Episode
Without a Trace: The Road Home
Overview
The team searches for 18-year-old Brandon Parker only to learn that 15-year-old Matt Jameson had stolen his former teammate's identity in order to get a job to support his three younger siblings after his mother had taken off. They manage to connect Matt to an old friend from a former foster home, Casey Miller, and soon realise that Matt has gotten in over his head while trying to keep his younger sisters and brother together. Sam starts to get suspicious of Martin's behavior and confronts him on his drug addiction. She goes to Danny looking for help, but Danny is reluctant to get involved in Martin's problems.
Details
- Series
- Without a Trace
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 2006-03-30
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
The Road Home is Episode 18 in Season 4 of Without a Trace. It aired on 2006-03-30. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 17: Check Your Head
The team tries to track down a reclusive columnist who hadn't left her apartment in months and was communicating with numerous prisoners.
Episode 19: Expectations
Megan Sullivan is H.I.V. positive, pregnant and missing. Initially the team suspects that her husband, who seemed to be less than thrilled about the baby, is involved, but soon learn that Megan had received a call from a prison, and their search tracks them to a former lover, who gave her H.I.V., her husband's former mistress, who had seen her taking part in a tense conversation not long before she vanished, and her own H.I.V. specialist, who had recently given her bad news. Martin thanks Danny for his help, and tells him that he is continuing to seek counseling for his addiction.
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