Without a Trace

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Without a Trace is a crime drama about the work of the FBI's Missing Persons Unit in New York. Each episode centres on the team's efforts to trace someone who has suddenly vanished. Who the missing person is, where they were last seen and why they might have disappeared are the questions at the heart of every investigation. Racing against the clock, the agents try to piece together the clues and find the person before it is too late. Characters such as Jack Malone, Samantha Spade, Vivian Johnson, Danny Taylor and Martin Fitzgerald form the core of the unit. Created by Hank Steinberg and broadcast on CBS from 2002 for seven seasons and 160 episodes, the series stars Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Enrique Murciano and Eric Close.