ABOUT THE SHOW
"Without a Trace" is a riveting drama about the New York Missing Persons Squad of the FBI. The sole responsibility of the special task force is to find missing persons, by applying advanced psychological profiling techniques to peel back the layers of the victims' lives and trace their whereabouts in an effort to discover whether they have been abducted, been murdered, committed suicide or simply run away.
The team reconstructs a "day of disappearance" timeline that details every minute of the 24 hours prior to the disappearance and digs into every facet of the victim's life, following one simple rule: learn who the victim is in order to learn where the victim is. Senior agent Jack Malone (Anthony LaPaglia), a tough but compassionate, seasoned and astute professional, heads the dedicated team that knows too well that every second counts when someone vanishes. As the team members work on varied and complicated cases, details about their own lives continue to unfold.
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WITHOUT A TRACE
Friday, September 10
THE FRIENDLY SKIES - 6|5c
Jack and the team search for an airline stewardess, Linda Schmidt (HEATHER DONAHUE - "The Blair Witch Project"), who disappeared on her way to the airport. Finally improving her life after a devastating bout with alcoholism, Linda had admitted to her roommate that the man she was dating was very disappointing. As the squad begins to uncover information about her, it appears that Linda was the victim of a serial killer, Richard Morgan, with whom she had communicated through an Internet dating service. The investigation leads to two therapists--Dr. Aaron Morrison (TIM MATHESON - "The West Wing"), who treated Linda, and Dr. Henry Franklin, who treated Morgan--both of whom have privileged information that the team needs in order to find Linda.
WITHOUT A TRACE - 7|6c
Jack and his squad investigate a bride, Audrey Rose, who disappears from her wedding celebration. The groom, Charlie Beckworth, has no explanation, although it appears that she left with someone she knew. The team learns that Audrey had a troubled past and was being blackmailed by a man who videotaped her cheating on her unsuspecting fiancée. When the investigators find the blackmailer dead at an abandoned building with no trace of Audrey, they begin to suspect that a member of Charlie's family may be involved in the disappearance.
WITHOUT A TRACE - 8|7c
Jack and his squad search for a teenage girl, Clare Metcalf, who disappears from a mental hospital after she suffers an extreme psychotic episode. As the team members investigate Clare's disappearance, they begin to uncover conflicting evidence about her sanity. A hospital worker and her boyfriend think there is nothing wrong with her, but others believe she is extremely ill. The investigators also discover that the apparent suicide of Clare's mother may play a role in Clare's psychological state--and they begin to suspect that her mother's death may not have been self-inflicted after all.
KAM LI - 9|8c
Jack and the team search for a recently retired U.S. Army officer who disappears following a dinner in his honor given by former members of his Vietnam platoon, including Manny Aybar (ERNIE HUDSON - "Ghostbusters"). While questioning those who attended John "Bull" Carver's dinner, the squad hears hints about a controversial, fatal incident involving one of Bull's men in Vietnam. Jack's team members wonder if that event--which appears to have resulted in a decades-long cover-up by the platoon--is related to Bull's disappearance. The investigation also leads to the office of Congressman Troy Whitehurst, who served with Bull and who may be part of the conspiracy.