| # |
Title |
Writer |
Director |
Original airdate |
Production Code |
| 24 |
"The Bus" |
Hank Steinberg |
Paul Holohan |
September 25, 2003 |
175401 |
| Jack and the team search for a school bus full of wealthy children. The bus disappears with the children and the driver onboard somewhere along the morning route to school and the FBI agents speculate on potential suspects, ranging from students on board the bus, the driver, teachers at the school, and parents of the missing children. Their investigation becomes more focused when they discover the bus abandoned by the side of the road with one child on board. The boy in question tells the agents that the kidnappers want $5million in return for the release of the hostages. However, when one of the students still being held manages to send a mobile phone video message to her mother, it casts doubt on the boy's story. The agents must act quickly on all information that comes in and track down the children before it becomes too late. Also, Jack has reconciled with his wife. |
| 25 |
"Revelations" |
Jan Nash |
Charlie Correll |
October 2, 2003 |
175402 |
| Father Henry Stephens goes missing from his church. Earlier on the evening of his disappearance, he attends the scene of a road accident and gives last rites to a dying woman. When the team arrive to investigate, they speculate that his state of mind, because of the accident, may have contributed to his disappearance. However, they discover that he had advanced liver disease and that a donor has been found, making the search for him all the more urgent. During the investigation, the team find a large stash of money in his apartment that has traces of drugs on it and when a connection is found to a man recently released from prison, it appears as though Father Stephens might not be the man of virtue he at first seemed to be. |
| 26 |
"Confidence" |
Greg Walker |
Randall Zisk |
October 9, 2003 |
175403 |
| Whitney Ridder, a newly engaged socialite, goes missing from her own engagement party. Friends of hers report that she took a phone call during the party and that she appeared to be arguing with the person she was talking to. Closer investigation reveals that her perfect life might not be all she has made it out to be and when a connection to a criminal Martin dealt with years earlier is revealed, it seems that Whitney has a very tainted past. The team has to work out whether her past has finally caught up with her, or whether she really is a changed character who has found love. |
| 27 |
"Progidy" |
Maria Maggenti and Judy Sachs |
Randall Zisk |
October 23, 2003 |
175404 |
| A teenage violinist goes missing from her dressing room before a big show. It appears that she has been abducted and the team anticipate that a ransom call may be received. Numerous suspects appear and a deranged fan, known to have been stalking the missing girl, seems likely to be responsible. However, the girl's violin is taken as well, and the team learn that it is worth half a million dollars. Martin goes undercover in order to track it down and when he does, even more suspects and motives appear. During the course of the investigation, it is revealed that the girl's stepfather has a shady past and that the missing teenager has been involved in a romance with her manager's son. When drugs are discovered in her bedroom, it seems that in this case, anything is possible. |
| 28 |
"Copycat" |
Jennifer Levin |
Tim Matheson |
October 30, 2003 |
175405 |
| Doris Lovett, a mother from a small town, is abducted in the middle of the day after returning home from food shopping. Her car is found unlocked and her baby crying in the backseat. When Jack realises that the case bares startling similarities to a serial killer case he dealt with years earlier that took place in the same town, he and Martin go to visit the man responsible for the earlier crimes. When he reviews tapes from the prison visits to the killer, he discovers that man behind the current abduction, his prior nemesis, Graham Spaulding. Spaulding has recently been released from custody and has a new obsession: ruining Jack's life. The team race against time to find the missing woman before Spaulding's evil plan can be realised. |
| 29 |
"Our Sons and Daughters" |
John Bellucci |
Paul Holohan |
November 6, 2003 |
175407 |
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A high school student goes missing from his home. Hours earlier he had returned to the house with cuts and bruises on his face and the team speculate that he may have had some personal trouble. It isn't long before it is discovered that behind the seemingly idyllic life the missing boy is leading, lies a world of teenage orgies, drug abuse and accusations of other criminal activity. The squad must unravel the mysteries in the small town in order to find the boy.
