Maggie Cartwright appears to have simply walked away from every thing in her life, having left everything of hers behind. Later a ransom note appears on her mother's email list demanding a million dollars for her safe return.
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Directed by David NutterWritten by Hank SteinbergGuest stars Bradford Tatum, Noel Gugliemi, Stephen Snedden, Thom Barry, Arija Bareikis, Zach Grenier, Taylor Nichols, Bruce Davison
Eleven-year-old Gabe Freedman is separated from his father on the subway to Yankee Stadium.
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Directed by David NutterWritten by Hank SteinbergGuest stars Megan Gallagher, David Henrie, David Paymer, Michael Esparza, Brad Grunberg, Colton James, Joanna Lipari, Toshi Toda
Four different witnesses claim that a woman was abducted from a mall parking lot while her husband was standing just yards away with his back turned to her.
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Directed by Rachel TalalayWritten by Jan NashGuest stars Elizabeth Morehead, Stacy Edwards, Rick Ravanello, Kyle Secor, Michael Monks, Sandra Purpuro, Roz Witt, Robert Lawrence Gibson
Nineteen-year-old model Eve Cleary disappears and it turns out that there are very few people who actually knew her.
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Directed by Steve GomerWritten by Ed RedlichGuest stars Charles S. Dutton, Kaitlin Doubleday, Alex Veadov, John Livingston, Elaine Kagan, Benita Krista Nall, Lily Knight, Jay Alan Christianson
After telling his mother, he wanted to leave school for good, seventeen year old Andy Deaver vanishes from his private boarding school, last seen by it's headmaster, Graham Spaulding.
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Directed by Peter MarkleWritten by Allison AbnerGuest stars Blake Bashoff, Lynn Whitfield, Kathleen Garrett, Jacqueline Hahn, Glenn Taranto, Marlene Brehm, Matt Koruba, Jared Hillman
Patrick Kent, a Vice-President of a New York investment-banking firm, vanishes from a San Diego airport, only leaving behind two empty suitcases.
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Directed by Randall ZiskWritten by Greg WalkerGuest stars Tyler Posey, Benjamín Benítez, Philip Baker Hall, Colleen Flynn, Angela Alvarado, Erich Anderson, Michael O'Neill, Lou Richards
Abby, the three-year-old daughter of ADA Angela Buckman and her NYU lecturer husband Matthew, vanishes while in the park with her nanny.
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Directed by Leslie LibmanWritten by Stacy RukeyserGuest stars Marin Hinkle, Elizabeth Banks, Susan Krebs, John Mese, Melody Butiu, Shirley Roeca, Jason Matthew Smith, Cris D'Annunzio
After a confrontation with a local bully, foster teen William Hope disappears leaving his job at a burger restaurant late at night.
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Directed by Paul HolahanWritten by Jacob EpsteinGuest stars Denise Dowse, Freda Foh Shen, Dempsey Pappion, John Lafayette, Sean Allen Rector, Brandy Rainey, Jon Curry, Marcus Andrews
Third-year-resident Anwar Samir vanishes from the hospital he works in. Because of his Saudi-Arabian background, suspicions of terrorist links arise.
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Directed by Peter MarkleWritten by Francisco CastroGuest stars Bahar Soomekh, Deirdre Lovejoy, John Maynard, Maz Jobrani, Leyna Nguyen, Dariush Kashani, John Finn, Heather Stephens
When a man leaves his home in the morning with his daughter to take her to school and then to open his dry-cleaning store, but they both of they never make it there .
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Directed by Michelle MacLarenWritten by Hank SteinbergGuest stars Brett Cullen, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Tomas Arana, Nigel Thatch, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Bryn Lauren Lemon, Hilary Angelo, Vasili Bogazianos
Annie Miller disappears on her way to school. The group looks into her disappearance, with their suspects ranging from the local mayor, to Annie's godfather, all the way to a young man working for the father of her best friend. Twenty-four hours after Annie's disappearance, her best friend Siobhan Arintero also vanishes, leaving only a collection of videos to help find the two girls.
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Directed by John McNaughtonWritten by Maria MaggentiGuest stars Judith Hoag, Michaela Watkins, Daniel Zacapa, Alia Shawkat, Robert Curtis Brown, Colette Kilroy, Landry Allbright, Tom Gallop
Jack and the team search for a pregnant woman, Kathy Dobson, who disappeared from a hospital before being told that she has serious complications. As the detectives race against time to find Kathy, their investigation gradually reveals that Kathy's seemingly happy life actually hasn't been going very well. She is eight-and-a-half months pregnant and, under the tight control of her husband Paul, has withdrawn from her family and friends. Paul's brother Ritchie, who has been following Kathy and providing Paul with addresses she visits, lists a woman who may be affiliated with an ""underground railroad"" that helps battered women. When the team members find the woman, they learn that she has been assaulted by Paul—but she still refuses to lead them to Kathy.
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Directed by Tom McLoughlinWritten by Hank SteinbergGuest stars Nicole DeHuff, John Rubinstein, Steve Ryan, A.J. Buckley, Laurel Holloman, Jeffrey Pierce, Alan Blumenfeld, Natalija Nogulich
Chet Collins has been searching for his son since the boy was kidnapped four years earlier on a camping trip, and is the one case that Jack has never been able to forget. When Chet disappears, leaving behind only his wedding ring and the mountains of debt he had accumulated in his search, Jack will go to any lengths to find Collins and save him from himself.
