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Anthony LaPaglia | ... |
Jack Malone
(160 episodes, 2002-2009)
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Poppy Montgomery | ... |
Samantha Spade
(160 episodes, 2002-2009)
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Enrique Murciano | ... |
Danny Taylor
(160 episodes, 2002-2009)
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Eric Close | ... |
Martin Fitzgerald
(160 episodes, 2002-2009)
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste | ... |
Vivian Johnson
(160 episodes, 2002-2009)
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Roselyn Sanchez | ... |
Elena Delgado
(88 episodes, 2005-2009)
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As any detective can tell you, investigating missing property or deaths is comparatively easy compared to elusive missing people. However in New York City, there is a special unit of the FBI that is designed to find them. Using the vast resources of their bureau, the team, lead by Agent Jack Malone, race against time in the tight 72 hour window after a disappearance while hope for a recovery is still typically possible. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
I find this show engaging enough to watch fairly regularly but have to disagree with all the glowing reviews that have been posted. The plot lines are often simplistic and sensationalist and the long music-driven "emotional" scenes are pandering and boring. The characters are one dimensional and any "development" seems forced. I feel like Lenny on Law & Order is my good buddy even though that show hardly has any character development, whereas the WAT characters seem more like bullet points--"the wise, good hearted leader with family problems", "the tough blonde going through an emotional crisis", etc. The show is okay but it's really a slick presentation of something that could use a few more IQ points.