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Kathryn Morris stars as Philadelphia homicide detective Lilly Rush, who investigates long-unsolved crimes, otherwise known as Cold Cases. In the pilot episode, Lilly investigates a 1976 case involving a teenage girl who was beaten to death on a tennis court during a party at a plush estate. A maid to a wealthy family, Bonita Jakarta (Lillian Hurst), claims she witnessed the murder of teenager Jill Shelby (Kate Mara). Now dying of cancer, the maid who remained silent, wants the killer brought to justice. Rush reopens the case, in which two brothers were originally suspected but not charged due to their powerful society family.

Lilly interviews several witnesses: Jill's best friend Melanie (Lisa Waltz), and her boyfriend, Todd Whitley (D.W. Moffett) (who is now married to Melanie) and his troubled brother Eric (Michael Reilly Burke). The evidence points mostly to Eric, now a troubled alcoholic, but lawyer Todd has secrets of his own. Determined to uncover the truth, Lilly must force the Whitleys to confront their dark past despite resistance from everyone involved in the case, including the victim's mother (Elizabeth Franz). Read full recap »

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Writers:: Meredith Stiehm

Director:: Mark Pellington

Stars:: Jeremy Ratchford (Det. Nick Vera); Greg Henry (Walter Deep (Pilot)); Thom Barry (Det. Will Jeffries); John Finn (Lt. John Stillman); Kathryn Morris (Det. Lilly Rush); Justin Chambers (Chris Lassing (Episodes 1-2, 4))

Guest Star:: Michael Reilly Burke (Eric Whitley); Lillian Hurst (Bonita Jakarta); Kate Mara (Jill Shelby); Elizabeth Franz (Evelyn Shelby); Lisa Waltz (Melanie Whitley); Charles Duckworth (Isaac); Kip Martin (Todd Whitley (1976)); Bree Turner (Ellen Pearsons); D.W. Moffett (Todd Whitley); Robert Walters (Young Charlie); Becki Newton (Melanie Whitley (1976)); Tim Choate (Charlie); Sherman Howard (Tim Dorn); Finn Wittrock (Eric Whitley (1976)); Diana Burbano (Bonita Jakarta (1976)); Mo (Burke Kelvin); Croix Lazzara (Brayson)

The triple homicide Lilly shows up to at the beginning of the episode will be solved in the second season premiere, 2-1: The Badlands. edit »
This episode doesn't have a crime date. The beginning only says "Philadelphia, 1976" meaning it could be anytime within the year. However, the 1976 scenes appear to be during a warm period and one of the victim's family members mentions to Lilly that she has checked with the police every August since the murder. Therefore, we can assume that Jill Shelby died in the summer of 1976. edit »

International Airdates:
- Denmark: January 7, 2004 on TV3+ edit »
Broadcast History
Seasons 1-3 (September 2003 � May 2006): Sunday 8 p.m. on CBS
Season 4+ (September 2006 � ?): Sunday 9 p.m. on CBS edit »
International Titles
- Spain: Caso abierto (translated: "Open case")
- Germany: Cold Case - Kein Opfer ist je vergessen (translated: "No victim is ever forgotten")
- France: Cold case - affaires class�es (translated: "Classified cases")
- Sweden: Kalla sp�r (translated: "Cold tracks")
- Finland: Todistettavasti syyllinen (translated: "Proven guilty")
- Canada (French title): Victimes du pass� (translated: "Victims of the past")
- Czech republic: Odlozene pripady (translated: "Cold cases")
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Show name candidates before the producers settled on Cold Case included e.g. The Unsolved and Cold Cases. edit »
This is the first one of the only three episodes that contain star Justin Chambers (Chris Lassing). edit »

Nick Vera: Rush, your boyfriend's downstairs.
Lilly Rush: I'm single. You sure it's not your boyfriend? edit »
Todd Whitley: Tell me something, Lilly. What is the point of all of this, after so many years?
Lilly Rush: People shouldn't be forgotten, even if they are my kind of people. Maybe they don't have a lotta money, they don't have lawyers... but they matter. They should get justice, too.
Todd Whitley: I see. You're a crusader.
Lilly Rush: I guess I am. edit »

This episode is very reminiscent of the recently solved 1975 murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut. In that case, the murder weapon was a golf club.

On June 7, 2002, the jury found Michael Skakel "Guilty as Charged of Murder in the 1st Degree". Skakel was also 15 at the time of the murder. He belongs to the Kennedy clan, much like the Whitleys in this episode were a socially powerful family. edit »

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Shardyk
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The Bottom Line: "Pilot episode"
Decent for a pilot. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Pilot episode"
I've watched almost all the episodes of cold case from all seasons & now I finally got to watch the pilot. ...Continue »
01/23/08 11:56pm | report abuse
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Kitsy345
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The Bottom Line: "Pilot episode"
Shows like these are made to remind us all that people shouldn't be forgotten. ...Continue »
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JPPT1974
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The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
Great show ...Continue »
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Pilot Episode! ...Continue »
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