# Found (TV series)

Found is an American procedural drama television series created by Nkechi Okoro Carroll that premiered on NBC on October 3, 2023. The series focuses on public relations specialist and crisis manager Gabi Mosely and her team of associates who work to find missing people who have been ignored or forgotten by law enforcement and the mainstream media. It stars Shanola Hampton, who also serves as a producer. The series is produced by Berlanti Productions and Rock My Soul Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television. In November 2023, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on October 3, 2024.
Found has received nominations at the Astra TV Awards, Critics' Choice Television Awards, GLAAD Media Awards and NAACP Image Awards.

## Premise

Gabrielle "Gabi" Mosely, a public relations specialist and crisis manager, works alongside her team of associates to find missing people who have been overlooked by the system. Her team of experts consists of those who have either been kidnapped themselves or have a loved one that has been kidnapped. A kidnapping victim herself as a teenage girl, Gabi later secretly kidnaps the man who abducted her, Hugh "Sir" Evans, as revenge and keeps him locked up in her basement. Gabi uses Sir's knowledge as a kidnapper and criminal to help her solve cases.

## Cast
### Main

* Shanola Hampton as Gabrielle "Gabi" Mosely, a former kidnapping victim who manages a crisis management firm named Mosely & Associates (M&A). The firm specializes in finding missing people that have been ignored or forgotten by law enforcement and the mainstream media. 20 years after her initial kidnapping, Gabi abducts her kidnapper, Hugh "Sir" Evans, as revenge and holds him captive in her basement in order to get into the minds of kidnappers and understand their patterns.
** A'zaria Carter portrays young Gabi in flashbacks.
* Kelli Williams as Margaret Reed, an associate investigator at Mosely and Associates (M&A) with excellent observational and deductive reasoning skills that she has obtained while searching for her missing son Jamie, who disappeared from a local bus station 13 years ago. Every night after work, she returns to the bus station in hopes of finding Jamie or any information regarding his disappearance. Margret's obsession with finding Jamie has led to a strained relationship with her two daughters Taylor and Rachel.
* Brett Dalton as Detective Mark Trent, a DC detective and Gabi's police liaison.
* Gabrielle Walsh as Lacey Quinn (formerly Bella Parker), a law school student who works at M&A as an intern. She was also kidnapped by Sir as a child and held in captivity with Gabi, where the two formed a close bond. After Gabi and Bella's escape from Sir, Bella changes her name to Lacey.
* Arlen Escarpeta as Zeke Wallace, a tech expert whose own past experience of being abducted by his uncle as a child has given him a debilitating case of agoraphobia. He provides Gabi with surveillance and hacking techniques and helps fund M&A with money from his trust fund.
* Karan Oberoi as Dhan Rana, a military veteran who was MIA and held captive for three years. He now acts as the association's security expert and enforcer when needed. He lives with his husband Ethan, who is a mental health professional.
* Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Hugh "Sir" Evans, a former high school teacher and serial kidnapper who kidnapped Gabi and held her captive for one year and eight days. After Gabi's escape, Sir disappears and evades police and punishment for 20 years. Sir is eventually found and abducted by Gabi, who locks him in her basement and uses him to help solve some of her missing persons cases (though he would escape the basement at the end of the first season).

### Recurring

* Lee Osorio as Ethan Rana, Dhan's husband
* Dionne Gipson as Gina Parker (season 2), Lacey's mother
* Michael Cassidy as Christian Evans (season 2), Sir’s brother, a grief counselor
* Danielle Savre as Heather Tollin (season 2), a mysterious and ambitious attorney who will become intimately involved in the lives of Gabi Mosely’s team at M&A

## Episodes
### Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | October 3, 2023 (2023-10-3) | January 16, 2024 (2024-1-16) |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | October 3, 2024 (2024-10-3) | TBA |

