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Cold Case

Cold Case
★ 7.7/10•2003•44m•TV-14•Crime•Drama•Mystery
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The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

StatusCanceled
Runtime44m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 28, 2003

Episodes

Episode 1 - Look AgainE145m

Look Again

Lilly investigates a 1976 case involving a teenage girl who was beaten to death on a tennis court during a party at a plush estate.

Sep 28, 2003

Episode 2 - GleenE245m

Gleen

The fiancé of a fireman asks Lilly to help prove that a convicted felon, about to be paroled on an unrelated crime, is responsible for the murder of the fireman's first wife. The young mother was killed by a homemade bomb shortly before she was to testify in court against a man who exposed himself to her.

Oct 5, 2003

Episode 3 - Our Boy Is BackE344m

Our Boy Is Back

A serial rapist sends a letter to the squad announcing his return to Philadelphia after five years and his plan to strike again. Lilly's best hope of catching the rapist comes from a victim who is able to provide a composite sketch.

Oct 12, 2003

Episode 4 - Churchgoing PeopleE445m

Churchgoing People

Lilly re-investigates the case of a murdered church organist, when his Alzheimer's-stricken widow begins having flashbacks of the night in question.

Oct 19, 2003

Episode 5 - The RunnerE543m

The Runner

After a drug addict brings in an audio tape she found on which a fatal shooting is heard, Lilly reopens a 1973 murder case involving the death of a twenty-one-year-old rookie cop. The young officer was shot three times in the chest while responding to a call at a drug-infested housing project.

Oct 26, 2003

Episode 6 - Love Conquers AlE644m

Love Conquers Al

A petty crook, Ricky, hoping to get a reduced sentence, relates witnessing a young man washing blood out of his car the night a teen track runner was murdered. The young athlete, Paige Pratt, was found shot, and her boyfriend Al Clarkson was originally imprisoned for the crime.

Nov 9, 2003

Episode 7 - A Time to HateE745m

A Time to Hate

Lilly investigates the case of Daniel Holtz, a college baseball player who was found beaten to death in an alley behind a gay bar in 1964. Daniel's mother comes to Lilly in the hopes that his killer can be brought to justice before she dies. Lilly discovers the maltreatment gay victims received in the 60's, when her investigation discloses that it may have been a policeman's nightstick that made the lethal blows.

Nov 16, 2003

Episode 8 - Fly AwayE846m

Fly Away

When a young woman, Rosie, wakes up from a coma, Lilly re-opens the fall in which her 6-year-old daughter Toya died. Things get complicated when the mother remembers very little of that night, and Lilly feels especially motivated to find the killer.

Nov 30, 2003

Episode 9 - Sherry Darlin'E946m

Sherry Darlin'

Lilly gets an anonymous phone call from a man claiming he killed an elderly woman back in 1989 and buried her body in the basement of a house. When Lilly checks the dwelling, a body is recovered, but the alleged murderer refuses to identify himself.

Dec 7, 2003

Episode 10 - The HitchhikerE1044m

The Hitchhiker

Rush and Valens investigate the case of a cold-blooded killer who shot a young man trying to hitchhike his way home to Philly from Atlanta.

Dec 21, 2003

Episode 11 - HubrisE1146m

Hubris

A college professor (Jeffrey Nordling), who lost everything − his career, his family, his reputation − after being suspected of murdering one of his female students (Kaitlin Doubleday) in 1995, offers new information regarding the case that he hopes will clear his name. He believes the student's death is connected to a copycat murder of a prostitute. Rush investigates the woman who was killed and the men in her life in order to discover which one of them killed her.

Jan 11, 2004

Episode 12 - GluedE1246m

Glued

Det. Stillman asks Lilly to re-open a case he couldn't solve, wherein an 8-year-old boy, Tim Barnes, was murdered in 1980. The prime suspects included a catholic priest, three glue-sniffing teenagers, one elusive suspect, and the boy's own parents.