Guest Stars: Jonny Acker (Ted), Jonathan Murphy (Ethan Sawyer), Galvin Chapman (Brandon Sawyer), Cassie Daniels (Orgy Kid), Kat Dennings (Jennifer Norton), Jamie Elman (Alex Durphy), Maury Ginsberg (Scott Mogens), Gregory Jbara (Coach Jim Shirley), Kyle Gibson (Chris Norton), Nicole Mansour (Amber Rogers), Scott Richards (Rob Sawyer), Vyto Ruginis (Sheriff Damore), Shannon Marie Woodward (Vicki Johnson) |
| 30 |
"A Tree Falls" |
Allison Abner |
Rob Bailey |
November 13, 2003 |
175408 |
| Nelson Rodriguez, a young Guatemalan boy, is kidnapped in broad daylight in Spanish Harlem by a man driving a black SUV. While investigating the violent disappearance, the team find a world dominated by illegal immigrants and the 'coyotes' who smuggle them over the border. The search is greatly hindered when hardly any witnesses come forward, for fear that they will be deported when they talk to the authorities. Even the boy's family are initially reluctant to report the disappearance. The squad speculate that a 'coyote' may be to blame for the kidnapping, but another theory emerges that suggests that the missing boy's desperate plan to save his family may have led him down an even darker path. |
| 31 |
"Trip Box" |
Simon Miren |
David Nutter |
November 20, 2003 |
175409 |
| A heroic fireman, who just saved his two best friends, also firemen, from a serious fire at a warehouse, goes missing on the way home from the blaze. It appears that the building has been torched deliberately and when the team discover that the missing man took evidence supporting this away from the scene of the incident, the investigation becomes focused on the owners of the warehouse. However, it is discovered that the friendship between the three firemen has recently become tainted by knowledge of infidelity and gambling debt and the team wonder if this might have something to do with the disappearance. The FBI must balance their need for the truth against their respect for the fire service. |
| 32 |
"Moving On" |
David H. Goodman |
John Peters |
December 11, 2003 |
175410 |
| A successful and dedicated neurosurgeon goes missing after an evening run with her ex-husband. Jack is instantly suspicious of the friendly nature of her relationship with her ex, but soon other suspects emerge, including a patient's grieving family, another doctor at the hospital, and a patient with a junkie boyfriend, known to have been personally involved with the missing doctor. However, when the team discover that the doctor gave up a baby for adoption over 20 years ago, and that she recently tried to make contact with her daughter, they begin to think that the missing woman may have been struggling emotionally recently and that she may have been manipulated by someone with information about her daughter. |
| 33 |
"Coming Home" |
Jan Nash |
Tony Wharmby |
December 18, 2003 |
175411 |
| A successful young man goes missing from his high school reunion. The team initially suspect that old school rivalries may be to blame, but when they discover that his seemingly happy marriage may be a cover for his struggle with his own sexuality, they are forced to think again. Suspects emerge who may have been increasingly desperate to keep the missing man's sexuality in the closet. |
| 34 |
"Exposure" |
Dale Kutzera |
Charlie Correll |
January 8, 2004 |
175406 |
| Brian Owen, a paparazzi photographer known for his ability to get any shot, goes missing from outside a hotel. The team suspect that his disappearance could be related to potential blackmailing of celebrities he had incriminating pictures of, but when fingerprints are found on his camera at the scene, they redirect their focus to a rival photographer. However, when it is found that Brian had recently been involved with a radical environmental group, suspected of domestic terrorism, they find that clues to his current location may lie with a massive company targeted by the activists. The team discover that Brian had been attempting to leave the celebrity business and change his life, and that his desperation for this may have contributed to his disappearance. |
| 35 |
"Hawks and Handsaws" |
Jennifer Levin and Ed Redlich |
Kevin Hooks |
January 15, 2004 |
176412 |
