Focus on culprit
Directed by Bryan SpicerWritten by Stacy Kravetz
First Air Date : Sunday, 12 October 2003
Flashback year : 1998 (5 years ago)
Based on real case : Troy Graves
Lilly Rush reopens a 1998 cold case that drove Vera nuts. They receive a letter from the serial rapist whose last victim, Gail Chimayo, was also killed and who is about to strike again after no activity during the last 5 years.
Once the main suspect, Gail's boyfriend, is finally discarded, the case gets a whole new angle. Lilly's
sensitive and soft approach makes the rape victims more inclined to talk. The pair obtain a composite and then a scenario detailing how the rapist picks his victims, leading them to the killer.
He's bragging, he's telling us he's back
I just wish we could met under different circumstances.
Vera: this case became a health issue for me
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.
Directed by Nelson McCormickWritten by Veena Cabreros Sud
First Air Date : Sunday, 22 May 2005
Flashback year : 1972 (33 years ago)
The discovery of nine human skulls leads Rush (Kathryn Morris) back to George Marks, the serial killer she was unable to incriminate months earlier, and who walked away a free man. As the detectives reinvestigate his mother's murder from 1972, George is forced to emerge from hiding to face Rush again. This time, their very lives are at stake in their final showdown.
It's darkness. It always comes back.
Directed by Nicole KassellWritten by Veena Cabreros Sud
First Air Date : Sunday, 19 March 2006
Flashback year : 1980 (26 years ago)
Lilly 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.
The first is denial. Then anger. Then bargaining. Depression and acceptance.
Directed by Mark PellingtonWritten 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.
Directed by Kevin BrayWritten by Erica Shelton
First Air Date : Sunday, 11 November 2007
Flashback year : 2007 (0 years ago)
When the body of a newly missing boy is found in a cargo container along with the remains of three other victims who vanished in 1999-2003, the team realizes they're dealing with a serial killer.
Directed by Nicole KassellWritten by Greg Plageman
First Air Date : Sunday, 6 January 2008
Flashback year : 1999 (9 years ago)
Based on real case : Unabomber
The team re-opens the 1999, 2001, and 2003 pipe bombing incidents that killed two and blinded one victim. The serial bomber is still on the loose and ready to strike again as he missed his latest target.
I got an education... a good job... I tried to do good work, and in the end, it just doesn't matter. I'm disposable, like everything is now.
Directed by Holly DaleWritten by Jennifer Johnson
First Air Date : Sunday, 6 April 2008
Flashback year : 2007 (1 years ago)
The team re-investigates the suspected 2007 murder of a bride-to-be who was kidnapped on the day of her engagement party. Lilly and Scotty travel to West Virginia to escort the prime suspect to Philly, and on their way back, they hear his side of the story.
Once hope is gone, dying is just a formality.
Directed by John ShowalterWritten by Christopher Silber
First Air Date : Sunday, 4 April 2010
Flashback year : 1978 (32 years ago)
After determining the serial killer's identity - and some of his likely future targets - the team and the FBI work together to apprehend him while trying to locate and protect the people he's preparing to kill.
Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.
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