‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit’ Boss On The Series Premiere & How The Return Of A Missing Child Will Fuel The Mystery Of Season 1
deadline.comFox’s latest foray into the police procedural focuses on the Philadelphia Police Department’s missing person’s unit — telling the stories of all the ways that people might go missing while also diving into the mystery of two officers’ own missing child.
From The Blacklist showrunner John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx, Alert: Missing Persons Unit follows police officer Nikki Batista’s (Dania Ramirez), who joined the Philadelphia MPU after her son Keith went missing to help other people find their loved ones, she even as she searches for her own.
Six years later, her world is turned upside-down when her ex-husband, Jason Grant (Scott Caan), shows up with a proof-of-life photo of their missing boy.
Or is it? The series premiere, which aired Sunday, plants a seed of doubt into viewers’ minds when their son, Keith, is seen ripping up the pages of a diary that contains specific details about his life at the end of the episode after a joyful reunion with his parents. “We are suggesting that he has something to hide.
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