| Joe Gibson, a young talented lawyer working for legal aid, goes missing late at night. A witness reported hearing gunshots and seeing Joe frantically running away from the scene. Evidence emerges that suggests that the disappearance may be linked to some recent strange behaviour on the part of the lawyer and when a family history of schizophrenia is revealed, the team must suspend their usual logic and try to work out exactly what had been happening to the missing man to cause his disappearance. The investigation is complicated when Sophie Holtzmann, the daughter of Joe's boss, also goes missing, thought to have been kidnapped by Joe. It soon emerges that Joe had recently uncovered information related to the disappearance of a young girl two years earlier, and that he may be using Sophie to try to solve the case. The team must mount a massive race against time in order to find and save Joe and Sophie, and solve the old case. |
| 36 |
"Life Rules" |
Hank Steinberg, Erika Johnson and Melissa Maxwell |
John Showalter |
January 29, 2004 |
176413 |
| Will Sterling, a successful self-help guru, is kidnapped on his way to the airport. The team suspect somebody who works with Will may be responsible for the disappearance, after it emerges that in order to pull off the kidnapping, inside information about the missing man's travel plans would've been needed. However, when the team discover that Will's rags-to-riches story isn't true, and that he isn't all he claims to be, they suspect that the kidnapping might not be a kidnapping after all, and that it all may have been orchestrated by the missing man and his brother for publicity purposes. When a ransom tape is received at the company's headquarters, witnesses reveal that any plan Will had formulated for the 'kidnapping' may have gone seriously wrong. The team struggle to find where the truth lies and exactly who is guilty of what offence. |
| 37 |
"The Line" |
Greg Walker and Alexis Genya |
Paul Holohan |
February 5, 2004 |
175414 |
| Jessie Prince, a former NYPD police officer turned bounty hunter, is shot while trying to track down a criminal who has skipped bail. The team find her blood outside the criminal's house, but there is no sign of the missing woman. Suspects in the case include Larry Andrews, a man who worked with Jessie as a bounty hunter, and two men who blame Jessie for sending them to prison, one of whom accused her of planting a gun. However, when the team uncover some serious police corruption at Jessie's old precinct, they suspect that she may have found out some information that has put her life in jeopardy. |
| 38 |
"Wannabe" |
Hank Steinberg |
David Barrett |
February 12, 2004 |
175415 |
| A middle school misfit goes missing from his school after requesting permission from his teacher to use the toilet. When the team arrive, they find a smashed mirror and blood on the wall. Initially they suspect that the disappearance is a kidnapping, but when disturbing photographs of the missing boy are found on the computer of a student who bullied him, the team divert their focus to other children at the school. Evidence emerges that suggests that during the 24 hours prior to the disappearance, the boy had been given a swirly in the school bathroom and tied up by the popular girls wearing only his White Briefs, and that he has become increasingly desperate to outrun the intense shame he now feels. The team must track him down before he has a chance to harm those responsible, or even himself. |
| 39 |
"Risen" |
David H. Goodman |
Tony Wharmby |
February 19, 2004 |
175416 |
| Jessica Raab, a very troubled young woman, has been missing for four years, when Vivian uncovers a new clue in the case she has always refused to give up on. The clue, a fingerprint from a new crime that matches one left in Jessica's apartment at the time of her disappearance, leads the team to uncover a tainted personal life they didn't know about the first time they searched for the missing woman. It emerges that Jessica was a sex addict who was trying to change her life and that her desperation for this may have caused some serious problems for her. A trail of childhood abuse, depression, and a religious cult, lead the team to wonder if Jessica's pursuit of a better life may have directed her into more trouble than she could possibly have anticipated. |
| 40 |
"Gung Ho" |
Dale Kutzera and Simon Mirren |
Paul Holohan |
February 26, 2004 |
175417 |