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Directed by Paul HolahanWritten by Jan Nash, Greg Walker, Ed RedlichGuest stars Charles S. Dutton, Rosalind Chao, Ramy Zada, Clay Wilcox, Kevin Chamberlin, Vince Grant, Kevin Richardson, Eja K. Robinson-Wong
The team investigate a disappearance of a flight attendant who may have been having a relationship with one of the pilot's.
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Directed by Paul HolahanWritten by Hank SteinbergGuest stars Heather Donahue, James Sie, Sarah Rafferty, Susan Barnes, Tasha Smith, David Youse, Joel Polis, Allan Wasserman
A bride disappears at her own wedding and suspicions of kidnapping. Meanwhile, the team explores the relationship between the newlyweds, who were lived together for a little while.
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Directed by Deran SarafianWritten by Steven KaneGuest stars Kelly Overton, Mackenzie Astin, Paul Carafotes, Lawrence Pressman, Lauren Stamile, Timothy Landfield, Nancy Cassaro, Veronica Cartwright
A girl vanishes from a psychiatric hospital, and it appears she may have escaped with a staff member. Then the team learns of a troubling incident from her past that may hold the key to her disappearance.
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Directed by Mel DamskiWritten by Allison AbnerGuest stars Jessica Lundy, Aria Noelle Curzon, Amber Tamblyn, Phillip Van Dyke, Scott Paulin, Shailene Woodley, Allison Mackie, H. Richard Greene
They search for a retired U.S. Army officer who has disappeared right after a dinner that was given in his honor by former members of his Vietnam platoon
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Directed by Randall ZiskWritten by Jacob EpsteinGuest stars Sarah Joy Brown, William Sanderson, Griff Furst, Ernie Hudson, Phil LaMarr, Troy Evans, Steve Eastin, Sam Anderson
Delia , a television reporter, disappears in the middle of the investigation of a nightclub owner who is a suspected drug dealer. They also discovers that Delia was working on the case of a murderer on death row who she thought was innocent, and who might be linked to an assistant district attorney working with Jack on the case.
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Directed by Peter MarkleWritten by Greg WalkerGuest stars Dan Butler, Patrick Fabian, Josh Hopkins, Julie Dretzin, Gretchen Egolf, Christian Camargo, Mane Andrew, James DiStefano
They search for a young high-school teacher who disappeared after a night class in the Bronx, turning up contradictory information about the subject.
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Directed by Charles CorrellWritten by Jan Nash, Greg Walker, Hank SteinbergGuest stars Michael Saucedo, Tommy Hinkley, Mimi Michaels, Jeff D'Agostino, Michael Emerson, Robert Joy, Christopher Gorham, Christine Healy
The team find themselves up against the ropes as multiple mysteries arise in the case of a boxer. Dante Jones disappears moments before a bout with a $500,000 purse that which could have made him a title contender. Jack suspects it's stunt, but Vivian, a Jones fan, can't believe that the charity-loving, straight-arrow fighter would go doewn that low road. The search goes in a new direction when his younger brother who he is always bailing out of trouble, vanishes. Then it's learned he has made 2 million dollers in the past five years,but he only has $6000 in his bank account.
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Directed by Paul HolahanWritten by Greg WalkerGuest stars Mike Starr, Bodhi Elfman, Dwayne L. Barnes, Frankie J. Allison, Ian Barford, Davis Henry, Juanita Jennings, Tangelia Rouse
Jack's methods for investigation of child molester could result in the case being kicked out of court. Then on top of that, the Office of Professional Responsibility decides to investigate the team, but their real target is Jack
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Directed by Peter MarkleWritten by Ed Redlich, Harry LitmanGuest stars Christina Chang, Lynn Whitfield, Frank John Hughes, Spencer Garrett, Jared Hillman, Harris Laskawy, Conor O'Farrell, Ray Baker
With the aftershocks of Sept. 11 and man named Barry , who lost his wife that day and then his job soon after. The man lashes out at her former boss an employment-agency owner. Blaming her for his wife's death and his own failure to find a job, Barry kidnaps the woman for ransom.Then he demands the money be exchanged at a bookstore, but when the cash is delivers Berry is provoked and takes the store's patrons hostage. Among them is Samantha,and given Jack's affection for her complicates the negotiations.
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Directed by Kevin HooksWritten by Hank SteinbergGuest stars Lynn Whitfield, Carter Jenkins, Tom Irwin, Gregory Itzin, Scott Mosenson, Chuck Cooper, Lisa Gorlitsky, Barbara Tarbuck
When the team tries to plot a strategy after they find out that Samantha has been shot and that she might be critically injured in the hostage crisis situation. Jack makes a deal with Berry so that Sam can get help and Jack goes in there and takes Sam's place.
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Directed by Paul HolahanWritten by Hank SteinbergGuest stars Lynn Whitfield, Steffani Brass, Tom Irwin, Barbara Tarbuck, Eliza Coyle, Josette DiCarlo, Marsha Dietlein, David Kagen