Ashley Judd Stars Searches For Her Son In 'Missing' Premiere On ABC.
Ashley Judd takes center stage in the latest entry in the season's batch of mid-season short run shows. "Missing" (Thu., 8 p.m. ET on ABC) tells the story of single mother Rebecca Winstone (Judd) on a quest in Europe to find her son who's gone missing. She's a single mother because ten years ago while traveling abroad with their son, her husband Paul (Sean Bean) was killed in a vehicle explosion.
Bean is listed as a series regular, though, so it was either a fake-out for the pilot to make his death a bigger shock, or perhaps he didn't die after all. A third possibility has the show relying heavily on flashbacks, during which Bean could appear.
The explosive death seemed random until it was later revealed that there is more to the Winstones than first appears. Viewers knew Rebecca was in great shape, but it wasn't until she took down an armed assailant in her son's apartment in Italy that they saw just how capable she is.
It turns out Rebecca is an ex-CIA agent. She retired after her husband's death and never told her son about her prior career. While searching for him, Rebecca hooked up with an old friend who helped her out a bit, and was captured by the CIA, albeit temporarily.
In the end, though, she was shot and left presumed dead or dying in a river when the credits rolled at the end of this first hour, reminiscent of the classic old adventure serials they used to show in the theaters. How will she get out of this one? Or more likely, who will get her out of this one? Paul?
The ten-episode season of "Missing" continues Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
TV Replay scours the vast television landscape to find the most interesting, amusing, and, on a good day, amazing moments, and delivers them right to your browser.
Launch Slideshow
HIDE THUMBNAILS
SHARE
BACK TO ARTICLE
1 of 22
PLAY ALL
VOTE ON THIS SLIDE
ADVERTISEMENT
[{"entry_id":"3336955","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/25\/luann-de-lesseps-real-housewives_n_3336955.html","content_type":"image","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/218992\/slide_218992_845762_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/218992\/slide_218992_845762_small.jpg","title":"Real Housewives of New York City Season 5","slideshow_id":"218992","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3333065","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/true-blood-trailer_n_3333065.html","content_type":"image","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/296914\/slide_296914_2437218_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/296914\/slide_296914_2437218_small.jpg","title":"\"True Blood\"","slideshow_id":"296914","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3331103","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/jennifer-hudson-american-idol-judge_n_3331103.html","content_type":"image","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/276489\/slide_276489_2018376_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/276489\/slide_276489_2018376_small.jpg","title":"American Idol Judges Through The Years","slideshow_id":"276489","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3330023","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/elisabeth-moss-mad-men-future-video_n_3330023.html","content_type":"image","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/280719\/slide_280719_2103903_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/280719\/slide_280719_2103903_small.jpg","title":"Late Night Talk Shows","slideshow_id":"280719","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3332159","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/arrested-development-preview-four-new-clips_n_3332159.html","content_type":"image","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/243709\/slide_243709_2495095_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/243709\/slide_243709_2495095_small.jpg","title":"Arrested Development Photos","slideshow_id":"243709","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3332976","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/behind-the-candelabra-liberace-casting_n_3332976.html","content_type":"image","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/299233\/slide_299233_2490990_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/299233\/slide_299233_2490990_small.jpg","title":"\"Behind the Candelabra\": Who Else Could Play Liberace?","slideshow_id":"299233","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3331903","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/under-the-dome-stephen-king-revenge-mad-men_n_3331903.html","content_type":"image","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/276487\/slide_276487_2493148_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/276487\/slide_276487_2493148_small.jpg","title":"\"Mad Men\" Season 6","slideshow_id":"276487","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3333901","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/behind-the-candelabra-rob-lowe_n_3333901.html","content_type":"image","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/299415\/slide_299415_2494759_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/299415\/slide_299415_2494759_small.jpg","title":"Rob Lowe's TV Evolution","slideshow_id":"299415","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3330393","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/hannibal-will-figures-out-abigail-video_n_3330393.html","content_type":"image","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/280226\/slide_280226_2094342_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/280226\/slide_280226_2094342_small.jpg","title":"2013 Renewal Index: Canceled, Renewed & On The Bubble Shows","slideshow_id":"280226","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3336417","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/25\/st-elsewhere-finale_n_3336417.html","content_type":"video","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/297146\/slide_297146_2446599_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/297146\/slide_297146_2446599_small.jpg","title":"TV's Most Controversial Series Finales","slideshow_id":"297146","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3333809","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/summer-television-episodes-seinfeld-friends_n_3333809.html","content_type":"video","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/228342\/slide_228342_1013735_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/228342\/slide_228342_1013735_small.jpg","title":"TV Shows Celebrating Summer","slideshow_id":"228342","vertical":"tv"},{"entry_id":"3329953","entry_url":"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/does-someone-have-to-go-premiere-video_n_3329953.html","content_type":"image","image_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/293035\/slide_293035_2376161_small.jpg","thumbnail_url":"gadgets\/slideshows\/293035\/slide_293035_2376161_small.jpg","title":"Summer TV Guide","slideshow_id":"293035","vertical":"tv"}]
Ashley Judd takes center stage in the latest entry in the season's batch of mid-season short run shows. "Missing" (Thu., 8 p.m. ET on ABC) tells the story of single mother Rebecca Winstone (Judd) on a...
Ashley Judd takes center stage in the latest entry in the season's batch of mid-season short run shows. "Missing" (Thu., 8 p.m. ET on ABC) tells the story of single mother Rebecca Winstone (Judd) on a...
From Mother Nature Network's Gerri Miller: "My environmental work at the moment is focused on being on the board of directors at Defenders of Wildlife,...
Ashley Judd's puffy face fueled Internet rumors of plastic surgery after a recent appearance on a Canadian talk show to promote her new crime series....
I want to take this opportunity to mark International Women's Day by writing about the woman who had the greatest impact on my life -- my mother. She brought me up to believe that there was nothing I should be afraid to try while at the same time making it clear that she would love me not one iota less if I failed. READ MORE
Bill Keller Accuses Me of "Aggregating" an Idea He Had Actually "Aggregated" From Me: In an exceptionally misinformed attack on HuffPost in a column released Thursday, Bill Keller, the executive editor of the New York Times, describes HuffPost's offerings as nothing more than "celebrity gossip, adorable kitten videos, posts from unpaid bloggers and news reports from other publications." I wonder what site he's been looking at. READ MORE
On World Population Day, the United Nations Population Fund officially launched 7 Billion Actions -- a campaign to raise awareness and action around our planet's growing population.
Because hip-hop has been the dominant cultural expression since at least the 1980s, in America, in the world, it has also come to embody many of the worst aspects of male privilege and domination. Ashley Judd is not wrong to point this out.
Shola was a teenager -- six feet tall, rail thin and heartbreakingly gorgeous. Two months pregnant, hungry, with no education, no skills and her health collapsing, Shola made a poor and disempowered woman's classic "choiceless choice."
It's not often that you get to sit in the same room with a group of world leaders and hear their wisdom, ideas and experiences at the personal and political levels. I've just enjoyed that privilege. And the world leaders were all women.
Posted: 03/16/2012 4:27 am Updated: 03/27/2012 1:28 am