Cold Case

Kathryn Morris stars as Lilly Rush, the lone female detective in the Philadelphia homicide squad who finds her niche when she's assigned to "cold cases," crimes that have never been solved. Previously, she used her instinctive understanding of the criminal mind on current murders. Now, she's interrogating witnesses of yester-crimes whose lives and circumstances have since changed, making use of today's new science and finding fresh clues to solve cases that were previously unsolvable, all of which appeals to this smart, driven detective. She's also prepared for the consequences: that her work will open up old wounds and may lead suspects to commit new crimes. When she hits a dead end, Rush seeks advice from her respected mentor, Lt. John Stillman (John Finn). Also on the team are Det. Will Jeffries (Thom Barry), who's been around long enough to serve as Lilly's link to the past, and Det. Nick Vera (Jeremy Ratchford), a tough cop who's considered the go-to guy for getting a confession.

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Season 1

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Cold Case - 115 - Disco Inferno

submitted 2004-02-25 07:32:01
Airdate: 2004-02-22

Construction workers discover a skull with bullet hole under ruins of a disco club that burned 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.

Cold Case - 101 - Look Again

submitted 2004-01-10 09:36:09
Airdate: 2003-09-28

Kathryn Morris stars as Philadelphia homicide detective Lilly Rush, who investigates long-unsolved crimes, otherwise known as Cold Cases. In the pilot episode, 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. A maid to a wealthy family, Bonita Jakarta (Lillian Hurst), claims she witnessed the murder of teenager Jill Shelby (Kate Mara). Now dying of cancer, the maid who remained silent, wants the killer brought to justice. Rush reopens the case, in which two brothers were originally suspected but not charged due to their powerful society family.
Lilly interviews several witnesses Jill's best friend, Melanie (Lisa Waltz), and her boyfriend, Todd Whitley (D.W. Moffett) (who is now married to Melanie) and his troubled brother Eric (Michael Reilly Burke). The evidence points mostly to Eric, now a troubled alcoholic, but lawyer Todd has secrets of his own. Determined to uncover the truth, Lilly must force the Whitleys to confront their dark past despite resistance from everyone involved in the case, including the victims mother (Elizabeth Franz).

Cold Case - 102 - Gleen

submitted 2004-01-10 09:37:32
Airdate: 2003-10-05

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 packed in a laundry-detergent box shortly before she was to testify in court against a man who exposed himself to her.

Cold Case - 103 - Useless Cats

submitted 2004-01-10 09:39:54
Airdate: 2003-10-12

The original title to this episode was "Useless Cats", however the official title specified by CBS Online is "Our Boy is Back".
Lilly gets a mysterious letter that points to the return of a multiple rapist who stopped, leaving no trace in 1998. The letter mentions that the predator plans to return, and Lilly must find a way to stop him before he attacks another woman.

Cold Case - 104 - Churchgoing People

submitted 2004-01-10 09:41:22
Airdate: 2003-10-19

Lilly re-investigates the case of a murdered church organist, when his alzheimer's-stricken widow begins having flashbacks of the night in question. Lilly's investigation has both Mitchell's son, Ryan, and daughter, Tina, demanding Lilly close the search.

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Cold Case - 105 - The Runner

submitted 2004-01-10 09:42:26
Airdate: 2003-10-26

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 21-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. Also on the tape are the victim's final words "Runner! Runner! Runner!"

Cold Case - 106 - Love Conquers Al

submitted 2004-01-10 09:44:49
Airdate: 2003-11-09

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.

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Cold Case - 107 - A Time To Hate

submitted 2004-01-10 09:45:52
Airdate: 2003-11-16

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 hope 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.

Cold Case - 108 - Fly Away

submitted 2004-01-10 09:47:19
Airdate: 2003-11-30

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, as Rosie was povertal and living on welfare, reminding Lilly of her own past, and giving her an emotional bond to Rosie.

Cold Case - 109 - Sherry Darlin'

submitted 2004-01-10 09:48:52
Airdate: 2003-12-07

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.

Cold Case - 110 - The Hitchhiker

submitted 2004-01-10 09:50:03
Airdate: 2003-12-21

Rush reopens the 1997 murder of a 20-year-old college student who, while hitchhiking home after a big gambling win in Atlantic City, was taken into a wooded area and shot to death. The case is reinvestigated when a similar homicide takes place in Delaware and matches another one in New Jersey, prompting police to believe that a serial killer may be responsible.

Cold Case - 111 - Hubris

submitted 2004-01-12 16:36:19
Airdate: 2004-01-11

A college professor, who lost everything, his career, his family, his reputation, after being suspected of murdering one of his female students in 1995, offers new information reguarding 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.

