S02.E11: Missing While Misunderstood

[Trini]

M&A races against the clock to search for a missing Black, non-neurotypical boy before he suffers from an emotional breakdown. The cat-and-mouse game between Sir and Gabi comes to a head. Margaret is approached by a familiar face.

Airdate: January 30, 2025

[AnimeMania]

Major Johnson Finley as Martin

Johnathan Nathaniel Chaffin as Tracy Desouza
Danielle Savre as Heather Tollin
Parker Queenan as Jamie Reed
Sarah Voigt as Kristina
Malachi Josiah White as TJ Desouza
Antwan Mills as Athelstan Stephens
Schelle Purcell as Hilary Stephens
Cynthia D. Barker as Cassidy
Archith Seshadri as Eager Reporter

[Rodney]

So now we know how and why Bella became Lacey.  And she finally started talking again!  I thought that this would be a season-long arc!

So Sir actually made an attempt on Gabi while she was living with Bella's/Lacey's family?!  Holy shit!  It turns out that Gina had been noticing the clues that he'd been there.  That trap that she set for him was awesome!  I just wish that she had shot the bastard.  And I wish that when he called her daughter broken, that she fired back that she was broken because of him.

I wonder if Gabi suspected that Sir had been there that night?

As for the case of the week, they certainly tied this one up with a bow, didn't they?

Kristina being responsible for T.J. being missing I did not see coming.  Especially not for the reason that she had.  But when it was revealed that the boy who died in her care had the same name as Jordan's imaginary friend, I knew that there was something bad going on.

Margaret showed some surprising growth this episode, which was pleasing.  And I actually kind of liked the gentle smackdown she gave the adoptive father.  He really wasn't very empathetic to T.J. wanting to see his brother at all.

I suspect that Heather knows more about this whole thing with Christian than she is letting on.

Even better than Gina's trap for Sir was Gabi's trap for him.  I thought that that breakup of M&A was real.  I was only disappointed that while Trent was there to bust him, Shaker wasn't.  Though I loved her giving the smackdown to the CPS lady.  She really did put T.J. in danger by sending him to that group home.

All in all, I loved this episode.  I only wonder why there is going to be a two-week break before the next one?

Edited Yest. at 06:42 AM by Rodney

[possibilities]

The real life Elijah McClain story haunts me. Of all the many horrors we have seen, that one is one of the ones that hurts my heart the most. 

So I was very tense watching this episode.

That kid at the group home was trying to tell them about his friends in the yard! I thought it was weird even at the time, though, when the group home leader was worried about him being near the railing-- that was a high railing. He wasn't in danger of falling or even climbing over it. I couldn't figure out why nobody else found it weird, but I guess they were taken in by the belief that he was delusional and wasn't allowed out there unsupervised. It made me sad. It's one thing to calm a kid who is freaking out. But it's not the same thing to "calm" a kid who is happy and playful and NOT freaking out-- it was kind of gaslighty. I was glad Margaret picked up on something being wrong, even if she didn't know why.

I wish Margaret had been there when Trent's girlfriend was being questioned. I felt like she was lying, but I don't know what else I think about it.

Do we think Margaret was hallucinating at the end, outside the bus station?

I was so thrilled that Lacey's mom was savvy to what was happening when she laid that trap for Sir! I understood why she didn't kill him, but I do kind of wish she had.

I also was so angry when I thought the team was abandoning and blaming Gabi again and breaking up M&A. It was shocking, as well. And then-- aha! Good on you, show, for fooling me.

 

[TiffanyNichelle]

8 minutes ago, possibilities said:

The real life Elijah McClain story haunts me. Of all the many horrors we have seen, that one is one of the ones that hurts my heart the most. 

So I was very tense watching this episode.

The kid in tonight's episode looked so much like Elijah, who also looked my own nephew, had me stressed out in this episode. I was worried that the ending was going to be bad for him so I was happy that it wrapped up so neatly. Though I was rooting for Gabi to pop the CPS lady.

 

11 minutes ago, possibilities said:

I wish Margaret had been there when Trent's girlfriend was being questioned. I felt like she was lying, but I don't know what else I think about it.

