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you as dissatisfied with ...  Question: Are you as dissatisfied
with this season's Without a Trace as I am? I noticed in one of
your columns you mentioned their best episode was "A Day in the
Life." I agree — it was the best episode this season, but how
sad is it that it barely showed the five main characters? This
writing has gone downhill. I can't blame the actors, because
they've shown that when provided good material, they do very
well. The Martin addiction story line is painfully clichéd and
an almost blatant ER rip-off. They continue to underuse the two
best actors on the show, Enrique Murciano and Marianne Jean-
Baptiste, and they haven't found a way to fit Elena in without
it seeming like she takes away from the established characters.
I miss the way