The best episodes of Missing

Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it. Fewer than 10 rated episodes — treat this ranking as provisional.

  1. 01

    S01E02 · August 9, 2003 · 1h

    They Come as They Go5.7

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

  2. 02

    S01E04 · August 23, 2003 · 1h

    I Thought I Knew You5.5

    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.

  3. 03

    S01E01 · August 2, 2003 · 1h

    Pilot5.3

    Everyday girl Jess Mastriani gets hit by lightening and somehow gains psychic powers. She uses her "gift" to find missing people.

  4. 04

    S01E03 · August 16, 2003 · 1h

    Insomnia5.3

    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.

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  2. 02Drama·Crime·MysteryThe best episodes of High Potential2024–present·ABCStreaming on HuluHigh Potential follows Morgan, a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective.7.4
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