I thought the same thing! Margaret should have been there. She was too easy going and the way she was like, wow, you are gorgeous when Gabi walked in was really offputting. She's got bad vibes. The last time we saw Christian, Sir had knocked him out at the mobile home. Why would he then take Trent's gun from Sir's place and then go shoot Trent's new...whatever she's supposed to be. He didn't want anything more to do with Sir so there was no reason to hurt the new lady. She's the one working with Sir (his sister??) and she shot herself to frame Christian for some reason for Sir. And it puts Trent's attention on her, draws him further into a relationship with her and takes him away from Gabi, the way Sir wants.

I think if that really is Margaret's son's then Sir did find him and sent him to Margaret. Sir's whole goal is "solve" the team's problems so they don't need Gabi anymore.

I loved that in the end Gabi called him Hugh and not Sir.

[Trini]

Okay, so there were a few unexpected twists. I really didn't think Sir would be captured so soon; but I'm glad they didn't draw it out for the whole season, which I was afraid they would do. But now Christian is on the run -- but you'd think he shouldn't be if he's (mostly??) innocent. ... And just typing that out makd me think, maybe he is being held captive somewhere?

So is that the end of the Bella Bedroom flashbacks? Again, this seemed like something that would go on forever, glad they decided to pivot. Wow, surprised Lacey's mom actually met Sir! Did she ever tell Gabi or Lacey?

I'm guessing Sir stalking Gabi at college is the next set of flashbacks? But I kinda hope not, because I think it will be repetitive.

COTW: Yikes! Did not see 'dead kid in the backyard' as a complication. I did like that the missing boy had two caring fathers, and that he gained a brother as well. But even with his two fathers it was interesting for them to show how he could still fall through the cracks: he was actually found, but the parents were not informed.

I did think it was a little too neat that everyone decided to leave M&A at the same time, so I'm glad it was revealed to be a ruse. (I was almost thinking it was a dream sequence, somehow!) I assume Gabi's arrest will last 5 minutes since they supposedly got rid of all the evidence of Sir's kidnapping, and SIr most likely isn't going to implicate Gabi for his own reasons.

OF COURSE, now that Margaret is making progress her son(??) shows up. Somebody on this board called it. I'm not sure what to think. Whether that's her son or not, it seems that would be her story for the rest of the season.

Edited Yest. at 09:51 PM by Trini

[Rodney]

1 hour ago, TiffanyNichelle said:

[Heather] was too easygoing, and the way she was like, wow, you are gorgeous when Gabi walked in was really offputting. She's got bad vibes. The last time we saw Christian, Sir had knocked him out at the mobile home. Why would he then take Trent's gun from Sir's place and then go shoot Trent's new...whatever she's supposed to be. He didn't want anything more to do with Sir so there was no reason to hurt the new lady. She's the one working with Sir (his sister??) and she shot herself to frame Christian for some reason for Sir. And it puts Trent's attention on her, draws him further into a relationship with her and takes him away from Gabi, the way Sir wants.

The way that Heather told Gabi that she would take care of Trent only added to that suspicion for me.

[babyrambo]

I definitely thought they were going to drag Sir’s capture out for another season at least so that was a nice surprise. Didn’t expect any news on Jamie though. I have a feeling whatever happened to him isn’t at all what Margaret expected and that he might not actually want to reconnect. Which would be awful for Margaret, but also make a sad sort of sense. 

7 hours ago, TiffanyNichelle said:

She was too easy going and the way she was like, wow, you are gorgeous when Gabi walked in was really offputting. She's got bad vibes.

Exactly. Even if she ends up not being Sir’s sister, there’s definitely something up with her. She came on way too strong during her conversation with Gabi and it was unsettling. Also don’t buy her story about Christian for a second. Doesn’t seem like his MO. Feels like she’s trying to insert herself in this mess and I think if Trent wasn’t so distracted by everything right now, he would at least suspect that something was off.  

[FlowerofCarnage]

Finally, Gina got a clue that Sir was lurking about. 

"You and your broken child"

Yes! Never stop reminding us what a truly, unhinged *** Sir truly is.

I can't believe Sir fell for Gabi's ruse. I could tell everyone was putting on a show as soon as Dahn said he almost lost his marriage to M&A. 

