Absentia is an American thriller drama television series that premiered on September 25, 2017, on Amazon Prime Video in the United States and AXN internationally. The series tells the story of FBI special agent Emily Byrne, who disappears without a trace while hunting one of Boston's most notorious serial killers and was presumed dead. Six years later, she is found in a cabin in the woods, barely alive and with no memory of her abduction. She is implicated in a new series of murders and becomes a fugitive.
FBI special agent Emily Byrne disappears without a trace while hunting one of Boston's most notorious serial killers. Six years later, she is found in a cabin in the woods, barely alive and with no memory of the years that she is missing. She returns home to learn that her husband has remarried and her son is being raised by the new wife.