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The Missing: Burke and Liz's Temporary Alliance to Find Victoria


Episode 117 deals with Vicky’s disappearance and the relationship between Carolyn and Burke. Joe and Burke come to blows following a heated argument about Carolyn’s leaving from Bangor for Collins Port. Burke and Carolyn *get cozy* in his Bangor home, their potential tryst interfered by Joe, at Elizabeth’s request to find her due to fears of something wrong with Vicky. Matthew’s on the lam, Vicky’s imprisoned by him, and Burke moves into action, adamant about helping Liz find her lost governess (it is reported by the man she was to meet, Frank Garner, to Liz that she never made it to Bangor, Vicky’s travel bag found by Joe still in the hall near the front door). In the dialogue between Burke and Carolyn, it is visually present that when she mentions Vicky’s potential romance with Frank, Devlin is a bit bothered by it. Burke’s change of mood when he is informed of Vicky’s vanishing offers a clear picture of just how he feels about her. Carolyn is conflicted because she’s passionate about Burke but unsure of how he truly feels for her.

This episode is able to bring Carolyn and Joe back from the creative doldrums where they seem to have become bedfellows for a spell. Because of such importance levied towards Matthew and Vicky, their roles on the show had diminished. That happens.

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