Cold Case season 6
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| network = CBS
| first_aired = {{start date|2008|9|28}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2009|5|10}}
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The sixth season of Cold Case, an American television series, began airing on CBS on September 28, 2008, and concluded on May 10, 2009. Season Six regular cast members include Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn, Thom Barry, Jeremy Ratchford and Tracie Thoms.
Cast
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! Actor !! Character !! Main cast !! Recurring cast | |||
Kathryn Morris | Det. Lilly Rush | entire season | {{n/a}} |
Danny Pino | Det. Scotty Valens | entire season | {{n/a}} |
John Finn | Lt. John Stillman | entire season | {{n/a}} |
Thom Barry | Det. Will Jeffries | entire season | {{n/a}} |
Jeremy Ratchford | Det. Nick Vera | entire season | {{n/a}} |
Tracie Thoms | Det. Kat Miller | entire season | {{n/a}} |
Bobby Cannavale | Det. Eddie Saccardo | {{n/a}} | entire season |
Tania Raymonde | Frankie Rafferty | {{n/a}} | entire season |
Jonathan LaPaglia | ADA Curtis Bell | {{n/a}} | entire season |
Episodes
{{see also|List of Cold Case episodes}}
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=112
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Glory Days
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|28}}
|WrittenBy=Gavin Harris
|DirectedBy=Roxann Dawson
|Viewers=11.36{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=2008-09-30|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=093008_04|title=Weekly Program Rankings|accessdate=2010-06-30}}
|ShortSummary= The team reopens the 1973 murder of 21-year-old
college football player Mike "Bad Moon" McShane when an old friend of Jeffries brings evidence that the crime may have occurred later than originally thought.
- Song featured in the intro: "Takin' Care of Business", by Bachman–Turner Overdrive.
- Song featured in the finale: "Reelin' In the Years", by Steely Dan.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=113
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=True Calling
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|5}}
|WrittenBy=Christopher Silber
|DirectedBy=Paris Barclay
|Viewers=11.10{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=2008-10-07|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=100708_06|title=Weekly Program Rankings|accessdate=2010-06-30}}
|ShortSummary= The team reopens the 1991 murder of Laura McKinney, a 22-year-old
inner-city schoolteacher believed to have died in a carjacking gone wrong, when a former student she inspired finds her car keys in an old desk.
- Song featured in the intro: "Right Here, Right Now", by Jesus Jones.
- Song featured in the finale: "Half a World Away", by R.E.M.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=114
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Wednesday's Women
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|12}}
|WrittenBy=Erica Shelton
|DirectedBy=John Finn
|Viewers=10.99{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=2008-10-14|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=101408_07|title=Weekly Program Rankings|accessdate=2010-06-30}}
|ShortSummary= The team investigates the 1964 death of Miriam Forrester, a door-to-door Tupperware saleswoman thought to have been killed in an accident, when her sister brings new evidence that she was actually murdered. They soon discover that Miriam was part of a group called "Wednesday's Women" who used Tupperware sales as a cover to travel to Mississippi during Freedom Summer and help disadvantaged African-American schoolchildren, much to the ire of white southerners.
- Songs featured in the intro: "You Really Got Me", by The Kinks / "Blue Velvet", by Bobby Vinton.
- Song featured in the finale: "This Little Light of Mine", by Tracie Thoms.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=115
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Roller Girl
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|19}}
|WrittenBy=Elle Triedman
|DirectedBy=Holly Dale
|Viewers=11.29{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=2008-10-21|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=102108_03|title=Weekly Program Rankings|accessdate=2010-06-30}}
|ShortSummary=The team reinvestigates the 1978 murder of Missy Gallavan, a 15-year-old roller skater who was found in a ravine, when a convicted thief reveals some information regarding her death in order to get a lighter sentence.
- Song featured in the intro: "September", by Earth, Wind & Fire.
- Song featured in the finale: "Sentimental Lady", by Bob Welch.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=116
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Shore Leave
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|26}}
|WrittenBy=Elwood Reid
|DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
|Viewers=11.97{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=2008-10-28|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=102808_03|title=Weekly Program Rankings|accessdate=2010-06-30}}
|ShortSummary= When human remains and dog tags are found inside an old oil barrel, the team investigates the disappearance of Jimmy Tulley, a 17-year-old Marine who was reported AWOL on his last night of shore leave in 1951.
- Song featured in the intro: "Sound Off", by Vaughan Monroe
- Song featured in the finale: "Taps", by Daniel Butterfield (in the arrangement of new-age piano duo The O'Neill Brothers).
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=117
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=The Dealer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|2}}
|WrittenBy=Greg Plageman
|DirectedBy=Chris Fisher
|Viewers=11.66{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=2008-11-04|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=110408_05|title=Weekly Program Rankings|accessdate=2010-06-30}}
|ShortSummary=The team investigates the 1981 case of Donna D'Amico, a missing 22-year-old single mother, after her body is found in the trunk of a car and soon discover that she may have been growing wise to the shady chop shop operations at the car dealership where she had worked.
