Writer:	Veena Cabreros Sud
Director:	Roxann Dawson
Star:	Danny Pino (Scotty Valens),  Thom Barry (Det. Will Jeffries),  Jeremy Ratchford (Det. Nick Vera),  Kathryn Morris (Det. Lilly Rush),  John Finn (Lt. John Stillman)
Recurring Role:	Susan Chuang (Frannie Ching),  Tracie Thoms (Kat Miller)
Guest Star:	Olivia Hack (Tiffany (1965)),  Maree Cheatham (Nancy (2005)),  Tracy E. Wilson (Nancy (1965)),  Zoe Schlagel (Vivian (1965)),  Michael Rodrick (Roger (1965)),  Megan Follows (Maura (2005)),  Amy Schlagel (Maura (1965)),  Chris Stewart (Art Balducci (1965)),  Charlotte Stewart (Cindy (2005)),  Meredith Monroe (Cindy (1965)),  Jessie Jones (Tiffany (2005)),  Tuffet Schmelzle (Mattie (1965)),  Ned Schmidtke (Art Balducci (2005)),  Marc Raducci (Partner),  Jack Betts (Dr. Greggs (2005)),  Tim Tracy (Dr. Greggs (1965)),  Damara Reilly (Mattie (2005))

International Airdates:
- Denmark: January 18, 2006 on TV3+ (edit) Music Featured in This Episode:
- My Girl by The Temptations
- Come With Me by Opus 1
- I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) by The Four Tops
- As Tears Go By by Marianne Faithfull
- Where Was My Wedding Dress by Opus 1
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow? by The Shirelles
- Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
- Catch the Wind by Donovan (edit) With this episode, Cold Case achieved its most watched episode to date (19.2 million viewers) and also the highest rated episode of the season (4.4/10 in adults 18-49). (edit) In this episode, Lt. Stillman asks narcotics detective Kat Miller (guest star Tracie Thoms) to join the homicide department. By the time this episode aired, Tracie Thoms had already shot her four-episode guest star stint, although this is only the second of those episodes. The network was apparently impressed by her performance as a guest star and offered her to join the show as a series regular. (edit)

Art Balducci: There were no shelters back then. Just a few Good Samaritans who knew what it was like to be on the receiving end of a fist. (edit) Lilly: What kind of family doesn't report their kid missing?
Scotty: The kind of family that kills their kid. (edit) Stillman: Some bum out fishing this morning got a bite.
Lilly: Floater in the water?
Stillman: A hand from the river bottom.
Scotty: That's the way to jump start the a.m. (edit) Cindy: (about her abusive husband) And you tell yourself that it was just a shove really. He didn't mean it, he loves me, so you stay.
Nancy: We all stayed.
Cindy: Until one day you realize the door you could've walked out a long time ago is nailed shut forever. (edit) Lilly: So you ever see Cindy again?
Nancy: (shaking her head) Usually don't after a woman goes back to her husband. Unless I pay a visit to the local cemetery. (edit)

When Jeffries says that back in 1965, no records were kept about child abuses, and such children would easily fall through the "cracks of the system", Scotty remarks "And we got another boy in the box." This is obviously a reference to episode 1-14: Boy in the Box, where a boy who lived in an orphanage was never reported missing. (edit) Vivian Mulvany died on or shortly after August 28, 1965. (edit)

Detective Valens: So in 1965 you set up an Underground Railroad for abused women and children?

The Underground Railroad was a term used of a clandestine system that helped slaves escape from the southern United States in the days before the Civil War. Abolitionists helped transport the slaves to northern states (where slavery was outlawed). When the government started hunting down escaped slaves in the north and returning them to their owners, the abolitionists responded by leading the slaves to Canada instead. Being an abolitionist required a great deal of bravery; people caught helping escaped slaves could be killed or imprisoned. Some people were involved in the Underground Railroad because they had a personal or religious opposition to slavery. Others were former slaves themselves; Harriet Tubman is a well-known example. (edit)