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The Worst Episodes of Without a Trace

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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  1. Background image for Hawks and Handsaws
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Hawks and Handsaws

    S2:E12

    The team searches for a missing criminal defense attorney. While investigating the man's life, Jack begins to believe that his recent behavior is the result of paranoid schizophrenia.

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    Director:Kevin Hooks
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Season
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Season

    S2:E22

    The team Looks for a college football coach who goes missing after being fired for his role in the team's dismal season performance,but the investigation soon uncovers that the Coach new policy of suspending players who have academic and behavioral issues caused the football team to repeatedly play without its main players and suffer defeats due to this rule. As a result of this, The team begin to suspect that it was some of the angry players, or members of the school administration and even a high-stakes gambler who all are facing financial losses resulting from the teams losing streak. Meanwhile, Malone must make a difficult decision when his wife surprises him with her strong desire to relocate their family to Chicago, where she has just been offered a superb job opportunity

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    Director:Tim Matheson
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Calm Before
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Calm Before

    S5:E6

    The team investigates when Aaron Gibbs ends up missing one night and soon learn that he had been lying to his wife about quitting his job, and had been working nights in a fight club. During the course of the investigation, Jack and the others learn that Aaron's disappearance was connected to events that took place during Hurricane Katrina, when Aaron was fighting to save his sons, and follow the trail of evidence, believing that the events of that night in New Orleans hold the key to finding the truth about the missing man.

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    Director:Peter Markle
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Legacy
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Legacy

    S2:E18

    The team searches for a man who goes missing after leaving his wife's hair salon to deposit the day's earnings following an argument with her. Meanwhile, Danny resists getting pulled back into the life of his convict brother who is up for parole, and Martin's impending firearms qualifications test dredges up unsettling memories for him.

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  5. Background image for Candy
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Candy

    S5:E2

    Cindy Peterson, a mother who had become a stripper to support her family, goes missing after work one night, and Jack sends Elena in undercover at the strip club to learn what she can. Danny moves in to keep an eye on her after someone catches on to her spying, while Vivian discovers that Jim Peterson hasn't been completely honest with them. Jack faces censure from Olczyk over his relationship with Ann, and is angry with Ann after she admits to him that she thinks he let their relationship cloud his judgment in the Davis investigation.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for One and Only
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - One and Only

    S5:E22

    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.

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    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Satellites
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Satellites

    S6:E18

    Five people with an odd connection go missing from a coffee shop, and the team determines what the connection had to do with their disappearance. Meanwhile, Samantha gets ready for the birth of her child.

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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - True / False

    S7:E4

    The team discovers a long festering secret which sets off a deadly chain of events when they investigate the disappearance of the teenage son of a Secret Service man.

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  10. Background image for Silent Partner
    6.0/10(5 votes)

    #9 - Silent Partner

    S1:E6

    Patrick Kent, a Vice-President of a New York investment-banking firm, vanishes from a San Diego airport, only leaving behind two empty suitcases.

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    Director:Randall Zisk
  11. Background image for Snatch Back
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Snatch Back

    S1:E7

    Abby, the three-year-old daughter of ADA Angela Buckman and her NYU lecturer husband Matthew, vanishes while in the park with her nanny.

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    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Sons and Daughters

    S2:E6

    When a high school sex-scandal leads to murder it is the team's job to figure out who did it and why.

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    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Risen

    S2:E16

    A new lead reveals details about a missing woman's sexual history.

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    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for He Saw, She Saw
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #13 - He Saw, She Saw

    S1:E3

    Four different witnesses claim that a woman was abducted from a mall parking lot while her husband was standing just yards away with his back turned to her.

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    Writer:Jan Nash
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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Doppelgänger

    S2:E19

    The team investigates a missing woman's boyfriend, with whom she lived. However, they determine that he has a twin brother and quickly turn their attention to him.

