

www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-11-09/the-missing-series-2-episode-5-recap-has-that-shocking-ending-revealed-a-new-suspect

This doesn't really make it any clearer confused

gettingonabit Fri 11-Nov-16 09:07:34

Yes there was a picture of her being gagged.

I'm wondering whether the lack of accent is a clue, which is why I was wondering about it. So we're taking it for granted that the captors were English? (I am, now, because I'm convinced butcher is innocent).

See, I thought it was Sophie who had returned in place of the real Alice, that it was Sophie in the shed, and that is the real Alice who's now free. Hence the accent thing. Sophie is French, and even if held captive by English people, to my mind (obviously no expert, me) she'd have traces of a French accent still, and would be able to speak French.

The girls are similar looking; perhaps enough to convince police that they're one and the same. But Gemma wasn't convinced, as Alice's mother. And she was dna'd against Sam but not Gemma. He's her father, but there's no evidence that Gemma is the mother.

gillybob Fri 11-Nov-16 08:47:36

The butchers wife will def come back as the young Daniel Reed accused her of being behind his fathers death. I think she knows her husband is innocent. There was a photo of her being gagged, or did I imagine that?

gillybob Fri 11-Nov-16 08:45:11

Presumably her captors were English so no accents. The dead body in the shed was probably Sophie (who would have had an accent) . confused

gettingonabit Fri 11-Nov-16 08:32:52

So it was brain fluid, not blood, that leaked and killed policeman?

Can anyone tell me why, when Alice/Sophie came back after spent quite some time in captivity, she was speaking in a perfect, ordinary English accent? Surely if she were Alice, she would have picked up the accent(s) of her captors and peers? And if she were Sophie and not Alice, she would be French speaking with a heavy French accent?

Am I overthinking this again.?

POGS Thu 10-Nov-16 23:55:47

Twists and turns, all good stuff.

The butchers wife has to come back into it surely!

Flipping heck Baptiste get a groove on I can't wait to know who did what.

Nelliemoser Thu 10-Nov-16 22:34:48

Is someone possibly cloning look a likes of this original child. Just a thought.

granjura Thu 10-Nov-16 22:29:34

I live near the French border - not the German one - pheeeew.

granjura Thu 10-Nov-16 22:28:24

Oh wow, blimey - will never sleep tonight- with the woods right behind our house ...

merlotgran Thu 10-Nov-16 22:19:35

Just keep your eyes peeled for that campervan in the forest, granjura. You may solve the mystery for us. grin

granjura Thu 10-Nov-16 21:45:54

Totally compelling- we've been glued to it- and guessed it would not end well. Never seen a murder quite like that, and brain fluid instead of blood. Could hardly watch.

Yes- what next?

NanKate Thu 10-Nov-16 21:28:36

Best series on the tv at present IMO.

Alima Thu 10-Nov-16 21:18:51

Jalima, in the first series of H V he played Catherine's ex husband. They split because he could not bring himself to accept his raped daughter's child as his grandson and Catherine went on to raise him.

Jalima Thu 10-Nov-16 20:55:24

hope ??

Jalima Thu 10-Nov-16 20:55:15

I didn't see the first series, hoe this one ends satisfactorily and doesn't leave things unfinished

Jalima Thu 10-Nov-16 20:51:44

I thought Drill Man was very nice up until then
Although he did always have a smile even when things were tough for everyone else.

What else have I seen him in? I don't remember him in Happy Valley

The campervan is confusing me too, surely it was in the woods in Germany not long ago or was that in 2014?

SPOILER ALERT!

Who is the father of the Redcap's child? Could it be her own dad?
Well that mystery got solved this week trisher, although was it hers and BIL's or her sister's and BIL's?

rosesarered Thu 10-Nov-16 20:31:30

Blimey...that poor German policeman! I could hardly watch.

Eloethan Thu 10-Nov-16 20:30:19

This story gets deeper and darker by the minute - horribly compelling.

Is there going to be another series of "Missing"? I hope so.

gillybob Thu 10-Nov-16 12:49:56

Why do I always call him after a dry shampoo? confused

Sorry it should be Baptiste.

gillybob Thu 10-Nov-16 12:46:46

Batiste won't die gettingonabit or there would be no more missing!

I think his wife will persuade him to have the operation and it will save his life.

hands off he's mine

gettingonabit Thu 10-Nov-16 12:12:01

The ending was horrible and totally unexpected. shock.

Keely Hawes is brilliant in this. I did actually wonder about Drill Man being involved in some way-only because he's a well-known actor and I thought he may take a bigger part at some point.

Still completely confused about the campervan, Alice/Sophie, the Brig, Henry, etc.

Hope Baptiste doesn't diesad.