Cold Case
Cold Case Logo
Format	Police procedural
Created by	Meredith Stiehm
Starring	Kathryn Morris Danny Pino Justin Chambers John Finn Jeremy Ratchford Thom Barry Tracie Thoms
Theme music composer	Helmut and Franz Vonlichten
Opening theme	Nara
Slogan	Time never runs out for justice. The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a Police force as they investigate Crimes Meredith Stiehm (born 1969 is a Television producer and Screenwriter. Kathryn Morris (born January 28, 1969) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her lead role in the CBS series Cold Daniel "Danny" Pino (born on 15 April 1974 in Miami, Florida, U Justin W Chambers (born July 11, 1970) is an American Actor and former Calvin Klein male fashion model. This article is about the US actor For the US Navy veteran see John William Finn. Jeremy Ratchford (born August 6, 1965) is a Canadian Actor. He is currently starring as Nick Vera on the TV series Cold Thom Barry is an American actor notable for playing Detective Will Jeffries in Cold Case since its first episode in 2003 Tracie Nicole Thoms (born August 19, 1975) is an American Television, Film, and stage Actress. ES Posthumus (also known as "ES Posthumous" is an independent music group that produces cinematic style music
Country of origin	United States
No. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons	5
No.  of episodes	111 (List of episodes)
Production
Location(s)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Running time	approx. This is a episode list for the CBS television series Cold Case. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	September 28, 2003 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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Due to the end of the writers strike, the show returned March 30, 2008 with 5 new episodes. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[1]

On May 14, 2008, Cold Case has been renewed for a sixth season. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Format

Each episode of Cold Case begins with a flashback scene informing viewers of the year in which it takes place. For the Stratovarius album see Episode (album. An episode is a part of a Dramatic work such as a serial television In history film television and other media a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current A set of characters are revealed in a seemingly mundane situation. The viewer is then shown the corpse of the victim as he or she was found. It is usually one of the people introduced in the previous, seemingly innocent scene.

The show then flashes to the present day. The detectives of the homicide division of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police department are told there is reason for further investigation of an old case gone cold, for one of several reasons: new evidence has come to light, the victim's physical remains have been discovered, a witness has decided to come forward, etc. All or any of these reasons cause the detectives to give the cold case a new look and begin researching the victim and interviewing their friends, acquaintances, and family.

The friends, family, co-workers, etc. who were introduced in the flashback at the beginning of the episode have aged (in one case, a seven-year-old witness to the crime is interviewed by the detectives when she is 95). Gradually, the detectives gather enough evidence to determine the killer, who most of the time, is then arrested.

At the end of each episode, the detectives mark the case solved, putting the evidence box back on the shelf, while an apparition of the murdered person(s) looks on.

The problems in the detectives' personal lives are also featured, though the main emphasis of every story is on the victim and the search for the killer. Most notably, Detective Lilly Rush grew up in a severely dysfunctional, poverty-stricken home with an alcoholic mother.

The show usually casts a young actor for the flashback sequences and an older actor for the shots in the present, and cut back and forth between the two, to show how the character has aged.

Each episode, during the flashbacks, features a different style of direction, whether it be the colors, lighting, shading, or camera angles. Flashbacks often match a style from that era, such as a black-and-white flashback depicting the 1950s.

Victims and end scenes

Typically, once the murderer is revealed, their confession is depicted in one final flashback in which the murder is shown. The episode then usually ends with a montage (with no dialogue) of the killer(s) being arrested, set to a song of the era, as well as the fates of other characters from that era, showing all of them in their current appearance, but briefly flashing back to their younger selves. Finally, Detective Lilly Rush or someone else close to the victim seeing a vision of the grateful-looking victim standing nearby, who then quickly vanishes (this aspect of the show is left up to personal interpretation: depending on the viewer's perspective, it could be Rush's imagination, or it could be representative of the victims themselves). There have been numerous variations on this pattern, however.

Music

The show's theme song is an excerpt from "Nara" by E.S. Posthumus (who also performs the theme for the NFL on CBS), with an introduction by series composer Michael A. Levine. ES Posthumus (also known as "ES Posthumous" is an independent music group that produces cinematic style music The NFL on CBS is the brand name of the CBS television network's coverage of the National Football League 's American Football Conference Michael A Levine is an American Composer born on 20 February 1964 in Tokyo Japan, and currently based in Los Angeles. Besides Levine's original music, each episode makes extensive use of era-appropriate music for flashbacks to the year in question.

