Not a cold case

1x06 Love Conquers Al  Directed by Greg Yaitanes
 Written 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.

1x09 Sherry Darlin'  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.

1x16 Volunteers  Directed by Allison Anders
 Written 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.

1x22 The Plan  Directed by Agnieszka Holland
 Written by Veena Cabreros Sud
 First Air Date : Sunday, 2 May 2004
 Flashback year : 1999 (5 years ago)
   

The 1999 drowning death of a military academy's swim coach, which was originally ruled as accidental, is reinvestigated after the homicide division receives a note that suggests it was murder. Back at the office, Valens searches for Elisa after she goes missing.

From the child, comes forth the soldier.

1. Ignore
2. Reward
3. Secret
4.Test
5. Escalate
6. Destroy

1x23 Lover's Lane  Directed by Nelson McCormick
 Written by Meredith Stiehm
 First Air Date : Sunday, 23 May 2004
 Flashback year : 1986 (18 years ago)
   Based on real case : Soria murders

When DNA evidence reveals that a wrong man was convicted for killing 15-year-old Eve Kendall back in 1986, the team re-opens her case in an attempt to find the real killer.

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.

2x02 Factory Girls  Directed by David Von Ancken
 Written by Stacy Kravetz
 First Air Date : Sunday, 10 October 2004
 Flashback year : 1943 (61 years ago)
   

On the eve of the 60-year reunion of women who worked in a weapons factory during World War II, Lilly is asked to re-investigate the death of Alice Miller, one of the worker girls. The death was deemed accidental at the time, but her friend pleads to Lilly to look closer into the case.

2x04 The House  Directed by Alex Zakrzewski
 Written by Sean Whitesell
 First Air Date : Sunday, 24 October 2004
 Flashback year : 1968 (36 years ago)
   

When human remains are found outside a former state prison, the team re-opens the 1968 case of a dead inmate, murdered on the night Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Concert was broadcast to prisons throughout the country. However, when it's revealed that the bones don't belong to the person everyone had assumed, the team must start the probe anew by first identifying who the victim was.

2x09 Mind Hunters  Directed by Kevin Bray
 Written 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.

2x11 Blank Generation  Directed by David Barrett
 Written by Chris Mundy
 First Air Date : Sunday, 9 January 2005
 Flashback year : 1978 (27 years ago)
   

The team re-opens the case of Matthew Adams, a teen-aged cult member who apparently committed suicide back in 1978, when his sister comes forth with new evidence about the deprogrammer her family hired to rescue her brother.