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Season 1 – Absentia

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After being declared dead in absentia, an FBI agent must reclaim her family, identity and innocence when she finds herself the prime suspect in a string of murders.
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Absentia — Season 1

Absentia — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Absentia sticks too closely to the procedural handbook, leaving its capable lead and mildly intriguing mystery treading water.

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Peter Travers The Travers Take Dec 19
2.5/4
Once lost in the streaming wars, this psychological thriller rises again thanks to Netflix and introduces Stana Katic to a new generation waiting to be rocked. Go to Full Review
Melinda Houston and Debi Enker Sydney Morning Herald 05/18/2020
The double-episode opener sees several incredible plot leaps in order to keep the action pumping. And a warning for those who prefer to avoid screen violence: the scenes of Emily's torture are disturbing. Go to Full Review
Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald 10/10/2018
Katic is better than the so-so script. Go to Full Review
Dustin Rowles Pajiba Dec 2
Mostly, though, the show suffocates under filler: endless chasing, running, driving, false leads, and random hallucinations. It’s trash. Go to Full Review
Anne Brodie What She Said Nov 21
2/5
ultra weird, off the rails and yet somehow riveting; you can’t believe what you’re seeing because its just too out there Go to Full Review
Alix Turner Ready Steady Cut 05/10/2021
3.5/5
Thriller series about an FBI agent who has been declared dead, and is found to be alive six years later. It was directed by Oded Ruskin, written by Matthew Cirulnick, Gaia Violo and others, and is a joint USA-EU production. Go to Full Review
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Eric J. @infringed Jun 8 Katic is great, Heusinger not so much. This would be a good movie but the stretch marks show in a 10-episode season. Three seasons is ridiculous. See more Bernd P @RT50261769 May 30 I managed to watch it to the end but used the fast forward button a lot. The action is quite good and the lead Stana Katic is able to hold it together. However, the script is terrible and the relevant plotpoints are far apart so I skipped quite a lot. In terms of location it's weird that it's been shot in Bulgaria but pretends to be US. I understand this from a commercial point of view but, well, it just looked like Bulgaria and that they tried hard to dress it all up as American. See more Marilu M @RT47468032 Apr 13 The actress posing as Emily FBI is lanky lumpy as an FBI agent. She seems to be unfit like gasping for breath all the time and quite old. See more Reagan J @Underworld22 Feb 19 The one thing that pisses me off is the husbands new wife. Why is she so against Emily getting to know her literal son?! I can’t stand her, she’s so self absorbed, she can’t understand that her husbands wife just reemerged from being presumed murdered and he loved her. They had a son together. I can see getting attached to your husbands child and treating them as your own, but she was way too much in the way. She should have let Emily see her son and rebuild the relationship with him and not bitching about her being alone with him. She is his mother for goodness sake!! And to have the audacity to call herself his mother in front of Emily, just stunned me, I’d have slapped her straight. See more Maria R @Mhr_94 Jan 29 The main character comes out of a 6 year long abduction that included a lot of water, with perfectly plucked eyebrows and mascara still applied... Come on. Acting and dialogue is wooden and stilted. The decision making of the characters is so weird from the beginning that it took me out of it. The sound design is also way off, shifting between whispering and so loud that I had to adjust the volume multiple times before I was halfway through episode one. See more Marcia S @Marciaps Jan 18 This review is an alert to the writers who are making this horrible mistake in many series. Season 2 episode 2 we can see Emily giving insulin to a woman possibly suffering from hypoglycemia. In reality she would have killed that woman. You don't give insulin to a diabetic who is unconscious. You give sugar. Research before you put this absurd on the screen. People are not stupid. The series is okay. Acting is very good. See more Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Sep 25, 2017 Comeback After years of assuming FBI agent Emily Byrne was a possible victim of serial killer Conrad Harlow, she is miraculously returned to her family; Emily struggles with the mysteries of her captivity and the fact that people have moved on without her. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 2, 2017 Reset As Emily's alleged serial killer is being released from jail, she has not come close to solving the mystery of her kidnapping and time in captivity; a witness appears and reinforces Emily's suspicions, which Emily denies. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 2, 2017 The Emily Show When the witness testifying against Emily is murdered, all signs suggest that Emily committed the crime; while Tommy Gibbs and the Boston police chief are accusing Emily, she and Nick look for a FBI agent who forced the witness to lie. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 9, 2017 Me You Him Me The evidence against Emily is too much for the FBI and Boston PD to ignore, so they ask her to turn herself in; old feelings between Nick and Emily come to the surface; Emily decides to flee and try to solve the mystery that is ruining her life. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 16, 2017 Dig The hunt for Emily intensifies when one of the FBI's own agents is found dead, leading Nick to question everything about Emily and her return. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 23, 2017 Nobody's Innocent Emily returns to Boston to find that the only person who can help her may be the very one seeking to destroy her. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 30, 2017 A&B Armed with new information surrounding her abduction, Emily's investigation leads to her childhood; Nick faces another tragedy. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 6, 2017 Brave Boy Alice and Flynn are abducted; Nick suspects that Emily was the one who kidnapped his family and tries to find them; Emily tries to get answers from Charles, but has to flee when Nick tries to arrest her. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 13, 2017 Child's Play With Nick and Tommy hot on her heels, Emily gets a critical lead from Jack that takes her back to where it all started. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 20, 2017 Original Sin Emily's past and present collide in a climactic showdown as she tries to save Alice and Flynn and finally prove her innocence. Details
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Season Info

Director
Oded Ruskin
Network
Prime Video
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 25, 2017