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

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. 24	4:00 AM	TNT	Skin Deep	#5.20
Tue. Nov. 24	5:00 AM	TNT	Crash and Burn	#5.21

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:

A few episodes are based on real life disappearances.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In more than one instance, suspects being interviewed with a polygraph answer all the control questions (Is your name John Doe? Are you 39?) truthfully. In reality, a suspect is told to answer all the control questions "yes", whether true or not, to determine the accuracy of the polygraph machine.

Quotes:

Samantha: I am a woman whose slept with two men on the same team. If people find that out...
Martin: Oh, is that all we're doing? Just sleeping together?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: I Take Thee, Quagmire (#4.21)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Symphony In Effect

OK First Season, Great Second Season and then it's all downhill

What a waste! It took the WAT producers a half season until they hit their stride (the pilot was oh-hum but the show showed potential for growth, in particular with its great cast.) The second season was excellent, with better photography and more interesting writing and decent "persoanl arcs" for each character.

I was looking forward to the third season, but then it all collapsed in a second.

The writing went downhill faster than an olympic racer. And of course, to make matter worse, they had to tinker with the cast and add Roselyn Sanchez to make sure that we got how terrible the writing is.

Oh, well. It had one good season...