Alert: Missing Persons Unit lost its female lead during its third season, with Nikki (Dania Ramirez) killed off in the second episode. The series then followed her loved ones as they grieved and moved forward, continuing to find missing or abducted people. Who would take over as the permanent new boss had yet to be established by the Season 3 finale, which aired in May, though it did look like Megalyn Echikunwoke‘s Lieutenant Gabrielle Bennett planned to stick around.
The show’s future was also still up in the air at the time. Fox announced its cancellation on Friday, June 6. Read on for everything we know about the show’s future, including how the series ended and what we could have seen in a fourth season.
Has Alert: Missing Persons Unit been renewed for Season 4?
No, Fox canceled the drama on Friday, June 6. The Season 3 finale, which aired on May 27, is now its series finale.
“Sony has been an incredible partner, and we look forward to continuing our long-standing relationship with them, including the second season of our hit medical drama, Doc,” the network said. “We are grateful for the talented creators, John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx and showrunner Carla Kettner, and cast led by Scott Caan, who brought it to life.”
Who’s in the Alert: Missing Persons Unit cast?
Alert: Missing Persons Unit stars Scott Caan as Jason Grant, Ryan Broussard as Mike Sherman, Adeola Role as Kemi Adebayo, and Alisha-Marie Ahamed as Wayne Pascal. Recurring characters in Season 3 include Diana Bang as Helen Gale, Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Chief Inspector Bill Houston, and Megalyn Echikunwoke as Lieutenant Gabrielle Bennett.
The drama is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and FOX Entertainment. Carla Kettner serves as showrunner and executive producer. Jon Cowan, Brandon Sonnier, Brandon Margolis, Sean Hennen, John Eisendrath, Jamie Foxx, Datari Turner, and Brad Turner are also executive producers.
How did Alert: Missing Persons Unit end?
What’s now the series finale was a rocky episode for Jason and Wayne’s relationship. They broke up (over his reaction to her wanting a job at MPU) then fixed things when he invited her to prom at the high school where they saved missing kids. Their dance was interrupted when she got a text, and he stepped aside to let her deal with what she said was from her last job.
“Report?” someone had texted her. “I’m in @ MPU,” she wrote back. “They don’t suspect a thing.” Looks like we’ll never find out what that was about.
What would have happened in Alert: Missing Persons Unit Season 4?
Obviously a fourth season would have had to reveal just what Wayne was up to and how big of a betrayal it would have been. Could it have meant the permanent end of her and Jason’s relationship? What about what it would have meant for the friendships she formed with the rest of the team?
The fourth season would have also established the new permanent boss, it sounded like, based on what showrunner Carla Kettner said when TV Insider asked about who would take over as the team’s leader immediately following Nikki’s death.
“Just like Nikki’s death upended our personal dynamics, it also throws a massive wrench into leadership of MPU. Mike gets the chance to take over the Captain’s chair,” the EP shared. “Bill Houston steps in temporarily because he has a soft spot for MPU. And finally Megalyn Echikunwoke (Lieutenant Bennett) tries to fill the seat and learns that this team may be amazing at what they do, but holy crap, they’re a handful. As for who ultimately takes over — stay tuned for Season 4!”
Bennett did seem like she’d settled in nicely and had no plans to go anywhere at the end of Season 3, so chances are she would have officially taken over for good.
This story originally appeared on TV Insider
