
Dead Sea Squirrels
Some 2,000-year-old squirrels offer some great lessons about both the Bible and life in this clever new Minno series.
Kat Donovan’s life felt perfect.
She was engaged. She was on the police force alongside her dad. And it seemed nothing could possibly go wrong.
But then her dad was killed in the line of duty. A man named Monte Leburne, who had been found guilty in two other murder cases, confessed to the crime. And before she even had a chance to bury him, Kat’s fiancé Josh packed his bags and left without a word.
In one fell swoop, Kat had lost the two most important men in her life. So, she swore off love forever. And she put everything into becoming the best detective she could be.
It’s been 11 years now, and although Kat would tell her friends and family she’s doing fine, they know better: Kat’s never really been the same after her father’s death.
Kat still wants to know why Monte killed her dad. She’s pretty sure a guy named Calligan paid him to do it, but without any other evidence—and with a signed confession on file from Monte—the police have dropped the case entirely.
Kat also still wants to know why Josh abandoned her at the peak of her mourning period. Because he didn’t just call off the engagement. No, Kat came home to find all his clothes missing, no note and a disconnected phone number. She couldn’t call, text or even message him on social media because he had deleted all his online profiles as well. He just ghosted her.
But perhaps Kat is about to get some answers.
Josh has resurfaced online—on a dating app, no less. The app’s algorithm matches Kat with her old beau, and she reaches out to him, hoping to finally learn what happened.
Kat also receives the news that Monte is in the final stages of cancer. He only has a few days left. Her boss forbade Kat from visiting Monte—but her private investigator bestie is able to pull a few strings to sneak Kat in.
Calligan didn’t pay Monte to kill Kat’s dad, it turns out. He just paid Monte to take the blame. What’s more, Kat isn’t the only visitor Monte has had in prison. Josh visited the man, too—the day before he disappeared from Kat’s life.
How this is all connected, Kat isn’t sure. But one thing is certain: Kat’s tired of wasting her life missing people who aren’t coming back.
Missing You certainly has an intriguing plot. However, families won’t be missing much if they pass on this miniseries.
While there’s no nudity or graphic sexual activity early on, the show doesn’t shy away from it, either. Language is certainly something to look out for with uses of the f-word. And one of the supporting characters is trans.
But violence is what drives this show. Kat is investigating the cold case of her father, yes. But she also specializes in missing person cases. And the subject of her latest search is a man named Rishi, who has already been shocked with a cattle prod and brutally strung up by his captors for reasons unknown.
Where Kat’s investigations will lead her remains to be seen. But the show itself is probably better left unseen by most families.
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After 11 years of waiting, Kat finally gets a lead on her dad’s murder. Unfortunately, it comes in the form of her ex-fiancé.
Flashbacks show Kat and Josh kissing and starting to hook up (no nudity, but it’s obvious they’re about to have sex). Kat invites a man over to her place to have sex—though Kat is called away before anything critical happens. Several characters wear formfitting and cleavage-baring outfits. A private investigator dresses provocatively to entrap the husband of a client. We see a couple lying in bed together.
One of Kat’s friends is trans. Several women talk about dating in their old age, specifically referencing STDs and pubic hair. They say their church had to send out a warning to elderly congregants about the dangers of dating because of the proliferation of con artists targeting older churchgoers. A private investigator specializes in investigating extramarital affairs, noting that she busted three cheaters in a single week. A midwife says many of her former clients confessed that their children were the result of affairs. Kat’s friends and family encourage her to stop hooking up and start looking for a meaningful relationship.
Kat and Josh were engaged and living together when he suddenly decided to end the relationship without telling her.
A chef attacks his coworkers with a knife. He shoves his girlfriend, threatening to kill her for cheating on him. We don’t see it occur, but another victim is bleeding heavily from a severed artery. (Kat saves his life by instructing someone to apply a tourniquet.) Kat tries to talk the chef down, but when he realizes she’s a cop, he attacks her, choking her briefly before she manages to get the upper hand.
At work, Kat and her colleagues search for Rishi, a man who’s been reported missing. We see Rishi riding a horse with bound hands, and he falls off. Later, he limps down a road, with a cut on his head. He’s caught by a man riding a tractor, who uses an electric cattle prod to shock him. And later, we see Rishi strung up inside a stall, clearly being held captive.
Monte was convicted of two murders, and he says he committed others. When questioned by Kat, he maintains that he killed her father, even giving cruel and gruesome details of the murder. The nurse on duty unethically offers to create a “truth serum” using different medications, and Kat agrees. (Kat is already breaching police protocol by circumventing her boss to see Monte even though he’s not supposed to have visitors.) Under the influence of the drugs, Monte says he didn’t, in fact, kill Kat’s father. Rather, he was paid to take the blame since he was already headed to prison.
Kat’s mother says she prayed for Monte to die painfully. Kat’s friend Aqua leads a yoga class. Later, Aqua praises a bartender for creating a “heart-chakra” cocktail that “boosts positive energy.”
Monte is suffering a lot of physical pain from his cancer. He mocks Kat, attempting to cause her emotional distress. We hear someone is a widower. There’s a joke about feminism. People lie. A man is vaingloriously preoccupied with his appearance.
People drink at bars and clubs. We hear uses of the f-word and “d–n.” God’s name is also misused a few times.
Emily studied film and writing when she was in college. And when she isn’t being way too competitive while playing board games, she enjoys food, sleep, and geeking out with her husband indulging in their “nerdoms,” which is the collective fan cultures of everything they love, such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate and Lord of the Rings.
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