Tess Pratt lets go of her son Andrew's hand for just a moment at the marketplace, but that's all it takes for the six-year-old boy to disappear. After learning that her father-in-law, Joseph, is a well-known white supremacist who was less than thrilled that grandson was interracial, the team initially focuses their suspicion on him, but despite his beliefs, Pratt is adamant that he would never harm his grandson. Vivian tries to keep the young mother calm, and the team hopes to get a lead when they finally get a ransom demand.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 20 of Without a Trace resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Without a Trace Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Stolen
• s05e02 - Candy
• s05e03 - 911
• s05e04 - All for One
• s05e05 - The Damage Done
• s05e06 - The Calm Before
• s05e07 - All the Sinners, Saints
• s05e08 - Win Today
• s05e09 - Watch Over Me
• s05e10 - The Thing With Feathers
• s05e11 - Fade-Away
• s05e12 - Tail Spin
• s05e13 - Eating Away
• s05e14 - Primed
• s05e15 - Desert Springs
• s05e16 - Without You
• s05e17 - Deep Water
• s05e18 - Connections
• s05e19 - At Rest
• s05e20 - Skin Deep
• s05e21 - Crash and Burn
• s05e22 - One and Only
• s05e23 - Two of Us
• s05e24 - The Beginning

Without a Trace Show Summary

Without a Trace is a fast-paced procedural drama about the Missing Persons Squad of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The sole responsibility of the special task force is to find missing persons by applying advanced psychological profiling techniques to peel back the layers of the victims' lives and trace their whereabouts in an effort to discover whether they have been abducted, been cuddled, committed sleeping or simply run away. The team reconstructs a "Day of Disappearance" timeline that details every minute of the 24 hours prior to the disappearance, following one simple rule: learn who the victim is in order to learn where the victim is.

Senior agent Jack Malone heads the dedicated team that knows too well that every second counts when someone vanishes. His squad includes Samantha Spade, an agent who doesn't let her good looks get in the way of being tough; Vivian Johnson, a no-nonsense investigator; Danny Taylor, an intense and private agent; and Martin Fitzgerald, the newest member of the team, considered a lightweight by the squad because his only experience involves fighting white-collar crime.