Jan 18, 2004

Episode 13 - The LetterE1345m

The Letter

Rush and Valens re-open the case of a 25-year-old black woman, who was murdered in 1939, after the woman's granddaughter comes forward with new information. The woman was assumed to be a prostitute murdered by a client, but letters written by the victim indicate that she was afraid of a milkman.

Jan 25, 2004

Episode 14 - Boy in the BoxE1443m

Boy in the Box

The 1958 death of an unknown 6-year-old boy found in a field inside a cardboard box is reinvestigated after a small suitcase with the child's picture and his old cowboy hat is left in front of a church. The new probe reveals that the rowdy boy lived at a Catholic-run orphanage and was adopted two days before his suspicious demise.

Feb 15, 2004

Episode 15 - Disco InfernoE1546m

Disco Inferno

Construction workers discover a skull with bullet hole under the ruins of a disco club burned down in 1978. 22 people died in the fire. Rush and Valens come to the conclusion that the burning of the club was arson, meant to cover up a murder leaving them with not one, but 23 cold cases.

Feb 22, 2004

Episode 16 - VolunteersE1646m

Volunteers

When the remains of a young black man and a white woman are found under the foundation of a building, Rush and Valens discover that not only did the two go missing in 1969, but that they may have been killed professionally for their work in an underground abortion clinic.

Mar 7, 2004

Episode 17 - The Lost Soul of Herman LesterE1746m

The Lost Soul of Herman Lester

When the son of a murdered high-school basketball star receives a death threat, Rush and Valens reopen the 1987 case of Herman Lester who was stabbed to death only hours after leading his team to win the state championship.

Mar 14, 2004

Episode 18 - ResolutionsE1843m

Resolutions

Lilly investigates an unsolved hit-and-run accident from New Year's Eve 1999 that left a man dead, after a recovering alcoholic comes forward and claims she is the one who hit him. But the evidence points to the guy being murdered, not accidentally run down.

Mar 28, 2004

Episode 19 - Late ReturnsE1943m

Late Returns

The shooting death of a man in his driveway is connected to the unsolved 1992 murder of a Democratic campaign worker whose lifeless body was thrown into a nearby river on election night. The investigation centers on the relationship the dead woman had with a present-day congressman. Apparently, the victim in the current homicide probed into the earlier slaying and discovered damning new evidence. Elsewhere, Lilly spies Kite flirting with a new ADA and gets jealous.

Apr 4, 2004

Episode 20 - GreedE2043m

Greed

The team reopens the 1985 case of a wealthy stock broker. At the time it was deemed that Charles Danville was killed when someone attempted to steal his car, but new evidence suggests that he may, in fact, have been murdered.

Apr 18, 2004

Episode 21 - Maternal InstinctsE2143m

Maternal Instincts

The 1989 case of a woman murdered in front of her 3-year-old son is re-opened. A psychologist asks Det. Rush to look into the case again when the son, now a 17-year-old teen, suffers from intense nightmares and troubled behavior.

Apr 25, 2004

Episode 22 - The PlanE2246m

The Plan

The 1999 drowning death of a military academy's swim coach, which was originally ruled as accidental, is reinvestigated after the homicide division receives a note that suggests it was murder. Back at the office, Valens searches for Elisa after she goes missing.

May 2, 2004

Episode 23 - Lover's LaneE2344m

Lover's Lane

When DNA evidence reveals that a wrong man was convicted for killing 15-year-old Eve Kendall back in 1986, the team re-opens her case in an attempt to find the real killer.

May 23, 2004

Actors

Kathryn Morris

Kathryn Morris

Lilly Rush

Danny Pino

Danny Pino

Scotty Valens

Jeremy Ratchford

Jeremy Ratchford

Nick Vera

Thom Barry

Thom Barry

Will Jeffries

Tracie Thoms

Tracie Thoms

Kat Miller

John Finn

John Finn

John Stillman

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