The missing season 1 ending

By Martin Robinson for MailOnline. Desperate: Millions watched the finale of The Missing last night, hailing its ending and the performance of James Nesbitt. Almost seven million people watched the gripping finale of The Missing last night with many completely enthralled by an incredible twist about the fate of 'abducted' five-year-old Olly.

Producer Charlie Pattinson said he knew Oliver Hughes had died, so he was surprised by the reaction from the public who found it too ambiguous. The boss of TV drama The Missing has admitted the ending was a mistake and should have been more clear. Viewers and critics were angry that the BBC1 eight-parter — with James Nesbitt as the father of a missing son — left them not knowing if the boy was dead or alive. Tony Hughes Nesbitt was last seen dishevelled and staring at a young boy in Russia who he believed may have been his son Ollie. Critics and viewers alike complained that they were none the wiser about whether Ollie had been killed in a hit and run accident, or whether he was living a secret life with a new family. Producer Charlie Pattinson said he knew the son had died, so he was surprised by the reaction from the public.

The missing season 1 ending

After eight episodes of The Missing, there was no Hollywood ending. That was the biggest let down in television since Bobby Ewing woke up. Not sure what the point of the whole Russian bit was. My take on the end of TheMissing Series 1: unclear and unsatisfactory, just like life, in which there are rarely easy answers. The final episode bounced around tying up loose ends, except the most important one. In some ways it fell short of the high standards set in earlier episodes. But I believe the final scene closed the series in a way that was clever and close to perfect. Tony Hughes James Nesbitt has spent eight years trying to find out what happened to his son Olly, who disappeared after straying away from his Dad at a bar in northern France. Tony will not let go of his mission. Ultimately, her marriage to Tony cannot survive the trauma, and she grows closer to the police liaison officer who handled their case. The series leads us through a number of red herrings with regard to the investigation.

I clung tightly to the last shred of hope up until the very last second, no matter how irrational.

So now we know. Sort of. The missing clue was tweezered into view in time for the final episode of The Missing and the fate of little Olly Hughes has been revealed. Up to a point. But with skilful feints and shimmies it has kept any number of options open — and continues to do so — while simultaneously confirming one's suspicion that the mairie was involved in the mother and father of all cover-ups. Harry and Jack Williams have worked the intriguing back-and-forth time scheme with careful attention to detail and have got away with the fact that half of the drama — the section set in and latterly — has been about watching an investigation fail to get anywhere.

By Christopher Stevens. Anyone who tells you they guessed the ending is telling downright lies. The final episode of The Missing BBC1 , the most baffling whodunnit of the year, revealed a solution that no one could have foreseen — and a twist in the final seconds that chilled our hearts. Little Olly Hughes, the five-year-old boy who disappeared from a crowded hotel bar in France during a family holiday in , was not abducted. Scroll down for video.

The missing season 1 ending

The chilling season finale of The Missing is sure to polarize viewers with its out-of-left-field resolution to the disappearance of Oliver Hughes. I can't decide whether the finale of The Missing is one of the best or worst hours of television I've ever seen. No, I didn't guess right—I'm going to go ahead and say nobody did. But let's dive right into what happened and what didn't happen, ahem so I can get to my schizophrenically dithering reactions on it all—and give the series as a whole a proper sendoff. So, let's break it down here…. The opening: Like many episodes before it, this one opens with an eerie scene, the significance of which we don't understand until later. We're looking at a mysterious man harassing young boys on a snow-covered playground somewhere in Russia.

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The Missing covered two timelines with the action cutting back and forth from the initial disappearance in to eight years later in when fresh evidence in the case led the investigation to be reopened. The season one finale gave audiences many answers they were craving but at the same time opened up lots more questions. Tony and Emily learnt what happened to Ollie directly after his disappearance with the child getting involved in a tragic hit-and-run.

The review will be amended, which means these comments may look odd to anyone reading post-edit. How does he explain not coming home without a car? Would you accept such an anticlimactic resolution after years of hopeful searching? Vincent Bourg: While all of this unfolds, by the way, so does the tragedy of Vincent Bourg. More info. And like Tony, it would destroy me. Maybe the Romanian guy was goodhearted deep down, and secretly let Ollie go. But to find them again… that can be worse. It was unlikely he could still be alive, but as Julien says to Tony after Alain's confession, isn't it better that he died rather than be subjected to that? Tragedy: Olly appeared to be dead as the cowardly hotel owner called the emergency services and then hung up - choosing to save himself rather than the little boy. So then — what about me?