Pissed I have to wait 2 weeks to see Heavy Boots and Sir trade barbs in the interrigation room. You just know Sir is going to get under his skin.

 

[cfinboston]

Gabi assured the two men that it's a judgement free zone and Dhan proceeds to yell at them.

The dads tell the M&A team that TJs happy place is a comic book store in Silver Spring. Then Gabi wonders why he'd go to Maryland. Sometimes I want to scream like it's "Rocky Horror". "They told you ten minutes ago his happy place is a comic book store in Maryland."

You wouldn't buy a bus ticket from DC to Silver Spring. The DC Metro buses would go there. You could literally walk depending on where in DC you started.

Doesn't Gabi ever lock her door? How the heck is Christian just waltzing in and leaving notes?

This happens on a lot of prime time cop shows, but why is there always street cam footage of the whole city except where a random crime happened. Shouldn't there be a traffic can that shows Heather getting shot? If she's in her car, she wouldn't hear him talking.

How would they know she was shot with Trent's gun?

TJ sure hugged a lot for a neurodivergent kid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TiffanyNichelle]

11 hours ago, Rodney said:

The way that Heather told Gabi that she would take care of Trent only added to that suspicion for me.

All sorts of alarm bells starting ringing when she said that. Who says that to someone you just met for a few minutes? Yeah, Trent said Gabi broke his heart but she supposedly doesn't know anything really about their relationship. They had one night and a few flirty texts and now she's taking ownership of him?

[Rodney]

Rewatching the episode, I totally forgot that Gabi visited her wall of victims whom the team lost.  But I was surprised to find out that she'd never told Margaret, Dhan, Lacey, or Zeke about it.

As for the victims, I recognized the woman in the wheelchair from last season.  Her completely careless, incompetent kidnappers were responsible for her death.  But I wonder what happened to the first three, who clearly died before the events of the show started?  I feel like there are some stories there.

[andromeda331]

I was really fooled at the end with the team's fake break up. I think what sold it for me was Margaret being a bitch again. I'm so happy to be wrong. It was all a trap for Sir. That was great. It was smart which I liked. We've seen them being smart on cases but stupid when it came to Sir. It was nice to see them being smart and having a plan. And he's finally in jail. 

Poor kid. His dads' know he has issues and yet they still fight over them. I'm glad they finally came together. I thought something was off with Kristina too. But I thought she was lying about how many kids she had not that she killed two of them and put the poor boy in box. He's going to need so much help getting over what happened to him. His brother seemed to take the news well too. 

The girlfriend has to be lying. It makes no sense that Christian would shoot her after being beaten up by Sir. 

[Court]

20 hours ago, Rodney said:

The way that Heather told Gabi that she would take care of Trent only added to that suspicion for me.

Agreed. I suspect she is the one helping Sir. I suspected the foster mom immediately when she calmed Jordan down when there was no need to calm him down. 

My youngest has autism and if I tried to calm her down when there was no need, it likely would cause a meltdown.

[KaveDweller]

There was a show a few years ago about a kid who went missing showing up 15 years later. And then the whole plot was about if he was really the missing kid. I wonder if they will do something like that with Jamie and have it be a hoax? I actually think I've seen another movie/show with that plot too.

I was thinking that maybe Heather will become Sir's lawyer? It can't be a coincidence that she's a criminal defense attorney. That would be more believable than her being Sir's sister. The actress playing her is a lot younger than Mark Paul Gossellar. 

[Dowel Jones]

34 minutes ago, KaveDweller said:

There was a show a few years ago about a kid who went missing showing up 15 years later. And then the whole plot was about if he was really the missing kid. I wonder if they will do something like that with Jamie and have it be a hoax? I actually think I've seen another movie/show with that plot too.

The movie was "Changeling" (at least one of the movies).  It was based off a true story that occurred in the mid-20s in Los Angeles, and the LAPD tried to pass off a runaway as the mother's (Angelina Jolie) missing son.  The actual son was likely murdered by a serial killer and his body was never found, although the killer was executed.

