Cold Case

The War at Home

Season 4, Episode 2, Aired 10/1/06

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The team re-opens the 2004 case of a female veteran of the Iraqi War when her prosthetic arm is found in a river. Meanwhile, Scotty visits his older brother in connection with a case that brings up painful memories from their childhood.

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Tracie Thoms

Kat Miller (Episodes 3.13+; recurring previously)
Thom Barry

Det. Will Jeffries
Kathryn Morris

Det. Lilly Rush

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Did not like the side story with Scotty and his brother

6.6

"Fair"

By angelspinknose, Sep 07, 2010 Report Abuse

This is why I'm getting sick of these crime shows. The cases are more interesting to me than the personal lives of the main characters. I'm sick of hearing about Rush's horrible childhood. And could they possibly give Scotty more personal trauma? First the girlfriend with mental illness who may or may not have been murdered. Sleeping with Lilly's flake sister and now a brother who might have been sexual abused. Come on.moreless

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When a prosthetic arm is find in the river, the detectives re-open the 2004 missing persons case of Dana.

6.0

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By luckydagangsta, Jun 14, 2008 Report Abuse

Dana Taylor was an Iraqi War veteran who had just returned home with a prosthetic arm after she was bombed. As most soliders are when they come home, she was traumtized by what happened over there and found it hard to get her life back to normal upon returning.

There have been quite a few episodes of Cold Case that in some way or another involve a war and this is one of them. The others had great storylines and were quite sad, but this one just didn't have that. I think the saddest part about this episode for me was when the daughter was saying she was scared of the prosthetic arm and didn't really want to hug her mother.

In my opinion this was a very boring episode. It wasn't absolutely terrible and it wasn't in the middle either. I don't think I'd watch it again.moreless

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Great story but bad writing and roles for certain cast members.

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By ariamaluum, Jun 29, 2007 Report Abuse

I liked the story and the song that played in the background like Dido's "White Flag" and Oasis "Little by Little". However, looking at that daughter didn't exactly look like her parents. I think the two other detectives, Vera and Jeffries are given badly written scripts. They sound so porno in their dialogue. They should do the writing instead. This episode reflects that. I liked the Taylor's and their friends; felt real. Great job on Dana Taylor. Lesley Fera. The emotion and the passion of the crime was realistic but I wasn't too sure about divers finding the medal was realistic.moreless

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Very sad show indeed!

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By JPPT1974, Oct 08, 2006 Report Abuse

It was a very sad show indeed when a mother who was crowned a hero in the Iraqi war, later murdered when she came back home as her two daughters want to find out what happened the night that she died. Meanwhile, like one reviewer said, didn't like the case about Scotty and his brother. But overall a good show.

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I thought that this episode of cold case was a really good one. I ended up crying so hard when the woman was being burried. It really hits home because my brother and his wife are in the army with two daughter. One is going to Iraq. My favorite episode.moreless

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By fanofcoldcase, Oct 02, 2006 Report Abuse

I thought that this episode of cold case was a really good one. I ended up crying so hard when the woman was being burried. It really hits home because my brother and his wife are in the army with two daughter. One is going to Iraq. My favorite episode.

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Trivia
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- Dana Taylor disappeared and died on October 13, 2004. Edit
- From Dana's missing persons file, we can see that she was born on April 16, 1976. Yet when Det. Jeffries pulls her file from the case box, he states Dana was thirty. She would have turned 30 in 2006, but when she went missing, she was 28. Edit
- We learn the exact age Lilly was when her father left: six. Edit
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- International Airdates: - Denmark: November 8, 2006 on TV3+ - Norway: January 31, 2007 on TVNorge - Czech Republic: April 29, 2008 on TV Nova Edit
- In the casting sides and the CBS press release for this episode, the Taylors' last name was Tucker and Charles Kozlowski's first name was Bill. Additionally, even though it's not said in the dialog, Brenda and Frank's last name was Bruno. Edit
- Music Featured in This Episode: - White Houses by Vanessa Carlton - White Flag by Dido - Chocolate by Snow Patrol - Bullet and a Target by Citizen Cope - Turn Time Around by Nyles Lannon - Grazed Knees by Snow Patrol - Little by Little by Oasis Edit
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- Scotty Valens: Your husband's overseas, Paula? Paula: Ass-deep in the Sunni Triangle. Lilly Rush: Not exactly a garden spot. Paula: The desert air must appeal to him, because he keeps re-enlisting. Edit
- Paula: Me and Jeff might have had a thing. Lilly Rush: Like an affair? Paula: No, we'd get together and do crosswords. Edit
- Kat Miller: (about her daughter) She's pouting because I wouldn't let her come with. Lilly Rush: An eight-year-old wants to see a crime scene? Kat Miller: She's a weird kid. Edit
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- Title: The War at Home The title of the episode is probably derived from a 1996 movie of the same name, starring Martin Sheen and Kathy Bates, about a soldier returning from Vietnam who is troubled by flashbacks. Edit
- Det. Jeffries: Maybe the husband pulled a Scott Peterson. Scott Peterson's wife Laci, then eight months pregnant, disappeared around Christmas 2002. Her husband reported her missing on Christmas Eve, and held press conferences saying he had been fishing when his wife disappeared. The bodies were discovered in April 2003 near the spot Peterson claimed to have been fishing that night. He was convicted for the murder of Laci and their unborn son, although the evidence was largely circumstantial. Scott Peterson was sentenced to death on March 16, 2005, and is currently serving his time in San Quentin State Prison. Edit
- Lilly: How long could someone with a missing arm stay lost? Kat: Ever see The Fugitive? There have been many remakes of the same story, but Kat is probably referring to the 1993 movie The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford. The gist of the story is same in all versions: Dr. Richard Kimble, wrongly accused for murdering his wife, must avoid being captured by the authorities while searching for the real killer – a one-armed man. Edit