History Series / OneEightHundredMissing

* LoopholeAbuse: In "Sisterhood", Nicole's nephew goes missing and she and Jess want to go investigate. Pollock reminds Nicole that it is against Bureau policy to take the lead on a case involving a relative. When she asks if he's ordering her to stand down, he tells her that he's merely suggesting that it might be an opportune time for her to take some vacation in the Midwest. (Since she's technically visiting family and not working as an active agent, she isn't in violation of policy.)

* MissingEpisode: Season 3's "Tough Love" apparently disappeared after airing and never made the Netflix release. Even Website/{{IMDB}} doesn't list it.

''1 - 800 - Missing'' (2003-2006) is a crime drama centered on Jessica Mastriani (Caterina Scorsone), who [[LightningCanDoAnything acquires psychic abilities after being hit by lightning]]. She uses the clues from her psychic visions to help the FBI locate missing persons. At first, Jess is unable to control her psychic abilities, and the dreams she gets after seeing pictures of missing persons are full of symbolism and often difficult to interpret. She becomes better able to control and understand her visions as the series goes on.

The cast included Gloria Reuben as Jess' partner FBI Agent Brooke Haslett, Justina Machado as FBI Agent Sunny Estrada, and Dean [=McDermott=] as Assistant Director Alan Coyle in the first season, then Vivica A. Fox as Jess' partner FBI Agent Nicole Scott, Mark Consuelos as FBI Agent Antonio Cortez, and Justin Louis as Assistant Director John Pollock in the second and third seasons.

''1-800-Missing'' is based on the YA novel series ''1 - 800 - WHERE- R - YOU'' by Creator/MegCabot, but shares few similarities beyond the basic premise. This is {{lampshaded}} in the later books, where the TV show exists in-universe and many characters watch it, but talk about how it has no basis in Jess' real experiences.

''1-800-Missing'' is based on the YA novel series ''1 - 800 - WHERE- R - YOU'' by MegCabot, but shares few similarities beyond the basic premise. This is {{lampshaded}} in the later books, where the TV show exists in-universe and many characters watch it, but talk about how it has no basis in Jess' real experiences.

* WireDilemma: In "White Whale", is it the red wire or the black one? Made interesting by the insane wiseguy who built it, as MobyDick provides the clue to disarms it.

After the first season, the show was {{retool}}ed, which included replacing the supporting characters, making the dynamic more ensemble-based, replacing the theme tune with something more upbeat, and changing the title to just ''Missing''.[[note]]Not to be confused with the non-fiction series ''Missing'', which profiles actual missing persons cases, or the 2009 {{BBC}} crime drama of the same name.[[/note]]

''1-800-Missing'' (2003-2006) is a crime drama centered on Jessica Mastriani (Caterina Scorsone), who [[LightningCanDoAnything acquires psychic abilities after being hit by lightning]]. She uses the clues from her psychic visions to help the FBI locate missing persons. At first, Jess is unable to control her psychic abilities, and the dreams she gets after seeing pictures of missing persons are full of symbolism and often difficult to interpret. She becomes better able to control and understand her visions as the series goes on.

''1-800-Missing'' is based on the YA novel series ''1-800-WHERE-R-YOU'' by MegCabot, but shares few similarities beyond the basic premise. This is {{lampshaded}} in the later books, where the TV show exists in-universe and many characters watch it, but talk about how it has no basis in Jess' real experiences.

* MissingEpisode: Season 3's "Tough Love" apparently disappeared after airing and never made the Netflix release. Even {{IMDB}} doesn't list it.

Altogether, the show lasted three seasons on {{Lifetime}} in the U.S. (airing on A and later [=WNetwork=] in Canada). So far, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes only the second season has been released on DVD]].

After the first season, the show was {{retool}}ed, which included replacing the supporting characters, making the dynamic more ensemble-based, replacing the theme tune with something more upbeat, and changing the title to just ''Missing''.[[hottip:*:Not to be confused with the non-fiction series ''Missing'', which profiles actual missing persons cases, or the 2009 {{BBC}} crime drama of the same name.]]

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, Sonny sees a therapist after getting kidnapped and strapped to a bomb, and AD Pollock orders Jess to a Bureau phycologist after her first kill.

