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** "[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_a_Trace_(film) Without A Trace]] is also the name of a 1983 movie.

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* RecycledScript: The episode "Lost Time" is virtually identical to ''Series/ColdCase'''s "Hubris"--pretty college student who was having an affair with her professor, is presumed killed by him. The difference in this situation is that the teacher was convicted of her murder and spent 7 years in jail, while the weird classmate was the guilty one. In ''Series/ColdCase'', the roles were reversed.

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The episode "Lost Time" is virtually identical to ''Series/ColdCase'''s "Hubris"--pretty college student who was having an affair with her professor, is presumed killed by him. The difference in this situation is that the teacher was convicted of her murder and spent 7 years in jail, while the weird classmate was the guilty one. In ''Series/ColdCase'', the roles were reversed.
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* NamesTheSame: Martin Fitzgerald is also the name of a character on the SoapOpera ''Series/{{Passions}}''.
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* DirectedByCastMember: Eric Close (Martin Fitzgerald) directed a handful of episodes, as did Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Vivian Johnson).

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* DirectedByCastMember: Eric Close Creator/EricClose (Martin Fitzgerald) directed a handful of episodes, as did Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Vivian Johnson).
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* ExecutiveMeddling: For its first four seasons, the show aired on Thursdays at 10 pm until September 2006. Then for the fifth, it was moved to Sundays. For the sixth season, it was returned to its original Thursday timeslot, then moved ''again'' to Tuesdays at 10pm for it's seventh and final season.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: For its first four seasons, the show aired on Thursdays at 10 pm until September 2006. 2006 (it was the first show to put a dent in the ratings of ''Series/{{ER}}'', which was beginning its 9th season at the time ''WAT'' premiered). Then for the fifth, fifth season, it was moved to Sundays. For the sixth season, it was returned to its original Thursday timeslot, then moved ''again'' to Tuesdays at 10pm for it's seventh and final season.
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** Season 3's "Nickel And Dimed" is echoed in Season 5's "Candy"--struggling woman goes missing, it's linked to her dead-end job, female agent (Samantha and Elena, respectively) goes undercover in job and nearly gets killed themselves when they get close to the truth.

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** Anthony [=LaPaglia=] cowrote the episode "Deep Water".


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* WrittenByCastMember: Anthony [=LaPaglia=] cowrote the episode "Deep Water".

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* ExecutiveMeddling: For its first four seasons, the show aired on Thursdays at 10 pm until September 2006. Then for the fifth, it was moved to Sundays. For the sixth season, it was returned to it's original Thursday timeslot 2007–2008 season, then moved ''again'' to Tuesdays at 10pm for it's seventh and final season.

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** Anthony [=LaPaglia=] cowrote the episode "Deep Water".
* ExecutiveMeddling: For its first four seasons, the show aired on Thursdays at 10 pm until September 2006. Then for the fifth, it was moved to Sundays. For the sixth season, it was returned to it's its original Thursday timeslot 2007–2008 season, timeslot, then moved ''again'' to Tuesdays at 10pm for it's seventh and final season.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: For its first four seasons, the show aired on Thursdays at 10 pm until September 2006. Then for the fifth, it was moved to Sundays. For the sixth season, it was returned to it's original Thursday timeslot 2007–2008 season, then moved ''again'' to Tuesdays at 10pm for it's seventh and final season.

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* WrittenInInfirmity: Poppy Montgomery's RealLife pregnancy resulted in Samantha Spade becoming a mom too

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The pilot episode (which aired in the fall of 2002) mentions a suspect flying back to New York via the Concorde, which hasn't flown since 2003. The agents are also often shown using some now-defunct technology, such as phone books and videotapes (do either of those even exist anymore?).
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/TonyGoldwyn as murderous twin Greg and Rick Knowles in "Doppelganger" and "Doppelganger, Part 2".

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* ActingForTwo: Creator/TonyGoldwyn as murderous twin twins Greg and Rick Knowles in "Doppelganger" and "Doppelganger, Part 2".


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** Season 1's "Snatch Back" and Season 3's "Manhunt". A disturbed person who lost a child kidnaps one to replace them and is DrivenToSuicide after being caught and forced to give them back. The only difference is the gender (female in the first episode, male in the second) and that in the latter episode, agent is able to stop the guy from killing himself.
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** There have been several episodes featuring the disappearance of pregnant women.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/TonyGoldwyn as murderous twin Greg and Rick Knowles in "Doppelganger" and "Doppelganger, Part 2".
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* DirectedByCastMember: Eric Close (Martin Fitzgerald) directed a handful of episodes.

