Claus and Effect

"Claus and Effect" is the Christmas episode of the CBS drama Without a Trace, aired as the tenth episode of its sixth season.

Summary[]

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Glen Beckett, a child prodigy turned store Santa, vanishes and the team wonders if he had criminal connections and they learn he is a brilliant mathematician who dropped out of college after having a crisis of conscience.

Cast[]

Actor/actress	Character
Anthony LaPaglia	Jack Malone
Poppy Montgomery	Samantha Spade
Marianne Jean-Baptis	Vivian Johnson
Enrique Murciano	Danny Taylor
Roselyn Sanchez	Elena Delgado
Eric Close	Martin Fitzgerald
Josh Heine	Glen Beckett
Lisa Waltz	Monica Beckett
Dedee Pfeiffer	Donna
Lindsey Haun	Zoe Fuller
Meredith Eaton-Gilden	Brenda Spivak
Jim Piddock	Dr. McNeil
Jordan Lund	Russell Beeman
David Gianopoulos	Armand Mutsakis
Steve Tom	Brad Harris
Brandon Killham	Jared
Nick Roth	Travis
Jake Johnson	Little Glen
Nick Nordella	Teenage Elf
Tamas Menyhart	Henchman

External links[]

"Claus and Effect" at the Internet Movie Database

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Warner Bros.

Movies
Warner Bros. Pictures	Christmas in Connecticut • Gremlins • Lethal Weapon • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation • Batman Returns • Jack Frost • The Polar Express • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang • Fred Claus
New Line Cinema	The Long Kiss Goodnight • Elf • The Nativity Story • Four Christmases • A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas • The Conjuring 2 • Collateral Beauty • Shazam! • 8-Bit Christmas
Blue Ribbon Content	A Christmas Story 2 • A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
Warner Bros. Television	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure • The Year Without a Santa Claus • Christmas on the Square

Live-action television episodes
**Friends and Joey**		"The One With the Monkey" • "The One With Phoebe's Dad" • "The One Where Rachel Quits" • "The One With the Girl from Poughkeepsie" • "The One With the Inappropriate Sister" • "The One With the Routine" • "The One With All the Candy" • "The One With the Holiday Armadillo" • "The One With Monica's Boots" • "The One with Ross's Step Forward" • "The One With the Creepy Holiday Card" • "The One With Christmas in Tulsa" • "Joey and the Plot Twist" • "Joey and the Christmas Party"
Chuck Lorre Productions	*Two and a Half Men*	"Santa's Village of the Damned" • "Walnuts and Demerol" • "Warning, It's Dirty" • "One False Move, Zimbabwe!" • "Give Santa a Tail-Hole" • "On Vodka, On Soda, On Blender, On Mixer" • "Family, Bublé, Deep-Fried Turkey"
	*The Big Bang Theory*	"The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" • "The Maternal Congruence" • "The Santa Simulation" • "The Cooper Extraction" • "The Clean Room Infiltration" • "The Holiday Summation"
DC Comics		"Season's Greedings" • "Home is Where the Hurt Is" • "Twas the Night Before Mxymas" • "Lexmas" • "Gemini" • "Year's End" • "Three Ghosts"
Other shows		"A Semi-Merry Christmas" • "Mel, the Magi" • "Mel's Christmas Carol" • "'Tis the Season to Be Jealous" • "A Christmas Story" (Growing Pains) • "The Kid" • "It's Not Easy Being Green" • "A Christmas Story" (Just the Ten of Us) • "Santa Goes Downtown" • "Let It Snow" • "The Night Court Before Christmas" • "Santa on the Lam" • "Have Yourself a Merry Winslow Christmas" • "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Urkel" • "Christmas is Where the Heart is" • "Miracle on Elm Street" • "Fa La La La Laagghh!" • "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" • "Deck the Malls" • "The Christmas Show" • "The Man Who Canceled Christmas" • "Christmas Day-Ja Vu" • "A Country Christmas" • "The Gift" • "A Miracle Happens Here" • "Homeless for the Holidays" • "Do You See What I See" • "The Miracle Worker" • "How the Finch Stole Christmas" • "The Greatest of Gifts" • "I'll Be Home For Christmas" • "Hindsight" • "Twas the Night" • "All About Christmas Eve" • "City of Mercy" • "Meet the Cuban Parents" • "Christmas Punch" • "A Clear and Presentless Danger" • "George is Being Elfish and Christ-Misses His Family" • "Santa's Secret Stuff" • "A Very Supernatural Christmas" • "Christmas" (The Middle) • "A Simple Christmas" • "A Christmas Gift" • "Christmas Help" • "The Christmas Tree" • "The Christmas Wall" • "Not So Silent Night" • "A Very Marry Christmas" • "The Christmas Miracle" • "It's Beginning to Stink a Lot Like Christmas" • "Jolly Red Elf" • "The World Ain't Over 'Till It's Over" • "Home for Christmas" • "Jingle Bell Glock" • "The Walk-Out" • "Yule Never Know" • "Merry Ex-Mas" • "A Very Carrie Christmas" • "Veronica's Christmas Song" • "Veronica's Secret Santa" • "An Echolls Family Christmas" • "One Angry Veronica" • "Hell Hath No Furies"

Animated productions
Looney Tunes and related shows	The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives • Bedtime for Sniffles • Gift Wrapped • Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales • "It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special" • "'Twas the Day Before Christmas" • "Jingle Boo" • "The Great Wakkorotti: The Holiday Concert" • "A Christmas Plotz" • "Little Drummer Warners" • "No Time for Christmas" • "A Pinky and the Brain Christmas" • "It Happened One Night Before Christmas" • "In Arms Way" • "The Twelve Days of Christmas" • Christmas Eve with Yakko, Wakko & Dot • "Noel" • "The Christmas Tree" • "The Banks of the Delaware River" • "Feather Christmas" • "Yule Be Sorry" • "Christmas in July" • Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas • "A Christmas Carol" • "Tis the Seasoning" • "Winter Blunderland" • "The Legend of Burrito Monday" • Bugs Bunny's 24-Carrot Holiday Special • "Looneyburg Lights" • "How the Brain Thieved Christmas" • "Santamaniacs"
DC Comics	"Christmas With the Joker" • "Holiday Knights" • "Frozen Out" • "Comfort and Joy" • "Storybook Holiday" • "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" • "Second Christmas" • "The True Meaning of Christmas" • "Halloween v Christmas" • "Teen Titans Save Christmas" • "Party Animal" • "Beast Boy on a Shelf" • "Christmas Crusaders" • "Dye Hard" • "A Holiday Story" • "The Great Christmas Caper"
Hanna-Barbera co-productions	"A Dickens of a Christmas" • A Scooby-Doo! Christmas • "Ho Ho Horrors" • Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale • Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays • Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers • "The Plight Before Christmas" • "Scary Christmas" • "Scroogey Doo" • "It's a Wacky Life" • "Dashing Thru the Snow" • "Signed, Sealed and Wacky" • "The Spirit of Frostnos" • Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land
Other cartoons	"Yuletide and Redtide" • A Cool Like That Christmas • "Santa Mask" • The Polar Express • "The Match Before Xmas" • A Miser Brothers' Christmas • "Da Grinchy Code / Duck" • "FROST / Undercover Claus" • "Fantastic Four Christmases / Red and White Collar" • Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas • "Christmas in Oz" • "Top of the Naughty List" • "Mandora Saves Christmas" • Beebo Saves Christmas

Albums
Have Yourself a Looney Tunes Christmas • A Hip-Hopera Christmas • Merry Christmas: Animaniacs & Looney Tunes • The Looney Tunes Kwazy Christmas • A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas