Found Episode 5 Missing While Undocumented Review And Recap- Zeke And Dahn Are The Duo We Never Knew We Needed

The complicated and tumultuous relationship between Sir and Gabi continues to be the element that elevates Found from just another procedural to a captivating watch that you can’t look away from. Gabi Mosely (Shanola Hampton) has assembled a group that is resourceful, dedicated, effective, and quickly becoming a family. They need to be able to do what they do. They see the worst of humanity daily, and this group of lost souls has been through the worst in the past. Helping those who now need them is a salve for the wounds that refuse to heal. In Found Episode 5, The group investigates a missing undocumented young woman and forges tight bonds. Unfortunately, Sir is working on bonds of his own.

Survivor’s guilt continues to be what drives Gabi and the others. They always try to outrun their demons and make sense of their experiences. Gabi can’t shake feeling responsible for Tony’s shooting last week. She also constantly worries about Lacey and all the others she can’t help. Dahn and Zeke both wrestle with PTSD from their time in captivity. Margaret can’t move on regardless of how much time has gone by since her son Jamie went missing. Blame and grief are a rough pair. They feed on one another and consume everything until nothing is left. Gabi’s found family keeps that two-headed monster at bay, but when Margaret thinks she has a lead, it sinks its teeth in again.

These emotional beats are what make Found compelling. The mysteries are entertaining, but the psychology of these people and how they relate to and help each other is even more interesting. Found Episode 5 establishes that this team is a family, and Sir has always had a twisted idea of what family could be. He is as damaged as the rest of them. The difference is he is a predator biding his time. More flashbacks into Gabi’s year with him reveal him to be devoted to educating and molding her. He loved and still loves her in a sick, warped way. If he wasn’t so manipulative and hadn’t held her hostage, he might be sympathetic even.

Sir is as complex as any character. He didn’t just want to take Gabi. Sir wanted her to love him. He really thought after months with him, she would eventually appreciate his tutelage. Sir never understood that people love each other because of bonds, shared experiences, and trusted ties. Taking a girl from her family and controlling her through rewards and harsh punishments was never going to make her love him. The best he could hope for was a Stockholm Syndrome kind of devotion, but Gabi refused to be broken. Weirdly, that’s probably why he was so obsessed with her. Her refusal to give up her name was another demonstration of her strength.

Their relationship has been about control from the beginning. He had it when he took her years ago. She blames herself for getting taken, and her father blamed himself for allowing her to get taken. It made their remaining years difficult. Gabi mourns that relationship as much as Margaret mourns her missing son. It’s why Gabi can’t scatter her father’s ashes, and it is why she fights to save people now. As much as she understands that Sir is dangerous, she keeps him. Despite being chained to the wall, she doesn’t have all the control, though. He is still wedged in her mind. Sir lives there rent-free and knows it. Mark-Paul Gosselaar does a masterful job making his monster layered. It’s a precarious balance he has to achieve. Sir must be oddly sympathetic, magnetic, and monstrous in equal measures. Gosselaar manages to accomplish all three.

The Mosely Group saves a young woman who did all the right things and was on the verge of getting her life back when she found herself in the wrong place and at the wrong time in Found Episode 5. Detective Trent’s dead lawyer case was surprisingly related to Gabi’s missing girl. After discovering who they thought was her brother Carlos in her apartment, the group did what they did best. They hunted and searched and thought like a victim.

Eventually, they found her in the same hotel where the dead lawyer was last seen. Trent’s boss may question his loyalty to the force, but he doesn’t need to question his commitment to justice. That loyalty will be tested when he finds out what Gabi has secured in her basement. They have a tender friendship and maybe more forming, but kidnapping and holding people hostage tends to put a damper on things.

Sasha and her brother will get citizenship in exchange for her testimony against a counterfeiter working with the dead lawyer who killed him. Trent gets another win at work and becomes a member of the team by saving Dahn from being shot. It’s a positive outcome for everyone but Margaret, who had her hopes raised and dashed by a wad of gum.

Zeke and Dahn are the most unlikely of duos. They are the pair we wanted and didn’t realize it. Male friendships are often painted with superficial brushes. These two have trauma and vulnerability to spare and are beginning to learn how to help each other. When Ethan is gone for a work trip for a week, Dahn(Karan Oberoi) nearly spirals but goes to Zeke for help. Oberoi allows his hero’s scars to show while still being strong. Curiously, the one member of the team that is isolated is becoming the glue that holds them all together. Zeke needs the group as much as they need him. Their partnership develops in Found Episode 5 and is a highlight of the series.

We are all products of our experiences, sometimes for good and others for bad. Our past can make us stronger or break us. Gabi insists her time with Sir did not shape her. She gives all of Sir’s things back to prove she isn’t a monster like him. She is trying to convince herself as much as him. He tells her he made her, and he isn’t entirely wrong. The problem is he has been manipulating people for so long that he doesn’t think it is manipulation. He really believes he made her brilliant, just as he knows giving Gabi the wood shard will garner him some begrudging goodwill.