Without a Trace (2002)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

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

IMDb rating: 7.0 (23,187 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 ↑ +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 7
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2002)

7.72 avg 23 episodes 7.4 → 8.3 45 min avg

Rebound

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.4	384
2	Birthday Boy	7.6	325
3	He Saw, She Saw	7.2	270
4	Between the Cracks	7.7	271
5	Suspect	8.1	325
6	Silent Partner	7.7	263
7	Snatch Back	7.6	263
8	Little Big Man	7.4	253
9	In Extremis	7.7	269
10	Midnight Sun	8.2	268
11	Maple Street	8.1	293
12	Underground Railroad	8.0	270
13	Hang on to Me	8.5	300
14	The Friendly Skies	7.7	242
15	There Goes the Bride	7.5	233
16	Clare de Lune	7.8	267
17	Kam Li	7.2	230
18	The Source	7.7	228
19	Victory for Humanity	7.2	241
20	No Mas	6.9	217
21	Are You Now or Have You Ever Been	7.8	230
22	Fallout: Part 1	8.2	274
23	Fallout: Part 2	8.3	282

Season 2 (2003)

7.68 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.5 47 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Bus	7.7	275
2	Revelations	7.3	211
3	Confidence	7.5	200
4	Prodigy	7.3	207
5	Copy Cat	8.2	243
6	Sons and Daughters	7.7	254
7	A Tree Falls	7.6	202
8	Trip Box	7.6	203
9	Moving On	7.7	198
10	Coming Home	7.5	208
11	Exposure	7.5	190
12	Hawks and Handsaws	7.3	194
13	Life Rules	7.3	197
14	The Line	7.4	192
15	Wannabe	8.8	393
16	Risen	7.9	215
17	Gung-Ho	7.5	190
18	Legacy	7.7	206
19	Doppelgänger	7.8	215
20	Shadows	8.1	206
21	Two Families	8.1	231
22	The Season	7.3	180
23	Lost and Found	7.9	205
24	Bait	7.5	201

Season 3 (2004)

7.54 avg 23 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 43 min avg

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Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In the Dark	7.6	199
2	Thou Shalt Not...	7.5	181
3	Light Years	7.3	201
4	Upstairs Downstairs	7.5	192
5	American Goddess	7.6	206
6	Nickel and Dimed	8.0	200
7	Nickel and Dimed: Part 2	8.1	196
8	Doppelgänger: Part 2	7.8	170
9	Trials	7.5	169
10	Malone v. Malone	7.6	200
11	4.0	7.5	192
12	Penitence	7.7	193
13	Volcano	7.3	180
14	Neither Rain Nor Sleet	7.4	169
15	Party Girl	7.2	178
16	Manhunt	7.7	169
17	Lone Star	7.7	172
18	Transitions	7.4	167
19	Second Sight	7.2	155
20	The Bogie Man	7.7	194
21	Off the Tracks	7.7	170
22	John Michaels	6.7	259
23	End Game	7.8	177

Season 4 (2005)

7.46 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 7.4 46 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Showdown	7.8	180
2	Safe	7.8	219
3	From the Ashes	7.3	174
4	Lost Time	7.5	185
5	Honor Bound	7.0	178
6	Viuda Negra	7.4	192
7	The Innocents	8.1	222
8	A Day in the Life	8.6	296
9	Freefall	7.1	182
10	When Darkness Falls	7.3	189
11	Blood Out	7.1	174
12	Patient X	6.9	167
13	Rage	7.5	191
14	Odds or Evens	7.3	182
15	The Stranger	7.5	184
16	The Little Things	7.3	171
17	Check Your Head	7.9	296
18	The Road Home	7.6	191
19	Expectations	6.9	174
20	More Than This	7.3	177
21	Shattered	7.1	191
22	Requiem	7.4	188
23	White Balance	7.9	265
24	Crossroads	7.4	188

Season 5 (2006)

7.22 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 7.3 51 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Stolen	8.0	216
2	Candy	7.3	197
3	911	7.5	168
4	All for One	7.7	183
5	The Damage Done	7.2	180
6	The Calm Before	7.2	185
7	All the Sinners, Saints	7.1	167
8	Win Today	7.3	183
9	Watch Over Me	7.0	162
10	The Thing with Feathers	6.6	150
11	Fade-Away	7.1	167
12	Tail Spin	6.8	161
13	Eating Away	6.9	144
14	Primed	7.2	181
15	Desert Springs	7.1	141
16	Without You	7.6	157
17	Deep Water	7.3	161
18	Connections	7.4	161
19	At Rest	7.4	159
20	Skin Deep	7.1	148
21	Crash and Burn	7.1	142
22	One and Only	7.0	145
23	Two of Us	7.2	158
24	The Beginning	7.3	134

Season 6 (2007)

7.37 avg 18 episodes 7.6 → 7.4 45 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lost Boy	7.6	152
2	Clean Up	7.7	146
3	Res Ipsa	6.8	127
4	Baggage	7.2	132
5	Run	7.8	155
6	Where and Why	7.1	217
7	Absalom	7.6	150
8	Fight/Flight	7.4	131
9	One Wrong Move	7.3	125
10	Claus and Effect	7.7	141
11	4G	7.2	124
12	Article 32	7.4	126
13	Hard Reset	7.6	123
14	A Bend in the Road	7.0	140
15	Deja Vu	7.1	120
16	A Dollar and a Dream	7.4	136
17	Driven	7.3	132
18	Satellites	7.4	136

Season 7 (2008)

7.35 avg 24 episodes 7.4 → 7.3 46 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Closure	7.4	141
2	22 x 42	7.2	124
3	Last Call	7.5	115
4	True/False	7.3	136
5	Rise and Fall	7.2	120
6	Live to Regret	7.2	119
7	Rewind	7.3	115
8	Better Angels	7.2	109
9	Push Comes to Shove	6.9	108
10	Cloudy with a Chance of Gettysburg	7.1	116
11	Wanted	7.5	119
12	Believe Me	7.3	113
13	Once Lost	7.2	113
14	Friends and Neighbors	7.2	113
15	Chameleon	7.9	148
16	Skeletons	7.5	107
17	Voir Dire	7.9	109
18	Daylight	7.6	103
19	Heartbeats	7.2	102
20	Hard Landing	7.4	98
21	Labyrinths	7.4	94
22	Devotion	7.3	113
23	True	7.5	105
24	Undertow	7.3	126