- Song featured in the intro: "The Stroke", by Billy Squier.
- Song featured in the finale: "Who's Crying Now", by Journey.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=118
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=One Small Step
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|9}}
|WrittenBy=Taylor Elmore
|DirectedBy=David Von Ancken
|Viewers=12.69{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=2008-11-11|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111108_04|title=Weekly Program Rankings|accessdate=2010-06-30}}
||ShortSummary=After a toy rocket is given to a retired homicide detective, the team reinvestigates the murder of its owner, Danny Finch, a 12-year-old boy whose body was found in a river on the day after the Apollo 11 landing in 1969. But when one of the victim's childhood friends commits suicide while left alone in interrogation, the team must figure out what happened at the creek and who was responsible for the boy's death.
- Song featured in the intro: "Bad Moon Rising", by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
- Song featured in the finale: "A Whiter Shade of Pale", by Procol Harum.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=119
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Triple Threat
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|16}}
|WrittenBy=Kathy Ebel
|DirectedBy=Kevin Bray
|Viewers=12.28{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=2008-11-18|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111808_03|title=Weekly Program Rankings|accessdate=2010-06-30}}
|ShortSummary=Nick and the team reexamine the 1989 murder of Nadia Koslov, a 18-year-old Russian opera singer who emigrated from the former Soviet Union with her family, when her brother recovers her long-lost bag from a stranger on the street. It is found out that the Koslovs were helped by a young Nick Vera back then when he was a rookie, as well as the discovery that Nadia had been poisoned just before her death.
- Song featured in the intro: "Habanera", from the opera Carmen, by Georges Bizet.
- Song featured in the finale: "True Colors", by Cyndi Lauper.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=120
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Pin Up Girl
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|23}}
|WrittenBy=Gavin Harris
|DirectedBy=Chris Fisher
|Viewers=12.15{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=2008-11-25|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112508_05|title=Weekly Program Rankings|accessdate=2010-06-30}}
|ShortSummary= The 1953 murder of Rita Flynn, a famous 26-year-old pin-up model, is reinvestigated by the team when a fan brings in a one-of-a-kind photograph that reveals more details about the night of her death.
- Song featured in the intro: "Look at That Girl", by Guy Mitchell.
- Song featured in the finale: "Can't I", by Nat King Cole.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=121
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Street Money
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|30}}
|WrittenBy=Christopher Silber
|DirectedBy=Carlos Avila
|ShortSummary= When an inmate exchanges some procured information on an old shooting, the team reopens the 2005 murder of Dexter Collins, a 30-year-old African-American aspiring politician who vowed to rid the lower-class neighborhood he grew up in of drug dealers who preyed on young kids.
- Song featured in the intro: "Gone", by Kanye West ft. Consequence & Cam'ron
- Song featured in the finale: "Hands of Time", by Groove Armada.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=122
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Wings
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|21}}
|WrittenBy=Jennifer M. Johnson
|DirectedBy=David Von Ancken
|ShortSummary= The 1960 disappearance of Ally Thurston, a 21-year-old flight attendant, is reopened after her remains are found in the rubble of a demolished Philadelphia hotel. The team learns she was trying to unionize her coworkers to battle the sexist work area of the flight industry.
- All songs in this episode are by Frank Sinatra.
- Song featured in the intro: "Come Fly with Me", by Frank Sinatra.
- Song featured in the finale: "Someone to Watch Over Me", by Frank Sinatra.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=123
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Lotto Fever
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|4}}
|WrittenBy=John Brian King
|DirectedBy=Agnieszka Holland
|ShortSummary=The detectives reinvestigate the 2007 murder of Ed Dubinski, a 34-year-old auto mechanic whose lottery winnings earned him a number of fair-weather friends, when it is found that his bank account had recently been accessed.
- Song featured in the intro: "The Underdog", by Spoon.
- Song featured in the finale: "On the Way Back Home", by Lucero.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=124
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Breaking News
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|11}}
|WrittenBy=Erica Shelton
|DirectedBy=Holly Dale
|ShortSummary=The team reopens the 1988 murder of Jane Everett, a 27-year-old Philadelphia news anchor. They soon learn that she was working on a big story involving a local factory's deadly working conditions shortly before her death.
- Song featured in the intro: "Simply Irresistible", by Robert Palmer.
- Song featured in the finale: "Shout", by Tears for Fears.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=125
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=The Brush Man
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|25}}
|WrittenBy=Elwood Reid
|DirectedBy=Roxann Dawson
|ShortSummary=When remains are found at the bottom of a drained duck pond, the team reopens the 1967 murder of Roy Dunn, an enigmatic 35-year-old door-to-door salesman who was popular with the neighborhood residents. The team soon uncovers some troubling secrets in the neighborhood he was last seen at and wonder if he saw something that may have gotten him killed.
- Song featured in the intro: "I'll Be Your Mirror", by the Velvet Underground.
