S02.E05: Missing While Presumed Dead

[AnimeMania]

Margaret reopens a teenage girl's missing-person case after an unidentified 4-year-old boy appears in the D.C. area; Lacey recalls a memory from her kidnapping that leads to a clue in the manhunt for Sir; Gabi makes plans to right her wrongs.

Premiere Date: October 31, 2024      NBC     10pm   

Ed Amatrudo as James Trent
Celestino Cornielle as Mateo Diaz

Gloria Garayua as Sofia Diaz
Billy Kelly as Captain Tony Mallory
Dionne Gipson as Gina Quinn

Michael Cassidy as Christian Evans
Archith Seshadri as Reporter 1
Alex Parkinson as Reporter 2

Kellen Boyle as Tyler Carasco
Dustin Lewis as Casey Hamill
Scott Poythress as Detective Hank Edwards

Alexander James Prudenti as Matty

[Rodney]

So Lacey did leave Zeke's place last week.  Dhan just found her.

I see that Gabi's getting the hint to leave the room when Margaret tries to do her thing.  And it seems to work whenever she does.  She's also preparing to work at M&A on her own when Gabi goes to prison.

I started to trust Christian a lot more now that it's clear that he's not helping Sir and is, in fact, disgusted by what he's done.  I loved him getting under Sir's skin by not giving in to calling Gabi what he wanted her to be called.

. . . But then, I saw Lacey's flashbacks, and the trust lessened all over again.  Holy shit.  Did Sir threaten him into helping him hold Lacey?  Or find places to hold her?  Or is someone else helping him?  Someone we have yet to met.

Speaking of Sir, it sounds like he wants to make Gabi swoon and go to him by fixing everybody else's traumas.  Like that would impress her.  Though it'd be decent of him, that's not going to make Gabi give in to him.

As far as the case of the week . . . did not see it coming that the owner of the burger joint was Adela's kidnapper.  But they never said why he wanted her.

So I wonder what Margaret did to get arrested at the end?

Very good episode.

Edited November 1 by Rodney

[Brown44]

"You're going away soon and I wanna know if I can do this without you." A back handed way of saying "you'll be going to prison and somebody's got takover."

Edited November 1 by Brown44

[TiffanyNichelle]

I don't know how Margaret thinks she's going to be able to run M&A without Gabi when she has to spend every night in a bus station. I'm tired of her.

I didn't see the person who took the missing young mother at all. I started to wonder if it was the cop but it turns out he just was bad and lazy about his job.

I don't think Christian is the person who Sir called for help. He has a lot of disdain for his little brother and he enjoys being superior to him so I don't see him turning to him for help. I think it might be the sister who we still haven't met.

That scene where Dhan and Lacey watch as Gabi "consults" with Sir was disturbing. Before the show I was talking it over with my sister and I noted that Gabi is always so put together even when things are hitting the fan and she said that was something Gabi learned from Sir who was always about presenting really well. His impact is always there on her.

[andromeda331]

I though it might be the burger guy until we saw the ex-cop then I was sure it was the ex-cop. I'm really glad Matty was Mateo and Sofia's grandson I was so worried that the DNA results would be negative and those poor parents would be hurt even more.

I think Margaret jumped the gun calling them before they had anything concrete. But I'm glad it turned out well. I was also worried the effect it would have on Margaret regards to Jamie. 

I didn't think Christian would be helping Sir but now I'm not so sure. 

I wonder why Margaret was arrest I was worried about her all episode going off the deep end.

[Brown44]

Sir mentioned he was protecting his brother from there mom and he mentioned another female name, does Sir have a sister? Is that who he called?

[cfinboston]

Why call Gabi to come to the station because Margaret got arrested? They're totally on the outs.

Why doesn't Gabi just fire Margaret? Margaret is an employee. 

I don't care how good her stupid Margaret vision is. Nobody is going to see a random lost kid and realize his earlobes look like those of a lost kid from seven years ago.

Is a traumatized kid who's been held captive his entire life going to run to some total strangers and be comfortable? That made no sense. He was born in captivity so he's never met them.

If Della went to the hamburger place as a regular customer, how did she not recognize the owner?

 

 

[FlowerofCarnage]

Gabi's confession really sent Heavy Boots off the deep end; first he tried to insinuate to Lacey that Gabi helped Sir escape and now he's creating a task force to essentially do M& A's job! What a Petty Betty! 

