We're five days away from Halloween, but The Missing just delivered some terrifying twists that will surely haunt us well into 2017.

As the mystery into the sudden reappearance of kidnapping victim Alice Webster (Abigail Hardingham) widens, detective Julien Baptiste (Tchéky Karyo) finally seems close to some answers.

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What is missing French girl Sophie Giroux's father hiding? What role does the military actually play in the disappearance of Alice Webster? And who really attacked the butcher's wife?

The Missing fans are basically amateur investigators at this point and have some intriguing theories on how to unravel the kidnapping of Alice Webster:

Follow any of that? No - well you're not alone:

We've also examined all of the questions coming out of tonight's episode of The Missing. Click here for our full rundown.

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Before the new series launched earlier this month, The Missing creators Harry and Jack Williams told Digital Spy that they wanted the all-new Alice Webster case to keep fans on their toes.

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"You slightly feel [pressure], because it's the same thing, the same brand," Harry told us. "It's always going to be, 'Oh f**k, can everyone like it again please?'"

"We're just really happy the first series did well," added Jack. "... and if the next ones don't, it'll be a real shame.

"But I don't think anyone puts more expectation or pressure on us than we do - we're really strict about everything we do."

The Missing's chilling investigation into the disappearance of Alice Webster continues to unfold next Wednesday (November 2) at 9pm on BBC One.

Watch a trailer for series 2 below:

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