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* DirectedByCastMember: Eric Close (Martin Fitzgerald) directed a handful of episodes.episodes, as did Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Vivian Johnson).
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in New York City, filmed in Los Angeles, though they did travel to New York to film the exteriors.
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* DirectedByCastMember: Eric Close (Martin Fitzgerald) directed a handful of episodes.
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** The Season 2 episode "Wannabe" and the Season 4 episode "Safe" both featured a bullied boy disappearing, with his tormentors being the prime suspects. Both boys are found at the end, two seconds away from killing themselves.
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* RecycledScript: The episode "Lost Time" is virtually identical to ''Series/ColdCase'''s "Hubris"--pretty college student who was having an affair with her professor, is presumed killed by him. The difference in this situation is that the teacher was convicted of her murder and spent 7 years in jail, while the weird classmate was the guilty one. In ''Series/ColdCase'', the roles were reversed.

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* RealLifeRelative: Poppy Montgomery had been dating Adam Kauffman for two years before he began a recurring role on the show as Samantha's baby daddy[=/=] love interest Brian Donovan.
* RecycledScript: The episode "Lost Time" is virtually identical to ''Series/ColdCase'''s "Hubris"--pretty college student who was having an affair with her professor, is presumed killed by him. The difference in this situation is that the teacher was convicted of her murder and spent 7 years in jail, while the weird classmate was the guilty one. In ''Series/ColdCase'', the roles were reversed.reversed.
* WrittenInInfirmity: Poppy Montgomery's RealLife pregnancy resulted in Samantha Spade becoming a mom too

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* FakeAmerican: Half the damn cast. Malone and Spade are played by Aussies, and Johnson is played by a Brit.
* RecycledScript: The episode "Lost Time" is virtually identical to ''Series/ColdCase'''s "Hubris"--pretty college student who was having an affair with her professor, is presumed killed by him. The difference in this situation is that the teacher was convicted of her murder and spent 7 years in jail, while the weird classmate was the guilty one. In ''Series/ColdCase'', the roles were reversed.
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* FakeAmerican: Half the damn cast. Malone Anthony [=LaPaglia=] (Jack Malone) and Spade Poppy Montgomery (Samantha Spade) are played by Aussies, Australians and Johnson Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Vivian Johnson) is played by a Brit.
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* RecycledScript: The episode "Lost Time" is virtually identical to ''Series/ColdCase'''s "Hubris"--pretty college student who was having an affair with her professor, is presumed killed by him. The difference in this situation is that the teacher was convicted of her murder and spent 7 years in jail, while the weird classmate was the guilty one. In ''Series/ColdCase'', the roles were reversed.
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* RecycledScript: The episode "Lost Time" is virtually identical to ''Series/ColdCase'''s "Hubris"--pretty college student who was having an affair with her professor, is presumed killed by him. The difference in this situation is that the teacher was convicted of her murder and spent 7 years in jail, while the weird classmate was the guilty one. In ''Series/ColdCase'', the roles were reversed.
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** Ben from ''Series/{{Lost}}'' shows up in the first season as a school principal
** President Logan of ''Series/{{TwentyFour}}'' makes an appearance in the Season 1 finale. Since it was before his most notable roles, it fits into {{Retroactive Recognition}}.
** Lisa Cuddy (''Series/{{House}}'') have made an appearance.
** Jin (''Lost'') appeared.
** Adam and Sid of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' appear. Which is interesting, given ''CSINY'' and ''Without a Trace'' are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of ''Without a Trace'''s apparent lack of the same fancy tech ''CSI NY'' has. Police force outdoing the FBI?.

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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Ben from ''Series/{{Lost}}'' shows up in the first season as a school principal
** President Logan of ''Series/{{TwentyFour}}'' makes an appearance in the Season 1 finale. Since it was before his most notable roles, it fits into {{Retroactive Recognition}}.
** Lisa Cuddy (''Series/{{House}}'') have made an appearance.
** Jin (''Lost'') appeared.
** Adam and Sid of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' appear. Which is interesting, given ''CSINY'' and ''Without a Trace'' are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of ''Without a Trace'''s apparent lack of the same fancy tech ''CSI NY'' has. Police force outdoing the FBI?.
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* FakeAmerican: Half the damn cast. Malone and Spade are played by Aussies, and Johnson is played by a Brit.
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*** Adam and Sid of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' appear. Which is interesting, given ''CSINY'' and ''Without a Trace'' are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of ''Without a Trace'''s apparent lack of the same fancy tech ''CSI NY'' has. Police force outdoing the FBI?.