[possibilities]

The TV show with that plot of an imposter kid posing as a returned missing kid is named, I think... (putting it in spoilers in case anybody hasn't seen it and wouldn't want to be spoiled about it if they start to watch it not knowing this):

Alert: Missing Persons Unit

Hopefully the people on this show would be smart enough to get a DNA test, and also make sure the test isn't falsified. 

I do think there has to be something weird about the kid just suddenly showing up. No way can it be just plain old Jamie returning. 

I am not actually all that hopeful about it, but I would like to have this be the end of the Sir drama. Maybe each season can focus on the traumatic backstory (and resolution) for a different character or characters. We've had hints about the others, but most of the focus of the storytelling has been on what happened to Gabi and Lacey. If G-L-S/H drama starts to be less prominent, and the others start to be more in the foreground, I think I'd like that. I also kind of want Marc- Paul Gosselaar to go back to Will Trent, at least for a few episodes, and making him less prominent on Found would maybe make that possible.

[omgsowicked]

On 1/31/2025 at 12:24 AM, possibilities said:

I wish Margaret had been there when Trent's girlfriend was being questioned. I felt like she was lying, but I don't know what else I think about it.

I think that's exactly why she wasn't there.

On 1/31/2025 at 12:40 AM, TiffanyNichelle said:

The last time we saw Christian, Sir had knocked him out at the mobile home. Why would he then take Trent's gun from Sir's place and then go shoot Trent's new...whatever she's supposed to be. He didn't want anything more to do with Sir so there was no reason to hurt the new lady.

I think after Sir knocked Christian out, he put the gun in Christian's hands to put his prints on it, and then either he shot the new lady, or she shot herself. Like, what's the angle of the gunshot? Where's the local security footage of this supposed drive-by? I can see why Christian would run, if he's really a normal dude.

Now, whether she's the one helping out Sir or not... it could go either way for me. On the one hand, it's feeling pretty obvious that it should be her because who else would it be, at this point? Unless there's someone who's been hiding in plain sight since the first season? But I wondered why Gabi didn't ask her if she mistook Christian for Sir. She barely looked at the picture of Christian before she answered that it was him. But her comment about taking care of Trent took it to the "helping Sir" place for me because it's either that (Sir's plan to take "care" of everyone for Gabi) or she was staking her claim (which is weird because how serious are they, really?)

The fake fight definitely tricked me and I was pleasantly surprised Sir was captured. I was getting worn out on him managing to get away all the time, though I'm sure we'll see plenty more of that in flashbacks. I guess we're heading into "Hugh helps from prison" territory? I hope they don't figure out some way to let him go, there's no way, right?? In a normal situation, Gabi wouldn't be allowed to visit him, as she's a victim of his crime, but who can pass up that good ol' "Hello, Gabrielle," lol.

I hope Margaret gets a DNA test done ASAP. And make sure it's a legitimate testing agency. Something's fishy...

[TiffanyNichelle]

13 hours ago, possibilities said:

I do think there has to be something weird about the kid just suddenly showing up. No way can it be just plain old Jamie returning. 

I think I would buy it more if he showed up at M&A.  Something about him coming back to the bus station after all those years and recognizing Margaret from behind feels like a scam. At first I thought Sir did find him but after some thought, I think this is some kind of misdirect either by Sir or Sir's partner to distract Margaret. Because if Margaret would ever have a one on one with Heather, her "Margaret vision" would definitely kick in and she would catch on.

There's just no way that after being taken as a little boy and then probably having only vague memories of what your mother looks like you instantly know it's her from behind and with different hair and whatnot.

40 minutes ago, omgsowicked said:

She barely looked at the picture of Christian before she answered that it was him.

One more thing that stood out to me was how she straight up said, yes, it was Christian. Said his name like she knew him and was familiar with him. If some random that you didn't know had shot you and you were looking at pictures to identify him, you would say, "this is the man who shot me." She kept using his name the whole time while discussing the incident as if she knew him. We all know how particular Sir is about names and such.

[threebluestars]

I think the blonde girlfriend will be revealed as Sir and Christian's sister and she's been helping him/them.

[andromeda331]

3 hours ago, omgsowicked said:

I hope Margaret gets a DNA test done ASAP. And make sure it's a legitimate testing agency. Something's fishy...

So do I. I really hope she doesn't take it as face value.