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===Season 6===
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Vivian is put in charge of a task force to locate the serial kidnapper, who is part of a sex-trafficking ring. Samantha discovers that she is pregnant from a one-night stand with a bartender at the time, Brian Donovan ([[Adam Kaufman (actor)|Adam Kaufman]]), and by the end of the season, he waives paternal rights because of what Jack digs up on him and Sam confronting him about it, and she gives birth to her son Finn. Jack begins a pattern of roughing up suspects and intimidating people to make them talk, which appears to be related to PTSD. He also gets into a dangerous situation without backup and is nearly killed and becomes overly involved in the life of a teenager he saved from the sex traffickers. In the season finale, he is demoted and put in mandatory therapy with Dr. Clare Bryson ([[Linda Hunt]]).

This season also contained a two-part crossover episode with ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', as Jack and [[Gil Grissom]] ([[William Petersen]]) and their teams track down a serial killer responsible for the disappearance of a boy six years ago. Both episodes are included on the DVD collection for ''CSI'''s eighth season.

''Without a Trace'' completed 12 episodes of season six before the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike|2007–2008 WGA strike]].<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-striketvgrid-html,1,316783.htmlstory The TV Grid: Is your show coming back?], ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved June 28, 2009.</ref> Because the show's writing staff all joined the strike, no more new episodes were made until the issue was settled. Once the strike ended, the show returned on April 3, 2008, with six episodes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-cbsreturndates,0,7656374.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216054051/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-cbsreturndates,0,7656374.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2008 |title=CBS Sets Series Return Dates |website=[[Zap2it]] |access-date=2008-02-13}}</ref>