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*** ** Adam and Sid of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' appear. Which is interesting, given ''CSINY'' and ''Without a Trace'' are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of ''Without a Trace'''s apparent lack of the same fancy tech ''CSI NY'' has. Police force outdoing the FBI?.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Lost}} Ben]] shows up in the first season as a school principal, and [[Series/{{TwentyFour}} President Logan]] makes an appearance in the Season 1 finale. Since these were both before their most notable roles, they also fit into {{Retroactive Recognition}}.
** [[Series/{{House}} Lisa Cuddy]] and [[{{Lost}} Jin]] have made appearances as well.
*** [[Series/{{CSINY}} Adam and Sid]] also appear. Which is interesting, given {{CSINY}} and Series/{{Without a Trace}} are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of Without a Trace's apparent lack of the same fancy tech CSI NY has (Police force outdoing the FBI??).

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Lost}} Ben]] HeyItsThatGuy:
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shows up in the first season as a school principal, and [[Series/{{TwentyFour}} principal
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President Logan]] Logan of ''Series/{{TwentyFour}}'' makes an appearance in the Season 1 finale. Since these were both it was before their his most notable roles, they also fit it fits into {{Retroactive Recognition}}.
** [[Series/{{House}} Lisa Cuddy]] and [[{{Lost}} Jin]] Cuddy (''Series/{{House}}'') have made appearances as well.
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** Jin (''Lost'') appeared.
*** [[Series/{{CSINY}} Adam and Sid]] also Sid of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' appear. Which is interesting, given {{CSINY}} ''CSINY'' and Series/{{Without ''Without a Trace}} Trace'' are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of Without ''Without a Trace's Trace'''s apparent lack of the same fancy tech CSI NY has (Police ''CSI NY'' has. Police force outdoing the FBI??).FBI?.
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*** [[Series/{{CSINY}} Adam and Sid]] also appear. Which is interesting, given Series/{{CSI}}NY and Series/{{Without a Trace}} are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of Without a Trace's apparent lack of the same fancy tech CSI NY has (Police force outdoing the FBI??).

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*** [[Series/{{CSINY}} Adam and Sid]] also appear. Which is interesting, given Series/{{CSI}}NY {{CSINY}} and Series/{{Without a Trace}} are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of Without a Trace's apparent lack of the same fancy tech CSI NY has (Police force outdoing the FBI??).
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*** [[Series/{{CSINY}} Adam and Sid]] also appear. Which is interesting, given Series/{{CSINY}} and Series/{{Without a Trace}} are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of Without a Trace's apparent lack of the same fancy tech CSI NY has (Police force outdoing the FBI??).

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*** [[Series/{{CSINY}} Adam and Sid]] also appear. Which is interesting, given Series/{{CSINY}} Series/{{CSI}}NY and Series/{{Without a Trace}} are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of Without a Trace's apparent lack of the same fancy tech CSI NY has (Police force outdoing the FBI??).
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Lost}} Ben]] shows up in the first season as a school principal, and [[{{TwentyFour}} President Logan]] makes an appearance in the Season 1 finale. Since these were both before their most notable roles, they also fit into {{Retroactive Recognition}}.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Lost}} Ben]] shows up in the first season as a school principal, and [[{{TwentyFour}} [[Series/{{TwentyFour}} President Logan]] makes an appearance in the Season 1 finale. Since these were both before their most notable roles, they also fit into {{Retroactive Recognition}}.



*** [[Series/{{CSINY}} Adam and Sid]] also appear. Which is interesting, given [[series/{{CSINY}}]] and [[{{Without a Trace}}]] are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of Without a Trace's apparent lack of the same fancy tech CSI NY has (Police force outdoing the FBI??).

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*** [[Series/{{CSINY}} Adam and Sid]] also appear. Which is interesting, given [[series/{{CSINY}}]] Series/{{CSINY}} and [[{{Without Series/{{Without a Trace}}]] Trace}} are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of Without a Trace's apparent lack of the same fancy tech CSI NY has (Police force outdoing the FBI??).
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** [[Series/{{House}} Lisa Cuddy]] and [[{{Lost}} Jin]] have made appearances as well.

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** [[Series/{{House}} Lisa Cuddy]] and [[{{Lost}} Jin]] have made appearances as well.well.
*** [[Series/{{CSINY}} Adam and Sid]] also appear. Which is interesting, given [[series/{{CSINY}}]] and [[{{Without a Trace}}]] are meant to be set in the same universe, for all of Without a Trace's apparent lack of the same fancy tech CSI NY has (Police force outdoing the FBI??).
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** [[{{House}} Lisa Cuddy]] and [[{{Lost}} Jin]] have made appearances as well.

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** [[{{House}} [[Series/{{House}} Lisa Cuddy]] and [[{{Lost}} Jin]] have made appearances as well.

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