| A soldier, recently back in New York following an injury sustained while on duty in Iraq, goes missing from his home. Problems in the missing man's relationship with his fiance, and some serious financial troubles, lead the team to believe that the key to solving the case may lie within the soldier's own troubled personal life. When evidence suggests that vital information relating to the disappearance may be found in some secretive activities amongst soldiers serving in Iraq, Jack and Danny are forced to travel to Tikrit to find out what really happened before the missing man was sent home. When it emerges that a fellow soldier has ties to several bank robberies in the area during the past few years, the team suspect that the missing man may have become involved in a scheme to lift his family out of financial ruin, and possibly save his relationship with his fiance. |
| 41 |
"Legacy" |
Allison Abner and Maria Meggenti |
Tim Matherson |
March 11, 2004 |
175418 |
| A henpecked husband goes missing after leaving his wife's business premises with a large sum of cash. He intends to deposit the cash in the local bank but upon finding the bank closed, he leaves and isn't seen again. Evidence uncovered suggests connections to drug dealers and other criminals, but after a tainted family history emerges, the team begin to suspect that the missing man may have left of his own accord. When some terrible family secrets are made public, the team must find out if the missing man has been targeted by some shady characters, or whether he has purposely set out to bury some ghosts forever. |
| 42 |
"Doppelganger" |
Hank Steinberg |
Andy Wolk |
April 1, 2004 |
175419 |
| A marine biology student goes missing from a party held for her before she embarks on a new project. The team initially suspect that her boyfriend may be responsible, but when they meet his identical twin brother, they realise that he may actually be the true culprit. Witnesses report hearing an argument between the missing woman and her boyfriend that may have been about the brother and when Martin digs into the past of the two men, he finds several disappearances that could be related to the current one the team are investigating. The team must race against time to discover which brother is truly responsible. |
| 43 |
"Shadows" |
Jennifer Levin and Jan Nash |
Randall Zisk |
April 15, 2004 |
175420 |
| Martin enlists Sam's help to search for his aunt, who goes missing after arguing with a man in her own back garden. The two agents uncover some secrets that will change Martin's family forever. Meanwhile, Jack deals with some devastating news about his father. |
| 44 |
"Two Families" |
Ed Redlish |
John Showalter |
April 29, 2004 |
175421 |
| The father of a death row inmate goes missing after hearing that his son's final appeal has been turned down. The son will be executed in two days time for a triple murder that he has always claimed he is innocent of, and the team suspect that the father's despair over the impending date may have led to his disappearance. However, when evidence surfaces that suggests the missing man may have discovered new information about his son's case, the agents are forced to think again. When they finally work out exactly what he was focusing on, they must mount a desperate race against time to save both father and son. |
| 45 |
"The Season" |
Jennifer Levin, Jan Nash and Greg Walker |
Tim Matherson |
May 6, 2004 |
175422 |
| The team looks for a college football coach who goes missing after being fired for his role in the team's dismal season performance, but the investigation soon uncovers that the coach's new policy of suspending players who had academic and behavioral issues caused the football team to repeatedly play without its main players and suffer defeats. The team begin to suspect that it was some of the angry players, or members of the school administration and even a high-stakes gambler who all are facing financial losses resulting from the teams losing streak. Meanwhile, Malone must make a difficult decision when his wife surprises him with her strong desire to relocate their family to Chicago, where she has just been offered a great job. |
| 46 |
"Lost and Found" |
Hank Steinberg |
Hank Steinberg |
May 13, 2004 |
175423 |
| When the team searches whether foul play was involved in the adoption of a 16-year-old girl who went missing back in 1991 shows up at the FBI offices with an article she found online, which makes her believe she was kidnapped as a young child. Meanwhile, Jack tells the team he's moving to Chicago with his family. |
| 47 |
"Bait" |
Jan Nash, Greg Walker, Dale Kutzera and Simon Mirren |
Paul Holohan |
May 20, 2004 |
175424 |
| The team searches for a mother and her two children, who are last seen boarding a yacht which is later found adrift in New York's Harbor with only its dead captain aboard. Meanwhile, Malone gets ready to leave the team and move with his family to Chicago. |
