Without A Trace: Season 1 Box Set

Trying to list all the procedural crime dramas that have graced our screens over the last twenty year would be a difficult task indeed with every angle from forensics to cold cases being covered somewhere along the line.

Without a Trace focuses on an FBI team whose primary focus is missing persons' cases. With a strong cast and well written scripts it is certainly amongst the best of its genre, unfortunately it still suffers from many of the same issues as other procedurals. With cases having to be introduced and solved within the 45 minute time period each week we are never able to get the sort of in-depth look at the subject matter that shows such as The Wire and The Shield provide. This problem also applies to the characters themselves with the writers only ever making half-hearted attempts to delve into the personal lives and motivations of the law enforcement officers involved, why must two of the characters always have to had some sort of romantic past in this type of show?

Too many cases also seem to involve a 'leap in logic' whereby someone will make a link they could not possible make based on a seemingly innocuous piece evidence or an irrelevant conversation in order to wrap everything up before the episode ends.

Anyone that enjoys procedural crime dramas like CSI or Law and Order will certainly enjoy Without a Trace but with no ongoing plot to draw me back I have found there are far more interesting crime dramas available on DVD.

This is one of the best FBI crime series i have ever watched, it keeps me captivated and guessing all the way through each episode, would recommend it to anyone who likes a bit of mystery.

Buy it now, i watched and now nearly have them all, completely addicted!!!!

I've always enjoyed FBI/CSI programmes and this did not disappoint. Watching how people can simply seem to 'disappear' and then being intrigued by the 'Sherlock Holmes' style used to narrow down the options of where the person might be, why they have disappeared and how the FBI team can get them back.

I would definitely recommend this (and the following 5 seasons) to anyone who enjoys a little mystery.