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The Best Episodes of Missing

Every episode of Missing ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Missing!

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Jess Mastriani was a normal person who only wanted to take over her parents' restaurant in Indiana. But that changed when she was hit by lightning. After that she began seeing visions of missing people.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Missing Season 1 Episode 4 - I Thought I Knew You
    8.1/10(50 votes)

    S1:E4

    In the team's most perplexing case so far, a teenage girl's parents suddenly vanish from their car while the vacationing family is stopped at a gas station on the highway.

    Director:David Wu
    Writers:Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde

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  2. Missing Season 1 Episode 5 - Thin Air
    8.1/10(50 votes)

    S1:E5

    Brooke and Jess must discover how a woman disappeared from an airplane in mid-flight. Meanwhile, Brooke finally learns the identity of the secret admirer who has been sending her gifts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Missing Season 1 Episode 7 - This Is Your Life
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    S1:E7

    The team is called upon to locate the missing husband of a woman in the Witness Protection Program, without leading the bad guys to her location.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Missing Season 1 Episode 11 - Deliverance from Evil
    7.9/10(41 votes)

    S1:E11

    Brooke and Jess investigate the disappearance of a wealthy couple who were on a nature trip. Things get complicated when Jess and Brooke find themselves on their own in the woods with a killer on the loose.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Missing Season 1 Episode 6 - Never Go Against the Family
    7.8/10(51 votes)

    S1:E6

    Brooke and Jess are ordred to help another FBI agent locate a dead mobster's wife, although they're not sure whether she was abducted or simply decided to run off with a bunch of her husband's money.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Missing Season 1 Episode 9 - M.I.A.
    7.8/10(45 votes)

    S1:E9

    When Rebecca Crowley insists that she spotted her brother Richard, who has been MIA for years, Brooke and Jess are called in to investigate the claim. Despite the Army's official story that Richard died during a special ops mission in Bolivia, Brooke and Jess learn that he became involved in the drug trade, causing them to wonder whether Richard's disappearance was intentional. The more they discover, the more Brooke and Jess realize that he may not be the person they should be looking for.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Missing Season 3 Episode 7 - Last Night
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    S3:E7

    The agents search for a young boy who goes missing while his grandmother babysits him. Their investigation leads them to his family, who have hired an aggressive lawyer. The shocking results of the grandmother's polygraph test leads to an even more surprising conclusion. In the end, the agents face off with a psycho and must outwit him to find the boy alive. Meanwhile, Jess tells Colin that she's psychic and is disappointed by his reaction while Nicole and Antonio worry that Pollack will transfer one of them now that they suspect he knows that they're in a relationship.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Charles Holland

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  8. Missing Season 3 Episode 19 - So Shall Ye Reap
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    S3:E19

    The team searches for his serial killer named Carol Eisenberg who along with her husband killed five girls. Now she has escaped from prison. Also Jess warns Antonio that someone may harm him. Her vision turns out to be correct when Antonio realizes he's being stalked by a dead man.

    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Missing Season 1 Episode 8 - Ties That Bind
    7.7/10(47 votes)

    S1:E8

    Brooke is attending a wedding with Eric Reynard and the bride doesn't show up for the vows. When the groom goes to talk to her there is a crash and Brooke finds him unconscious. The team starts searching. Later a ransom note (or e-mail) arrives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Missing Season 1 Episode 10 - 72 Hours to Kill
    7.7/10(43 votes)

    S1:E10

    Brooke takes on the authorities after a death-row inmate makes a final plea. As time runs out, Brooke and Jess risk it all to try to save the innocent man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Missing Season 3 Episode 8 - Fugitive
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    S3:E8

    A convict about to go to trial for murder kills two police officers and escapes. He then steals a woman's car and kidnaps her. Jess, Nicole, Antonio, and Janey are assigned to the case and Jess and Nicole barely make it out alive of a burning building they enter to rescue the kidnapping victim. However, once the woman is found, the mystery has just begun. Nicole urges Jess to get to know Janey better and the three women urge Antonio to keep his job. In a jaw-dropping ending, somebody doesn't make it out alive of a drugstore shootout.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Missing Season 1 Episode 2 - They Come as They Go
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    S1:E2

    The new team's first official case is a missing FBI cadet whose disappearance puts them on the trail of a serial killer.

    Director:David Wu
    Writers:William Laurin, Glenn Davis

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  13. Missing Season 3 Episode 11 - Patient X
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    S3:E11

    When the teenage perpetrator of a high school hostage crisis disappears, the agents solicit some unusual help from their suspended boss, Pollock, to investigate the school psychiatrist's records. Then, when another student goes missing, suspicion falls on the mysterious Patient X.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lawrence Hertzog

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  14. Missing Season 1 Episode 3 - Insomnia
    7.4/10(55 votes)

    S1:E3

    A nightmare has so rattled Jess that she is unable to fall asleep, increasing the pressure on her to locate a missing woman threatened by a killer as having only a few hours left to live.

