A woman on the street is seen talking to a
man. She enters her building on Tuesday
at 10:47pm. Jack (Anthony LaPaglia) does a voiceover;
Maggie Cartwright, 28, single, a marketing executive. She didn’t show up for work
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There was no forced entry and her door was
open. She left everything behind. She spoke to her mother and disappeared after
the call. Her boss sent out the missing
call. The police canvasses the
neighbourhood and found nothing. Jack picks
up a book in her apartment: Karma & Reincarnation and reads a
highlighted passage. She has travel books and Danny (Enrique Murciano) says she went backpacking.
FBI MISSING PERSONS UNIT
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Maggie (Arija Bareikis) was vice president of
marketing. Her mother is Nancy lphabet City
Jack introduces Martin, (Eric Close) a rookie and new
member of the team. Martin didn’t want
his father to call Jack. They don’t know
if Maggie’s been murdered or kidnapped.
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Maggie had a meeting that day and her boss
says it was the best presentation she had ever given. Everyone respects her and she was promoted to
president of marketing. Martin thinks he
may have been sleeping with the boss and since she’s been climbing the corporate
ladder. Jack tells him he loves her but
isn’t sleeping with her as he’s gay.
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Martin adds she
doesn’t have a computer. Danny says the
doorman saw her with a man, blonde, 6’1”. Viv Marianne Jean-Baptiste) says Tom (Taylor Nichols) arrived at Heathrow on flight 43. He’s staying at Claridges. Maggie
sent an e-mail to Brian Docherty on Tuesday.
Jack deciphers it’s true meaning.
Her position on the relationship was clarified, she was sleeping with
him so they have a suspect.
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Brian paid off a witness in a Federal
investigation. It was meant to be a
fling and he called it off weeks ago. He
was in Philadelphia
12:30…
Her father describes Maggie as
independent. She dated Tom for about a
few weeks a year ago. She told him about
her affairs. He spent $300 on her
Saturday night. Sam thinks this
behaviour odd. Men only spend so much
out of guilt or romance and no one goes to ‘Carmen’s unless it’s Valentine’s
day or to propose. Jack asks how she
knows. Sam (Poppy Montgomery) thinks he treats her like his mistress. Jack calls her a role player as everyone in
her life treats her differently.
She had problems with her files, internal
e-mails. Martin doesn’t think there was
anything suspicious and no internal competition at work. Tom is a tax attorney, 41 and divorced. The computer technician at the company tells Martin Maggie was trying to
hide something. Sam says they don’t know
where she was between 9:15
and 10:47pm . Danny says the footage form the security
camera in the alley of her building shows her with a backpack at 2:32am . The 'ying & Yang’ logo matches the one in
her photo. None of it makes sense.
Jack ponders why she left through the
alley. Sam replies she may be hiding, or
adds Jack, escaping. Her backpack had
personal items form her childhood etc.
Sam thinks maybe she’s committed suicide. Jack say she has no friends, is an only child
and she role plays. There’s a ransom
note received.
Viv finds she made withdrawals from an ATM every year
and then stopped. Danny thinks it could
be related to drugs or blackmail. Her
doorman is a dealer. Martin suggests it
could be Brian, perhaps Maggie threatened to tell his wife about them. No one saw him until 9AM the following day. The last train left from Philly at 10:30PM or he could have rented a
car There’s an 11:15 New Jersey ew York 2 AM and he could get here and back within 4 hours. Sam thinks it was her father so he could get
the money. Viv suggests Tom. Jack wants her to get him back to New York
Sam recalls her father wanted to pay the
ransom so she suspects him. She used to
tell him everything and now he knows nothing.
Tom arrives on Concord. (Which is no longer flying.)
He was with clients in London London
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Viv checks the names of an employees
travelling and finds Bartholomew Higgins, (Bradford Tatum) the computer technician.
Higgins has gone for home for lunch. Sam asks about Martin at the office. They find photos of Maggie at work. Martin spots Maggie’s backpack at his
apartment. Sam and Jack find Martin
passed out on the floor and Maggie's in the bath. Danny arrests Higgins with the money.
