JACK IS TAKEN HOSTAGE WHILE WORKING UNDERCOVER AT AN ILLEGAL POKER CLUB, ON "WITHOUT A TRACE," SUNDAY, NOV. 12

Susanna Thompson ("Once and Again") Guest Stars

"Win Today" -- Though Jack's team thinks he's undercover at an illegal poker club frequented by the missing young man they are seeking, Jack is actually the hostage of a cold-blooded woman, on WITHOUT A TRACE, Sunday, Nov. 12 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Jeannot Szwarc directed the episode written by David H. Goodman, one of the series' supervising producers.

Susanna Thompson ("Once and Again," "Dragonfly") guest stars as Jack's volatile abductor, Cynthia Neuwirth.

After learning that Alex Stark, a missing 20-something man, lied to his girlfriend of three months about owning a cleaning service, the team wonders how he was living so luxuriously. They soon discover his ties to an illegal poker club and that he emptied his account of $48,000 three days prior to his disappearance. Jack goes undercover as a player at the club and, unbeknownst to his team, is soon at the mercy of Cynthia Neuwirth (Thompson), a dangerous acquaintance of Alex's who is convinced that Jack was hired to kill her.

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

GUEST CAST:

Alex Stark: Brian Hallisay
Cynthia Neuwirth: Susanna Thompson
Sara Greenspan: Marisa Ramirez
Gary Robertson: Louis Giambalvo
Guard: Matt Borlenghi
Dealer: Tasha Tae
Justin Ferrara: Zachary Knower
Lucy: Adriana Demeo
Cocktail Waitress: Kristin Somo
FBI Tech: Mark Llewellyn

RATING: To Be Announced