Gun
Directed by David StraitonWritten by Veena Cabreros Sud
First Air Date : Sunday, 26 October 2003
Flashback year : 1973 (30 years ago)
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, Joe Washington. 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!"
Directed by Greg YaitanesWritten by Kim Newton
First Air Date : Sunday, 9 November 2003
Flashback year : 1981 (22 years ago)
Based on real case : 1995 murder of Adrianne Jones at the hands of Texas Navy cadets Diane Zamora and David Graham
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.
Bennet : Jane and I used to say that we were as... we were as rare as Halley's Comet.
Lilly : Don't like bastards getting away with murder.
Directed by Marita GrabiakWritten by Sean Whitesell
First Air Date : Sunday, 21 December 2003
Flashback year : 1997 (6 years ago)
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 Atlantic City.
Directed by James Whitmore Jr.Written by Tyler Bensinger
First Air Date : Sunday, 22 February 2004
Flashback year : 1978 (26 years ago)
Film tribute : Saturday Night Fever
Based on real case : The Station nightclub fire
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.
We don't got a cold one here. We got 23 of them.
Directed by Allison AndersWritten by Jan Oxenberg
First Air Date : Sunday, 7 March 2004
Flashback year : 1969 (35 years ago)
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.
Directed by Karen GaviolaWritten by Stacy Kravetz
First Air Date : Saturday, 17 April 2004
Flashback year : 1985 (19 years ago)
Film tribute : Wall Street
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.
To lives of quiet desperation... and not leading them.
Directed by Tim MathesonWritten 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.
Directed by David BarrettWritten by Veena Cabreros Sud
First Air Date : Sunday, 17 October 2004
Flashback year : 1979 (25 years ago)
Lilly and Valens reopen a presumed homicide from 1979 in which an unidentified victim'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.
See Me
Directed by Greg YaitanesWritten by Tyler Bensinger
First Air Date : Sunday, 31 October 2004
Flashback year : 1991 (13 years ago)
Det. Rush investigates the 1991 double murder of married illegal immigrants from Cambodia who were shot to death in their apartment and found by their 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 their daughter.
Must rob you of something, soul-wise, suspecting people of unsavory motives all the time.
Directed by Kevin BrayWritten by Veena Cabreros Sud
First Air Date : Sunday, 28 November 2004
Flashback year : 1985 (19 years ago)
Based on real case : Robert Hansen
The headless torso of a woman who disappeared in 1985, on the same day she filed domestic-abuse charges against her husband, is found by hikers in a wildlife preserve. The investigation quickly leads to the grisly discovery of 8 more decapitated bodies, the victims of a serial killer.

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