THE TEAM SEARCHES FOR A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STAR WHO DISAPPEARS SHORTLY AFTER SCORING THE WINNING BASKET AT AN IMPORTANT GAME, ON "WITHOUT A TRACE," SUNDAY, DEC. 10

Academy Award Nominee and Tony Award Nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio ("The Color of Money," "Man of La Mancha") Returns

Connor Trinneer ("Star Trek: Enterprise") and Marina Sirtis ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") Guest Star

"Fade-Away" -- The team searches for a 17-year-old high school basketball star who vanishes the night he scores the winning basket at a game that secures his team's position in the state championships, on WITHOUT A TRACE, Sunday, Dec. 10 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Jonathan Kaplan, one of the series' co-executive producers, directed the episode, written David Amann, also a co-executive producer, and Greg Walker, one of the series' executive producers. The script is based on a story by Amann.

Academy Award nominee and Tony Award nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio ("The Color of Money," "Man of La Mancha") returns as Jack's girlfriend and colleague, FBI agent Anne Cassidy. Connor Trinneer ("Star Trek: Enterprise") and Marina Sirtis ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") guest star as the missing Ted Soros' basketball coach and mother.

Ted's working-class immigrant parents explain that Ted had become an emancipated minor in order to join another school district's top-ranked team that attracts the notice of college recruiters. However, the agents wonder if Ted's real objective was to move out of the home of his heavy-drinking, wife-beating father, who may have had a role in his disappearance. The agents also try to decipher why Ted's coach and fellow players are being less than candid about him, and they look into why Ted asked his attorney uncle to clarify when minors get tried as adults for felonies. Meanwhile, Anne delivers some sad news to Jack.

SERIES REGULARS:

Jack Malone: Anthony LaPaglia
Samantha Spade: Poppy Montgomery
Vivian Johnson: Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Danny Taylor: Enrique Murciano
Martin Fitzgerald: Eric Close
Elena Delgado: Roselyn Sanchez

RECURRING CAST:

Anne Cassidy: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Lucy: Adriana Demeo

GUEST CAST:

Ted Soros: Nicholas D'Agosto
Zander Marrs: Nicholas Braun
Harold Roberts: Eugene Jones
Coach Robert Owens: Connor Trinneer
Alexa Soros: Marina Sirtis
Cosmo Soros: Peter Allas
Dana Russo: Saige Thompson
Aaron: Tommy Snider
Julia Gail Hart: Amber Willenborg
Receptionist: Ellen Crawford
Nurse: Janora McDuffie
Lyle Carver: Kip Gilman
Mr. Roberts: Ron Butler
Student: Luke Baybak
Evidence Tech: John L. Curtis

RATING: TVPG-LSV