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Ghost of My Child

Episode Number: 111    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Sunday May 4, 2008    Prod Code: n/a
In the season finale, a drug addict mother, who lost her son in an apartment fire in 2005, comes forth claiming she just saw the same child in the park.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Liz W. Garcia
Director: Roxann Dawson
Star: Thom Barry (Will Jeffries),  Jeremy Ratchford (Nick Vera),  Tracie Thoms (Kat Miller (Episodes 3.13+; recurring previously)),  Danny Pino (Scotty Valens),  Kathryn Morris (Lilly Rush),  John Finn (Lt. John Stillman)
Recurring Role: Doug Spinuzza (Bomb Squad Louie),  Bobby Cannavale (Eddie Saccardo)
Guest Star: Teddy Lane Jr. (Fireman #1),  John Prosky (Dr. Thomas Rabinski),  Molly Hagan (Lois Rabinski),  Chandler Parker (Franklin Palmer),  Julio Oscar Mechoso (Victor Martinez),  Erik Van Wyck (James McElroy),  Nicholle Tom (Priscilla Chapin),  Brad Surosky (Matt the Boss),  Ridge Perkett (Max),  Sufe Bradshaw (Chantelle Legros),  Deborah Strang (Julia Chapin),  Mark Pinter (Hayden Chapin),  Alex Feldman (Ellis Ward)

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International Airdates:
- Denmark: May 28, 2008 on TV3+ (edit)
Music Featured in This Episode:
- Better Days by The Goo Goo Dolls from Let Love In (2006)
- I Am an Island by The Good Life from Black Out (2002)
- Modern World by Wolf Parade from Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
- Bedshaped by Keane from Hopes and Fears (2004)
- Stay or Leave by Dave Matthews from Some Devil (2003)
- Far Away by Nickelback from All the Right Reasons (2005) (edit)

Quotes

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Lilly: Louie, you didn't have to dress up for us.
Louie: Well, if not for you then who, Rush?
Vera: Me, clearly. (edit)

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Community Reviews (7)

 
10.0
Perfect
Ghost of My Child
"Series classic"
The best I've seen in five years. Solid show just became great.
Continue » Posted Jun 10, 2008 12:34 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
Ghost of My Child
"Tearjerker"
A young woman returns home in the flashback, where she finds it a lit, and not only that, but her young baby died in the fire. The twist is that the woman was once a drug addict, and soon suspicions fly that she might have started the fire.
Continue » Posted May 28, 2008 3:09 am PST
8.3
Great
Ghost of My Child
"Above average"
A good episode, but not worthy of the title "Season Finale"
Continue » Posted May 13, 2008 5:34 pm PST

saleblanc
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8.5
Great
Ghost of My Child
"Average"
Good Epsiode but Season Finale??
Continue » Posted May 12, 2008 10:31 am PST

meathead704
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8.7
Great
Ghost of My Child
"Above average"
The fifth season (shortened by the Writers Guild strike) ends with the case of a woman who's eight month-old son was killed in an apartment fire in 2005. Arrested for disorderly conduct, she tells Lilly she saw her son alive in a park.
Continue » Posted May 5, 2008 5:27 am PST
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Episode: Ghost of My Child
Season Number: 5
Episode Reviews: 7
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