The Missing finale: All the questions we need answered as the mystery of Alice Webster's disappearance concludes

After red herrings, time hops and one very violent death, will fans get a resolution? 
Finale: David Morrissey and Keeley Hawes star in the addictive BBC drama
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Jennifer Ruby30 November 2016

Viewers have been glued to their screens for weeks as the mystery of the disappearance of Alice Webster unfolds on BBC's The Missing.

Thanks to time hops, shock re-appearances and one very violent death, fans have been left scratching their heads every Wednesday night.

After last week’s penultimate episode finally brought a spot of clarity, the eagerly-awaited finale will hopefully finish the puzzle.

Here are all the questions that need to be answered in the final episode:

Conclusin: Characters Adam Gettrick and Alice Webster
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1. Who was burnt in the shed?

We were originally lead to believe that Alice Webster had burnt herself alive in her parent’s shed after escaping from captivity.

But after it emerged that the Alice Webster we met was in fact Sophie Giroux, and that she was still alive, things got a little more complicated.

According to the military, DNA evidence then proved that the person who died was a match with Alice’s father.

2. Why did Sophie Geroux pretend to be Alice Webster?

After ‘escaping’ from her captor, Sophie decided to go and live with Alice’s family in Germany rather than her own in France.

Clearly uncomfortable with pretending to be someone else, Sophie then faked her own (Alice’s) death in the shed.

Did Sophie really escape from Adam Gettrick or was it all part of a carefully orchestrated plan?

3. Where has the third girl gone?

We know that there was a third girl held captive with Sophie and Alice at one point after she was spotted in the rollercoaster photograph.

While it seems likely that the girl in the picture is missing Lena Garber, there has been no clue as to her whereabouts and what became of her apart from a scene which showed Sophie burning her glasses.

4. How involved was Brigadier Stone?

Last week’s flashbacks finally revealed that happened in Iraq, with Stone and Henry Reed saving Gettrick after he was imprisoned by the father of a teenage girl he was sleeping with.

While it now seems unlikely that Stone was involved in the abduction of Alice and Sophie, he certainly seems to know something.

Is he still covering for Gettrick after all these years?

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5. What is locked in Adam Gettrick’s basement?

Julien Baptise and Gemma Webster found a sinister-looking locked box under the garage floor when they searched Gettrick’s house.

Could that be where Alice was being held? Or perhaps where the body of poor Jorn is stashed?

6. How and why was Kristian Herz framed?

We know that butcher Kristian Herz didn’t abduct Alice and Sophie, despite the fact that he is currently serving time for the crime.

It seems likely that Gettrick set him up as payback for his wife Nadia’s failure to help him while serving as his commanding officer in Iraq.

Did he orchestrate the set-up on his own? Or, did he have accomplices?

7. Will Julien Baptiste live to see Alice saved?

Time is running out for the tortured detective, who has just months to live thanks to his brain tumour.

He’s given up spending time with his family to solve the case of the missing girls – will he be able to see it through to the end?

The Missing, BBC1, 9pm.

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