Just Another Missing Person

At the station, Julia tells the officer on duty that Matthew is scheduled to be moved. The woman hands her the keys without question, and Julia is again shocked at the ease with which she can circumvent the system. They can’t detain Matthew for kidnapping a person who doesn’t exist, so she knows they will release him soon. First, however, she wants answers about Sadie and Prudence.

She walks Matthew to her car. Julia is surprised that he goes with her without question but puts it down to his youth and respect for authority figures. She asks about the QR code, but he denies knowing anything about it. He tells her that if he knew anything, he wouldn’t tell the police.

Julia returns Matthew to his cell and is back at her desk when Jonathan comes in. She tells him the entire story, except for the blackmail. Jonathan, however, spotted the missing glass under Olivia’s bed in the bodycam footage. When she denies knowing anything about it, he knows she is lying but backs off. He suggests they release Matthew and charge Lewis with fraud. Julia knows that once Matthew is free, she will be found out.

Julia goes home. She checks on Genevieve, who is awake after a nightmare about Zac. Genevieve talks about atonement and wonders if she would be free if she told the truth. Julia holds her hand until she falls asleep then goes upstairs and knocks on Art’s door. They talk about what makes a good person and how far one should go for justice. When he shrugs, she remembers that he doesn’t care about the law as much as she does, nor is he as judgmental. He offers to make her a worry list, and she begins to cry.

Emma sits in Matthew’s bedroom, getting ready to call his therapist. She remembers when they bought his bed and, while hauling it home, he admitted to nightmares about Sadie going missing. He was traumatized by Lewis’s harassment and the press coverage. She calls Matthew’s therapist, who refuses to talk to her—citing patient confidentiality. Emma asks her about Prudence, and though the other woman claims not to know anything, it seems as if she does.

“Three Hundred and Seventy-Second Day Missing”

Julia releases Matthew and tells her team about Olivia’s appearance. Then she meets Price and asks him to trace the QR code. She and Jonathan review Sadie’s file, then she goes to Lewis and Yolanda’s house to interview them again about the night she disappeared. It is strange to revisit a case that happened while she was dealing with the aftermath of Genevieve’s mugging. She was so focused on covering her daughter’s crime that she was never home, and Art became furious. A year later, she is in the same situation again.

Yolanda doesn’t understand why Sadie’s case is being revisited. The woman reminds Julia of Art, and she wants to warn Lewis and Yolanda to protect their marriage. Lewis continues to push the theory that Matthew was a manipulative, abusive partner, but Yolanda disputes his assertions. When Yolanda leaves the room, Julia asks Lewis if he knows anything about Prudence Jones, and he immediately suggests they search for her.

Back at her office, Julia decides to tell Jonathan the whole story. Before she begins, he reassures her that he will help, whatever the problem is.

Emma picks Matthew up at the police station. When she asks about the QR code, he claims not to know anything about it. He is angry that she believes the worst of him and decides to walk home. Later, Emma takes his phone and notes his most frequent locations: home, work, two addresses, and a diner. One address is a friend’s house, and the other is a storage center. She remembers the PIN she found and decides to check out the storage center. When Emma locates the unit, she is shocked to find bloodstained clothing and two passports: Sadie Owens and Gail Hannah. She finds a lock of Sadie’s hair.

Yolanda asks why the police are asking about Sadie again. She admits that she no longer thinks Sadie is alive and believes Lewis wants to blame Andrew because he thinks it will somehow bring Sadie back. While they watch television, Lewis realizes he can find out who Prudence Jones is through the passport office.

“Three Hundred and Seventy-Third Day Missing”

After Julia tells Jonathan everything, he reassures her he would have done the same thing. He leaves for a short vacation but continues to work on Sadie’s case in the evenings. Julia does the same while pretending to wrap up Olivia Johnson’s case.

As Julia walks to her car, a gloved hand grabs her arm from behind. A man tells her to stop looking for Sadie and then disappears. She wonders who it was. She didn’t recognize the voice as Lewis’s or Matthew’s. In the car, she calls Price, and the narrator says that what he tells her changes everything. Then Lewis calls to tell her that he found Prudence Jones.

“Three Hundred and Seventy-Fourth Day Missing”

Prudence Jones is dead. The passport office received her death certificate and a request to cancel her passport after she died in a car accident. Julia asks what happens to someone’s passport when they die, and Lewis promises to find out.

Julia meets one of Price’s contacts, a member of a local gang, at a pub. She agrees to supply him with passports. Lewis texts her that, as she suspected, the cancellation of Prudence Jones’s passport was never processed.

Emma puts the passports, clothes, and lock of hair on the coffee table in front of Matthew. When he refuses to answer her questions, she threatens to turn this new evidence over to Julia. He can’t believe she still thinks he is guilty even though she was with him when Sadie and Olivia disappeared. Emma thinks it is all her fault, blaming her parenting. When she asks about the diner, he demands she not tell the police. Emma picks up the phone and calls Julia.

Julia takes Genevieve out for fish and chips on her birthday before going to work. They talk about Zac, and Genevieve wonders if she dreams about him because she didn’t confess. Her recent obsession with Julia’s work makes sense when she wonders aloud how she is different from those criminals. Julia reassures her they did the right thing, but Genevieve isn’t convinced.

When Julia apologizes to Art for missing Genevieve’s birthday celebration, he says that if she wanted to be there, she would. She wonders, for the first time, if her distraction last year was the impetus for his affair. They have a moment of connection, holding hands while she leans against him. Then, Art and Genevieve leave the house for her birthday.

Emma calls to tell Julia about the storage unit and the diner. While talking to Emma, Julia senses someone in the house. A man in dark clothing appears, and Julia immediately recognizes him. He takes her phone before and drags her out to his car.