The Missing - BBC1 9pm Tuesdays

[Brietta]

THIS IS THE MISSING thread is it on.....a tad off subject for a few pages lol.....

Anyway about The Missing.

there was a BBC trailer for The missing last night and it showed someone being dragged away by police and i think Tony and his ex watching...i couldnt see clearly who it was......

I really think the Key is Vincent. I think the story was made complicated to fit 8 episodes and when we come down to it in the end it will be as simple as that........

I have been saying Baptiste, tongue in cheek, as there is something about him I am not sure of but i think it comes down to several relationships in the end being on dodgy ground.......it isnt always men who run pedophile rings, and it isnt always men who want to abduct children.......

Sadly Vincent was abused by his father, and Garrat was abused by his grandfather....and so the circle keeps revolving.

There is obviously some good in Vincent as he is desperately trying to get well. I am thinking right now he took the boy.....for Garrat and after what he did felt so horrified by it he sickened himself because he became a monster like Garrat but was scared for his mothers life....who was his mother, I think it was or could have been Mary Garrat, and I think it was Garrat who was the father abusing Vincent.  Garrat told Tony he didnt take his son, well he didnt not technically he was taken for him. Lets face it anyone who has over 50 tapes of children being abused, the odds of it being him are pretty stacked up....I think even Garratt had enough of being a monster and knew by confessing all this to Tony, Tony would kill him as he was a coward himself (monsters like him usually are afraid to kill themselves).

The sobriety medal doesnt have a name on it, and it could easily belong to anyone. Tony is very quick to come to conclusions, and he isnt or wasnt always right, and to be honest, I dont like him I think he is a murderer regardless of what or who he kills......

I think there was a ring and it will evolve several players, The Mayor, and the owners of the hotel....thats it folks lol.............

Good analysis of the story so far ... it will be interesting to see if it pans out like that in the final episode.

Maybe you should take up script writing as well as posting here?

Don't know about the Mayor though ... I think he is a politician with his eye on the next election ... and I do think he is concerned about the expense and publicity damage to the local economy

[John]

Given the high profile nature of the McCann case it is not difficult to draw parallels with The Missing.

A British couple on holiday with their offspring albeit three in the case of the McCanns and a single male child in the drama.  A hotel or apartment complex forming the backdrop to events and fulfilling a central role thereafter.  Then we have the involvement of both British and foreign police liaison officers, a somewhat normal procedure in such cases.

The plot of the tv drama does differ significantly from the McCann story but there are still moments of similarity.  The media scrum outside the hotel/apartment complex, the use of a people carrier driven by the parents, the investigative reporting suggesting parental involvement.

I have no doubt the writers drew on the McCann case for inspiration, denial is futile.

[Wonderfulspam]

Given the high profile nature of the McCann case it is not difficult to draw parallels with The Missing.

A British couple on holiday with their offspring albeit three in the case of the McCanns and a single male child in the drama.  A hotel or apartment complex forming the backdrop to events and fulfilling a central role thereafter.  Then we have the involvement of both British and foreign police liaison officers, a somewhat normal procedure in such cases.

The plot of the tv drama does differ significantly from the McCann story but there are still moments of similarity.  The media scrum outside the hotel/apartment complex, the use of a people carrier driven by the parents, the investigative reporting suggesting parental involvement.

I've not watched it, but do the parents give shakey witness statements, skip the country & not return when required to?

[Carana]

There are a few characters yet to be introduced.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04vwdgm

Unfortunately... there's a person from the full cast.

[John]

I will agree with comments posted earlier that the constant to-ing and fro-ing over 6 years does become tedious to follow at times.  I have to keep looking to see whether the main characters are unshaven or have a beard...bloody hell!  Every time I nod off and awaken we are in a different time zone.   

[Brietta]

Given the high profile nature of the McCann case it is not difficult to draw parallels with The Missing.

