Found Season 2 Episode 22 Recap: "Missing While Dying" – A Powerful Series Finale

The series finale of Found definitely met the challenge of closing storylines while also leaving a glimmer of hope for a Season 3 renewal. Maybe the TV Gods will answer many fans’ prayers and renew the show on another network or streamer. Anything is possible.

Here is my last recap, Found Missing While Dying.

Celebrating the Cast and Creative Brilliance

I want to take this moment to applaud the cast and crew in creating multi-layered episodes week-to-week. Captivating the audience with past and present scenes, while also weaving a case of the week is a true triumph. It was a great weekly ride with seamless transitions which they executed with ease. Also, the writers treated the audience as M&A team members, which made the show feel inclusive as the story beats unraveled. It was fun to guess who did what week-to-week. I will miss this ensemble and Shanola Hampton who anchored the show. I look forward to seeing her back on screen soon.

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Gabi’s Journey, Jamie’s Rescue, and Emotional Climax

In the final episode, Gabi’s road to atonement finally comes to a close. But before we tackle that, the search for Jamie takes lead as Margaret relives her worst nightmare. The caveat this time is that she is stronger, wiser, and so is Jamie. Darryl, on the other hand—Margaret’s ex—is a wreck. He cannot believe Jamie is taken again and is desperate to get him back.

Gabi goes to Sir one more time to get information on Lena. She knows he is orchestrating everything and activates Lena to take Jamie. Relentless, Sir makes it clear he is only interested in one thing—Gabrielle. Sir has no inclination in running away with Lena. Only with Gabi.

“Lena is expendable…the real question is Jamie expendable to you?” Sir asks Gabi.

Margaret and Carrie Reunite in a Chilling Confrontation

FOUND -- "Missing While Dying" Episode 222 -- Pictured: (l-r) Brett Dalton as Detective Mark Trent, Kelli Williams as Margaret -- (Photo by: Matt Miller/NBC)

For Margaret, she is concerned for Jamie and his temperament. Who has the best insight into him? In an unexpected scene, we watch Margaret and Carrie play cat and mouse one more time with Darryl watching from behind the mirror.

“I am outside free with Nicholas who betrayed you for me,” Margaret whispered to Carrie.

It’s in these moments Darryl finally understands what she has been doing all these years. She is not the same woman.

A Tense Exchange, Redemption, and Power Shifts

Before Gabi exchanges her life for Jamie, she has a heart-to-heart with Trent. She gives him a stack of letters to give to everyone in case she doesn’t make it back. Trent tells her:

“We love you…what will it take for you to forgive yourself?”

Is there a road to redemption for Gabi? She has been burdened for so long with what she did to Sir. Can she be released from the hauntings of her past?

Margaret and Gabi go to the school to save Jamie, but we see he was able to take control of the situation and has a gun pointed at Lena. He was able to play smart and adapted till he got an opening to free himself. As Margaret and Jamie leave the school, Gabi and Lena face off with brutal honesty. Gabi tells Lena she was groomed first and is a victim of Sir’s manipulation to create a perfect companion. Unyielding, Lena says:

“My brother saved me. He sacrificed everything to make me brilliant.”

Gabi tells her Sir wants to live out his dreams with her, not Lena.

“Break the chain,” Gabi says and leaves the gun for Lena to make her choice—chase her to the front of the building to shoot her or escape through the back door.

Lena chose to follow her to the front of the building where the police were waiting. Trent is there too with Dhan, Lacey, and Margaret. It’s over. But Gabi still feels the weight of her sins.

Closure, Redemption, and Lingering Questions

As the episode comes to a close, we see Dhan begin making amends with Mike who initially caused him to be held captive during a mission. The case of the week was Mike’s missing wife who had cancer, and her mother was holding her captive in an effort to heal her.

With coffee in hand, it looks like Lacey and Zeke may try to rebuild their relationship. Could they have a happily ever after?

For Gabi, she calls her final press conference. It’s time to make a public declaration. Sir told her in the prison:

“I put you under lock and key because you are mine, you will always be mine.”

In an effort to break free from him permanently, she admits to abducting Hugh Evans and holding him in her basement for nine months.

“I, Gabrielle Mosely, is a kidnapper,” she said.

Is she permanently broken free from him? In the final moments, we see Sir, laying in a pool of blood in his cell. Is he dead?

Sir’s obsession started from a place of wanting something—someone of his own. For him, it was Gabi. His compulsive behavior also made him protective of her. He doesn’t want Gabi to be in any type of harm. Which makes me wonder—did his injury happen before or after the press conference? Was he murdered? Or did he kill himself to help Gabi potentially not go to jail?

Fingers crossed, maybe we will get a TV movie to answer these final questions.

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