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: Valens partners with Rush to locate her abducted, drug-addicted sister, while Jeffries tries to bring justice to the case of a murdered teenaged girl that has haunted him for 17 years.
Summary: Rush and FBI agent Ryan Cavanaugh discover their attraction for one another while investigating the 1969 murder of a GI at Woodstock, and Vera helps his married ex-girlfriend, Megan, after sentimental jewelry ...
Summary: After determining the serial killer's identity, the team works with the FBI to apprehend him and protect potential targets.
Summary: When ballistics tie a recent murder case of Rush's to a serial killer who was seemingly inactive for 27 years, a tough FBI agent with ties to Stillman shows up to enlist the team's aid in finding the killer wh...
Summary: Realizing that the missing Vera has finally hit rock bottom, his worried team members hope that a new twist to a 2006 arson case, which he was secretly obsessing about in recent weeks, might supply leads to hi...
Summary: The team reopens the case of a dock worker, who moonlighted as a professional wrestler, who was shot dead in 1986; Valens secretly looks into a lead on the man who mugged and raped his mother.
Summary: Lilly and the team attend a colleague's wedding and are persuaded by Jeffries to investigate whether the bride killed her former fiancé two years earlier---just hours after he called off their nuptials
Summary: The team re-investigates the 1971 death of a young circus performer when new evidence indicates the accident that killed her was the result of deliberate sabotage.
Summary: The team investigates 1983 murder of a graffiti artist who died from a fatal dose of paint.
Summary: The team re-opens the 1974 case of a murdered private investigator.
Summary: The team re-investigates the 2005 murder of a Green Beret recruiter who was suspected of being a jewelry thief when his former subordinate presents compelling evidence for his innocence.
Summary: The 1999 death of a high-school debate champion, which was originally ruled a suicide, is investigated after new evidence suggests he was murdered. The probe reveals the victim received a scholarship at a top ...
Summary: The team re-opens the 1999 case of a high school debate champion whose death was originally ruled as a suicide.
Summary: The team reopens one of Stillman's old cases from 1983, that of a Chinese-American teenager whose murder may have been connected to the killing of his girlfriend by Chinese gang members three months before his...
Summary: The team explores the 1991 case of a 14-year-old girl, who, months after she and her sister were placed with new foster parents, was killed before she could establish herself as a gifted rapper within the loca...
Summary: The team investigates the murder of an accomplished 45-year-old Mexican-born jockey who "disappeared" within hours of losing a race he'd long planned as his last before retirement.
Summary: The team re-opens the 1944 case of a female pilot who was part of a civilian program to aid the Air Force during World War II.
Summary: The team re-investigates the 1970 death of a 20-year-old musician who was keeping a secret from his religious father.
Summary: The team re-investigates the 2004 death of a teen-aged boy who was wrongly sent to a a juvenile detention center.
Summary: The team re-opens the 1995 case of a skateboarding prodigy who lived on the streets.
Summary: The team reviews the 1966 shipboard killing of a young woman previously thought to have jumped overboard; Maj. Kitchener (Daniel Baldwin) stands trial for running Rush's car off a bridge.
