Cold Case

Libby Bradley was a house wife who was content with the life she led until she participates in a key party. She's had enough of her husband's affairs so she begins to have one of her own. She's stabbed to death in the woods in 1979.



It was sad though. The woman was clearly suffering from depression. The story was quite interesting as well. Very orignal.



All of the junk with Scotty's brother is really getting old fast. This isn't an episode of Special Victims Unit, none of this has anything to do with the case and is not evem remotely interesting.

“The Key” was the episode that hooked me on Cold Case as a TV show. The 1970’s were the first era where women did not look the other way when their husbands played around. As Libby Bradley, played by the well cast Annie Wersching, saw her hubby as an active player in the key game, she too wanted to even the score! Libby ended up picking the keys of Bill Huxley, her neighbor, smarmily played by George Newbern. Several of the reviewers have noted that this was more late 60’s and early 70’s behavior. However, I know growing up in the 70s that many adult women felt more empowered to carry on affairs of their own. Annie Wersching played her role so well that I had a hard time feeling sorry for her husband Carl. I loved the Anne Murray Broken Hearted Me song to wrap up the show. How clever of the writers to find just the right music to sum up a sad ending.

The story was powerful and it kept me guessing and guessing wrong throughout the entire episode. The whole premise behind The Key captured the uninhibited lifestyle of the 70s. The characters all seemed very real and were like people we have known in our lives. I found myself feeling for the victim and wanting to find the guilty party. When you get so wrapped up in a character it leads to a powerful association. Instead of merely becoming an observer, I found myself wrapped up in th story and rooting for the good guysd to solve this crime. Simply genius and why this has become my favorite show.

I enjoyed the episode a lot. Tired of what's his name and his brother but the murder investigation was good. I don't think they aged the daughter enough though. Either that or the actress playing the adult daughter looked great for her age. Loved how they aged the detective down and showed one of his first murder cases.

A very honest representation of how families were affected by the morality of the 70\'s, that it wasn\'t true freedom. The actors were excellent. Found the interaction of Scotty Valen and the young woman Alexandra Assistant DA interesting. Although her appearance was brief, I perceived that there might be something developing. I think seeing the personal side of these charactors makes it more interesting. Enjoy the show verymuch. Excellent writers.

I recently started watching this series a couple weeks ago and, among all the crime dramas out there, one thing I enjoy is the dramatizations (along with music soundtrack) of days gone by. They manage to get the "look" of the past, in this episode the 1970's scenes seems to capture the era not only in music, decor and fashion, but also in the film style, a little grainier and not as slick and polished as shots from the present.



I also enjoy the momentary facial flashbacks and how well they seem to cast actors who match their counterparts from yesteryear. It really does take you back and this effect has not been used quite this way before in a TV series. The only exception I take with this episode is that the'70's attire and set is a little too extreme for the last few months of the decade (leisure suits and hairstyles, etc.) considering it is almost 1980. It felt a little more like 1975 than 1979, but that's a minor quip. I think I will continue to watch this and Desperate Housewives, recording at least one of them on my DVR.

At a party back in 1979, we see a younger

Rookie cop version of Jeffries as he promised to solve

The murder of a young woman and meanwhile on the home

Front, Scottie persuades his brother to testify against that creep as his brother does so finally. Very good show and despite not liking to see private lives that much as it sometimes misses out on the cases, I will make an exception on this one.