# Without a Trace 11/17
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-11-17/331632
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 18, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-11-17/331632 "2005-11-18T13:52:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-11-17/331632/1 "2005-11-18T13:52:30Z")
I thought this was a strange episode.
The producers did a decent job of trying to convey the confusion felt by the parents of a missing child. It also seemed like something else was going to happen such as one of the parents having something to do with the dissapearance or having a deep, dark secret that led to the dissapearance.
I was kind of confused through the entire episode. Although I knew what was going on, it felt like something else should have been happening; I am just not sure what.
Did anyone else get this feeling or was it just a carry-over of my “allergies” from watching CSI?
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-11-17/331632/2 "2005-11-18T14:20:30Z")
I was actually crocheting and not _watching_, but it seemed to me that this episode, unlike all the others, was told from the point of view of the missing boy’s family, rather than the agents themselves, which I think is where the strange feel came from. It wasn’t a bad episode, but definitely not one of my favorites. It definitely felt like there was a little bit missing.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-11-17/331632/3 "2005-11-18T17:36:31Z")
Yep, that was the whole point. I thought it was very well done, although there was some overacting by the parents, especially “Roseanne’s sister.” Good job for a show that is underrated.
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### Author:  [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-11-17/331632/4 "2005-11-18T17:44:30Z")
I didn’t watch it, and as a rule don’t…
Sounds to me like they’re experimenting with their formula… ala CSI/House…fortunatley for the other two, they do it without hitting you over the head with it.
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### Author:  [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-11-17/331632/5 "2005-11-18T19:26:59Z")
Nah, I doubt they were experimenting with their formula. I think it was a one-shot perspective change. An artistic whimsy, if you will. I also think it was extremely well done. I enjoyed it a great deal.
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### Author:  [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-11-17/331632/6 "2005-11-18T20:05:46Z")
> [@Ogre](#):
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> Nah, I doubt they were experimenting with their formula. I think it was a one-shot perspective change. An artistic whimsy, if you will. I also think it was extremely well done. I enjoyed it a great deal.
Yeah, me too. An I thought the actors playing the parents did a fine job, just what I would expect from parents under the circumstances.
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### Author:  [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-a-trace-11-17/331632/7 "2005-11-18T20:06:08Z")
> [@Ogre](#):
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> Nah, I doubt they were experimenting with their formula. I think it was a one-shot perspective change. An artistic whimsy, if you will. I also think it was extremely well done. I enjoyed it a great deal.
Yeah, me too. And I thought the actors playing the parents did a fine job, just what I would expect from parents under the circumstances.