- Song featured in the finale: "Pale Blue Eyes", by the Velvet Underground.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=126
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Witness Protection
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|15}}
|WrittenBy=Elle Triedman
|DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
|ShortSummary=The team opens the 2008 case of Ben Feldman, a man who was murdered while in the witness protection program, when his widow comes to the police asking for help in looking for their missing son, who might be looking for the killer/killers who murdered his father for revenge.
- Song featured in the intro: N/A
- Song featured in the finale: "Until the Day Is Done", by R.E.M.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=127
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=Jackals
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|8}}
|WrittenBy=Taylor Elmore
|DirectedBy=Marcos Siega
|ShortSummary=The team reinvestigates the 1976 murder of 17-year-old honor student Sarah Blake when her father, a recent convict who was serving a prison sentence at the time of her death, discovers a photograph of her with members of a notorious motorcycle gang.
- Song featured in the intro: "Magic Man", by Heart.
- Song featured in the finale: "Simple Man", by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=128
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=Officer Down
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|15}}
|WrittenBy=Christopher Silber
|DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
|ShortSummary=When a robbery at a local convenience store leaves longtime owner Henry "Pop" Walters dead and Jeffries fighting for his life, the team juggles tracking the shooter down and curtailing their emotions.
- Song featured in the intro: "I Wish It Would Rain", by The Temptations
- Song featured in the finale: "The Judgment", by Solomon Burke
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=129
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Mind Games
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|22}}
|WrittenBy=Gavin Harris
|DirectedBy=Donald Thorin, Jr.
|ShortSummary=The team reopens the 2004 case of Julie Ramirez, a psychiatrist who died in a suspicious fire, after the former roommate of one of her patients finds a notebook detailing the fire. The case proves rather hard to solve as the patient has had severe schizophrenia for years.
- All songs in this episode are by John Lennon.
- Song featured in the intro: "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)", by John Lennon
- Song featured in the finale: "Watching the Wheels", by John Lennon
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=130
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=Libertyville
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|29}}
|WrittenBy=Kathy Ebel
|DirectedBy=Marcos Siega
|ShortSummary=The team re-investigates the 1958 murder of Julian Bellowes, a newlywed real estate developer who was spearheading a new suburban concept, when new evidence suggests his body might have been moved after he was killed. The case is turned upside down however, when they learn a dark secret the victim had been keeping for a long time.
- Song featured in the intro: "Are You Havin' Any Fun?", by Tony Bennett
- Song featured in the finale: "This Land Is Your Land", by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=131
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=Stealing Home
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|12}}
|WrittenBy=Danny Pino & Elwood Reid
|DirectedBy=Kevin Bray
|Viewers=10.56{{cite web|publisher=ABC Medianet|date=2009-04-14|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=041409_03|title=Weekly Rankings (Week of 4/6)|accessdate=2012-04-19}}
|ShortSummary= The team investigates the 1999 murder of Gonzalo Luque, a 23-year-old Cuban immigrant who arrived in Philadelphia on a small boat with others and was pursuing a major league baseball career, after an illegal immigrant hoping to stay in the country says he found the victim's body in another location.
- Song featured in the intro: "537 C.U.B.A.", by Orishas
- Song featured in the finale: "Vida Mas Simple" by Nil Lara.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=132
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|Title=November 22nd
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|26}}
|WrittenBy=Ryan Farley
|DirectedBy=Jeannot Szwarc
|ShortSummary=When the murder weapon from a 1963 case is unearthed, the team reopens the murder of Patrick "The Rifle" Lennox, a pool hustler who was shot the same day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The investigation reveals the victim might've grown weary of the hustling business.
- Song featured in the intro: "Green Onions", by Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
- Song featured in the finale: "My One and Only Love" by John Coltrane.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=133
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|Title=The Long Blue Line
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|3}}
|WrittenBy=Jennifer M. Johnson & Greg Plageman
|DirectedBy=Roxann Dawson
|ShortSummary=In the first part of the two-part season finale, the team reopens the case of the first ever female cadet, 18-year-old Kate Butler, at a local military academy who was murdered in 2005, after her body is found in an unmarked grave at a military cemetery.
- All the music featured in this episode was performed by Pearl Jam.
- Song featured in the intro: "Corduroy", by Pearl Jam.
- Song featured in the finale: "Yellow Ledbetter" by Pearl Jam.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Cold Case season 6
|EpisodeNumber=134
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|Title=Into The Blue
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|10}}
|WrittenBy=Jennifer M. Johnson & Greg Plageman
|DirectedBy=Jeannot Szwarc
|ShortSummary=In the second part of the finale, the investigation into 18-year-old Kate Butler's murder continues. Lilly, impatient to get back to the case, leaves the hospital before her tests are complete. As the team finds more and more clues, the killer tries to stop the investigation in order to remain hidden.
- All the music featured in this episode is performed by Pearl Jam.
- Song featured in the intro: "Once", by Pearl Jam.
- Song featured in the finale: "Black" by Pearl Jam.
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References
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{{Cold Case television}}
Category:2009 American television seasons