This was actually quite a good episode of Without a Trace.   The last few were OK but I've noticed (especially in the last season) that the episodes were a bit lackluster, that they were, what I call, "by the numbers" episodes.   You had your crime, you had your stereotypical bad guy, and it was all neatly wrapped up in the hour.   A bit of a yawn.    All of the agents seemed a bit lethargic as if they were sleepwalking through the whole season and the first couple of episodes of this season kind of seemed the same.

But in this episode, they kind of started to wake up.  Even dopey Jack even perked up by barking at a hapless suspect in an interview!    I thought "yeah!  the old Jack is back!" (a good marketing tagline there don't you think?)  What really attracted me to WAT in the first seasons was bullish Jack verbally abusing everyone, the team kicking down doors, sexy Samantha Spade kicking butt and shooting people.   Those were the days my friends but unfortunately they seemed to have ended.   I still live in hope that they will return.   But recently, we seemed to have had Jack doing his best impersonation of Eeyore, Danny doing his best impersonation of a 1960's cop (with his retro suits), Martin with his uptight "just the facts Ma'am!" and Viv constantly looking as if someone has forced her to suck on a lemon.  Samantha Spade still looks great though.   Elena too - when I can understand what she is saying (someone give her subtitles please?)

And what is it with them flashing iPhone's everywhere?   Does Apple sponsor the series?!   "Have you seen this suspect?  Oh and do you like my sleek new iPhone?"

Anyway, back to the episode.   Will, the son of the secret service agent, has been punched on the nose outside his father's building and the man standing next to him runs away.    Can we guess what happens next?   Yup.....WHOOSH!   Disappears.

So who are the usual suspects?   The parents for starters.   The father with the aggression problem.   The submissive mother.   The female friend whose eyes are constantly darting about, the blonde dude who walks into the internet cafe and starts threatening Will (bad move there surfer dude), the bad guys that Secret Service dad has put away in prison, the bad guys that Secret Service dad is trying to put away, a scruffy guy on a motorbike that comes by and roughs him up....oh the list goes on and on.....Will is one very unpopular guy!

While all that's going on, Martin goes up to Medina (whose eyes light up so fast, I swear he's high on something) and formally refuses his job offer of being number 2, his Mini-Me).   Medina doesn't like being turned down and starts making subtle references to Martin's career being damaged.   I started to think the FBI is like the Mafia!  ("you know what you're doing here turning me down?!")

Oh and Malone turns down the Wall Street security job offer to stay in the FBI.   Now there's a surprise (NOT!).   I'll make you a bet right now - by the end of this season, he'll be in a relationship with sexy Samantha, living with her and the father of her baby - just you watch.   Those two are just itching for each other!

In the end, they find Will (dead or alive I won't say) and we get a really bad song to go along with it.   Apparently it was sung by Rufus Wainwright.   It sounded like someone stepped on the neighbourhood cat.    Who chooses the songs to go on WAT?   Whoever it is needs to be replaced!   And I thought Enya was bad!   Rufus is even worse!