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Cold Case
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.
- Created by:
- Meredith Stiehm
- Cast:
- Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, Jeremy Ratchford, Thom Barry
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- CBS
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 3
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 7.6Family
2005-09-25 · 45mWhen a young girl is contacted by a man claiming to be her father, Det. Rush and her team reopen a 1988 case of a teenaged boy, killed on the same night the girl was born.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 7.8The Promise
2005-10-02 · 43mLilly re-opens the case of young girl, an overweight college freshman named Laurie, who died in a fraternity house fire in 2004. The fire was deemed accidental at the time, but a cell phone photo e-mailed from the girl's phone just moments before her death prompts a closer examination.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 7.8Bad Night
2005-10-09 · 42mThe 1978 murder of a young man is re-opened after the victim's mother finds a letter suggesting that his death wasn't random.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.8Colors
2005-10-16 · 41mDet. Rush re-opens the 1945 case of a baseball player, bludgeoned to death with his own bat.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 8.0Commited
2005-10-23 · 44mIn 1954, 9-year-old Otis Petrowski last saw his mother in a mental institution. Now over 50 years later, after the death of an elderly woman who had been using Otis' mother's identity, Det. Rush sets out to discover what happened to the boy's real mother.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.2Saving Patrick Bubley
2005-11-06 · 42mWhen a mother of five loses her fourth son to gang violence, Lilly sets out the save the youngest, reopening one of her first cases on the homicide squad.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 7.6Start-Up
2005-11-13 · 43mLilly re-opens the 1999 case of a young, healthy woman who nevertheless died of a heart attack. In the late 1990's, she was briefly an Internet millionaire, but due to bad business decisions, her dot.com company eventually went bust.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 7.3Honor
2005-11-20 · 45mWhen a box filled with POW support bracelets is found in an abandoned drug den, Det. Rush re-investigates the 1972 shooting of Carl, a veteran of the Vietnam War.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.8A Perfect Day
2005-11-27 · 45mWhen a fisherman finds evidence of a young girl's death washed up on a shore in New Jersey, Lilly re-opens the 1965 case of 4-year-old child who had a seemingly abusive mother.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.3Frank's Best
2005-12-18 · 43mThe team re-opens the 2001 case of a robbed and murdered deli owner when the brother of the man convicted of the crime brings forth new evidence, suggesting the man may have been wrongfully accused.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 7.68 Years
2006-01-08 · 45mFour close high school friends each went their separate ways in 1980. Eight years later, in 1988, one of them was murdered. The homicide team receives a tip about the murder, prompting a re-investigation of the case and an examination of the friends' lives, hopes and dreams after high school.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 7.8Detention
2006-01-15 · 42mWhen a note connected to a supposed suicide is found, the team re-opens the 1994 case of a high-school kid who fell from the roof of the school building after having served detention. In 1994 the death was deemed a suicide, but the newly-found note indicates that the victim might have been fearing for his life.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.6Debut
2006-01-29 · 41mLilly re-opens the 1968 case of an 18-year-old girl who died -- apparently accidentally -- at the night of her debutante ball. Now her mother comes forth with new evidence when a local art dealer is accused of murdering his wife in the same manner the girl died.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 7.7Dog Day Afternoons
2006-02-26 · 45mThe case of a female bank teller shot to death in her work in 2000 is reopened when the same bank is robbed again by perpetrators wearing identical masks and equipped with identical weapons as six years earlier.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 7.6Sanctuary
2006-03-12 · 41mThe 1998 case of a female drug smuggler is re-opened. The woman was involved with Scotty at the time he was working undercover on a high-profile drug case, and he has been keeping it a secret from the team for all these years.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 7.3One Night
2006-03-19 · 45mLilly and the cold case team will have to decode the clues given by a twisted killer in order to save the life of a young boy who has been left to die alone. But first they must find the boy and for that they need to dig a little deeper into their own pasts.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 8.0Superstar
2006-03-26 · 44mWhen a poison-soaked towel turns up at the station, Lilly re-opens the 1973 case of a murdered female college tennis star.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 7.6Willkommen
2006-04-02 · 45mThe team re-opens the 2002 case of a murdered amateur actor when the owner of a local community theater finds a gun hidden inside prop furniture.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 7.8Beautiful Little Fool
2006-04-09 · 45mLilly re-opens the 1929 case of a woman found dead in a ravine on Christmas Day when the victim's great-granddaughter comes in asking for help. Meanwhile, Lilly's estranged mother shows up, hoping to re-connect with her daughter.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 7.8Death Penalty: Final Appeal
2006-04-16 · 45mThe 1994 case of a raped and murdered 16-year-old girl is re-opened when Det. Jeffries gets a call from a prisoner on death-row -- scheduled to be executed in just three days.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 8.0The Hen House
2006-04-30 · 42mThe 1945 case of a murdered newspaper reporter is reopened when new evidence suggests that the woman was thrown in front of a passing train by someone she knew.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 7.6The River
2006-05-07 · 45mWhen a new witness steps forward, Lilly and the team are prompted to re-open the 1984 shooting of a respected and beloved ER doctor who had a secret he had been hiding from his family.
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E23
Episode 23
★ 7.8Joseph
2006-05-21 · 45mWhen the victim's credit card is suddenly used a year after his death, Lilly re-opens the 2005 case of a counselor at a teens' rehab center who was shot to death just two weeks before he was scheduled to testify in a murder case. During the probe, Lilly feels a strange connection to the victim, and her personal attachment may end up jeopardizing the case.
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Kathryn Morris
Lilly Rush
Danny Pino
Scotty Valens
Jeremy Ratchford
Nick Vera
Thom Barry
Will Jeffries
Tracie Thoms
Kat Miller
John Finn
John Stillman