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Cold Case Season 2 Episode 22

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AIRED: 5/8/05

When an old truck containing human bones is pulled from the Delaware River, the team re-opens the case of a missing and possibly murdered girl who disappeared unexpectedly in 1932.

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A story of forbidden love set in the prohibition era.

9.0

By Femvamp, Jun 05, 2010

I think this is one of my favorite episodes of cold case. The story is that of forbidden love between two women, one white one black that takes place during the prohibition. This Cold Case so it doesn't end well. Lilly and Co find a car long sunk into the river. They find a body inside and soon are immersed in a mystery of forbidden love when they track the car back to a a young man who sold booze to the local black clubs. They later discover that his sister might have been the one in the car when they find out she disappeared on him after a fight but soon after find out things aren't that simple. It wasn't her the car. The truth is far more complicated, and far more tragic.

The episode is at its tragic best and has one of the most classic lines I have ever heard on it. Rose: "I wonder if it was wrong, the feelings I had for her."

Lilly "No it was just the wrong time."moreless
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This is my favorite one

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By karatiz, Jun 05, 2010

This is my favorite episode of all, when I saw it...

A find amazing the capacity of expressing her feelings like she did, the poems are from the heart.

They wanted to be together, they were in love in a time that wasn't ready for it.

The beginning:

Sent that girl away a night ago,

and don't she know it's been ashes

Sent her away and

don't she know it ache

Heart of mine, throat of smoke,

I sent a girl away and

it's been hell opened up,

working on my skin

till it be bone.

The loving:

Those three words I have never heard together,

before you made them in your mouth,

chewed them soft like sugar cane,

polished them with your tongue,

gave them to me sweet, and I swore I'd never get them lost.

Is it how I can't find sleep, or get fed, this thing you said?

Is it how my heart grows at the sight of you?

Then, baby, yes,

I love you, too.

The fighting:

"My body broken"

Tired, nickel-colored night

You can take my blood and keep it,

I ain't need it no more,

use my broken teeth to pave your street,

my splintered bones stomped for sand,

if this lead-footed man should once again leave me dead,

my body broken,

my soul would find a way,

oh, night, to dance with his girl again.

And the lost of a loved one:

I came up from the dark without you

and every day has been in shadow.

I have begged the tide to wash away my sin

and take me to you in the dark

but every day I surface again.

but in the spring, I am betrayed by the new earth

with you in my heart, I am born again a green bud,

I am born again blooming.moreless
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A story of forbidden love between two women, set in the 1930's, that ends in tragedy.

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By bobbipins, Jun 05, 2010

I saw this episode the first night it aired and it has stayed with me ever since. The story was fantastic and kept you guessing. I loved the flashbacks going back to the 30's. The story is something that we can still relate to in this day and age, but it also really makes you think about how hard life was for certain people back then. Being gay african american, or part of an interracial couple. The poetry really helped set the mood and along with the music, took you back to another time. Amazing episode. I give it a 10 out of 10.moreless
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Two lovers, both women, one black and one white, share an impossible love during the Prohibition era of the 1930's that ends in tragedy.

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By allyg2009, Apr 27, 2010

Loved the episode! From the interesting and well-written story line, to the amazing poetry, and talented actresses, this movie left me feeling both happy and unbelievably sad. Tessa Thompson did a wonderful job; it really showed her versatility and authenticity as an actress.It was a romantic story that wasn't mushy or unrealistic; it was well-paced and, although the situation was a little far-fetched, it had a definitive authenticity to it. Also, maybe I'm being a little dense, but did Rose and Billy plan to commit suicide, or did Billy die accidentally? The ending seemed a little disappointing if they committed suicide, but I guess it did add to the emotion of the episode.moreless
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After finding a 1932 car in the Delaware River, the team opens it's case to investigate who's body is in the car and how it got that way.

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By luckydagangsta, Jun 05, 2008

After a drag of the last two episodes, this one really hit me hard. It was just a terrific episode in all aspects. The characters were great (both past and present) and it takes you quite deep into these people's lifes enough to care in the end.

It's always the loved lost stories that seem to be the saddest ad this one was no different. It's about a love that begin in exactly the wrong time and wrong place.

I thought the story was written quite well to explain everything that led up to the body in the car in the river. Much like most of this series, it started out with the very beginning of what was to be the end of this young girl's life.

It was also nice to see how much things have changed from 1932 to now. Both with the characters and society at large. The writing was fantastic in the sense that it made me feel like these two women really loved each other and it was quite sad to see one of them go and one of them stay.

This is an episode that definitely should not be passed up!moreless
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Jeremy Ratchford	Det. Nick Vera
Thom Barry	Det. Will Jeffries
John Finn	Lt. John Stillman
Kathryn Morris	Det. Lilly Rush
Danny Pino	Scotty Valens

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Marla Gibbs	Little Georgie (2005)	Guest Star
Johnathan Tchaikovsky	Curtis Collins (1932)	Guest Star
Tom Bower	Curtis Collins (2005)	Guest Star
Susan Chuang	Frannie Ching	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (2)
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- Nitpick: Lt. John Stillman says that they'll know the exact year of the 1930's truck after they match up the plates and the VIN number. VIN numbers weren't introduced until the 1953 Corvette.
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- Nitpick: (highlight below for a spoiler)
  It's of course true that the police weren't as skilled and didn't have the same forensics techniques in 1932 as they do nowadays. Nevertheless, somebody should have noticed that a huge chunk of a guard rail was missing from the side of a bridge in the spot where the girls drove the truck into the river.
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QUOTES (3)
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- Billie: You're my girl and I love you.
  Rose: You want to love me forever?
  Billie: Yes. Yes.
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- Snippet from Rose's poem:
  
  I came up from the dark without you
  And every day has been in shadow
  I have begged the tide to wash away my sin
  And take me to you
  In the dark
  But every day I surface again
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- Det. Vera: When's your birthday?
  Det. Jeffries: Tomorrow.
  Scotty: How are you celebrating?
  Det. Jeffries: I'm 60, I'm almost dead. I'm going home tonight, writing out my will.
  Scotty: Okay...
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NOTES (4)
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- International Episode Titles:
  Czech Republic: Nejlepší přátelé (Best Friends)
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- Billie Ducette died in August 1932.
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- International Airdates:
  - Denmark: May 18, 2005 on TV3+
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- Music Featured in This Episode:
  - I Got Rhythm by Ethel Waters with Ben Slevin
  - Trav'lin' All Alone by Billie Holiday
  - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) by Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington
  - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out by Bessie Smith
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