Characters

From left to right: Det. Nick Vera, Lt. John Stillman, Det. Will Jeffries, Det. Lilly Rush and Det. Scotty Valens

Main article: List of Cold Case characters

• Det. Lilly Rush played by Kathryn Morris
• Det. This is a list of characters in the CBS television drama Cold Case. Kathryn Morris (born January 28, 1969) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her lead role in the CBS series Cold Scotty Valens played by Danny Pino (From episode 6 of season 1)
• Lt. Daniel "Danny" Pino (born on 15 April 1974 in Miami, Florida, U John Stillman played by John Finn
• Det. This article is about the US actor For the US Navy veteran see John William Finn. Will Jeffries played by Thom Barry
• Det. Thom Barry is an American actor notable for playing Detective Will Jeffries in Cold Case since its first episode in 2003 Nick Vera played by Jeremy Ratchford
• Det. Jeremy Ratchford (born August 6, 1965) is a Canadian Actor. He is currently starring as Nick Vera on the TV series Cold Kat Miller played by Tracie Thoms (Season 3-)
• Det. Tracie Nicole Thoms (born August 19, 1975) is an American Television, Film, and stage Actress. Chris Lassing played by Justin Chambers (Episodes 1,2 and 4 of Season 1)
• Det. Justin W Chambers (born July 11, 1970) is an American Actor and former Calvin Klein male fashion model. Josie Sutton played by Sarah Brown (Episodes 1-5 of Season 3)

CSI: NY crossover

On May 2, 2007, one of the Cold Case detectives made a rare appearance outside of the series. Sarah Joy Brown (born February 18, 1975) is an American actress, best known for playing the role of Carly Corinthos on the American Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. In the CSI: NY episode "Cold Reveal", Danny Pino appeared as his Cold Case character Scotty Valens as he traveled to New York when it was discovered that CSI Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes) was connected to an unsolved case. CSI NY is an American Police procedural Television series, which premiered on September 22, 2004. Stella Bonasera is a Fictional character from the TV series, played by Melina Kanakaredes. Melina Eleni Kanakaredes (born April 23, 1967 in Akron Ohio) is a Daytime Emmy Award -nominated American actress but she is most widely Some of the CSI shows have crossed over with each other at some point (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: Miami, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY), but this is the first time that any one of the three shows has interacted with a character from Cold Case and acknowledged that they all exist in the same world. The term " franchise " is commonly used to describe a number of related American Television programs created by Anthony E CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas CSI Miami is a spin-off of the CBS network series. CSI Miami airs new episodes Mondays at 10 PM ET/PT on CBS. The CSI shows and Cold Case all air on CBS and are produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945) better known by his professional name Jerry Bruckheimer, is an American film

Similar series

The investigation of "cold cases" has been used as the basis for several other detective dramas, including:

• The Enigma Files, UK / BBC, 1980
• Cold Squad, CAN / CTV, 1998
• Waking the Dead, UK / BBC, 2000
• New Tricks, UK / BBC, 2003

Cold Squad controversy

Upon its launch, television critics noted similarities between Cold Case and a similar Canadian series called Cold Squad which debuted in 1998, several years before Cold Case^[2]. Cold Case is an American Police procedural Television series revolving around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division The Enigma Files was a British television detective Drama that ran for one series of fifteen episodes in 1980 Cold Squad is a Canadian procedural police Television series that follows the investigations of a part of the Vancouver PD Homicide Division tasked with Waking the Dead is a British television crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a team of CID police officers a psychological New Tricks is a BBC television drama series which follows the work of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Cold Squad is a Canadian procedural police Television series that follows the investigations of a part of the Vancouver PD Homicide Division tasked with Fans of Cold Squad accused the American series of copying the basic premise and characters of the Canadian version. In 2003, the creators of Cold Squad considered launching legal action against the makers of Cold Case over copyright issues. ^[3][4] Both shows air in Canada (and on the same network, CTV).

