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''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural television drama series that originally aired on CBS from September 26, 2002, to May 19, 2009. The series follows the cases of a Missing Persons Unit (MPU) of the FBI in New York City. On May 19, 2009, CBS announced the cancellation of the series after the series ran for seven seasons. ==Premise== Each episode typically followed the search for one individual under tight time constraints. The stories also focused on the personal lives of the team members and illustrated how their experiences gave them insight into cases. The team consisted of Jack Malone (Anthony LaPaglia), Samantha Spade (Poppy Montgomery), Vivian Johnson (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), Danny Taylor (Enrique Murciano), Martin Fitzgerald (Eric Close), and Elena Delgado (Roselyn Sánchez), the last of whom joined the cast in the fourth season. The real FBI does investigate missing persons; specifically they have the authority to help in any "mysterious" disappearances of children abducted by non-family members. The groups that investigate these crimes are called CARD (Child Abduction Rapid Deployment) Teams.〔(Federal Bureau of Investigation – Crimes Against Children – Non-Family Child Abductions )〕 They get involved in other missing persons cases as needed but do not have a dedicated unit. One element that set the series apart from other TV police dramas was the display of information about real-life missing persons at the end of most episodes. This resulted in a kidnapped brother and sister being found on July 25, 2005.〔(For the First Time, a Kidnapped Brother and Sister Are Found as a Direct Result of a Tip from a "Without a Trace" Viewer Who Saw the Missing Boy Profiled During the July 21st Broadcast of the CBS Series ), ''The Futon Critic'', July 25, 2005. Accessed July 10, 2013.〕 At least five people have been found as a result of those announcements.〔(Missing 18-Year-Old Woman Is Found After Being Featured in a Public Service Announcement During the June 1 Broadcast of "Without a Trace" ), ''The Futon Critic'', August 8, 2006. Accessed July 10, 2013.〕 Occasionally such information was replaced with other public service announcements, such as an episode about an attempted suicide which presented information on a suicide help line. Showings outside the United States tend to omit missing persons info; however, Australia's Nine Network usually showed Australian cases, and in Hong Kong the TVB Pearl showed information about local missing persons during the first two seasons. ''Without a Trace'' took place within Jerry Bruckheimer's ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' universe. A crossover episode featured characters Gil Grissom from ''CSI'' and Jack Malone from ''Without a Trace'' working together to solve the same case. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Without a Trace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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