Cold Case

Detention (a.k.a. All Apologies)

Season 3, Episode 12, Aired 1/15/06

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When a note connected to a supposed suicide is found, the team re-opens the 1994 case of a high-school kid who fell from the roof of the school building after having served detention. In 1994 the death was deemed a suicide, but the newly-found note indicates that the victim might have been fearing for his life.moreless

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Det. Will Jeffries
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Det. Lilly Rush
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Four high school students are assigned to detention, one of the students ends up dying due to an apparent suicide.

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By cammy5660, Jul 23, 2008 Report Abuse

I really enjoyed this episode mostly due to the fact that it reminds me of my high school days (1994 - 1998). In the beginning i thought of Trevor Dawson as the typical high school rebel however, by the end i found myself falling for him. I was hoping for a more exciting ending however, Trevor's newfound respect for life right before he died was very beautiful. One of the things that i didn't really understand about this story was why the school's janitor kept the top half of the note for all of those years but, the story was so touching that it didn't really matter to me in the end.moreless

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After finding the other half of a "suicide note", the team re-opens the case of Trever from 1994, who at the time was believed to have committed suicide.

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By luckydagangsta, Jun 10, 2008 Report Abuse

I thought that this episode was quite sad. I thought it was quite a clever plot. I wasn't expecting a lot of what had happened. The whole story was sad. At first it appears the story is mostly just about teenage angst, but toward the end it's revealed that the story is about something way more tragic.

It was sad to see Trever come to the revelation of his life right before it was tragically ended. I almost balled my eyes out when Dawn met his parents at the end.

Overall, I think the episode was perfect. I honestly don't think I can come up with anything that this story needed or anything that needed to be taken out. Definitely one of the greats of the third season.moreless

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My favorite of them all.

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By dmsxx, Mar 07, 2008 Report Abuse

When I first saw that Jake Richardson was playing the main role of Trevor Dawson I almost freaked. I've watched pretty much every episode and movie that Jake is in and have found he is an amazing actor, exspecially when playing a dark/rebellious boy. Anywho, the whole plot was well played out. I honestly couldn't piece it all together until it all unfolded unlike many episodes of this show where I know who did it right from the get-go.

The ending brought tears to my eyes. Trevor didn't want to die, he wanted to live because he found someone who cared about him.moreless

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One of my favorites!

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By Fwirrel, May 28, 2007 Report Abuse

A letter is found pertaining to a supposed suicide that suggests it wasn't what they thought it was. The team tracks around and does their usual interegations and everything to find out that there was a group of three friends that were planning all to commit suicide, but soon they found out that the victum did't want to die because he found a girlfriend that he really loved. In the end his friend accendatally pushed him off the school because he friend was trying to stop him from killing himself. This episode was great because the plot and the case was interesting. I really got into the characters and their stories. I thought it was a pretty sad and sweet story and it will go down as one of my favorites.moreless

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In this episode "Detention", a note was connected to a suicide in the 1994 case is re-opened. That was when 16 year old Trevor Dawson and three other students were served in detention. He fell off the roof of the school. I like this episode.moreless

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By RaineRP, Apr 06, 2007 Report Abuse

The episode deals with suicide. Trevor had a poster of his idol Kurt Cobain in his school locker. Things have changed since he fell for Dawn Hill, a pretty black girl. Dawn has everything ahead of her, including she has an abusive stepfather, Phillip, who drinks heavily and abuses her every night. Boris states that Raquel is the Courtney to Trevor's Kurt. Dawn says that detention is not like "The Breakfast Club". Boris and Trevor try to kill Dawn's stepfather. Trevor tells her to back off, so she wouldn't be linked to the crime. Trevor saved his friend's life, but he fell off the roof and died. Dawn's stepfather, Phillip was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter. The music that was futured was Alternative/Grunge Rock music.moreless

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Trivia
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- Trevor Dawson died in May 1994. Edit
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- International Airdates: - Denmark: February 8, 2006 on TV3+ Edit
- One week and day later that this episode aired, Jake Richardson guest starred in episode 2-13: Raising Cain of Medium playing an outcast teenager -- a very similar character as in this episode. A similar incident occured previously in the season in which Natasha Gregson Warner played a mental patient first in episode 2-3: Time Out of Mind of Medium and then later in episode 3-5: Committed of Cold Case. Edit
- The working title of this episode was "All Apologies". All Apologies is a song by Nirvana, released in 1993 on the album In Utero. In the original script, All Apologies was supposed to be used during the closing montage scene and another Nirvana song, Come As You Are, was to be used during the opening scenes. It's likely that the producers weren't able to get the songs' rights to use in the episode. Eventually, 5-1: Thrill Kill only featured Nirvana songs but reverses those two songs; All Apologies plays during the opening scenes and Come As You Are plays during the end scenes. Edit
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- Dawn: (about detention) We didn't talk. Kat: Nobody said anything? Dawn: Nothing of substance. (Kat looks incredulous.) It wasn't like The Breakfast Club, it was like high school. Edit
- Raquel: (about Dawn Hill) That was her whole thing: reputation, reputation, reputation. Det. Jeffries: You think she would kill to protect her reputation? Raquel: It's what you live and die by in high school. Edit
- Det. Jeffries: (to Philip Hill) Don't think you can walk out of here and relax, Phil. You'll see me again, I promise. Edit
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- Boris: (about Raquel and Trevor) [Raquel] Thought she was the Courtney to his Kurt. In this episode, there are numerous references to Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of the grunge band Nirvana, including mentions to his songs, a poster inside Trevor's locker, and the comparison of Raquel as Kurt Cobain's wife Courtney Love. Cobain's apparent suicide in April 1994 also had a big impact on Trevor. Curiously, no Nirvana songs are heard in the episode's soundtrack. Edit
- Dawn Hill: (about detention) It wasn't like The Breakfast Club, it was like high school. In the 1985 teen movie The Breakfast Club, the five students who have nothing in common are spending a Saturday morning in detention and end up baring their souls to each other. Edit