"Without a Trace" Lost and Found (2004)

Director:

Hank Steinberg

Writers:

Hank Steinberg (creator)
Hank Steinberg (written by)

TV Series:

"Without a Trace" (2002)

Original Air Date:

13 May 2004 (Season 2, Episode 23)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

An adopted young girl comes to the FBI claiming to have been kidnapped as an infant. The team must start from scratch to find out the truth about who the girl is and what happened to her. |

Plot Keywords:

Antonyms In Title | Missing | FBI | Missing People | New York City

Cast

Anthony LaPaglia	...	Jack Malone
Poppy Montgomery	...	Samantha Spade
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	...	Vivian Johnson
Enrique Murciano	...	Danny Taylor
Eric Close	...	Martin Fitzgerald
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amy Benedict	...	Mother #2
Verda Bridges	...	Patty Hendricks
Arye Gross	...	Charles Potter
Sylva Kelegian	...	Lauren Andrews-Dardis
Eugene Lee	...	Tim Hendrix
Tina Majorino	...	Serene Barnes / Andrews
Bruce Nozick	...	Adam Barnes
Olivia Milo Pence	...	8-year-old Serene Barnes
Mackenzie Phillips	...	Theresa Caldwell
James Russo	...	Michael Krauss
Amy Schlagel	...	3-year-old Serene Barnes #1
Zoe Schlagel	...	3-year-old Serene Barnes #2
Trisha Simmons	...	Mother #1
Stephanie Venditto	...	Dr. Lisa Harris
Cheryl White	...	Fran Barnes
Lynn Whitfield	...	Paula Van Doren
Diana Yanez	...	Social Worker

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Quotes:

Serene Barnes: Um, I was on the internet last night and I put my name in a search and I found this.
[shows them a missing persons poster]
Serene Barnes: That's me. I was kidnapped thirteen years ago.
Samantha Spade: Do you know who kidnapped you?
Serene Barnes: No, I, I don't know, I don't remember. That's why I'm here. I really wanna know who I am and what happened. Can you help me?

Slightly unusual and very refreshing

This was a pretty cool episode. It was slightly unorthodox, which made it very intriguing to watch, and it's nice to have some variety on the show. The "missing" person is not physically missing - she is a teenage girl who arrived at the FBI offices after googling herself and finding that she had previously been listed as a (kidnapped) missing person. She knew she was adopted, but she needed more information - were her adoptive parents in fact her kidnappers? Or was she kidnapped before she was adopted? And who was she really? I really liked the storyline, it was fun to watch it all play out as the various relevant people were interviewed, and nice when everything that had happened was revealed. Tina Majorino was the major guest star and I thought she did a really good job. There was also some pretty nice acting by the rest of the cast. With me secretly loving positive endings, I found this one enjoyable and overall this was fun to watch.