Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 — next episode, cast and everything we know

Cast of the new Fox series Alert
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After debuting in January 2023, Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 1 captured an audience on Fox and quickly rose through the ranks as one of the network's premier procedurals. It's not surprising, then, that Fox quickly granted Dania Ramirez's and Scott Caan's series a second season. 

The series hails from co-creators  John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx. Variety reports that Carla Kettner, known for work on Bones and The Blacklist, will join season 2 as showrunner. 

Fox Entertainment's Michael Thorn made the renewal announcement in March, adding that "Scott, Dania, John and Jamie have done an incredible job launching Alert and bringing its story into heart-pounding focus, giving us an emotionally intense procedural drama that's primed for even more success as Carla takes the day-to-day reins, continuing the great work we've seen this season."

Here's everything we know about Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2. 

Next episode Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 

Alert: Missing Persons Unit airs Tuesdays at 9 pm ET/PT on Fox, with The Cleaning Lady season 3 serving as the 8 pm lead-in. New episodes will be available to stream on Hulu the following day.

Here's what we know about the next new episode airing April 30:

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 episode 8: "Alexi"
"The MPU is on the case when a young hockey player goes missing during a fight with an opponent on the ice; Kemi is reunited with a face from the past; Nikki runs interference with Braun when Jason dives deeper into the car bombing murders."

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 premiered Tuesday, March 5. We will provide an airdate for UK fans as soon as it's available. 

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 episode guide

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 episode 1: "Bus 447"
"As the MPU moves into new offices, which comes with new boss Inspector Hollis Braun, a call comes in reporting the disappearance of an entire city bus full of students on a field trip."

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 episode 2: "Benjamin Franklin"
"The MPU searches for a Benjamin Franklin aficionado after he suspiciously disappears during one of his city tours; a new forensic scientist is hired; Jason and Mike try to bond as new partners."

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 episode 3: "Gemma & Isabel"
"When a young pregnant woman goes missing one day before her c-section, the adopting mother turns to the MPU to locate her before the baby's life is risked; Jason digs deeper in the car bombing case and meets a disapproving Braun."

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 episode 4: "Maya"
"The MPU searches for a homeless female teen that disappeared after running away from home; Jason and Nikki spar over his continued investigation into the car bombing."

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 episode 5: "Ms. Patty"
"The MPU searches for a kidnapped tough-as-nails neighbourhood watch captain; Jason enlists Wayne's help investigating the car bombing; Mike is concerned Nikki is keeping secrets from him."

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 episode 6: "Jedidiah and Lucy"
"Mike is taken back to his first unsolved case when the remains of an Amish man surface seven years after his murder; the wife of the man mysteriously goes missing, prompting a massive search and disclosing a web of deceit."

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 episode 7: "@Kyra"
"A popular travel influencer goes missing and the MPU race to find her as a hurricane rages and a state of emergency is declared; Mike and Wayne get closer as Helen connects with someone unexpectedly in the aftermath of Nikki's bachelorette party."

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 plot

We don't have any details on what's in store for Alert: Mission Persons Unit season 2. For now, though, here's a description of the series from Fox:

"Co-created by John Eisendrath (the executive producer of The Blacklist) and superstar Jamie Foxx, Alert: Missing Persons Unit is a procedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (MPU). Each episode features a heart-pounding, life-or-death search for a missing person that runs alongside police officers Jason Grant (Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-O) and Nikki Batista’s (Dania Ramirez, Devious Maids) season-long quest to find out the truth about their long-lost son.  

"Six years ago, while working overseas, Jason received the call that every parent fears – he and Nikki’s son, Keith (Graham Verchere, The Good Doctor), had gone missing. From that moment forward, the lives of Jason, Nikki and their daughter, Sydney (recurring guest star Fivel Stewart, Atypical), were turned upside down. The frantic search to find Keith began and the mystery about his disappearance continues to this day. 

"Throughout the search to find Keith, Jason and Nikki’s marriage deteriorated and they grew apart. Jason moved into private security, while Nikki was promoted within the Philly P.D. to Head of the MPU, where she has been able to do for others what she wasn’t able to do for herself, bring a loved one back home. 

"At the MPU, she leads a team of highly skilled individuals including her current love interest Mike (Ryan Broussard, Only Murders In The Building), whom Nikki met when he was assigned to oversee the search for Keith; Kemi (Adeola Role, The Blacklist), who is proficient in many languages, highly discerning of visual clues and uses her know-how as a shaman to take a holistic approach to her job; and forensic anthropologist C (recurring guest star and newcomer Petey Gibson), who is a master at reconstructing the faces of those who have disappeared. Together, the team works to find the missing, abducted or kidnapped, and help reunite them with their loved ones before it’s too late. 

"When Jason receives a possible proof-of-life photo that Keith is very much alive, he and Nikki will reunite personally and professionally to continue the fight for their son.

"Alert: Missing Persons Unit is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment. John Eisendrath serves as showrunner and executive producer. Jamie Foxx, Datari Turner, J.R. Orci, Adam Kane and Michael Offer (101 and 102) are also executive producers."

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 cast

There haven't been any announcements as to casting for season 2, so for now it's safe to assume that the cast from season 1 will appear in season 2. 

They include:

  • Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0) as Jason Grant 
  • Dania Ramirez (Devious Maids) as Nikki Batista 
  • Graham Verchere (The Good Doctor) as Keith 
  • Fivel Stewart (Atypical) as Sydney 
  • Ryan Broussard (Only Murders in the Building) as Mike 
  • Adeola Role (The Blacklist) as Kemi 
  • Petey Gibson (The Sympathy Card) as C 

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 trailer

There's no trailer for Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2, but as soon as we have a trailer we'll add it in for you right here. 

How to watch Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2

Alert: Missing Persons Unit season 2 will air on Fox, which is included with most cable providers. New episodes will be available to stream the next day on Hulu. 

If you’ve cut the cord, you can access Fox through live TV providers like FuboTV, Hulu Plus Live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV

Sarabeth Pollock
Editorial Content Producer

 

Sarabeth joined the What to Watch team in May 2022. An avid TV and movie fan, her perennial favorites are The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, true crime documentaries on Netflix and anything from Passionflix. You’ve Got Mail, Ocean's Eleven and Signs are movies that she can watch all day long. She's also a huge baseball fan, and hockey is a new favorite.  

When she's not working, Sarabeth hosts the My Nights Are Booked Podcast and a blog dedicated to books and interviews with authors and actors. She also published her first novel, Once Upon an Interview, in 2022.