That's not to say Missing is a terrible show -- the mystery is actually kind of entertaining and entirely harmless in that ultimate mom fantasy kind of way, as if it were an extremely tame version of Homeland. I don't think the story is innovative or interesting enough to capture an audience who isn't already watching ABC on Thursday evenings (which is good news for Community fans out there), but thanks to the two-hour Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice block that it's part of, Missing may actually have a fighting chance.

The only things that truly irk me about the series is the contrived "235@W'" secret symbol and the lame walk 'n' talking by CIA Agent Dax Miller (Cliff Curtis), who doesn't understand Becca because he doesn't have kids -- which, again, screams "Lifetime" or even "Lifetime Movie" to me, as did the sexy bath scene with Becca and her sexy former lover Giancarlo Rossi (Adriano Giannini). Otherwise, if you or a cool mom you know already enjoy ABC's Thursday version of TV candy, I wouldn't call you crazy for wondering what's going to happen now that Becca is shot and bleeding underwater.

Our vlogger Sean Crespo wonders if Ashley Judd's son staged the whole thing just to escape his overprotective mom:

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