### Season 1 (2023–24)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18-49) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | DeMane Davis | Nkechi Okoro Carroll | October 3, 2023 (2023-10-3) | T74.10005 | 3.76 | 0.40/5 |
| 2 | 2 | "Missing While Sinning" | DeMane Davis | Nkechi Okoro Carroll | October 10, 2023 (2023-10-10) | T74.10102 | 3.29 | 0.33/4 |
| 3 | 3 | "Missing While Widowed" | Nikhil Paniz | Cameron Johnson | October 17, 2023 (2023-10-17) | T74.10103 | 3.28 | 0.35/4 |
| 4 | 4 | "Missing While a Pawn" | Eif Rivera | Zoe Marshall | October 24, 2023 (2023-10-24) | T74.10104 | 3.22 | 0.34/4 |
| 5 | 5 | "Missing While Undocumented" | Jessika Borsiczky | Michael G. Peterson | October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31) | T74.10105 | 2.82 | 0.27/3 |
| 6 | 6 | "Missing While Addicted" | Nikhil Paniz | Jennifer A. King | November 7, 2023 (2023-11-7) | T74.10106 | 2.80 | 0.25/3 |
| 7 | 7 | "Missing While Indigenous" | Christine Swanson | Nikita DeMare | November 14, 2023 (2023-11-14) | T74.10107 | 3.32 | 0.37/5 |
| 8 | 8 | "Missing While Homeless" | Chad Lowe | Sonay Hoffman | November 21, 2023 (2023-11-21) | T74.10108 | 3.04 | 0.30/4 |
| 9 | 9 | "Missing While Scamming" | Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul | Cameron Johnson | November 28, 2023 (2023-11-28) | T74.10109 | 3.27 | 0.32/4 |
| 10 | 10 | "Missing While Indoctrinated" | Keesha Sharp | Zoe Marshall | December 5, 2023 (2023-12-5) | T74.10110 | 2.96 | 0.29/4 |
| 11 | 11 | "Missing While Interracial" | Michael Schultz | Michael G. Peterson | December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12) | T74.10111 | 3.42 | 0.31/4 |
| 12 | 12 | "Missing While Eccentric" | David McWhirter | Sonay Hoffman | January 9, 2024 (2024-1-9) | T74.10112 | 2.42 | 0.26/3 |
| 13 | 13 | "Missing While Forgotten" | Nikhil Paniz | Nkechi Okoro Carroll | January 16, 2024 (2024-1-16) | T74.10113 | 2.30 | 0.26/3 |

### Season 2 (2024–25)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18-49) |
| 14 | 1 | "Missing While Bait" | Nikhil Paniz | Nkechi Okoro Carroll | October 3, 2024 (2024-10-3) | T74.10201 | 2.51 | 0.22/3 |
| 15 | 2 | "Missing While Difficult" | Crystle Roberson Dorsey | Jennifer A. King | October 10, 2024 (2024-10-10) | T74.10202 | 2.40 | 0.23/3 |
| 16 | 3 | "Missing While Lonely" | Michael Schultz | Cameron Johnson | October 17, 2024 (2024-10-17) | T74.10203 | 2.01 | 0.18/2 |
| 17 | 4 | "Missing While Perfect" | Kevin Berlandi | Sonay Hoffman | October 24, 2024 (2024-10-24) | T74.10204 | 2.12 | 0.26/3 |
| 18 | 5 | "Missing While Presumed Dead" | Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum | Niceole R. Levy | October 31, 2024 (2024-10-31) | T74.10205 | 2.25 | 0.20/3 |
| 19 | 6 | "Missing While Gabi Mosely" | Keesha Sharp | Michael G. Peterson | November 7, 2024 (2024-11-7) | T74.10206 | 1.93 | 0.21/2 |
| 20 | 7 | "Missing While Hated" | Sudz Sutherland | Charli Engelhorn | November 14, 2024 (2024-11-14) | T74.10207 | 1.97 | 0.20/2 |
| 21 | 8 | "Missing While Haunted" | Kristin Windell | Nikita DeMare | November 21, 2024 (2024-11-21) | T74.10208 | 2.27 | 0.22/2 |
| 22 | 9 | "Missing While Targeted" | Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul | David Feige | January 16, 2025 (2025-1-16) | T74.10209 | 2.52 | 0.29/4 |
| 23 | 10 | "Missing While Outed" | Rob Hardy | Troy Kelly | January 23, 2025 (2025-1-23) | T74.10210 | 2.71 | 0.24/4 |
| 24 | 11 | "Missing While Misunderstood" | David McWhirter | Nkechi Okoro Carroll | January 30, 2025 (2025-1-30) | T74.10211 | 2.17 | 0.21/3 |
| 25 | 12 | "Missing While Misidentified" | Nikhil Paniz | Sonay Hoffman | February 13, 2025 (2025-2-13) | T74.10212 | 2.19 | 0.18/3 |
| 26 | 13 | "Missing While Grieving" | Kelli Williams | Jennifer A. King | February 20, 2025 (2025-2-20) | T74.10213 | 2.29 | 0.25/3 |
| 27 | 14 | "Missing While Matched" | Anthony Hardwick | Niceole R. Levy | February 27, 2025 (2025-2-27) | T74.10214 | 2.12 | 0.22/4 |
| 28 | 15 | "Missing While Seeking Asylum" | Michael Schultz | Michael G. Peterson | March 13, 2025 (2025-3-13) | T74.10215 | 2.16 | 0.18/3 |
| 29 | 16 | "Missing While Witnessed" | Keesha Sharp | Nikita DeMare | March 20, 2025 (2025-3-20) | TBA | TBD | TBA |
| 30 | 17 | "Missing While Manipulated" | Mark-Paul Gosselaar | Charli Engelhorn | April 3, 2025 (2025-4-3) | TBA | TBD | TBA |