Cold Case - 112 - Glued

submitted 2004-01-19 14:34:25
Airdate: 2004-01-18

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, and the prime suspects included a catholic preist, 3 glue-sniffing teenagers, one elusive suspect, and the boy's own parents.

Cold Case - 113 - The Letter

submitted 2004-01-26 12:24:14
Airdate: 2004-01-25

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 john, but letters written by the victim indicate that she was afraid of a milkman.

Cold Case - 114 - Boy in the Box

submitted 2004-02-16 13:40:58
Airdate: 2004-02-15

An anonymous boy found in a box in 1958 is identified, and investigation of his murder turns up that experiments were performed on orphans, by nuns.

Cold Case - 116 - Volunteers

submitted 2004-03-08 12:19:55
Airdate: 2004-03-07

Human remains found in the excavation for a new building lead Rush and Valens to investigate the unsolved deaths of a man and a woman in their mid-20's who disappeared in 1969.

Cold Case - 117 - The Lost Soul of Herman Lester

submitted 2004-03-15 03:30:58
Airdate: 2004-03-14

The 1987 murder of a high-school basketball phenom is reopened after the victim's son, also a top prospect, receives a phone threat that he'll be killed just like his dad was if he plays in the state-championship game. The caller includes information about the killing that is known only by the police. The investigation focuses on a disgruntled former player who was suspended from the team shortly before the murder.

Cold Case - 118 - Resolutions

submitted 2004-03-29 11:12:14
Airdate: 2004-03-28

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.

Cold Case - 119 - Late Returns

submitted 2004-04-05 01:45:56
Airdate: 2004-04-04

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.

Cold Case - 120 - Greed

submitted 2004-05-06 22:18:17
Airdate: 2004-04-18

Rush and Valens reopen the 1985 murder of Charles Danville, a wealthy stock broker killed during an apparent car jacking gone wrong. As they investigate Danville's life, the detectives learn the married man was using his money and power to coax sex from young male brokers desperate to get ahead. While they initially suspect Stu Livermore, a former aspiring banker whose personal and professional life were destroyed by Danville, Rush and Valens discover more suspects in the case when they find out that Danville had recruited a group of boiler room trainees with wealthy clients to help him reclaim his fortune.

Cold Case - 121 - Maternal Instincts

submitted 2004-05-06 22:19:41
Airdate: 2004-04-25

Rush is called in to investigate a 14-year-old unsolved homicide of a woman who was murdered in front of her child. A court appointed psychologist approaches Rush regarding one of his clients, Sean, a troubled 17-year-old boy who's been lost in the foster care system since he witnessed his mother Rebecca's murder 14 years ago. The teen has recently been suffering intense nightmares about the incident and the psychiatrist asks Lilly to re-open the case to finally give Sean closure. As Rush and Valens investigate, they realize Sean's dreams match key pieces of evidence from the crime. In addition, by contacting Rebecca's family and friends, Rush and Valens learn that she and Sean were living on the run, seemingly from one of the men in her past.

Cold Case - 122 - The Plan

submitted 2004-05-06 22:21:01
Airdate: 2004-05-02

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.

Cold Case - 123 - Lover's Lane

submitted 2004-05-24 10:32:54
Airdate: 2004-05-23

When DNA evidence reveals the wrong man has been serving time for the 1986 murder of a beautiful 15-year-old girl (Mae Whitman), Rush (Kathryn Morris) and Valens (Danny Pino) re-open the case and discover that the girl was the object of affection for several young and older men. The investigation initially leads to Mark Adams, Eve's former boyfriend. Though Mark professes his innocence and is eventually dismissed as a suspect, he's clearly still in love with Eve and has an immediate connection with Lilly, who bears a striking resemblance to the dead girl. After speaking with Eve's mother and several of her old friends, the detectives find out crucial information about Eve's final days, leading them closer to finding the person who may have killed her.

Season 2

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Cold Case - 201 - The Badlands

submitted 2004-10-03 22:16:47
Airdate: 2004-10-03

Lilly returns to her very first case when she re-investigates a brutal triple homicide. When the prime suspect proves to be innocent, Rush and the team re-open a 2003 triple homicide at a now-condemned restaurant in a blighted inner-city neighborhood. The diner had been a neighborhood oasis before the owners and their 17-year-old busboy were brutally murdered. The original crime scene was Rush's first case, but she was soon called off to join the Cold Case squad, leaving Vera as the officer in charge. It quickly becomes clear that Vera's investigation was sloppy, which infuriates Jeffries, who grew up in the neighborhood.

