Money

Directed by Rachel Talalay
Written by Sean Whitesell
First Air Date : Saturday, 6 December 2003
Flashback year : 1989 (14 years ago)

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.

2x01 The Badlands

Directed by Tim Matheson
Written by Chris Mundy
First Air Date : Sunday, 3 October 2004
Flashback year : 2003 (1 years ago)

Lilly returns to her last case before joining the Cold Case Squad as she re-investigates the brutal triple homicide of a restaurant owner and his family, murdered in the restaurant bathroom in 2003. Also the other team member have personal reasons to closing the case; Jeffries grew up in the predominantly black neighborhood while Vera was the one assigned to the case when Det. Rush left.

3x11 8 Years

Directed by Mark Pellington
Written by Meredith Stiehm
First Air Date : Sunday, 8 January 2006
Flashback year : 1988 (18 years ago)

Four 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.

4x18 A Dollar, a Dream

Directed by Chris Fisher
Written by Erica Shelton
First Air Date : Sunday, 18 March 2007
Flashback year : 1999 (8 years ago)

The team re-opens the 1999 case of a murdered homeless woman when her remains are found in a station wagon at the bottom of a lake.

6x12 Lotto Fever

Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Written by John Brian King
First Air Date : Sunday, 4 January 2009
Flashback year : 2007 (2 years ago)

The team re-investigates the 2007 murder of a mechanic who won $8 million in the lottery.

6x16 Jackals

Directed by Marcos Siega
Written by Taylor Elmore
First Air Date : Sunday, 8 March 2009
Flashback year : 1976 (33 years ago)

The team reopens the 1976 case of a murdered 17-year-old after a newfound photo of her on the back of a motorcycle exposes her connection to a notoriously nefarious gang.

Everybody is a criminal... at least the Jackals are upfront about it.