## Production
### Development

On August 23, 2019, It was announced that ABC had given a pilot commitment on Found, a drama from Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions. In January 2022, it was announced that NBC had given a pilot order with the production company Rock My Soul Productions. Later in April 2022, it was announced that DeMane Davis would direct the pilot. On July 20, 2022, it was announced that NBC officially ordered the series. Greg Berlanti serves as an executive producer. On November 29, 2023, NBC renewed the series for a second season that will have 22 episodes.

### Casting

On March 2, 2022, it was announced that Shanola Hampton would be starring in the pilot in the role of Gabi Mosely. On April 29, 2022, it was announced Mark-Paul Gosselaar had joined the cast as Sir. On May 18, 2022, Kelli Williams joined the cast. On July 20, 2022, alongside the series order, it was announced that Arlen Escarpeta, Brett Dalton, Gabrielle Walsh and Karan Oberoi were all cast. On March 29, 2024, Dionne Gipson was cast in a recurring role for the second season. On May 15, 2024, Michael Cassidy joined the cast in a recurring capacity for the second season. On June 14, 2024, Danielle Savre was cast in a recurring role for the second season.

### Filming

After the show was ordered to series, the rest of the first season began shooting in October 2022 and wrapped in March 2023. The first season of the series was filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, and consisted of 13 episodes. Filming for the second season began in early March 2024.

### Music

On September 13, 2023, it was announced that Sherri Chung would compose the show's score.

## Release

The series premiered on NBC on October 3, 2023. It was originally set to premiere as a midseason replacement on February 19, 2023, but was delayed to fall 2023 by then NBCUniversal chairperson Susan Rosner Rovner. The series is available on the streaming service Peacock the day after it airs on NBC. The series airs on Citytv in Canada, the same day as it is simulcast in the United States. The pilot episode of Found then premiered on October 7, 2023, on USA Network. The second season premiered on October 3, 2024 on NBC.
Prior to its October debut, the series was first screened on June 17, 2023, at the American Black Film Festival. The pilot episode had its world premiere on September 23, 2023, at the Boston Film Festival.

## Reception
### Ratings

As of October 11, 2023, the series premiere of Found was watched by 10.5 million viewers across all platforms and earned a 1.9 rating in the adults 18–49 key demographic. Within six days of release, Found became NBC's most successful series launch on Peacock. By November 2023, the series premiere was watched by over 20 million viewers with subsequent episodes of the first season averaging 7.4 million viewers after seven days of viewing across all platforms. In Live+7 Day Nielsen ratings, which exclude streaming numbers, the first season of Found averaged 4.99 million viewers and a 0.55 rating in the adults 18–49 key demographic.
During Found's second season, episodes averaged 6.2 million viewers and a 1.1 rating in the adults 18–49 key demographic after 35 days of viewing across all platforms.

### Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 70% approval rating with an average rating of 7/10, based on 10 critic reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Anchored by a very watchable Shanola Hampton, Found is an uneasy marriage of procedural and serialized storytelling that's slick enough to get lost in." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 49 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

### Accolades

At the 35th GLAAD Media Awards, Found was nominated for Outstanding New TV Series. At the 55th NAACP Image Awards, Found was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series and Nkechi Okoro Carroll was nominated for Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series.
Accolades received by Found :
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| Astra TV Awards | 2024 | Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Mark-Paul Gosselaar | Nominated |
| Astra TV Awards | 2024 | Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series | Sonay Hoffman (for "Missing While Homeless") | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2025 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | Shanola Hampton | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2025 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Mark-Paul Gosselaar | Nominated |
| GLAAD Media Awards | 2024 | Outstanding New TV Series | Found | Nominated |
| Gracie Awards | 2024 | Actress in a Leading Role – Drama | Shanola Hampton | Won |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2024 | Outstanding Drama Series | Found | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2024 | Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series | Nkechi Okoro Carroll | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2025 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Shanola Hampton | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2025 | Outstanding Drama Series | Found | Nominated |
| NAMIC Vision Awards | 2024 | Drama | Found | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 2025 | Best Action / Thriller Television Series | Found | Nominated |
| Women's Image Network Awards | 2024 | Drama Series | Found (for "Pilot") | Nominated |
| Women's Image Network Awards | 2024 | Film / Show Producers | Nkechi Okoro Carroll (for "Pilot") | Nominated |