Cold Case

Adam, Emily and Stewart Jacobi died in December 2006.

Nitpick: When they're looking at the messages "Romeo" sent and Vera connects the screen name "montague01" to him, he says, "I know my Shakespeare." However, in episode 1-11: Hubris, Vera complains louder than anyone else about having to read Shakespeare.

Lilly's favorite book as a child was The Velveteen Rabbit, written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson.

Jay Dratton died on June 28, 1998.

We find out that Scotty's grandfather suffered from ALS, short for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The degenerative neurological disorder is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Goof: In the last 30 seconds of the episode, John Stillman and a girl are standing on the docks with her on his right hand side. They are shown in a shot from front, then from behind; she's still in the same position. The camera cuts to an image of the longshoreman whose death was being investigated and stays there until he fades from view. When the camera cuts back to John Stillman and the girl, she has inexplicably changed positions so that she now stands on Stillman's left.

Mike Chulaski died in June 2005.

We find out that John Stillman worked on the Philadelphia docks as a teenager.

Goof: In this episode, the Stone family is worried in June 1919 about the suffragettes because they believe that if women are allowed to vote, Prohibition will pass (the family is wealthy because they own a brewery). However, in reality, Prohibition (the 18th Amendment) was ratified in January 1919, five months before the flashback events in this episode take place.

Goof: In the teaser, when the 1919 detective is entering Frances's death in the ledger, the header reads: "Bureau of Police, Department of Public Saety" (instead of "Safety").

Goof: When Elizabeth and Francis are fighting on the stairs, Elizabeth is at first seen wearing a shawl. During their fight as the camera pans back and forth, the shawl disappears.

Francis Stone died on June 23, 1919.

This is the oldest case yet -- 88 years -- topping the previous oldest case from episode 3-19: Beautiful Little Fool by 11 years.

Nitpick: The reunion in the episode does not fit the timeline. The start of the school year is in September 1997, which means that seniors like Becca and Casey would graduate in the summer of 1998. Yet their ten year reunion is for the class of 1997. Celeste, like Rainey, is a junior in the beginning of the episode, so she wouldn't graduate until 1999. Yet she's at the reunion, too.

Rainey Karlsen died in September 1997.

Clayton Hathaway died on a Sunday in the summer of 1987.

Marlene Bradford died on November 17, 1999. This was also her daughter Abby's tenth birthday.

Nitpick: In the episode, Marlene is seen collecting drink cans from a trash bin and saying that they "hit the jackpot". However, collecting cans is probably not the best way to make extra money since Pennsylvania does not have a can/bottle deposit law.

Maurice Hall was killed in October 1984.

Goof: Although The Supremes' song Where Did Our Love Go, which the girls are singing along to in May 1964, was recorded on April 8, it wasn't released as a single until June 17 and later, on August 31, as an album.