Multiple victims
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 Agnieszka HollandWritten by Stacy Kravetz Kim Newton
First Air Date : Sunday, 11 January 2004
Flashback year : 1995 (9 years ago)
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 regarding 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.
Roy Minnard : My unfortunate role was as the number one suspect.
Lilly Rush : Who had the unfortunate role of victim?
Lilly Rush : So you saw you and Holly as a kind of modern-day Hamlet and Ophelia, huh?
Barry Tepler : So?
Scoty Valens : That didn't end well for that chick in the play, Barry. Didn't end well for Holly, either.
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 David StraitonWritten by Jay Beattie Dan Dworkin
First Air Date : Sunday, 4 April 2004
Flashback year : 1992 (12 years ago)
Based on real case : Chandra Levy
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.
If there's one thing I learned from Bill Clinton, never lie about that sort of thing.
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 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 Emilio EstevezWritten by Liz Garcia
First Air Date : Sunday, 7 November 2004
Flashback year : 1990 (14 years ago)
Film tribute : Heathers
Lilly reopens a 1990 murder case, in which a prep-school girl was found dead in a local swimming hole, after a present-day victim with similar markings is discovered at the same place. The investigation reveals that the victim of the earlier crime was routinely tormented by a trio of classmates who invited her to a sleepover the night she was killed.
Rita, listen to me. Everyone who's ever been anything in the history of time has been a loser in junior high. In 6 years from now, you're gonna be in college and you are gonna be the coolest girl around. Because you're smart and you're different and you're wacky. And that's what's important in this world. Not what those idiot girls think of you.
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 David Von AnckenWritten by Jay Beattie
First Air Date : Sunday, 13 March 2005
Flashback year : 1998 (7 years ago)
Lt. Stillman's priest informs him of a long ago confession where a man confessed being involved in the 1998 kidnapping of a 9-year old boy. The case is reopened with this new lead, and it turns out the truth is closer to home.

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