Jack tells Martin off for going in alone,
he almost got her killed and shouldn’t have gone in alone. Maggie wanted to disappear back to Nepal Delaware
The pilot episode didn’t have any opening
credits only cast names. This episode
was also directed by David Nutter who directs most Pilot episode such as Dark
Angel and the X-Files.
A good opening episode which not only
introduces the team at work but also Martin, the newcomer and all his naivety
and mistakes, of which he makes many and also in episodes to come. Also it appeared that anyone who knew Maggie
was suspected at one point or another so it took a while to find the real
suspect.
It was fast paced and action packed
compared to some other episodes and especially compared to some season 2
ones. Which were markedly slower and had
less in content, plotwise, with fewer suspects.
The highlighted passage reads: For his
past works – he shall return once more to birth, entering whatever from his is
set on.
Danny: “Two years working white collar
in Seattle and he gets this assignment.”
Sam: “Doesn’t hurt to be Victor
Fitzgerald’s kid.”
Danny: “No wonder he’s smilin’.”
Sam: “Not a bad smile either.” First day on the job for Martin and already
they’re gossipping about him. As well as
knowing who he really is, i.e the son of the deputy Director of the FBI.
Martin: “I don’t want nay preferential treatment.”
Jack: “Good, cos you’re not getting’ any.”
Jack: “We’ve gotta work from the inside
out. Once we find out who she is, odds
are we’ll find out where she is. In most
cases after 48 hours, they’re gone.” Not
only giving insight into how they work to find missing persons, but also the
time factor involved is important.
Martin: “What cos he called her a
fireball?”
Jack: “No, cos he was checking you
out!” Didn’t Martin notice?
Jack: “Everyone skeptical of you white
collar guys.”
Martin: “yeah, I’ve noticed…password is ‘Nepal
Jack: “What’s your password?…see.” We’re not told what his password is but
judging form the conversation about women they have later it’s probably
something unmentionable anyway.
Viv: “…had to get them to put down their
fish and chips.” That’s very
stereotypical. Viv got this line, she’s
from London
Jack: “Sam you in a trance?”
Danny: “Maybe a booty call.”
Sam: “Your mind is always in the
gutter. There was no call.”
Danny: “Tom Wilkins, 11:48 .”
Martin: “in my experience, there’s usually
a 3 hour lag between the call and the delivery.” Everyone looks at Martin.
Sam: “Think a fresh change of clothes will
make up for last night’s lack of sleep?”
Jack: “If I looked as good as you in black,
I wouldn’t need to change.”
Sam: “Jack, your collar.”
Jack: “You’re starting to sound like my
wife.”
Sam: “You should listen to your wife.”
Jack: “Do this for Dr Fred?”
Sam: “sure.”
Jack: “How is Dr Fred?”
Sam: “Busy and unavailable, just the way I
like ‘em.”
Funny, in the previous scene jack has just
been analyzing Maggie’s intimate e-mail and here there are intimate goings on
too.
Jack didn’t wear black in this pilot
episode, but began to wear it from episode 2.
Sam seems to have something
against her father of fathers in general.
But everyone has a suspect they
like to link to her disappearance in this episode also.
Jack: “That’s our job. It’s what we do.” Again, the episode finishing with Jack
summing up they’re here to find missing persons.
Personal Window
The conversation between Jack and Sam is
very intimate and personal, not to mention flirtatious. It all seems harmless until Jack mentions his
wife. So we suspect there’s something going on between them. Her line about being ‘busy and unavailable
and how she likes them' : a possible reference to Jack.
Sam’s had 2 relationships in this season
plus Martin’s enamoured with her too.
Plus she keeps commenting on martin’s pretty face and nice smile so she
must feel some sort of immediate attraction towards him.
Sam mentioning Danny’s mind is always in
the gutter, what about her and her beaus?
Martin not only embarrasses himself on the
first day by that ‘booty’ conversation but then proceeds to play hero and gets
told off for it.
Said Eric: “Obviously when he first joined
the team and he had that moment where eh went in and tried to stop the criminal
and then almost got himself killed – that was in the first season, and that was
embarrassing for him.”
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