    Director:Kristoffer Tabori
    Writers:William Rabkin, Lee Goldberg

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  15. Missing Season 1 Episode 18 - These Dreams Before Me (a.k.a. The Fisher Queen)
    7.4/10(42 votes)

    S1:E18

    After a mother and son of an attorney go missing, Brooke and Jess must work with a legendary FBI agent to solve the case. Jess believes she is being stalked by a homeless person but it turns out she is a former psychic for the FBI, a living warning of the cost of working for the FBI. Brooke is offered a promotion that would move her to San Francisco and end the her and Jess' partnership.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Missing Season 2 Episode 3 - Judgement Day
    7.4/10(40 votes)

    S2:E3

    A judge who must decide whether or not an elusive criminal should face a trial has her daughter kidnapped. Nicole & Jess later find out that the kidnappers got the daughter's best friend instead of her. The judge must face the terrible decision of letting an evil criminal go free or letting a teenaged girl die unless Nicole & Jess find her in time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Diane Ademu-John

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  17. Missing Season 3 Episode 4 - Off the Grid
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    S3:E4

    A mother and her young children witness a middle-aged woman being kidnapped in a parking lot. Jess has a vision while trying to corner a suspect that nearly lets him get away. The agents discover that the woman was trying to be as anonymous and invisible as possible and they learn a horrifying secret that hits too close to home for Nicole, who reveals a deadly secret about her childhood. Meanwhile, Antonio encourages Nicole to share what's bothering her and Jess is asked out by Colin, the undercover agent she worked with in "Unnatural Disaster".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Missing Season 3 Episode 5 - And the Walls Come Tumbling Down
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    S3:E5

    Jess has a vision that leads her and Nicole to discover a 10-year-old skeleton. When the body is identified, Pollack orders them off the case. Jess and Nicole continue to work on the case while trying to keep their work away from Pollack and trying to figure out why he's so insistent that they can't work on it. Meanwhile, Pollack's wife kicks him out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Missing Season 3 Episode 12 - Sisterhood
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    S3:E12

    Antonio, Jess and Colin give up their vacation time to help Nicole investigate the disappearance of her nephew.

    Director:Neill Fearnley
    Writer:Natalie Chaidez

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  20. Missing Season 3 Episode 13 - Death in the Family
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    S3:E13

    In what may be the most bizarre case yet for the FBI squad, the team must find missing twin girls in order to figure out who killed their parents and why! Jess' visions suggest that the girls are separated but both lost in the wilderness.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Missing Season 1 Episode 15 - Father Figure
    7.3/10(42 votes)

    S1:E15

    When a research scientist who holds the key to a potentially highly profitable drug is kidnapped, Brooke and Jess must contend with several suspects: drug smugglers, the scientist's wife, Brooke's father and his co-workers.

    Director:T.J. Scott
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Missing Season 3 Episode 15 - Spring Break
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    S3:E15

    Nicole and Jess are on the search for a woman named Caroline Dunn who went missing during spring break. The team believes she went missing with her boyfriend Luke. meanwhile Nicole is still ready to go back into the field while dealing with a concussion. As the search for Carolyn continues the team discovers a surprising result that they didn't expect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Missing Season 3 Episode 16 - Cut
    7.3/10(26 votes)

    S3:E16

    Nicole and Jess travel to Budapest Hungry to track down a missing bridegroom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Charles Holland

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  24. Missing Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.2/10(83 votes)

    S1:E1

    Hotshot FBI agent Brooke Haslett's search for a missing woman brings her to Indianapolis, where she follows a hunch about a U.S. senator's involvement in the disappearance of a young woman. The investigation takes an unexpected turn when Jess Mastriani, a young local woman, begins having dreams about a missing girl after getting struck by lightning. She is shocked to learn that the dreams are giving her metaphorical clues to the girl's location but an impulsive decision ruins the situation for all involved. When the FBI finds out about her dreams they ask her to work for them as a special consultant & Brooke is made her partner. She also dreams about the missing woman Brooke is searching for. But Brooke finds it difficult to take these clairvoyant dreams seriously as each one points toward events in the past.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writers:William Laurin, Glenn Davis

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  25. Missing Season 2 Episode 4 - Resurrection
    7.2/10(34 votes)

    S2:E4

    A woman sees her son, whom she believed died ten years earlier in a car accident along with his father, on television at a football game. The boy's father's body was found and the boy was assumed to be dead in the horrific car accident. Nicole and Jess must find both the boy and his father's murderer. Also, Nicole believes Jess' dreams are about her and doesn't feel flattered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Morgan Gendel

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Best Episodes Summary

"I Thought I Knew You" is the best rated episode of "Missing". It scored 8.1/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by David Wu and written by Phil Bedard, Larry Lalonde, it aired on 8/23/2003. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Thin Air".