"Without a Trace" (2002) TV series 2002-????

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Creator:

Hank Steinberg

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

26 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The cases of a FBI unit specializing in missing persons investigations.

Plot Keywords:

Missing | FBI | Missing People | New York City | Missing Person

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 29 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 10	4:00 AM	TNT	All for One	#5.4
Tue. Nov. 10	5:00 AM	TNT	The Damage Done	#5.5

Cast

Anthony LaPaglia	...	Jack Malone (160 episodes, 2002-2009)
Poppy Montgomery	...	Samantha Spade (160 episodes, 2002-2009)
Enrique Murciano	...	Danny Taylor (160 episodes, 2002-2009)
Eric Close	...	Martin Fitzgerald (160 episodes, 2002-2009)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	...	Vivian Johnson (159 episodes, 2002-2009)
Roselyn Sanchez	...	Elena Delgado (89 episodes, 2005-2009)

Also Known As:

Vanished (USA) (working title)
W.A.T (USA) (short title)
FBI - portés disparus (France) (Switzerland: French title) [fr]
Sin rastro (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Brottskod: Försvunnen (Sweden) [sv]
FBI - Portés disparus (France) (new title) [fr]
FBI: Shissôsha wo oe! (Japan) [ja]
FBI: Shissôsha wo oe! 2 (Japan) (second season title) [ja]
FBI: Shissôsha wo oe! 3 (Japan) (third season title) [ja]
Forsvundet sporløst (Denmark) [da]
Horis ihnos (Greece) [el]
Ilman johtolankaa (Finland) [fi]
Jälgi jätmata (Estonia) [et]
Místo cinu (Czech Republic) (informal title) [cs]
Missing: Without a Trace (Netherlands) [nl]
Nyomtalanul (Hungary) [hu]
Sans laisser de trace (Canada: French title) [fr]
Sem Rasto (Portugal) [pt]
Senza traccia (Italy) [it]
Sta ihni tou eglimatos (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Without a Trace - Spurlos verschwunden (Germany) [de]

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:M18 (season 2) | Singapore:PG (season 1) | Chile:14 | Singapore:NC-16 (season 3) | South Korea:15 | Hungary:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Trivia:

During each episode, a 15-second presentation appears, asking the public for help in finding real-life missing persons. The FBI provides a picture and descriptive information about the missing person to be displayed with a voice-over message recorded by one of the series stars.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: There are a number of scenes which indicate that the show is actually shot in Los Angeles and not New York, where the show is supposed to take place. There are several supposed one way streets with double yellow lines painted down the middle (which do not exist in New York), large blue street signs (which are used in LA, as opposed to NY, which uses green street signs), and house numbers on each street painted into the sidewalk in front of each house, which is also not done in New York, but instead in Los Angeles.

Quotes:

Martin: Sam, I want to show you something.
Samantha: It's "Samantha". Nobody calls me "Sam".
Martin: Jack calls you "Sam" all the time.
Samantha: Well, Jack's the boss. In case you hadn't noticed.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Headphonist

I wish the 5 original players would be reinstated in the future.

The show is still very good though my friends and I, who watch it together, agree with another viewer that Ms Sanchez ruined an excellent #10 show. There were already two women and a Spanish-American on board, so the show was politically correct and the ensemble fantastic. I never wished anybody (besides Hitler and heads of the soviet Union) to die, but I heartily wish that Ms Sanches' character would be shot for good and the show would return to its previous magnificence. Well, then I could purchase the following seasons' disks as well as those I had without Ms Sanchez' not enjoyable and unwanted presence. Could there be a possible hope in that direction? What a great thing it would be.