* MilitaryAcademy: "Basic Training" had Jess go undercover at the George Washington Academy to investigate a disappearance. Doubles as a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors, with little adult supervision (a DrillSergeantNasty) and a cadet corp that are total jerks. Turns out that {{Training Accident}}s are regular as some cadets try to weed out anyone who don't meet their own standards.

* LoopholeAbuse: In "Sisterhood", Nicole's nephew goes missing and she and Jess want to go investigate. Pollock reminds Nicole that it is against Bureau policy to take the lead on a case involving a relative. When she asks if he's ordering her to stand down, he tells her that he's merely suggesting that it might be an opportune time for her to take some vacation in the Midwest. ((Since she's technically visiting family and not working as an active agent, she isn't in violation of policy.))

* MilitaryAcademy: "Basic Training" had Jess go undercover at the George Washington Academy to investigate a disappearance. Doubles as a BoardingSchoolofHorrors, with little adult supervision (a DrillSergeantNasty) and a cadet corp that are total jerks. Turns out that {{Training Accident}}s are regular as some cadets try to weed out anyone who dosn't meet their own standards.

* LaserGuidedKarma: A smarmy kiddnapper flees the country for Brazil, and is promptly kidnapped upon arrival. [[spoiler: It's revealed that Assistant Director Pollock called a friend in the Brazilian millitary and arranged the kiddnapping]]

*** Shiny guns are generaly evil, though Jess and Nicole both have shiny slides on their back-up guns.

* BulletProofVest: Standard-issue when storming buildings, usually worn underneath the FBI jackets. Notably, after a vision that showed that either her or Scott would get shot rescuing a hostage, Jess doubles up on body armour and forces the issue, since she knew she'd get shot in the chest. She later notes that she has ''massive'' bruise on her chest.

* DeliveryGuyInfiltration Agent Scott hijacks a pizza delivery to get a bad guy to open the door. Interestingly, the bad guy actualy ''had'' ordered the pizza, the FBI just showed up in time to "borrow" the pizza. Earlier, in season 1, a pizza delivery guy was MuggedforDisguise to get ''out'' of a building.

** Though, to be fair, the title was more or less an ArtifactTitle for the books too as they went along, which is why they are being re-issued as ''Vanished''.

* MissingEpisode: Season 3's "Tough Love" apparently disappeared after airing and never made the Netflix release. Even [[IMDB]] doesn't list it.

* MilitaryAcademy: "Basic Training" had Jess go undercover at the George Washington Academy to investigate a disappearance. Doubles as a BoardingSchoolofHorrors, with little adult supervision (a DrillSergeantNasty) and a cadet corp that is a total jerk. Turns out that {{Training Accident}}s are regular as some cadets try to weed out anyone who dosn't meet their own standards.

* MilitaryAcademy: "Basic Training" had Jess go undercover at the George Washington Academy to investigate a disappearance. Doubles as a BoardingSchoolofHorrors, with little adult supervision (a DrillSergeantNasty) and a cadet corp that is either {{Complete Monster}}s or total jerks. Turns out that {{Training Accident}}s are regular as some cadets try to weed out anyone who dosn't meet their own standards.

''1-800-Missing'' is based on the YA novel series ''1-800-WHERE-R-U'' by MegCabot, but shares few similarities beyond the basic premise. This is {{lampshaded}} in the later books, where the TV show exists in-universe and many characters watch it, but talk about how it has no basis in Jess' real experiences.

* ArtifactTitle: The title of the book series, ''1-800-WHERE-R-U'', refers to a missing persons hotline that plays an important role in the story. The "1-800" in the series title is an artifact to connect it to the book series, but does not describe anything in the TV show itself. (This was probably a contributing factor to the title change.)

* BookEnds: In the first episode of Season 2, which was also the first episode of the retooled series, Agent Scott makes Jess check whether her weapon is loaded before entering the house of a potentially dangerous suspect. During the final episode of Season 3, which was the last episode of the retooled series, she does the same.

* LoopholeAbuse: In "Sisterhood", Nicole's nephew goes missing and she and Jess want to go investigate. Pollock reminds Nicole that it is against Bureau policy to take the lead on a case involving a relative. When asks if he's ordering her to stand down, he tells her that he's merely suggesting that it might be an opportune time for her to take some vacation in the Midwest. ((Since she's technically visiting family and not working as an active agent, she isn't in violation of policy.))