Without a Trace - TV-14
Predictible crime drama for older teens only.
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- TV Rating: TV-14
- Network: CBS
- Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
- Genre: Drama
- >Available On: DVD,Download
Parents need to know
Families can talk about the rare nature of the cases that the show's team investigates. Under what circumstances do most people go missing? How safe do kids feel? Is there anything families can do to make everyone feel safer?
Message
Social Behavior:
While the main characters are humanly flawed and deal with problems like adultery and substance abuse, they're on the side of justice. The cast is multicultural; recurring female characters are generally portrayed as strong and capable. An occasional character is disabled.
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
The main character was addicted to painkillers. Another recurring character may have a drug abuse problem, but drug use has serious repercussions on the show. Plots may involve drugs, but not without consequences.
Violence
Violence varies from episode to episode. FBI agents carry and sometimes use guns and engage in tense stand-offs, but blood is minimal.
Sex
Some minor sexual activity: characters wake up in bed together, the main characters engaged in adultery, but were remorseful. Plots sometimes revolve around sexual themes, like prostitution or pornography, but the show takes a generally moral stance toward sex.
Language
Some adult language in certain episodes, but not generally noticeable.
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Sierra Filucci
Is it any good?
This procedural drama follows a similar formula to many crime investigation shows and bears the slick, fast-paced mark of Jerry Bruckheimer, who produces this show as well as the popular shows CSI and Cold Case. Though Without a Trace's producers have clearly made attempts to deepen the show's characters, the show itself, while dark, stays pretty close to the surface. The storylines are predictably sensational, involving child abductions, accidental infanticide, and teen sex rings.
Moderate violence, sexual themes, and drug use with repercussions definitely make Without a Trace a show for older viewers. But even more distressing to young folks might be the storylines, which often involve children in disturbing situations, such as being snatched from their nanny, or dying from experimental medicine.
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