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First Aired: September 26th, 2002
Status: Ended
Network: CBS
Summary: The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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# of Episodes: 160
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Season 5
Episode 1: Stolen
Air Date: September 24th, 2006
Summary: Bryan Parker is questioned by the FBI after being found alone on the road by a police officer, his hand bandaged. He tells them about a young boy his father had abducted, and soon the team is searching for Todd. The search initially goes nowhere, and Sam continues to question Bryan, but they get a lead when Bryan identifies a snapshot of the boy that reveals his identity to be that of missing boy Daniel Ellison. It isn't long before the squad realises that Daniel isn't the first boy that Parker grabbed, and follow his past to find him and the missing boy.
Episode 2: Candy
Air Date: October 1st, 2006
Summary: Cindy Peterson, a mother who had become a stripper to support her family, goes missing after work one night, and Jack sends Elena in undercover at the strip club to learn what she can. Danny moves in to keep an eye on her after someone catches on to her spying, while Vivian discovers that Jim Peterson hasn't been completely honest with them. Jack faces censure from Olczyk over his relationship with Ann, and is angry with Ann after she admits to him that she thinks he let their relationship cloud his judgment in the Davis investigation.
Episode 3: 911
Air Date: October 8th, 2006
Summary: The team searches for Jessica, a 911 operator who disappeared after a man called and asked for her by name.
Episode 4: All for One
Air Date: October 15th, 2006
Summary: The team investigates when Malia Norton, a teenager at a detention center, disappears after being threatened by one of the other residents. Malia had been involved in a drinking and driving accident that had seriously injured her sister's boyfriend and killed another young man. The investigation at the detention center uncovers a lot of secrets that some of the residents would prefer to keep well hidden.
Episode 5: The Damage Done
Air Date: October 22nd, 2006
Summary: Jack and the team investigate when Sadik Marku's son goes missing along with the boy's mother, and Samantha worries that Jack is more interested in settling an old score with Marku than with finding the missing woman and boy.
Episode 6: The Calm Before
Air Date: October 29th, 2006
Summary: The team investigates when Aaron Gibbs ends up missing one night and soon learn that he had been lying to his wife about quitting his job, and had been working nights in a fight club. During the course of the investigation, Jack and the others learn that Aaron's disappearance was connected to events that took place during Hurricane Katrina, when Aaron was fighting to save his sons, and follow the trail of evidence, believing that the events of that night in New Orleans hold the key to finding the truth about the missing man.
Episode 7: All the Sinners, Saints
Air Date: November 5th, 2006
Summary: Martin brings the team in on the hunt for a young woman that went missing after a priest attempted to exorcise a demon from her. He begins to feel guilty when he finds out he used to work with her, but doesn't remember her.
Episode 8: Win Today
Air Date: November 12nd, 2006
Summary: Jack and the team investigate the disappearance of Alex Stark after his girlfriend reports him missing, and soon learn that Alex didn't own a cleaning business like he said he did but was actually involved in an illegal gambling operation. Jack goes undercover at a club that Alex would gamble at to find out what happened to him, and ends up being taken hostage by an associate of Alex's who becomes convinced that Jack is actually there to kill her. Unfortunately for Jack, his team believes that he has changed his cover story and has no idea that he's actually been kidnapped.
Episode 9: Watch Over Me
Air Date: November 19th, 2006
Summary: The team investigates the disappearance of social worker Eric Hayes, who had given thirty days notice to his job not long before. When their investigation leads them to a young pregnant woman who had already lost one child to the system, the agents begin to believe the disillusioned social worker may have been having an affair but soon discover that he may have been trying to right the wrong that drove him from his job. Danny has trouble with the investigation, as it reminds him of his own experience in foster care. Jack confides in Samantha about his relationship with Ann, but it may be too late.
Episode 10: The Thing with Feathers
Air Date: December 3rd, 2006
Summary: Vivian thinks about her recent surgical problems while searching for a missing woman with a terminal condition.
Episode 11: Fade-Away
Air Date: December 10th, 2006
Summary: When 17-year-old Ted Soros goes missing after a basketball game, the team begins an investigation, soon learning that Ted was an emancipated minor who was living on his own to attend a school with an exemplary basketball program. Learning he had recently contacted his mother with a request for legal advice from an uncle, the team begins to suspect that Ted may have done something that he could face criminal charges for, and realise that Ted's secret is connected to a university recruiting party. While the team works Ted's disappearance, Jack learns from Ann that she lost the baby, and waits for her at the clinic while she seeks medical attention.
Episode 12: Tail Spin
Air Date: January 7th, 2007
Summary: The team tries to determine whether or not the recent disappearance of an air traffic controller has connections to the Middle East. The team soon learns that his wife died in an automobile accident and he was having an affair with her sister.
Episode 13: Eating Away
Air Date: January 14th, 2007
Summary: Barry Rosen goes missing shortly after being poisoned with bleach in a chili eating contest. While investigating Barry's disappearance, the team soon learns that he had been approached to throw the eating contest, and also that he had been spending a lot of time with a local prostitute in an effort to learn how to act around women. Danny is caught in the middle when Carlos asks him for a letter of reference in an upcoming custody review, and Elena informs him that Carlos is actually suing her for sole custody of Sofie. Danny warns Carlos that he is not going to be caught in the middle.
Episode 14: Primed
Air Date: January 21st, 2007
Summary: When a young artist disappears, the team is concerned that one of her subjects may have been unhappy with her work.
Episode 15: Desert Springs
Air Date: February 18th, 2007
Summary: The team searches for missing water plant supervisor Jason Turner, and learn that he had become the target of a lot of anger after recent layoffs at the plant. Carlos comes to the office looking for Elena.
Episode 16: Without You
Air Date: March 4th, 2007
Summary: Elena is frantic when her daughter Sofie goes missing, and the team has a full schedule as they must also search for a missing female tourist named Jenny.
Episode 17: Deep Water
Air Date: March 11st, 2007
Summary: A newly elected senator goes missing and Jack immediately turns his attention towards her husband.
Episode 18: Connections
Air Date: March 18th, 2007
Summary: The team searches for a fifteen-year-old girl who lived with her grandfather and was last seen at an Internet café. Sam gets an unexpected visit from her estranged sister.
Episode 19: At Rest
Air Date: March 25th, 2007
Summary: Sam's darkest secrets are revealed when her sister goes missing she decides to search for her without the team's help.
Episode 20: Skin Deep
Air Date: April 8th, 2007
Summary: When a young, interracial boy goes missing, race and money appear to play the starring roles in the investigation.
Episode 21: Crash and Burn
Air Date: April 15th, 2007
Summary: A former soldier, now stuntman, goes missing and the team learns that he changed his will only short time before he went missing which makes them wonder who needed the money.
Episode 22: One and Only
Air Date: April 29th, 2007
Summary: The team searches for Chris Manning, a family court judge with a soft side who went missing after meeting with a young boy caught between his mother and his abusive father. Suspicion initially turns anyone Manning may have riled up due to his court rulings, but after his clerk is shot in what appears to be an attempt on Manning's life, the team learns that the secret behind Manning's disappearance is tied up with something that happened over twenty years earlier.
Episode 23: Two of Us
Air Date: May 6th, 2007
Summary: A high school student goes missing after leaving her prom early to get some rest in her hotel room, leaving behind a bloody dress and a lot of questions about what may have happened to her.
Episode 24: The Beginning
Air Date: May 10th, 2007
Summary: A teenage girl disappears after joining a cult. In the office, Elena encounters problems with Carlos in their custody battle for Sofie.
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