Without a Trace

Fri 9pm; rpt Thurs 10.35pm.
Season five of the uncompromising U.S. drama.

Senior agent Jack Malone (Anthony Lapaglia), a tough but compassionate, seasoned and astute professional, heads the New York Missing Persons Squad of the FBI.

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Episode Guide

Tail Spin: 18 May 9pm
The team tries to determine whether or not the recent disappearance of an air traffic controller has connections to the Middle East. The team soon learns that his wife died in an automobile accident and he was having an affair with her sister.

Eating Away: 25 May 9pm
Barry Rosen goes missing shortly after being poisoned with bleach in a chili eating contest. While investigating Barry's disappearance, the team soon learns that he had been approached to throw the eating contest, and also that he had been spending a lot of time with a local prostitute in an effort to learn how to act around women. Danny is caught in the middle when Carlos asks him for a letter of reference in an upcoming custody review, and Elena informs him that Carlos is actually suing her for sole custody of Sofie. Danny warns Carlos that he is not going to be caught in the middle.

Primed: 1 June 9pm
When a young artist disappears, the team is concerned that one of her subjects may have been unhappy with her work.

Desert Springs: 8 June 9pm
The team searches for missing water plant supervisor Jason Turner, and learn that he had become the target of a lot of anger after recent layoffs at the plant. Carlos comes to the office looking for Elena.

Without You: 15 June 9pm
Small-town tourists encounter trouble in New York when the wife is attacked and then taken from her hotel hallway. The distraught husband's story quickly falls apart and suspicion turns on him.

Deep Water: 15 June 10pm
A newly elected senator goes missing and Jack immediately turns his attention towards her husband.

Connections: 22 June 9pm
The team searches for a fifteen-year-old girl who lived with her grandfather and was last seen at an Internet cafe. Sam gets an unexpected visit from her estranged sister.

At Rest: 22 June 10pm
Samantha secretly searches for her missing sister, Emily, with only the aid of the local police. When Jack finds out about Emily's abduction, he insists that the team get involved.

Skin Deep: 29 June 9pm
Tess Pratt lets go of her son Andrew's hand for just a moment at the marketplace, but that's all it takes for the six-year-old boy to disappear. After learning that her father-in-law, Joseph, is a well-known white supremacist who was less than thrilled that grandson was interracial, the team initially focuses their suspicion on him, but despite his beliefs, Pratt is adamant that he would never harm his grandson. Vivian tries to keep the young mother calm, and the team hopes to get a lead when they finally get a ransom demand.

Crash and Burn: 29 June 10pm
A stuntman disappears from a film set and the agents learn that the man had received a death threat shortly before he went missing

One and Only: 13 July 9pm
The team searches for Chris Manning, a family court judge with a soft side who went missing after meeting with a young boy caught between his mother and his abusive father. Suspicion initially turns anyone Manning may have riled up due to his court rulings, but after his clerk is shot in what appears to be an attempt on Manning's life, the team learns that the secret behind Manning's disappearance is tied up with something that happened over twenty years earlier.

Two of Us: 13 July 11.05pm
A teenaged girl vanishes on prom night after leaving the event to go rest in her hotel room.

The Beginning: 19 July 9pm
A teenage girl disappears after joining a cult. In the office, Elena encounters problems with Carlos in their custody battle for Sofie.

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