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Cold Case Season 1 Episode 3

Our Boy Is Back (a.k.a. Useless Cats)

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AIRED: 10/12/03

A serial rapist sends a letter to the squad announcing his return to Philadelphia after five years and his plan to strike again. Lilly's best hope of catching the rapist comes from a victim who is able to provide a composite sketch.

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intelligent women raped by white male, descending from white trash, with a mother who couldnt read, a sister ending up hooker, and a stupid "i cant stand books" girlfriend, fulfills his dream of having a college girl by raping them. when retmoreless

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By artaudx, Oct 19, 2011

I got only recently to watch the series. i thought the 1 episode compelling, the second interesting and the 3rd one a boring drag. very conventionel from the

beginning, a rape story similar to other rape stories.

tv to watch while doing the dishes. nothing more. the best thing about the 3rd episode is the main

character, without her: less than 1.1
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When a serial rapist sends a letter to the detectives anouncing his return, the detectives re-open all of the previous cases in order to stop him before he strieks again.

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By luckydagangsta, Apr 15, 2011

Gail Chimayo was an intelligent college woman who was completely devoted to her studies. In August 1998, she was found raped and murdered in her apartment. The suspect was a serial rapist who raped women with very similar interests to hers.

Serial killers and serial rapists just aren't a good storyline for this show. This show is more about the victims, but in cases of serial killers it's more about the murderer because there are too many victims to cover. That's what happened in this episode. It talks all about the serial rapist and not about the victims. It gives more information on him than on Gail. The only things mentioned about her are that she was smart.

It was pretty boring. The storyline just was not good at all and the acting, well that is certainly a laughing matter.moreless
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When the detective squad recieve a letter regarding unsolved rapes, it appears the rapist/murderer has returned with plans to strike again.... The squad must act fast to stop him. One of the five victims was strangled to death. Was he in prision? Or not..moreless

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By lancemckellar, Apr 15, 2011

Detective Vera had worked on the series of rapes which involved a rapist striking intellectual women who remembered his 'charming' voice and smooth skin. One of the victims had of course been strangled, presumably after fighting back. In the process of elimination, Vera feels he has been personally targeted and is determined to see justice done. Eventually the detectives come across a suspect who had been in the army and his refusal to co-operate makes him a likely candidate who after further investigation is broken down and confesses. The victims are then seeing in varying reaction to the news and the murdered woman appears to Lily as a ghost, smiling with satisfaction.moreless
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Serial rapist again strikes Philly

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By JPPT1974, Apr 16, 2006

This episode kind of reminds me of the BTK killings

In which a serial rapist strikes after years

Of laying low and not striking

Then begins to rape again

Nobody can stop the rapist at all it seems

That is until a victim comes forward

Fearing that she might be killed if she testifies

By putting a sketch down of the artist

Is the only way to stop the rapist from raping again.
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Jeremy Ratchford	Det. Nick Vera
Thom Barry	Det. Will Jeffries
John Finn	Lt. John Stillman
Kathryn Morris	Det. Lilly Rush

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Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

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Joel Bissonnette	Carl	Guest Star
Jenni Blong	Nicole	Guest Star
Brooke Bloom	Tania	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (2)
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- Goof: Half way through the episode when Ellen is getting ready to take a shower, she is interrupted by her cats coming to greet her. However, you can see the second cat is pushed into frame by a hand with enough force to swing the back of the cat towards Ellen. The second cat then runs out of the shot as Ellen tries to grab it.
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- Gail Chimayo was murdered on August 21 or 22, 1998.
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QUOTES (2)
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- Carl: I wish we could have met under different circumstances...
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- Lilly: Did we get any prints?
  Vera: Uhh... this guy doesn't leave prints.
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NOTES (6)
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- International Episode Titles:
  Czech Republic: Náš chlapec se vrátil (Our Boy Is Back)
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- International Airdates:
  - Denmark: January 21, 2004 on TV3+
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- Justin Chambers has been removed from the opening credits although his final appearance will be in the next episode.
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- This is the first episode in which the same actors play both the "now" and "then" characters due to the relatively short time span.
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- The original title to this episode was "Useless Cats".
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- Music Featured in This Episode:
  - How's It Going to Be by Third Eye Blind
  - When You're Gone by The Cranberries
  - Heroes by The Wallflowers
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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- The Center City Rapist
  This case is similar in nature to the Troy Graves case that was profiled in the episode of Forensic Files titled All Charged Up. A series of rapes occured in the city of Philadelphia. The crimes stopped abruptly, only to start up again in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado. The police were finally able to identify Troy Graves as the "Center City Rapist" after a woman recognized him from a composite drawing.
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