Cold Case stars Kathryn Morris (Minority Report, Mindhunters) as Lilly Rush, the lone female detective in the Philadelphia homicide squad who finds her calling when she's assigned to "cold cases" -- crimes that have never been solved. Previously, she used her instinctive understanding of the criminal mind on current murders. Now, she's interrogating witnesses whose lives and circumstances have since changed, making use of today's new science and finding fresh clues to solve cases that were previously unsolvable, all of which appeals to this smart, driven detective. She's also prepared for the consequences: that her work will open up old wounds and may lead suspects to commit new crimes. When she hits a dead-end, Lilly seeks advice from her respected mentor, Lt. John Stillman (John Finn, Catch Me If You Can). Also on the team are Det. Scotty Valens (Danny Pino, The Shield), Rush's confident and strong-willed partner; Det. Will Jeffries (Thom Barry, The Fast and the Furious), who's been around long enough to serve as Lilly's link to the past; and Det. Nick Vera (Jeremy Ratchford, Angel Eyes), a tough cop who's considered the go-to guy for getting a confession. Lilly makes it her business to ensure that no victim is ever forgotten. On the show's third season, former narcotics detective Kat Miller (Tracie Thoms, Wonderfalls, As If), a young and spunky girl, joins the team.
Cold Case is created by Meredith Stiehm (ER, NYPD Blue). Executive producers -- in addition to Ms. Stiehm -- include such reigning entertainment industry names as Jerry Bruckheimer (The Amazing Race, CSI), Shaun Cassidy (Invasion, The Agency), and Jonathan Littman (The Amazing Race, Close to Home).
Summary: As the first season ends, Lilly reopens a 1986 case in which a 15-year-old girl was killed at a popular lovers lane. DNA evidence has revealed that an innocent man was convicted of the crime. The new investiga...
Summary: The 1999 drowning death of a military academy's swim coach, which was originally ruled as accidental, is reopened after the homicide division receives a note that suggests it was murder.
Summary: Rush is called in to investigate a 14-year-old unsolved homicide of a woman who was murdered in front of her child.
Summary: Rush and Valens reopen the 1985 murder of Charles Danville, a wealthy stockbroker killed during an apparent carjacking gone wrong.
Summary: A current murder case leads Rush and Valens to re-open a cold case from 1992 involving a young woman killed after leaving a political event on election night.
Summary: Rush and Valens investigate a 1999 case involving the death of man involved in a hit-and-run accident on New Year's Eve after a woman comes forward as the possible culprit.
Summary: Rush and Valens re-open the 1987 case of Philadelphia high school basketball star Herman Lester, found stabbed to death hours after leading his team to the State Championship.
Summary: Human remains found in the excavation for a new building lead Rush and Valens to investigate the unsolved deaths of a man and a woman in their mid-20s who disappeared in 1969.
Summary: The discovery of a body with several bullet holes at the site of a disco destroyed in a 1978 fire — a suspected arson — where there were also twenty-two other victims leads Rush and V...
Summary: Lilly and Scott re-open the unsolved killing of an unknown 6-year-old boy found in a field inside a cardboard box in 1958.
Summary: Rush and Valens re-open the case of a 25-year-old black woman, who was raped and murdered in 1939, after the woman's granddaughter comes forward with new information.
Summary: Det. Stillman asks Lilly to re-open a case he couldn't solve, a 1980 unsolved murder of an 8-year-old boy found buried in a snow drift.
Summary: A college professor whose career ended in disgrace 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.
Summary: When new evidence is found Lilly re-opens the case of a hitchhiker found murdered in 1997 near Atlantic City.
Summary: 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.
Summary: After a woman emerges from a two-year coma with no memory of her identity or her daughter's death, the detectives investigate the fall in which the little girl died.
Summary: The team investigates a 1964 case when a young college student was killed outside a gay bar.
Summary: A petty crook, Ricky (Tim deZarn), 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 (Summ...
Summary: After a drug addict brings in an audio tape in which a fatal shooting is heard, Lilly reopens a 1973 case involving the unsolved death of a young police officer murdered after responding to a call at a drug-in...
Summary: Lilly re-investigates the 1990 case of a murdered church organist when his Alzheimer's-stricken widow begins having flashbacks of the night in question.
Summary: A serial rapist sends a letter to the squad announcing his return to Philadelphia after five years and his plan to strike again.
Summary: Lilly investigates a 1983 murder in which a young mother was killed by a homemade bomb packed in a laundry-detergent box shortly before she was to testify in court against a man who exposed himself to her.
Summary: Detective Lilly Rush from Philadelphia Homicide reopens a 1976 murder case involving two wealthy families when the housekeeper, dying of cancer, comes forward claiming to have been a witness to the murder.