Coincidentally, Alliance Atlantis, which owns the DVD rights to Cold Squad, also co-produces the CSI franchise, another creation of Bruckheimer. The term " franchise " is commonly used to describe a number of related American Television programs created by Anthony E

Real life cases

A 2004 episode based on the "Boy in the Box",^[5], a still-unsolved 1957 Philadelphia homicide, was criticized for giving viewers the false impression that the actual case had been solved. "Boy in the Box" is the name given to an unidentified Murder victim approximately 4 to 6 years old whose naked battered body was found in a cardboard box in the

This was not the only episode to use real events as inspiration. Some other episodes include:

• The pilot episode "Look Again" was based on the Martha Moxley murder case in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1975. Martha Elizabeth Moxley ( August 16 1960 &ndash October 30 1975) was a fifteen-year-old Murder victim in a case that attracted worldwide Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
• The 1st season episode "Our Boy Is Back" (aka "Useless Cats") was based on the actual case of Troy Graves - the infamous Center City Rapist - who raped a total of 12 women between 1997 and 2001, one of whom was murdered. Troy Graves (born May 4, 1972) is an American serial rapist and murderer of Shannon Schieber Center City is the " Downtown " and Central Business District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA The victim was based on the real-life murder victim Shannon Scheiber.
• The 1st season episode "Love Conquers Al" was based on the 1995 murder of Adrianne Jones at the hands of Texas Navy cadets Diane Zamora and David Graham. Diane Michelle Zamora (born January 21, 1978) is a former US Navy Midshipman who is serving a Life sentence for her role
• The 1st season episode "Disco Inferno" was based on the Station nightclub fire and the Happy Land fire. The Station nightclub fire on the evening of Thursday February 20, 2003, was the fourth-deadliest nightclub fire in U The Happy Land Fire was an Arson fire which killed 87 people trapped in an unlicensed Social club called "Happy Land" in New York City,
• The 1st season episode "Late Returns" was loosely based on the 2001 Chandra Levy murder case. Chandra Ann Levy ( April 14, 1977 – ca May 1, 2001) was an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington D
• The 1st season episode "Maternal Instincts" was based on the real-life cold case of Cathleen Krauseneck.
• The 1st season finale "Lover's Lane" was loosely based on the tragic murder of 9-year-old Krystal Dawn Steadman in 1999. ^[6]. The location of the crime may have been based on the attack Bryan Calvin Hartnell, 20, and Cecelia Ann Shepard, 22 in 1969. They were victims of the Zodiac Killer. The Zodiac Killer is a Serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s
• The 2nd season episode "The House" is based on Glen Stewart Godwin who escaped from Folsom Prison. Glen Stewart Godwin (born June 26, 1958) is a Fugitive and convicted murderer who was added to the FBI 's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Folsom State Prison (FSP is one of 33 prisons operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR
• The 2nd season episodes "Mind Hunters" and "The Woods" were based on the serial killer case of Robert Hansen, who kidnapped and killed 15 women between 1980 and 1983. Robert Christian Hansen (born February 15, 1939, in Estherville, Iowa) is an American Serial killer.
• The 2nd season episode "Schadenfreude" was based on the Sam Sheppard case. Samuel Holmes Sheppard ( &ndash)was an American osteopathic physician involved in a famous and controversial Murder trial when he was convicted
• The 2nd season episode "Strange Fruit" featured shades of the Emmett Till murder in 1955, with even the victim's father comparing his son's murder to that of Emmet Till. Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till ( July 25 1941 August 28 1955) was a black fourteen year old from Chicago, Illinois Emmett Till would later be mentioned in the 4th season episode "Fireflies".
• The 4th season premiere "Rampage" was based on and references the Columbine High School massacre. The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday April 20 1999 at Columbine High School in Columbine in unincorporated Jefferson County,
• The 4th season episode "Lonely Hearts" was based on Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, a. Raymond Fernandez and his Common-law wife Martha Beck became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers" after their arrest and trial for Serial k. a. "The Lonely Hearts Killers", who conned and killed women in the 1940s. ^[7]
• The 4th season episode "Blackout" was based on the murder of Florence Unger in 2003. ^[8]
• The 4th season finale "Stalker" was loosely based on the murder of the Huling family in Minnesota in 1978. ^[9]
• The 5th season premiere "Thrill Kill" was based on the West Memphis Three case. The West Memphis 3 are three teenagers tried and convicted for the murders of three children in the Robin Hood Hills area of West Memphis, Arkansas,
• The 5th season episode called "Boy Crazy" is loosely based on the Brandon Teena case. Brandon Teena, (born Teena Renae Brandon December 12, 1972 - December 31, 1993 in Lincoln, Nebraska) was a

Episodes

Main article: List of Cold Case episodes

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Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Cold Case on CBS. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network.

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References

External links

• Warner Bros. Cold Case official site
• Cold Case at TV Guide
• Cold Case at TV.com