TV seriesDramaMystery
Missing Persons Season 1
1993–1994 1 seasons 18 episodes 60 min
Missing Persons is a short-lived American crime drama television series, set in Chicago. It followed a fictitious missing persons unit; each episode usually following the investigation into three or more cases. It ran on ABC from August 30, 1993 to February 17, 1994. It was produced by Gary Sherman Productions in association with Stephen J. Cannell Productions, and often used local Chicago-based actors, as well as occasional big-name guest stars such as Nina Foch, Eddie Bracken and Lois Smith. Semi-regulars included Ian Gomez, Irma P. Hall, Laura Cerón and Valerie Harper. Unlike most series from Cannell's company, he did not create or co-create this series.
Air timeline
1993–1994Complete1 seasons · 18 episodes
Seasons
Season 11993–199418 episodes
Where to watch
- 1Missing Persons Pilot (Part 1)1993-08-30 · 60 min
S01E01 · Season 1
Missing Persons Pilot (Part 1)
Daniel J. Travanti plays Lt. Ray McAuliffe, the head of a diverse team of Chicago police officers specializing in missing persons. In the opener, Officer Bobby Davidson searches for a missing law student.
- 2Missing Persons Pilot (Part 2)1993-08-30 · 60 min
S01E02 · Season 1
Missing Persons Pilot (Part 2)
As we meet the characters, Johnny investigates a case of a little Polish girl snatched on a subway train, Carlos tries to find a 14 year old victim of sexual abuse, Bobby searches for a missing law student, and Connie gets frustrated because she isn't given any cases.
- 3Cabe... What Kind of Name Is That?1993-09-23 · 60 min
S01E03 · Season 1
Cabe... What Kind of Name Is That?
Carlos brings in photos of his newborn son. Bobby searches for the missing son of a Filipino lady, meanwhile a little boy is found who hasn't been reported missing.
- 4People Don't Talk to Cops, People Lie to Cops1993-09-30 · 60 min
S01E04 · Season 1
People Don't Talk to Cops, People Lie to Cops
A child is kidnapped from his back yard; an optometrist vanishes on his way home from work; and a young woman doesn't return from the grocery store.
- 5I Can't Even Imagine1993-10-07 · 60 min
S01E05 · Season 1
I Can't Even Imagine
A young woman returning from a European trip does not get off the plane; two teens do not make it home from a party; and a suicide note is found but no body.
- 6That's My Sister, Pal1993-10-14 · 60 min
S01E06 · Season 1
That's My Sister, Pal
Carlos and Connie search for a missing teen who has upset a drug lord.
- 7The Man's an Emotional Termite1993-10-28 · 60 min
S01E07 · Season 1
The Man's an Emotional Termite
A young woman's parents arrive for a visit and find her missing; a young girl is an apparent runaway; and an older man's entire family disappears.
- 8Some People's Priorities...1993-11-04 · 60 min
S01E08 · Season 1
Some People's Priorities...
Missing dental hygienist's car is found with Black Magic books and items in the trunk, and her parents can't seem to decide whether or not they want to find her. A wife goes out for groceries and never comes back. Constance gets flowers.
- 9I'm Gonna Miss Him, Too...1993-11-11 · 60 min
S01E09 · Season 1
I'm Gonna Miss Him, Too...
A young boy runs away from home, returning to take his little brother with him, after his potential stepfather steals from their home and blames it on him, and then threatens his life. Connie has to trace the family of an heroic John Doe who saved a little girl's life, in order to find out what his medical problems are, and along the way feels some chemistry with the surgeon.
- 10Sometimes You Can't Help Getting Involved...1993-11-25 · 60 min
S01E10 · Season 1
Sometimes You Can't Help Getting Involved...
Connie and Carlos both have to find missing children. Connie's case is a 4-year old who disappeared at nursery school, and Carlos's is an 8-year old, who is later found badly beaten. When an ex-school friend of Ray's, who had been injured in an accident many years ago resulting in him have the mental age of a 6-year old, is accused of the beating, Ray breaks his own number 1 rule and becomes personally involved trying to clear him.
- 11Right Neighborhood... Wrong Door1993-12-02 · 60 min
S01E11 · Season 1
Right Neighborhood... Wrong Door
Boy disappears in a grocery store. A rich accountant goes missing, and appears to have left the house in a hurry.
- 12How Hard Is It Just to Get Off at the Next Exit?1993-12-16 · 60 min
S01E12 · Season 1
How Hard Is It Just to Get Off at the Next Exit?
Boy missing for a year has been spotted. An express driver disappears. Johnny's dad, also a cop, gets shot. Robert gets an A on his mid-term.
- 13If You Could Pick Your Own Parents...1994-01-06 · 60 min
S01E13 · Season 1
If You Could Pick Your Own Parents...
Elderly man missing, wife attempts suicide. Group plans a holiday party for the lieutenant. Jumper's body hasn't been found and no one's reported him missing. Boy reports his mom is missing.
- 14I've Got a Siren!...1994-01-13 · 60 min
S01E14 · Season 1
I've Got a Siren!...
Connie helps a girl who is having a baby and is missing her boyfriend, while Bobby meets an actress who models herself on Lauren Bacall and has driven her husband away with her constant role-playing games.
- 15My Beautiful Son is O.K....1994-01-20 · 60 min
S01E15 · Season 1
My Beautiful Son is O.K....
Johnny and Connie look for two little boys who went missing on their way home from school, while Bobby has the mysterious disappearance of a woman he met on a recent case on his hands. Carlos, Anita, Ray and Barbara spend the whole episode worrying about baby Carlito Ray who is sick.
- 16All They Had to Do was Ask...1993-02-03 · 60 min
S01E16 · Season 1
All They Had to Do was Ask...
Ray is shocked when he is told his ex-partner is being transferred into his department. Problem is she is female and rumours were rife that they were having an affair. Meanwhile a boy goes missing from party of schoolchildren on a museum tour.
- 17Tell Me You Didn't Do It... I'll Go to the Wall for You1993-02-10 · 60 min
S01E17 · Season 1
Tell Me You Didn't Do It... I'll Go to the Wall for You
Ellen is making her mark on the department, buying doughnuts, making coffee, and being paired with Bobby on a seemingly straightforward parolee disappearance. Until Bobby is framed.
- 18What Do You Want, a Signed Confession?1994-02-17 · 60 min
S01E18 · Season 1
What Do You Want, a Signed Confession?
Bobby is still under investigation for a suspected bribe and perverting the course of justice. Also a little girl is snatched in a department store.
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