Recording

1x05 The Runner  Directed by David Straiton
 Written 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!"

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.

2x03 Daniela  Directed by David Barrett
 Written 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

3x02 The Promise  Directed by Paris Barclay
 Written by Veena Cabreros Sud
 First Air Date : Sunday, 2 October 2005
 Flashback year : 2004 (1 years ago)
   

Lilly 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.

He was wrong. I wasn't Laurie's rock. She was mine.

4x01 Rampage  Directed by Mark Pellington
 Written by Veena Cabreros Sud
 First Air Date : Sunday, 24 September 2006
 Flashback year : 1995 (11 years ago)
   Based on real case : Columbine High School massacre

In 1995, two teenage boys went on a shooting spree at a local mall and committed suicide shortly afterwards. The team is prompted to re-open the case when new evidence suggests that there may have been a third shooter who got away.

4x06 Static  Directed by Kevin Bray
 Written by Gavin Harris
 First Air Date : Sunday, 29 October 2006
 Flashback year : 1958 (48 years ago)
   

The team re-opens the 1958 case of a local celebrity, a radio DJ nicknamed "The Hawk", when they discover his death was staged to look like a suicide.

4x12 Knuckle Up  Directed by David Barrett
 Written by Greg Plageman
 First Air Date : Sunday, 7 January 2007
 Flashback year : 2006 (1 years ago)
 Film tribute : Fight Club
 

When a video clip of a missing student is found on the Internet, the team re-investigates the case of a talented 17-year-old boy who disappeared just a year before in early 2006.

- What happened to James?
- James is just another domesticated dog on a leash headed down a path to misery.
- What are you talking about?
- Inside of every dog there is a wolf.

6x13 Breaking News  Directed by Holly Dale
 Written by Erica Shelton
 First Air Date : Sunday, 11 January 2009
 Flashback year : 1988 (21 years ago)
   

The team re-investigates the 1988 murder of a young TV reporter. Previously unseen news footage suggests she was on the verge of breaking a huge story about the unethical practices of a plastics company.