"Without a Trace"
Check Your Head (2006)

Director:

Timothy Busfield

Writers:

Hank Steinberg (creator) and
Diego Gutierrez (written by)

TV Series:

"Without a Trace" (2002)

Original Air Date:

9 March 2006 (Season 4, Episode 17)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

An agoraphobic journalist goes missing. |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | FBI Agent | Missing Girl | Co Worker | Missing People

Cast

Anthony LaPaglia	...	Jack Malone
Poppy Montgomery	...	Samantha Spade
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	...	Vivian Johnson
Enrique Murciano	...	Danny Taylor
Roselyn Sanchez	...	Elena Delgado
Eric Close	...	Martin Fitzgerald
Christina Hendricks	...	Rachel Gibson
Frankie Ingrassia	...	Bianca Stone (as Francesca Ingrassia)
Jonathan Banks	...	Sal Marcello
Chris Marrs	...	Peter Hill
Vic Polizos	...	Carlo
Sam Pancake	...	Michael Mills
Joshua Gomez	...	James Mackeroy
Stephen Marcus	...	Roger
Dominic Scott Kay	...	Eli

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Quotes:

Danny Taylor: We're morbid, Jack.
John Michael 'Jack' Malone: Why's that?
Danny Taylor: Well, unless something really bad is happening to somebody, it just doesn't feel like a day at the office.
John Michael 'Jack' Malone: Yeah, well, I'll have you know that underneath this black suit lies an eternal optimist.
Danny Taylor: Hmm. All I'm saying is, it's a nice change.
John Michael 'Jack' Malone: At least nobody died.

Totally strange episode

OK, this is the first time I'm commenting on a single episode, but after seeing this and reading that people disliked it I just couldn't help my self.

I actually liked this episode. It was something totally unexpected so I see why some might get disappointed. This episode is a less serious, easy watched one. The story is simple and it's really more of a clishé and the whole episode is kind of a romantic comedy with a twist. The writing is not the best you'll see, but the acting is good.

From the first moment I could tell this episode was different, it kind of had this humorous feel to it. All through the episode there are these small jokes and the great acting and the looks they send and the way they deliver their lines makes it all really funny.

This is a really strange episode. It is really the least you would expect from this show. I can see if you're expecting a standard rock solid episode this might be disappointing and I believe this to be one of those episodes you either hate or like.

The story is about a agoraphobic lesbian who goes missing. This I guess could've been a really serious episode exploring and provoking in one way or another with this whole homosexuality theme, but instead they go for a humorous twist. I mean, Jack and Danny singing a long to "That's amore" got to be funny!

I think a quote by Danny is really suitable to sum up this episode in every way:"We're morbid, Jack. Unless something really bad is happening to somebody it just doesn't feel like a day at the office. It's a nice change."