Absentia (TV series)

Did You Know?

• The series was a featured panel at Sony Pictures Television for the annual TV Market.
• On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 50% approval rating based on 16 reviews.
• On Metacritic, the first season has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100.

Cast and characters

Stana Katic portrays Special Agent Emily Byrne, a former FBI special agent who vanished while pursuing a notorious serial killer in Boston and was presumed dead. She reappears six years later with no memory of her abduction and becomes the prime suspect in new murders, forcing her to become a fugitive. Kalina Zaharieva plays a young Emily. Patrick Heusinger plays Special Agent Nick Durand, Emily's husband and fellow FBI agent, who struggles with guilt over having stopped searching for her and must navigate his new marriage to Alice while his belief in Emily's innocence erodes. Cara Theobold appears as Alice Durand in seasons 1–2 and as a guest in season 3; she is Nick's new wife and Flynn's stepmother, whose behavior toward Emily grows harsh as she fears losing Nick's affection. Neil Jackson plays Jack Byrne, Emily's older brother, a former surgeon who lost his medical license due to alcohol addiction and later works as a medical supply salesman, then as an EMT and paramedic. Angel Bonanni plays Detective Tommy Gibbs in seasons 1–2, a Boston Police detective who investigates Emily for murder and later teams with Nick to hunt her. Bruno Bichir appears as Dr. Daniel Vega in season 1, an FBI psychologist and profiler. Paul Freeman plays Warren Byrne, Emily's adoptive father and a retired Boston Police officer. Ralph Ineson plays Special Agent Adam Radford in season 1, the FBI special agent in charge of the Boston field office. Christopher Colquhoun plays Special Agent Derek Crown, an FBI colleague who is later promoted to special agent in charge after Radford's death, then demoted and later re-promoted.

Release

The world premiere of Absentia was the opening selection at the 57th Monte Carlo Television Festival in June 2017. In Canada, the series aired on Showcase in early 2018. In the United States, it was released on Amazon Video on February 2, 2018. It was also released on Amazon Video in the United Kingdom and Australia, and on Viaplay in Sweden, Norway and Denmark on December 5, 2017.