 

The look on Hugh's face when Christian said, " she prefers to be called Gabi!" If looks could kill. 

[Trini]

13 hours ago, TiffanyNichelle said:

I think it might be the sister who we still haven't met.

5 hours ago, Brown44 said:

Sir mentioned he was protecting his brother from there mom and he mentioned another female name, does Sir have a sister? Is that who he called?

Yeah, he said something about "Lena". I don't think that name, or another female relative of Sir has been mentioned before? Curious.

Still not sure what to think about Sir's brother. (I'm sure that's by design, though.) Waiting for the inevitable childhood flashbacks for those two.

It was farfetched that Margaret could connect the boy to that particular missing person case, but I'm glad it turned out okay. I'll have to rewatch to see how the boy was first found, because it's also farfetched that the kidnapper didn't find the  4-year-old first.

I know it probably won't happen, but I hope Sir gets caught sooner rather than later. It's already getting tiresome that he's kinda still involved in things but no one can get him. At least they need some type of change at midseason.

 

[possibilities]

I figure his mom told the kid about his grandparents, even used their names, so he was primed to be excited to meet them. 

Was the kidnapper the father, or was it the boyfriend? And honestly-- if she was demanding to be let out of the car, if the boyfriend had not let her out, that would have been terrible. So I don't think the boyfriend is really at fault. I get that he feels guilty, but I don't think he IS guilty. So I hope he's the dad and that the kidnapper isn't.

 

[Rodney]

On 11/1/2024 at 10:17 PM, possibilities said:

I figure his mom told the kid about his grandparents, even used their names, so he was primed to be excited to meet them. 

Was the kidnapper the father, or was it the boyfriend? And honestly-- if she was demanding to be let out of the car, if the boyfriend had not let her out, that would have been terrible. So I don't think the boyfriend is really at fault. I get that he feels guilty, but I don't think he IS guilty. So I hope he's the dad and that the kidnapper isn't.

Sadly, it was the kidnapper who was the father.  The boy was four years old, and Adela was held captive for seven.

Edited November 3 by Rodney

[possibilities]

On 11/1/2024 at 10:17 PM, possibilities said:

I figure his mom told the kid about his grandparents, even used their names, so he was primed to be excited to meet them.

Also, the note mom put in the kid's jacket said to take him to his grandparents, and said their names. So I'm sure she told the  kid what the note said and probably what he should say when anybody found him. I remember when I was really little, my parents made me memorize what to say if I ever got lost: Find an adult and tell them: "-----"

Of course, the kid on the show was too scared to speak, but it didn't seem unlikely to me that he knew the grandparent names.

[peeayebee]

On 10/31/2024 at 9:44 PM, TiffanyNichelle said:

I don't know how Margaret thinks she's going to be able to run M&A without Gabi when she has to spend every night in a bus station. I'm tired of her.

I'm tired of her, too. I liked her in S1, but now she always annoys me.

Also, I've never liked Gabby the adult. It's the actress. I think she's terrible. Now, the actress who plays young Gabby is great. I really like her.

The moment the team or whoever is talking to the burger guy, I knew it was him. Just something about the actor, even though I've never seen him before.

I felt sorriest for the boyfriend.

[Mr. Sparkle]

8 hours ago, peeayebee said:

I'm tired of her, too. I liked her in S1, but now she always annoys me.

Also, I've never liked Gabby the adult. It's the actress. I think she's terrible. Now, the actress who plays young Gabby is great. I really like her.

With you on all of this. 

[Rodney]

2 hours ago, Mr. Sparkle said:

With you on all of this. 

I'm not.  I like Gabi.  I like the whole cast, really.  And I think that Shanola sells her performances perfectly, particularly when she plays Gabi remembering her traumas of the past.

[MarylandGirl]

I'm not the biggest fan of Gabi and how the actress plays her. I do generally like Margaret, but her anti-Gabi stuff is getting old. I like everyone else! Young Lacey (well, Bella) seems to be an especially good child actress. Young Gabi seems a bit too happy or something to me, in the post-escape scenes with Bella, but is generally good.

[andromeda331]

5 hours ago, MarylandGirl said:

Young Lacey (well, Bella) seems to be an especially good child actress. Young Gabi seems a bit too happy or something to me, in the post-escape scenes with Bella, but is generally good.

Good point.