"Without a Trace" Maple Street (2003)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

John McNaughton

Writers:

Hank Steinberg (creator)
Maria Maggenti (writer)

TV Series:

"Without a Trace" (2002)

Original Air Date:

9 January 2003 (Season 1, Episode 11)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A young teenage girl goes missing from near her bus stop before school. Her exclusive friendship with...

Plot Keywords:

Missing | FBI | Missing People | New York City | Missing Person

Cast

Anthony LaPaglia	...	Jack Malone
Poppy Montgomery	...	Samantha Spade
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	...	Vivian Johnson
Enrique Murciano	...	Danny Taylor
Eric Close	...	Martin Fitzgerald
Judith Hoag	...	Carol Miller
Tom Gallop	...	Derek Trainor
Landry Allbright	...	Annie Miller
Alia Shawkat	...	Sioban Arintero
Robert Curtis Brown	...	Barry Mitchum
Daniel Zacapa	...	Mr. Arintero
Colette Kilroy	...	Wanda
Vito D'Ambrosio	...	Brandini
Carlos Alvarado	...	Miguel
Louise Davis	...	Emma

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Goofs:

Continuity: The three dolls sitting next to Annie Miller's computer keep changing positions all through the episode. Most obvious is it when agent Spade is in front of the computer wanting to get the key from around the blonde doll's neck. In the first shot the dolls are positioned brunette, blonde, brunette. When she takes the key the blonde doll is first, later it changes back to brunette, blonde, brunette.

Quotes:

[On video before Annie was kidnapped/murdered]
Annie Miller: Hey, mom, I know I don't say this too often but I really do love you, seriously.

Soundtrack:

Nobody's Fool

Typical paedophile hunt

From a small place somewhere in New York, a 13-year-old girl goes missing, apparently abducted, from the bus stop in the morning. As usual, the team immediately goes to work on finding out who she is, so they'll know where she is, but their investigation doesn't seem to be helping much. Suspicions fall on all the wrong sorts of people. The girl and her best friend had been obsessed with recording their lives on videotapes, and when the girl's camera is located, with a few seconds of audio footage taken in a car, running away seems unlikely the search for the abductor intensifies.

Before the team has really made much progress, disaster strikes. Unbelievably, the best friend goes missing from the same spot, the following day. It is unknown whether she was going to find her friend, abducted by a copycat or the same offender. Two girls, maybe in the same spot, maybe not, now have to be found. It's a typical paedophile-hunt.

The acting by the cast is all very good. I liked the guest stars, and their characters seemed quite well-drawn too. As usual, Agent Danny was my favourite. He's really cool.