Cold Case

This episode was so good. I loved the whole breaking out of the stereotype of who you were supposed to be. Bingo was such a great singer and he definetly would have made it big. The way Rock and Roll was looked at back then was completely dumb. Most of the music on t.v. would never began if it wasn't for Rock and Roll. This episode kept you wanting more. The cahracters were hilarious and the soda shop scene was so realistic, made you feel like you were there. I would of liked to know what happened to Bingo's family and how the girlfrieds life turned out, but all-in-all it was awesome.

This episode was fantastic. I loved every minute of it and wow was Bingo good ... wrong he was great. I found myself smiling everytime he came on. He just made the room shine. He was exceptionally talented and it was just a shame that somebody ended his life before his talent touched more lives. I am a huge Scotty fan so I kinda liked the whole him acting like a jerk because he thought one of his friends/co workers ratted him out. I thought it was hilarious when Vera was talking to some guy about looking for a bullet. Great stuff.

The 4th episode of Cold Case Season 5 goes far back in time to an era that a person of my age finds hard to relate to, yet I can still understand the ideas that it expresses. "Devil Music" as the name suggests works on the discrimination issues of American society, and white people's distaste for music that was considered 'only for blacks.' It's really interesting to see the conflicts and arguments that took place back then, from Aces being fired mainly because he was black, to the adult's sheer resentment of the movements and sound of Bingo's music. Another form of discrimination that was displayed was the idea that men would always be the source of all the family's income, and the women would always be housewives. A good quote from the episode that Bingo said was; "Don't let anybody stop you from doing what you love" or something along those lines. At the end of the episode I came to realise, despite the fact that the episode was set way before my time, it had every little bit of relevance to me as "Running Around" did because it was delving into the idea that times were changing, and they were. Those were the times when people were dancing and singing and crossing over the borderlines of what's black and what's white, they were right in the pinnacle of a massive revoloution for our freedom. And we take for granted every day the things that happened back then, because back then they didn't have equal rights or equal freedom. Women were discriminated, black people were discriminated, even Bingo was discriminated because people didn't want him to do what he loved. It's so hard to believe now because times have changed, but "Devil Music" really put things into perspective for me, and even though it was set so long ago, the themes the episode touched on are just as important to me as it would have been to my grandfathers.

The team investigates the murder of a 19 year old boy that was into the new type of music. It turned out that his cousin killed him becasue the cousin wanted everything to be back to how it was before he came. So, in my opinion, the case was not that interesting. I liked the culture stuff and the time period, but the main character and his story wasn't that interesting. There was some good characterization in this episode, especially with Scotty. Overall, not the best episode, but not that bad. Ok case, good character development and an overall ok episode.

Never having watched this series, I just happened to record on my VCR so I can't comment on the ongoing themes but the story that was woven about race relations and a woman's place in white middle class American society was right on.



I grew up a little past the time on this story but the attitude toward pop music and race relations were textbook. Ed Valentine's attitudes could have been quoted from my father and the lack of opportunities for women that effected Mrs. Valentine and Miranda's view of her future were still the constraints imposed upon my female classmates in high school. (A women's place is in the home ,,, etal).



Life is much more complicated today. We can all be thankful.

With so much going on with a country in the fifties that was so innocent and that wanted to protect their image. As well as their children from music like Elvis and other kinds of stuff. Parents didn't want their kids to listen too. As a 1953 cold case reopens an Elvis wanna be gets murdered. During also race tensions that were happening in the US. But also it was great to see the other cast that take a backseat to Lily. As it was the other way around for a rare occasion. As also nice to see Scotty back. Missed him. Really awesome as that happened in real life in the 1950s!

Good episode and I like the way they did an Elvis episode without Elvis Presley. The story of an outcast and the time when rock and roll was seen as a threat to culture and country. The case had many suspects and nice twist and turns to get to the truth. Other than the case it was nice to see Scotty brought back into the fold. His talking to by Jeffries and the ending to it was hilarious. Old Valera so dissatisfied with his life he's willing to try anything and it's really starting to scare me. This episode gave the other cast members a shot in the spotlight which was a welcome diversion from Lily based stories.

A good story, that mixes racial and sexual tensions of '50s American society. It's interesting to see how much things have changed for women and african-americans and the compromises they had to make just to survive. The regulars are well treated especially Valens and Jeffries who have a good scene together in the interrogation room.



I must comment on the appearance of Kathryn Morris: She looks positively emaciated. Unnaturally thin and sallow in the face. I do hope she's not ill.



On a more uplifting note, it was to hear Elvis at the end singing Can't help falling in love. Nice ending.

a case in time, a view of a lost time...

This one took place in 1953, a young guy was killed.

This is a time when the line between black and white was really marked.



Scotty still believes that one of them told the IA's something about the shooting.He is being a jerk, really!



Back to the case, this guy was Bingo Zohar and he loved to sing. He had that Elvis style and moves.

the only problem was the type of music he loved, black music. It was considered the devil music.

His parents died and he was living with his uncles and his cousin. He even had a girlfriend. Everything was going well.



Late, working in his uncle store he used to talk about music with another employee, black, and they would listen black music. Skipping to the end, he was killed by his cousin. Bingo got an invitation by a record company and his cousin JP heard him talk to his mother. He snapped and killed him.



I liked the moves, they made the girls crazy!

DJ was afraid, but not of Bingo. He was afraid of the changes he saw happening to his ordered little world. He must have known about Daddy and his girlfriend and how miserable his mother was in her cookie cutter existence. How could he not? Yet how could he blame the war hero Daddy, it would have made his life a lie. So he decided to blame Bingo. Stop Bingo and you stop the changes before they destroy everything. Such a sad man really, a sad little man who wanted to stop the forward momentum and couldn't not even with a 45.