Cold Case - 202 - Factory Girls

submitted 2004-10-10 22:33:59
Airdate: 2004-10-10

Lilly and the team reopen a case from 1943 involving the suspicious death of a World War II factory worker, Alice (Chad Morgan), who was found dead after an apparent accidental fall. A 60 year reunion of World War II female factory workers stirs up memories of the mysterious death. A friend of the deceased confides in Lilly that the death is not what it appears to be and begs her to dig deeper into the case. After several interviews, Lilly soon discovers that the women were not as innocent in 1943 as they now appear to be and the investigation points to murder and reveals that the shy, married victim had secrets that may have lead to her death. Lily must comb through a web of lies to try to track the real motive and killer.

Cold Case - 203 - Daniela

submitted 2004-10-17 22:58:33
Airdate: 2004-10-17

Lily and Valens reopen a presumed homicide from 1979 in which a Jane Doe's blood-drenched shoes, underwear and sheets were found in a trash bag, but no body. The investigation begins when a battered wife accuses her husband of murdering a girl in 1979 and brings in an amateur film from the time that supposedly shows him committing the crime. As they investigate, they learn that the victim, a teenage runaway who panhandled in a rough part of town, was picked up by a couple of teenage boys who made the home movie using her as their star. However, the now-adult boys tell Rush the whole thing was an act and Rush and Valens must figure out what happened to the vibrant 19-year-old who was never seen again.

Cold Case - 204 - The House

submitted 2004-10-24 22:15:29
Airdate: 2004-10-24

In 1968, Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Concert was broadcast to millions of inmates across the U.S. That night, in the melee following the broadcast, an inmate was murdered and quickly disposed of in a prison outside of Philly. Lilly and the team re-open the case when human bones are found at the site of the now shuttered prison. When it turns out that the bones don't belong to the dead inmate, the team has to begin a new search for the person who was murdered at the prison 36 years before.

Cold Case - 205 - Who's Your Daddy

submitted 2004-10-31 19:18:03
Airdate: 2004-10-31

Lilly investigates the 1991 double murder of married illegal immigrants from Cambodia who were shot to death in thier apartment and found by thier 6-year old daughter. The now- teenage girl brings the case to Lilly after she discovers a bracelet once owned by her mother is for sale on the internet. The probe reveals that the parents had dark secrets unknown to thier daughter.

Cold Case - 206 - The Sleepover

submitted 2004-11-07 22:16:52
Airdate: 2004-11-07

Lilly re-opens a murder from a teenage slumber party in 1989 when a copycat crime occurs years later.

Cold Case - 207 - It's Raining Men

submitted 2004-11-14 22:37:02
Airdate: 2004-11-14

A man who first contracted AIDS in 1983 asks Rush and Valens to re-open the unsolved strangulation death of his former partner. When the team begin investigating the murder, they learn that the dead man was one of the early activists in the fight against AIDS and a relentless advocate for AIDS education in the burgeoning gay community. The team also learns that the victim was a member of a prominent family who disowned him due to his sexual orientation.

Cold Case - 208 - Red Glare

submitted 2004-11-21 22:21:12
Airdate: 2004-11-21

The 1953 murder of a white school teacher, a communist sympathizer who was involved in civil-rights issues, is reopened after the victim's youngest son asks for it to be reinvestigated. The probe reveals that the slain man was killed on the same day that the Rosenbergs were executed and was set to testify the next day before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Also, Lily's estranged sister (Nicki Aycox) unexpectedly shows up.

Cold Case - 209 - Mindhunters

submitted 2004-11-28 22:29:43
Airdate: 2004-11-28

The discovery of a woman’s remains in a wildlife preserve lead Lilly and the team on the trail of a serial killer.

Cold Case - 210 - Discretion

submitted 2004-12-19 21:42:53
Airdate: 2004-12-19

The 2000 murder of a prominent, ambitious Puerto Rican assistant district attorney is re-opened when the man's wife insists that recent reports of her husband's connection to a large amount of missing money at the time of his death are untrue. As Rush and the team investigate, they learn the victim was prosecuting a murder trial with a young Puerto Rican defendant whose conviction suddenly becomes suspicious.

Cold Case - 211 - Blank Generation

submitted 2005-01-10 11:14:16
Airdate: 2005-01-09

A cult member's suicide in l978 is re-examined by Rush in light of a new fatality. 26 years later, Beth still doesn't believe that her brother, Matthew, killed himself just days after his family hired a deprogrammer to rescue him from a cult. when she hears that the same deprogrammer has just been accused of killing a cult member while trying to deprogram him, she asks Rush to explore the circumstances Matthew's death. Meanwhile, Valens must deal with tragic news of his own.

Cold Case - 212 - Yo, Adrian

submitted 2005-01-17 08:52:31
Airdate: 2005-01-16

The deathbed confession of a boxing referee leads Rush and the team to reopen a case involving an over-matched fighter who died moments after a terrible beating in a 1976 bout, which clearly should have been stopped. As the detectives look into why the underdog boxer was essentially allowed to die in the ring, they discover several people with solid motives.