Series synopsis
Alert: Missing Persons Unit is an American drama crime television series that premiered on FOX on January 8, 2023. It ended on May 27, 2025. It was created by John Eisendrath, Jamie Foxx. It stars Scott Caan, Dania Ramirez, Ryan Broussard and Adeola Role.
When police officer Nikki Batista’s son goes missing, she joins the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Person’s Unit (MPU) to help other people find their loved ones, even as she searches for her own. Six years later, her world is turned upside-down when her ex-husband, Jason Grant, a former police officer, shows up with a proof-of-life photo of their missing boy. Or is it?
Premise
When police officer Nikki Batista’s son goes missing, she joins the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Person’s Unit (MPU) to help other people find their loved ones, even as she searches for her own. Six years later, her world is turned upside-down when her ex-husband, Jason Grant, a former police officer, shows up with a proof-of-life photo of their missing boy. Or is it?
Premise: Every second counts.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Scott Caan as Det. Jason Grant
- Dania Ramirez as Capt. Nikki Batista
- Ryan Broussard as Det. Mike Sherman
- Adeola Role as Det. Kemi Adebayo
- Graham Verchere as Keith Grant
- Fivel Stewart as Sidney Grant
Guest cast
- Bre Blair as June Butler
- Arden Alfonso as Molly Gallagher
- Sammy Azero as Hugo Mendez
- Robert Bazzocchi as Raymond James
- Joe Pingue as Renwick
- Noam Jenkins as Roger Garber
- Natalie Brown as Anna Garber
- Jonathan Maxwell Silver as Holloman
- Ahmed Mesallati as Ali Saad
- Anaïs Lalande as Chloe Garber
- Kathleen Stavert as Fertility Nurse
- Rodrigues Williams as Commanding Officer
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 29 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 9 | January 8, 2023 | February 27, 2023 |
| Season 2 | 10 | March 3, 2024 | May 14, 2024 |
| Season 3 | 10 | March 25, 2025 | May 27, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chloe The MPU investigates the abduction of a young child, whose abduction is likely revenge related to her father's work. |
January 8, 2023 |
| 2 |
Hugo Jason, Nikki and the MPU team investigate when a woman runs down a man and forces him to get in her car at gunpoint. Meanwhile, more information about Keith's kidnapper comes to light. |
January 9, 2023 |
| 3 |
Zoey The MPU searches for a college student after she goes missing during a house party. Meanwhile, Sidney and Keith try to adjust to normal life again. |
January 16, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bus 447 As the MPU moves into new offices, which comes with new boss Inspector Hollis Braun, a call comes in reporting the disappearance of an entire city bus full of students on a field trip. The team utilizes a father who tried to stop the kidnapping, as Jason reaches out to an old colleague for assistance in the search. |
March 5, 2024 |
| 2 |
Benjamin Franklin The MPU searches for a Benjamin Franklin aficionado after he suspiciously disappears during one of his city tours. Meanwhile, a new forensic scientist is hired and the team attempts to manage her over-eager working style. Jason and Mike try to bond as new partners. |
March 12, 2024 |
| 3 |
Gemma & Isabel A young pregnant woman goes missing one day before her emergency c-section and the adopting mother turns to the MPU to locate her before the baby's life is risked. Meanwhile Jason digs deeper in the car bombing case and meets a disapproving Braun. |
March 19, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bella, Genevieve, Amelia, Tally & Kate After a collegiate women’s rowing team goes missing during morning practice on the river, MPU deduce that their boat was sabotaged. When Kemi finds evidence connecting one of the girls to Irish mob boss, Charlie McGannon, Nikki confronts him as Jason and Mike interrogate a rival Polish mobster who may have intel on the girls location. Meanwhile, Jason explores his fear of commitment with Wayne, who’s now paroled. |
March 25, 2025 |
| 2 |
Badge #41870 When Nikki suddenly goes missing, MPU bands together and discovers that Raina, a criminal who Nikki put away, has escaped and is out for vengeance. |
April 1, 2025 |
| 3 |
Lay As the MPU struggle to adjust in the wake of tragedy, they are forced to jump into action when a muralist goes missing after painting a piece on a local rooftop; the missing person's mother reveals that he was scheduled to donate his rare bone marrow to his dying brother, who needs surgery within the next 48 hours in order to survive. |
April 8, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | FOX |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 8, 2023 |
| Last aired | May 27, 2025 |
| Runtime | 44 minutes |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 21:00:00 |