The essential episodes of Without a Trace
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Without a Trace — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A young successful marketing executive goes missing. Although her life seems full of happiness and achievement on the outside, the team discover she is actually living a sad and lonely life full of drugs, family issues, and failed relationships. Martin has a serious lapse in judgment on his first day on the job.
- 02
The team searches for a boy who has vanished en route to his 11th birthday celebration and was last seen getting on a subway train. By the time the police get involved 16 hours later, a successful recovery starts to look unlikely.
- 03
Jack and the team are called in to find a woman who appears to have been kidnapped by a car thief, but as they interview witnesses they begin to realize the case is more sinister than a random abduction.
- 04
The team is tasked with finding an aspiring model who changes her appearance regularly and has been missing for over a week without anybody noticing, while Jack is haunted by an old case he was unable to solve.
- 05
Jack and the team search for missing boarding-school pupil, Andy Deaver. Over the course of their investigation, the team discover evidence suggesting the headmaster of the school has been showing an unhealthy interest in some of his male pupils.
- 06
Jack and the team search for a businessman Patrick Kent, who disappeared shortly before he was scheduled to take a routine business flight, and discover that not only had he been leading a double life, but was also under surveillance by a private investigator.
- 07
Abby Buckman, an assistant district attorney's infant daughter, is snatched from a park while playing with another child. Initial evidence lays suspicion on those closest to the parents, but a ransom demand makes Jack realize the team is focusing on the wrong aspect of the case.
- 08
Jack and the team search for a teenager who has gone missing from his foster home following a confrontation with a local bully, and whether the arrival of his wayward older brother had anything to do with his disappearance. Although all reports say he is a good, hard-working kid, the team begins to suspect some sort of gang problem.
- 09
The team investigates the case of a father, Greg Pritchard, and his young daughter who go missing on their way to school. When the team digs further into Greg's strange behavior, they discover nothing is what it seems with this seemingly perfect family man.
- 10
The citizens of a small Long Island town are shocked when 13-year-old Annie Miller disappears on her way to school. Twenty-four hours after Annie's disappearance, her best friend, Siobhan Arintero, also vanishes, leaving only a collection of homemade videos to help find the two girls.
- 11
The team is called in to locate a pregnant woman who has absconded from hospital in a desperate bid to escape her violent husband, but the investigation becomes doubly urgent by the revelation that she is suffering from a potentially fatal illness.
- 12
When Chet Collins, who's young son went missing 6 years ago, also disappears himself, the team discovers that Chet found a break in the case and become concerned that the desperate father has taken matters into his own hands.
- 13
Jack and the team investigate the disappearance of Alex Stark after his girlfriend reports him missing.
- 14
Alan Reynolds, a white-collar criminal, goes missing on his way to testify against a former associate.
- 15
After a late night dive, Derek Wilson disappears and the team tries to determine why. Danny and Elena prepare to make the next step in their relationship.
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