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Season 3 Episode 23

Joseph

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When the victim's credit card is suddenly used a year after his death, Lilly re-opens the 2005 case of a counselor at a teens' rehab center who was shot to death just two weeks before he was scheduled to testify in a murder case. During the probe, Lilly feels a strange connection to the victim, and her personal attachment may end up jeopardizing the case.moreless
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  • frustrating to watch

    10
    By frankmazzotta, 2 days ago
    Am I the only one who finds it strange that the husband is ok with his wife being intimate with that 17 yr old boy?



    On top of that he says that she was intimate with the 17 year old boy cause her son had died due to drugs and that she wanted to help the 17 year old.

    Which to me means she wanted to be intimate with her 17 year old son. I can understand if she wanted to help the 17 year old cause he reminded her of her son. but if he reminded her of her son then why the hell would she want to be intimate with her son? and why would the husband be cool with it? just didnt make sense to me.



    the only explanation i can think of about the intimacy part is that the 17 year old made the first move, but it still doesnt excuse the actionmoreless

  • I Wish They had continued...

    8.0
    By Wolfinyoureyes, Apr 21, 2012
    ...the relationship between Lily and Joseph. She obviously had a thing for him even thinking that this man was dead, and they seemed really good for each other. He seemed like someone she could identify with. So it disappoints me that they dropped it like it never happened after this one episode.

  • Totally boring...dont get me wrong, I love Cold Case and Lily\'s my favourite characters-but this was so unbelievably boring!!

    1.0
    By Cosmos1990, Aug 16, 2010
    Totally boring...dont get me wrong, I love Cold Case and Lily\'s my favourite characters-but this was so unbelievably boring!!

    I mean pur-lease, the storyline wasn\'t so bad but in all god forsaken honesty the casting and acting was in my opinion, average.

    There was no chemistry between Lily and Joseph. It was incredibly stupid and ludicrous and during most of the show I was cringing at the absurd and out - of - character things that were said and done.

    I cannot believe that that piece of crap was the season finale- seriously, would it kill them to put a little action for the characters into the script. So much mushy wishy washy lovey dovey crap is making me light headed!!

    A boring episode, the worst I have seen of Cold Case. I\'m very dissapointed.moreless

  • Excellent.

    10
    By facebookfan, Nov 27, 2009
    The team reopens a 2005 case only to discover the victim is actually alive! Of course, if they had done an autopsy on the victim (Joseph) they would have known that Joseph was still alive but forensics isn't what what Cold Case (the TV show of course, in real life they always use forensics) is about. Anyway, while investigating they discover the victim was to testify against one of the teens at the rehabilitation center he worked at because he fatally beat another teen to death (shocking reason why). The drama builds when the victim's brother, Wilder, is brought into the picture. It turns out that Wilder was the actual victim (again, they could of used an autopsy, but why would Cold Case do that? lol). The only problem was, as another reviewer stated, there was not real connection between Joseph and Lilly. Another than that, the episode was a 10/10 in my book.moreless

  • After a victim's credit card is used, the detectives re-open the case of Joseph who was killed in 2005.

    9.4
    By luckydagangsta, Jun 13, 2008
    Joseph Shaw was a counselor at a teen rehab center, Robinson House until he was shot in the face through his apartment door in May 2005. He was suppose to testify against one of the teens who he witnessed murder another teen.



    There's not much I can say about this episode without giving away the surprise. I was pretty shocked with how things unfolded. I thought that because the case was so recent, I wouldn't be as interested in it as I am with most other older cases, but I was wrong.



    This episode was not like most other Cold Case episodes. Every once in awhile it's nice to see things done a bit differently (as long as it's done as well as this one was done). There's nothing for me to really complain about. The acting was good, as was the writing, and storyline.



    It's definitely an episode worth watching.moreless
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Cast & Crew: STARS

Danny Pino

Danny Pino

Scotty Valens
Jeremy Ratchford

Jeremy Ratchford

Det. Nick Vera
John Finn

John Finn

Lt. John Stillman
Kathryn Morris

Kathryn Morris

Det. Lilly Rush
Thom Barry

Thom Barry

Det. Will Jeffries
Tracie Thoms

Tracie Thoms

Kat Miller (Episodes 3.13+; recurring previously)
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Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

Steven Grayhm

Steven Grayhm

Corey

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Mageina Tovah

Mageina Tovah

Crystal

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Ramon Camacho

Ramon Camacho

Orlando

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Kenneth Johnson (III)

Kenneth Johnson (III)

Joseph (as Kenneth Johnson)

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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

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  • TRIVIA (1)

  • QUOTES (5)

    • Joseph: (in a flashback to his foster mom) You're the mother of the year, Reba. Thanks for everything.
      Lilly: (in the present) Sounds like the same award my mom was up for.

    • Joseph: Does it... feel like we've met before or something?
      Lilly: (deadpan) No.

    • Det. Vera: (about Lilly) She on her way in?
      Scotty: Nah. She's, uh, takin' a sick day.
      Det. Vera: She never takes off sick.
      [...]
      Det. Vera: Lil's sick.
      Det. Jeffries: She's never sick.

    • Lilly: So... Where will you go?
      Joseph: The farm for a while. Should I... keep the door open in case you wanna track me down?
      Lilly: (smiles) Keep it locked.
      Joseph: (disappointed) Alright. Okay. (starts to walk off)
      Lilly: I can break in if I need to.
      (Joseph grins to himself.)

    • Det. Lilly Rush: When someone gets the bright idea of using a dead man's credit card...
      Scotty Valens: Hope whatever they bought was worth it.

  • NOTES (3)

  • ALLUSIONS (3)

    • Joseph's cats: Archer and Laura

      Archer was the name of Sam Spade's partner in the movie Maltese Falcon (the movie being watched at the start of the episode.)

      Laura is the name of the main character in the movie by the same name that the episode is loosely based on.

    • The black-and-white movie Joseph and the kids are watching in the beginning of the episode is The Maltese Falcon (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor.

    • Joseph: This isn't as Ted Kaczynski as it looks.

      For years, Ted Kaczynski was only known as the Unabomber who sent deadly mail bombs to his enemies. He killed three people and injured 29. He sent a manifesto to several major newspapers and told them he would not commit any more bombings if they published it. After the manifesto was published, David Kaczynski told the FBI it sounded like his brother Ted's style of writing and this led to the Unabomber being captured. Joseph thinks that the isolated farmhouse where he's staying might resemble the Unabomber's shack in the Montana wilderness.

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