"Simulacra" is a series about finding a woman who disappeared. The woman left a video warning not to search for her, but the team persists. They find her cellphone, which starts to malfunction and receive messages from an entity calling itself Aulner. Aulner appears to be communicating from beyond the grave, mentioning a mysterious "that" and hinting that Anna, the missing woman, found him.
The team discovers that Aulner was communicating through Tinder, and they find a chat with a person named James Aulner. They learn that Anna had a Tinder account and was chatting with James, who was also communicating with another woman named Ashley. Anna mentioned being interested in James and was trying to meet him.
The team also discovers that Anna accused her boss, Murv, of sexual harassment, and they report the incident. Murv is fired and is now hiding from the police.
The team finds out that James Aulner was a redactor who worked at Presh Ideas, a company that fired him for being unprofessional. They also learn that he was communicating with a Twitter celebrity named Keepingitcassie. They find a pattern where James knew the exact times when Anna and Cassie were free and would send them messages accordingly.
The team also learns that James disappeared after installing Tinder, changed after a breakup, and was heard coming out of the toilet at work before vanishing. The voice coming out of the toilet is the same as the one they heard in Anna's apartment and from Greg's message.
The team concludes that something is kidnapping people and will continue investigating in the next episode of "Simulacra".
1. The series "Simulacra" is about trying to find a woman who disappeared and left a video asking not to try to find her.
2. The woman's cellphone was found with a message stating the system was restoring and getting new files.
3. The woman found a man named Aulner, who was later revealed to be the one who met and technically kidnapped her.
4. Aulner was found to be able to text from within the woman's phone, suggesting something unusual was happening.
5. Aulner was mentioned to be talking as if he was already dead, referring to him as a spirit.
6. Aulner was found on Tinder, and the characters began investigating his profile.
7. The characters found a chat with a person named James Aulner on Tinder.
8. The woman, Anna, had a Tinder account created by her best friend, Ashley.
9. Anna mentioned an interest in a man on Tinder who she found charming.
10. The characters found evidence that Anna was kidnapped by Aulner.
11. The characters discovered that Aulner had a job at Presh Ideas, which was vacant.
12. The characters found a Tinder chat between Aulner and Anna, where he revealed he had a vacant job at Presh Ideas and offered to help her write a university admission letter.
13. They planned to meet in person, but Anna disappeared the day before their planned meeting.
14. The characters found a message from Anna to Aulner saying "I'm here, where are you?", and the last message Aulner sent was "and there's nothing else, end of conversation".
15. The characters discovered that Aulner was the one who kidnapped Anna.
16. The characters found a game on Twitter by a user named Keepingitcassie, who revealed that she had been talking with Aulner on Tinder.
17. Keepingitcassie revealed that Aulner knew a lot about her personal life, including her breakup with her boyfriend.
18. Aulner was found to have disappeared from his job at Presh Ideas, and his boss mentioned hearing strange sounds coming from the toilet where he was last seen.
19. The characters found that the voice coming from Aulner's workplace matched the voice from Anna's apartment and Greg's voice.
20. The characters concluded that Aulner was not human and that something was kidnapping people.