Without a Trace
2002 · TV Series · TV-14 · 43 min · ★ 7.3 · 70% critics
An FBI missing-persons team in New York City races against time to track down people who vanish without warning. Each case pieces together clues from families, friends, and last-known moments, balancing urgent investigations with the emotional toll these disappearances leave behind.
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Details
- Years
- 2002–2009
- Release date
- 2002-09-26
- Network
- CBS
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 43 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (275 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a measured, often intense missing-persons mystery that focuses on victims and their circles, similar to Cold Case or Numb3rs; Not for you if you dislike swearing, slower pacing, or occasional soapier personal drama.
Pros: tense, edge-of-seat cases; strong ensemble performances; victim-focused storytelling | Cons: uneven episode quality; can feel soapy later; occasional contrived plots
Themes
- new york city
- fbi
- police
- missing person
- criminal investigation
- police procedural
Cast & crew
Anthony LaPaglia
as Jack Malone
Poppy Montgomery
as Samantha Spade
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
as Vivian Johnson
Enrique Murciano
as Danny Taylor
Roselyn Sánchez
as Elena Delgado
Eric Close
as Martin Fitzgerald
Anna Belknap
as Paige Hobson
Charles S. Dutton
as Chet Collins
Dee Wallace
as Lara Duncan
Heather Donahue
as Linda Schmidt
Directed by Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Eric Close, Eriq La Salle +1 more
Episodes7 seasons · 160 episodes
Season 123 episodes
- S1E1Pilot42m
- S1E2Birthday Boy42m
- S1E3He Saw, She Saw42m
- S1E4Between the Cracks44m
- S1E5Suspect45m
- S1E6Silent Partner42m
- S1E7Snatch Back42m
- S1E8Little Big Man42m
- S1E9In Extremis42m
- S1E10Midnight Sun43m
- S1E11Maple Street44m
- S1E12Underground Railroad44m
- S1E13Hang On to Me45m
- S1E14The Friendly Skies44m
- S1E15There Goes the Bride45m
- S1E16Clare de Lune42m
- S1E17Kam Li44m
- S1E18The Source43m
- S1E19Victory for Humanity44m
- S1E20No Mas45m
- S1E21Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been?45m
- S1E22Fall Out (1)44m
- S1E23Fall Out (2)45m
Season 224 episodes
- S2E1The Bus44m
- S2E2Revelations44m
- S2E3Confidence44m
- S2E4Prodigy44m
- S2E5Copycat44m
- S2E6Sons and Daughters44m
- S2E7A Tree Falls43m
- S2E8Trip Box44m
- S2E9Moving On43m
- S2E10Coming Home44m
- S2E11Exposure44m
- S2E12Hawks and Handsaws44m
- S2E13Life Rules44m
- S2E14The Line41m
- S2E15Wannabe44m
- S2E16Risen43m
- S2E17Gung Ho44m
- S2E18Legacy44m
- S2E19Doppelgänger44m
- S2E20Shadows44m
- S2E21Two Families44m
- S2E22The Season42m
- S2E23Lost and Found45m
- S2E24Bait44m
Season 323 episodes
- S3E1In the Dark44m
- S3E2Thou Shalt Not44m
- S3E3Light Years44m
- S3E4Upstairs Downstairs44m
- S3E5American Goddess43m
- S3E6Nickel and Dimed (1)44m
- S3E7Nickel and Dimed (2)44m
- S3E8Doppelgänger: Part 244m
- S3E9Trials43m
- S3E10Malone v. Malone44m
- S3E114.044m
- S3E12Penitence44m
- S3E13Volcano43m
- S3E14Neither Rain Nor Sleet44m
- S3E15Party Girl43m
- S3E16Manhunt44m
- S3E17Lone Star44m
- S3E18Transitions43m
- S3E19Second Sight43m
- S3E20The Bogie Man44m
- S3E21Off the Tracks44m
- S3E22John Michaels44m
- S3E23Endgame44m
Season 424 episodes
- S4E1Showdown43m
- S4E2Safe44m
- S4E3From the Ashes44m
- S4E4Lost Time44m
- S4E5Honor Bound42m
- S4E6Viuda Negra43m
- S4E7The Innocents43m
- S4E8A Day in the Life44m
- S4E9Freefall43m
- S4E10When Darkness Falls44m
- S4E11Blood Out43m
- S4E12Patient X42m
- S4E13Rage41m
- S4E14Odds or Evens43m
- S4E15The Stranger42m
- S4E16The Little Things43m
- S4E17Check Your Head43m
- S4E18The Road Home42m
- S4E19Expectations42m
- S4E20More Than This42m
- S4E21Shattered42m
- S4E22Requiem44m
- S4E23White Balance43m
- S4E24Crossroads44m
Season 524 episodes
- S5E1Stolen43m
- S5E2Candy43m
- S5E391142m
- S5E4All for One44m
- S5E5The Damage Done43m
- S5E6The Calm Before44m
- S5E7All the Sinners, Saints44m
- S5E8Win Today43m
- S5E9Watch Over Me42m
- S5E10The Thing with Feathers43m
- S5E11Fade-Away44m
- S5E12Tail Spin42m
- S5E13Eating Away44m
- S5E14Primed44m
- S5E15Desert Springs44m
- S5E16Without You44m
- S5E17Deep Water44m
- S5E18Connections44m
- S5E19At Rest44m
- S5E20Skin Deep43m
- S5E21Crash and Burn44m
- S5E22One and Only42m
- S5E23Two of Us42m
- S5E24The Beginning43m
Season 618 episodes
- S6E1Lost Boy43m
- S6E2Clean Up43m
- S6E3Res Ipsa41m
- S6E4Baggage41m
- S6E5Run40m
- S6E6Where & Why (II)43m
- S6E7Absalom43m
- S6E8Fight/Flight41m
- S6E9One Wrong Move41m
- S6E10Claus and Effect42m
- S6E114G43m
- S6E12Article 3241m
- S6E13Hard Reset42m
- S6E14A Bend in the Road40m
- S6E15Deja Vu43m
- S6E16A Dollar and a Dream41m
- S6E17Driven43m
- S6E18Satellites42m
Season 724 episodes
- S7E1Closure43m
- S7E222 x 4243m
- S7E3Last Call43m
- S7E4True / False42m
- S7E5Rise and Fall43m
- S7E6Live to Regret43m
- S7E7Rewind43m
- S7E8Better Angels43m
- S7E9Push Comes to Shove42m
- S7E10Cloudy With a Chance Of Gettysburg42m
- S7E11Wanted43m
- S7E12Believe Me43m
- S7E13Once Lost43m
- S7E14Friends and Neighbors43m
- S7E15Chameleon43m
- S7E16Skeletons43m
- S7E17Voir Dire43m
- S7E18Daylight43m
- S7E19Heartbeats43m
- S7E20Hard Landing43m
- S7E21Labyrinths43m
- S7E22Devotion42m
- S7E23True43m
- S7E24Undertow43m