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    Director:Andy Wolk
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Two of Us
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Two of Us

    S5:E23

    A high school student goes missing after leaving her prom early to get some rest in her hotel room, leaving behind a bloody dress and a lot of questions about what may have happened to her.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for John Michaels
    6.7/10(251 votes)

    #16 - John Michaels

    S3:E22

    John Michaels is a 71-year-old insurance investigator who went missing after last being seen getting into a car with two strange men. While investigating his disappearance, the team finds that he had recently tried to make amends with his ex-wife and has been trying desperately to get his older daughter on the straight and narrow. Things get strange in the case though, and all is not as it seems.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Patient X
    6.7/10(158 votes)

    #17 - Patient X

    S4:E12

    After therapist Gina Hill disappears, the team investigates and initially suspects that one of her patients may be involved. After discussions with Gina's fiancé and her own therapist, the team follows the trail of clues to a bartender named Vince with an unusual ability to get good women to do whatever he wants them to. Martin continues to struggle with his recovery.

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  19. Background image for Expectations
    6.8/10(168 votes)

    #18 - Expectations

    S4:E19

    Megan Sullivan is H.I.V. positive, pregnant and missing. Initially the team suspects that her husband, who seemed to be less than thrilled about the baby, is involved, but soon learn that Megan had received a call from a prison, and their search tracks them to a former lover, who gave her H.I.V., her husband's former mistress, who had seen her taking part in a tense conversation not long before she vanished, and her own H.I.V. specialist, who had recently given her bad news. Martin thanks Danny for his help, and tells him that he is continuing to seek counseling for his addiction.

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  20. Background image for Honor Bound
    6.9/10(173 votes)

    #19 - Honor Bound

    S4:E5

    Wendy Kim goes missing during her shift at the family deli, and the team gets involved to find out what happened to the young Korean woman. It isn't long before they learn that Wendy had recently broken off an engagement to a young Korean man her parents were very supportive of, and that she had recently been doing a lot of on-line dating and had gotten herself involved with the wrong kind of men, including one who wouldn't take no for an answer.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Shattered
    6.9/10(185 votes)

    #20 - Shattered

    S4:E21

    The team searches for a teenage figure skater who disappears after practice one day and discover that many people in her life had reason to worry. The team's investigation leads to the rink's operator, a convicted rapist who was the last to see the girl.

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  22. Background image for Exposure
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Exposure

    S2:E11

    The team has a wealth of suspects from which to choose as they search for a missing paparazzo who felt responsible when one of his pictures outing a TV star led to the actor's ruin and eventual suicide, and vowed to redeem himself and his career by helping an environmental watchdog group expose a corporation's cancer-causing pollution.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Two Families
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Two Families

    S2:E21

    When a father who goes missing while trying to prove that his son a death-row inmate who is scheduled to die in two days is innocence, The past 11 years of the missing Mans life have been devoted to proving that his son, was wrongly convicted of killing a young married couple in front of their daughter during a convenience story robbery. While the team does not rule out that the despondent man could have brought harm upon himself, the team members find themselves wondering if the man is right about his son innocence.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Bait
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Bait

    S2:E24

    The team searches for a mother and her two children, who are last seen boarding a yacht which is later found adrift in New York's Harbor with only its dead captain aboard. Meanwhile, Malone gets ready to leave the team and move with his family to Chicago.

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    Director:Paul Holahan
  25. Background image for Party Girl
    7.0/10(173 votes)

    #24 - Party Girl

    S3:E15

    When a spoiled heiress in her early twenties is kidnapped, the team has to work against the clock to save Chelsea, who is being featured on a website giving fans the option to choose whether she lives or dies. As they continue to investigate her disappearance, the team learns that Chelsea had finally been starting to grow up, but she may not have time to enjoy her new life.

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    Director:Rob Bailey
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Second Sight
    7.0/10(150 votes)

    #25 - Second Sight

    S3:E19

    After a young woman named Agnes Deschamps goes missing, the team takes a look into her disappearance and learns that the young woman was believed to be a psychic. Sam has trouble accepting that one of their witnesses purports to be a psychic, although she is thrown when the woman correctly points out her problems with Martin. Jack, Martin and Danny pick up the extra hours with Vivian out awaiting heart surgery and together the team manages to track the young woman down after a supermarket parking lot kidnapping yeilds an unlikely clue.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Hawks and Handsaws" is the worst rated episode of "Without a Trace". It scored 4.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Kevin Hooks and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/15/2004. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Season".