Cold Case

Discretions

Season 2, Episode 10, Aired 12/19/04

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The team re-opens the 2000 case of a prominent Puerto Rican assistant district attorney when rumors about his connection to a large amount of money gone missing at the time of his death start to circulate. However, his widow insists that the claims are not true. The re-investigation reveals that the victim was prosecuting a murder trial and the man convicted for the crime after his death may possibly be innocent.moreless

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Jeremy Ratchford

Det. Nick Vera
Thom Barry

Det. Will Jeffries
John Finn

Lt. John Stillman

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Discretion Season 2 This was a well written and the cast done a great job in acting on this episode.

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By becky677, Mar 29, 2009 Report Abuse

This episode shows that cops do not always play by the rules. They set their own rules to move up the ladder and it also shows that there are some cops that are out for justice for the regular people in this world.Salvador Martin played by Geoffrey Rivas done a great job in portraying his character. I really did not like him and that was the point. I was sorry to see Greg Vizcaino lose his life because of his belief in justice and doing the right thing.
They always have the best music on this show and I really enjoyed Put Your Lights On by Santana featuring Everlast. I liked the way that Nick set up Salvador Martin and got the truth out of him.moreless

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How much more convenient for Greg Vizcaino's career if a Puerto Rican kid raped and murdered the white girl in the park? Who's going to believe a gay hustler? A dope dealer? But blood isn't thicker than truth. The killer didn't know that.moreless

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By dickon01, May 29, 2007 Report Abuse

The acting in this episode was so great! The (still) frightened young man, who spent 4 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit; Vera, cozying up to Greg's killer-Greg,unwilling to let the kid take the rap-when he'd talked to a witness who saw the killers, pretending to be half drunk, laughing with his eyss about how easy it isto force a confession out of a dumb kid: 'It only took me 20 minutes," says the killer. Sudden;y: smile gone, mike, hand cuffs, Valens, three uniformed policemen.

"He was drowning...and the next day, he was dead."Stabbed. Boy, it's easy to speak ill of the dead!"Golden Boy liked his boys young and cheap." "He had a coke habit--an expensive one." Stole $10,000. None of this turns out to be true. The Assistant DA was just after the truth, and he didn't care where it came from.moreless

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Well-plotted version of 'who killed the ADA?'

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By Tguy, Sep 15, 2005 Report Abuse

This intriguing case is revived from 2000, when Assistant District Attorney and potential Governor Greg Vizcaino was murdered. The intrigue begins when it is discovered that he was in pursuit of Latin American rent boys and seems to have been around when ten thousand dollars disappeared. More. Lily and co. then discover he was buying cocaine Was he not 'Golden Greg,' as everyone thought? Or are there explanations for all these actions? The plot snakes around all these questions well before we find out the truth.

This is a typical example of this well-plotted show, which, as ever, grips one all the way through the various turns of the plot. The characters also hold one, it should be said.
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Trivia
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- Nitpick: The medical examiner found 12 stab wounds in the victim. In the flashback scene showing the murder, there were only 9 stabs. Edit
- Both Det. Valens and the victim are Puerto Rican, which is why Scotty is the one to "see" him at the end of the episode. Edit
Notes
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- International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Dům (House) Edit
- Greg Vizcaino was murdered in December 2000. Edit
- International Airdates: - Denmark: February 23, 2005 on TV3+ Edit
Quotes
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- Scotty: Maybe I'll look at this job, Sinclair Thomas. Lt. Stillman: You got any direction? Scotty: I just like his name. Edit
- Lt. Stillman: It's got to be personal – you don't stab someone twelve times just to rob them and then leave the car and money behind. Edit
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- This episode is likely based on the 2003 case of Jonathan Luna, an up-and-coming Baltimore DA who disappeared one night from the federal courthouse. Luna was found stabbed to death in Pennsylvania, and toll records showed that his car had gone on a mysterious multi-state journey before his death. The previous year, $40,000 in untraceable evidence money disappeared from the courthouse, leading some to suspect a connection to Luna's murder. Edit