Missing You Author Shares His Surprising Reaction To Netflix Show’s Finale: “The Most Emotional Ending That I’ve Experienced”

This article contains Missing You spoilers.

Missing You author Harlan Coben shares his emotional reaction to the finale of the Netflix adaptation. Missing You arrived one year after Coben’s Fool Me Once dominated the streaming charts, with the new series focusing on a detective who loses the love of her life. It is based on Coben’s 2014 novel of the same name. The adaptation is led by Slow Horses star Rosalind Eleazar, with an ensemble that also includes Ashley Walters, Jessica Plummer, and Richard Armitage.

In an interview with Variety, Coben talked about the fact that the new Netflix show garnered an emotional reaction out of him. The author, who is an executive producer on the series, noted that Fool Me Once did get a reaction out of him but the latest adaptation was the most emotionally invested he’s gotten. The quote is below:

“This is the most emotional ending that I’ve experienced. When I watched episode 5, I actually cried. I think I had a little bit of a tear in my eye maybe with Fool Me Once also. But I think this will be the most emotional series.”

What Happens In Missing You & What The Ending Means

There’s A Focus On Relationships That Pays Off

The mystery thriller centers on Detective Kat Donovan (Eleazar). Eleven years ago, her fiancé disappeared and Kate hasn’t heard from him since. But, by chance, as she swipes on a dating app, she’s shocked to see his face. The fiancé’s apparent reemergence forces the detective to look into her father’s murder and dig into secrets of the past. That all comes to a head in the Missing You ending, which takes surprising turns.

The two men in Kate’s life prove to be connected. It is ultimately Kate’s fiancé who killed her father. The father, Clint (Lenny Henry), was a crooked cop and he was living a double life. But the murder was accidental. The fiancé, Josh (Ashley Walters), was only trying to stop from behaving violently and potentially hurting someone. Josh left, though, because he couldn’t handle the secret and lying to Kate.

With a Missing You cast that also includes Steve Pemberton, Marc Warren, and Samantha Spiro, the five-episode miniseries takes the time to really examine how Kate deals with all of the uncertainty and secrecy in her life. The character focus takes the show beyond just a twisty thriller because the impact on Kate and those she loves is readily apparent. It all comes together thanks to the strength of Eleazar’s performance.

Our Take On Missing You’s Ending

Eleazar Is The MVP

Eleazar is similarly great as one of the main cast members on the Apple TV+ spy dramedy Slow Horses. But while that supporting performance is at least partly comedic, Missing You goes all in on emotion and puts Eleazar at the center. It’s to her credit that the adaptation’s twists and turns don’t tip over into melodrama, instead packing a genuine punch.

Source: Variety

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Missing You is a crime-drama television series based on the novel written by Harlan Coben. Detective Kat Donovan’s life is thrown into chaos when her fiance, who disappeared eleven years ago, suddenly appears on a dating app. With his reappearance, old wounds are reopened, including the mystery of her father, who was murdered.

Release Date

January 1, 2025

Network

Netflix

Cast

Rosalind Eleazar

Character(s)

Kat Donovan
, Stacey Embalo
, Ellis Stagger
, Clint Donovan
, Titus
, Monte Leburne
, Sally Steiner
, Dana Fells
, Aqua

Producers

Daniel Brocklehurst
, Nicola Shindler
, Harlan Coben
, Richard Fee

Seasons

1

Writers

Victoria Asare=Archer

Directors

Sean Spencer

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