SummaryAlice (Kaley Cuoco) discovers alarming secrets about her boyfriend Tom (Sam Claflin) when he suddenly disappears from their train to the south of France in the thriller series created by David Hilton and Preston Thompson.
Created By:Preston Thompson
Vanished (2026)
Season 1 Premiere:
Feb 1, 2026
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49
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Generally Unfavorable
3.5
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Jan 30, 2026
75
Although the structure often trots out well-worn tropes, and a few hairpin storyline turns might have you rolling your eyes, this is a work of screen-popping South of France visuals, well-choreographed chase sequences, and a visceral, unvarnished lead performance by Kaley Cuoco.
Jan 30, 2026
70
What Vanished manages to do with genre staples is inspired, even if it does leave a bitter aftertaste.
Jan 30, 2026
42
Claflin and Cuoco are talented performers individually, but together, they fail to fully sell their characters’ seemingly intense dynamic. Watchable as it may be, Vanished also ends up as a relatively hollow thriller that depicts Middle Eastern countries with an annoying sepia filter.
Feb 27, 2026
40
If you have had a very bad day, Vanished is slight and daft and distracting enough to soothe a fractious soul. Other than that, let us hope both the leads get a chance to show up in something much, much better next time.
Feb 3, 2026
40
Despite the ever-charming presence of Cuoco and fantastic European vistas, Vanished just feels slight and predictable, and even borderline implausible.
Feb 2, 2026
40
There are plenty of things it does right, or at least adequately. .... The problem is that Vanished never gets around to a reason to care very much about the mystery at hand.
Jan 30, 2026
40
Cuoco and Claflin have no more chemistry than figures on facing pages in a clothing catalog. .... She’s not well served by the pedestrian direction and dialogue, but comes across as a person playing a person, rather than as the person she’s playing. Perhaps by virtue of their accents, the French actors feel more real; France, as usual, looks great.
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Feb 23, 2026
1
I am astonished that any critic would weigh in with anything higher than a 4 this truly awful series. I am at episode 4 and that's going to do it for me. Perhaps it's the writing, but Kaley Cuoco's performance is one of the worst things I've ever seen on the small screen. The rest of the cast seems competent enough, but Cuoco is a drain on everything here. Skip this one if it's not too late.
Feb 12, 2026
1
She is such a bad actress, it makes me sad. Watching this shallow story is a complete waste of time.