A British couple on holiday with their offspring albeit three in the case of the McCanns and a single male child in the drama.  A hotel or apartment complex forming the backdrop to events and fulfilling a central role thereafter.  Then we have the involvement of both British and foreign police liaison officers, a somewhat normal procedure in such cases.

The plot of the tv drama does differ significantly from the McCann story but there are still moments of similarity.  The media scrum outside the hotel/apartment complex, the use of a people carrier driven by the parents, the investigative reporting suggesting parental involvement.

I have no doubt the writers drew on the McCann case for inspiration, denial is futile.

Big wooden spoon for you at Christmas, John.  You're just stirring it.

[Carana]

Are the Deloix the hotel owners? If so, there is another male Deloix to make an appearance.

Other people in the Charmataines / Suri affair are to appear as well, as well as a few other oddbods.

[colombosstogey]

I will agree with comments posted earlier that the constant to-ing and fro-ing over 6 years does become tedious to follow at times.  I have to keep looking to see whether the main characters are unshaven or have a beard...bloody hell!  Every time I nod off and awaken we are in a different time zone.   

LOL John i get so confused. The start of the last episode I think was Indian Ocean Present day.....

There was boat on the sea beautiful and sunny, and Mary Garrat, Garrats wife sat on the deck sunbathing. A crew member comes out and asked if it was ok if he cleaned up, and proceeded to clean the deck.

Then you see her calling Garrat......and they talk and he conversation he says Until Death us do part.....then you go back in time again.......

Next thing i know towards the end Garrat is brutally murdered by Tony lol, and it turns out Mary is in the looney bin....Jeez give me a break....

Then one scene, the girl who might know something, backs out as she doesnt want to have her throat cut again...she just survived last time...then after a bit you see her in a cafe talking to someone and then has a knife stuck in her throat lol.....omg i was so upset i thought she had been killed...turns out move forward into time again, it was just showing you what happened to her first time..............

Jeez i find it all too confusing.....It spoils it for me as not only that i find it hard to hear some of the dialogue not sure why.

I dont understand why they couldnt just do the story from the time the boy went missing or before then, 8 episodes of toing and froing. I cant see how it can finish so quickly we only have an hour left......and lots of things need explaining...

[John]

LOL John i get so confused. The start of the last episode I think was Indian Ocean Present day.....

There was boat on the sea beautiful and sunny, and Mary Garrat, Garrats wife sat on the deck sunbathing. A crew member comes out and asked if it was ok if he cleaned up, and proceeded to clean the deck.

Then you see her calling Garrat......and they talk and he conversation he says Until Death us do part.....then you go back in time again.......

Next thing i know towards the end Garrat is brutally murdered by Tony lol, and it turns out Mary is in the looney bin....Jeez give me a break....

Absolutely, I began to think I had missed a week in my life somewhere??? 

But then it all began to make sense again!!   PHEW! %£&)**# 

[Kazcutt]

Hewet comes to mind

[John]

There you go, mystery solved.  They have stolen my theory as to what happened Madeleine.  Woke, wandered and run over by a local.  Can you believe it!

[Angelo222]

There you go, mystery solved.  They have stolen my theory as to what happened Madeleine.  Woke, wandered and run over by a local.  Can you believe it!

I would have a word with the Beeb if I were you. 

[VIXTE]

There you go, mystery solved.  They have stolen my theory as to what happened Madeleine.  Woke, wandered and run over by a local.  Can you believe it!

That was my theory too. Only my theory was that a car was driven by a teenager...

This would be only possible if Gerry did not lock the front door and did not pull them well...

Another thing that comes to my mind are PDL dogs.. we learnt back in 2007 that the dog owners in PDL let the dogs out in the night time.. I've never seen this fact discussed..

[Angelo222]

That was my theory too. Only my theory was that a car was driven by a teenager...

This would be only possible if Gerry did not lock the front door and did not pull them well...

The front door wasn't locked, it was merely on the snib.

[VIXTE]

The front door wasn't locked, it was merely on the snib.

Then who opened the window? Shutter? Who moved the children's bedroom door?