Cold Case: True Calling
True Calling
- 113.
- Season: 6
- Episode: 2
- First Aired: 10/5/2008
The team re-opens the 1991 case of a young inner-city schoolteacher whose death was originally ruled as a carjacking-gone-wrong. Add a recap »
- Writers:
- Christopher Silber
- Director:
- Paris Barclay
- Stars:
- John Finn (Lt. John Stillman)
- Jeremy Ratchford (Nick Vera)
- Thom Barry (Will Jeffries)
- Kathryn Morris (Lilly Rush)
- Danny Pino (Scotty Valens)
- Tracie Thoms (Kat Miller (Episodes 3.13+; recurring previously))
- Guest Star:
- Sahra Mellesse (Student (1991))
- Marlene Forte (Yesenia Ramos)
- Andres Saenz-Hudson (Renaldo Ramos (2008))
- Starletta DuPois (Mrs. Harris)
- Scott Paulin (Kenneth Yates (2008))
- Alex Morris (Carlton Rawls (2008))
- Steven Anderson (David McKinney (2008))
- Patricia Belcher (Margaret Trudlow (2008))
- Cleavon McClendon III (Darnell Brent (1991))
- Terrell D. Lee (Carlton Rawls (1991) (as Terrell Lee))
- David Julian Hirsh (Kenneth Yates (1991))
- Chane't Johnson (Carla Difranco)
- Ken Meseroll (David McKinney (1991))
- Cassidy Freeman (Laura McKinney (1991))
- Susan Beaubian (Margaret Trudlow (1991))
- Jon Budinoff (Renaldo Ramos (1991))
- Adetokumboh M'Cormack (Darnell Brent (2008))
- Laura McKinney died in November 1991. edit »
- Music Featured in This Episode:
- Right Here, Right Now by Jesus Jones from Doubt (1991)
- Here's Where the Story Ends by The Sundays from Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (1990)
- Where Is My Mind by Pixies from Surfer Rosa (1988)
- Quiet on Tha Set by N.W.A. from Straight Outta Compton (1988)
- Crazy by Seal from Seal (1991)
- Half a World Away by R.E.M. from Out of Time (1991) edit »
- Stillman: Victim's father coming in?
Lilly: Taking the train from New York. Still blames himself for getting her the car.
Vera: If I had kid going to teach at that school? I'd give them a .38. edit » - Margaret: We had an unexpected change in faculty. One of our U.S. History teachers, Mr. Hack, had an incident.
Laura: Incident?
Margaret: A run-in with some seniors last year, nothing for you to worry about. But you'll cover his class this year.
Laura: I'm supposed to teach English. (Margaret gives her a look.) I'm not... familiar with U.S. History.
Margaret: Neither are the students. edit » - Nick: Fresh scones, assorted flavors. A little thank-you for all your hard work.
Carla: Looking to kill me!? I have celiac disease. I'm allergic to wheat.
Nick: Uhh, Carla... I'm tryin' to play ball here. I need that ballistics report. I'm begging ya, what's it gonna take?
Carla: (a beat) I like musicals... edit »
- Nick: (waving the ballistics report around) This cost me big. Two tickets to Wicked and dinner.
Wicked is a box-office breaking Broadway musical with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which is a re-telling of the classic story of The Wizard of Oz, only from the witches perspective. edit »
True Calling
The Bottom Line: "Unoriginal"10/07/08 05:48am | report abuseLilly and the team reopen the case of the 1991 death of a well meaning inner city school teacher named Laura McKinney. The official ruling was that Laura died in a carjacking gone wrong, but new evidence suggests otherwise. ...Continue »
True Calling
The Bottom Line: "Tearjerker"10/07/08 01:27am | report abusethis is one of the best episode ever. a young girl called laura kinsley, from a family with good eduction and jobs, choose to give lessons on a smake choices. and to work for their future. and than she got killed. "luckely" not by one of the kids. ...Continue »
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The Bottom Line: "Average"10/06/08 10:03pm | report abuseLaura McKinney wanted to make a difference, even if it's with just one student, ultimately she reached two. ...Continue »
True Calling
The Bottom Line: "Unoriginal"10/06/08 09:38am | report abuseA well-meaning, earnest young teacher is murdered outside her inner- city school. Ever seen Dangerous Minds? Stand and Deliver? 187? Freedom Writers? High Schhol High? ...Continue »
True Calling
The Bottom Line: "Above average"10/06/08 06:29am | report abusegood episode ...Continue »
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