Cold Case season 6

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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 MorrisDet. Lilly Rushentire season{{n/a}}
Danny PinoDet. Scotty Valensentire season{{n/a}}
John FinnLt. John Stillmanentire season{{n/a}}
Thom BarryDet. Will Jeffriesentire season{{n/a}}
Jeremy RatchfordDet. Nick Veraentire season{{n/a}}
Tracie ThomsDet. Kat Millerentire season{{n/a}}
Bobby CannavaleDet. Eddie Saccardo{{n/a}}entire season
Tania RaymondeFrankie Rafferty{{n/a}}entire season
Jonathan LaPagliaADA 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

|Viewers=11.52[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/03/dancing-with-the-stars-culmination-60-minutes-and-ncis-lead-weekly-viewing/9111 Dancing With the Stars culmination, 60 Minutes and NCIS lead weekly viewing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904161640/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/03/dancing-with-the-stars-culmination-60-minutes-and-ncis-lead-weekly-viewing/9111 |date=2009-09-04 }}. TV by the Numbers. June 30, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2010.

|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.

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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

|Viewers=12.01[http://yourentertainmentnow.com/2008/12/29/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-sunday-december-28-2008/ Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, December 28, 2008]. Your Entertainment Now. December 29, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2012.

|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.

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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

|Viewers=12.67[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/07/nfl-desperate-housewives-and-ncislead-weekly-viewing/10305 NFL, Desperate Housewives and NCIS lead weekly viewing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205135058/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/07/nfl-desperate-housewives-and-ncislead-weekly-viewing/10305 |date=2009-02-05 }}. TV by the Numbers. January 7, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2010.

|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

|Viewers=12.30[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/13/bcs-nfl-the-mentalist-and-ncis-lead-weekly-broadcast-prime-time-viewing/10783 BCS, NFL, The Mentalist and NCIS lead weekly broadcast prime-time viewing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122231941/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/13/bcs-nfl-the-mentalist-and-ncis-lead-weekly-broadcast-prime-time-viewing/10783 |date=2009-01-22 }}. TV by the Numbers. January 13, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2010.

|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.

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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

|Viewers=13.26[http://yourentertainmentnow.com/2009/02/02/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-sunday-february-1-2009/ Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, February 1, 2009]. Your Entertainment Now. February 2, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2012.

|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.

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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

|Viewers=10.89[http://yourentertainmentnow.com/2009/02/23/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-sunday-february-22-2009/ Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, February 22, 2009]. Your Entertainment Now. February 23, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2012.

|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.

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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

|Viewers=12.61[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/10/lead-weekly-viewing/14240 American Idol, CSI and The Bachelor lead weekly TV viewing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323071540/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/10/lead-weekly-viewing/14240 |date=2009-03-23 }}. TV by the Numbers. March 10, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2010.

|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.

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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

|Viewers=13.02[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/17/american-idol-dancing-with-the-stars-and-csi-top-broadcast-net-viewing/14708 American Idol, Dancing With the Stars and CSI top broadcast net viewing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422080058/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/17/american-idol-dancing-with-the-stars-and-csi-top-broadcast-net-viewing/14708 |date=2009-04-22 }}. TV by the Numbers. March 17, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2010.

|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.

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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.

|Viewers=11.41[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/24/american-idol-dancing-with-the-stars-and-60-minutes-lead-overall-viewing/15090 American Idol, Dancing With the Stars and 60 Minutes lead overall viewing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328145519/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/24/american-idol-dancing-with-the-stars-and-60-minutes-lead-overall-viewing/15090 |date=2009-03-28 }}. TV by the Numbers. March 24, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2010.

|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.

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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

|Viewers=11.86[http://yourentertainmentnow.com/2009/04/06/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-sunday-april-5-2009/ Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, April 5, 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000545/http://yourentertainmentnow.com/2009/04/06/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-sunday-april-5-2009/ |date=May 2, 2014 }}. Your Entertainment Now. April 6, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2012.

|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.

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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.

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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

|Viewers=10.56[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/28/weekly-broadcast-ratings-american-idol-wins-again-fringe-an-18-49-hit/17570 Broadcast ratings: American Idol wins again, Fringe is 18-49 hit]. TV by the Numbers. April 28, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2010.

|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.

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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

|Viewers=12.46[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/06/weekly-top-shows-which-jj-abrams-show-did-better/18168 Weekly top shows: Which JJ Abrams show did better?]. TV by the Numbers. May 6, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2009.

|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

|Viewers=11.83[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/12/greys-anatomy-queen-of-scripted-shows-lost-bests-fringe/18543 Grey's Anatomy queen of scripted shows, Lost bests Fringe]. TV by the Numbers. May 12, 2009. Retrieved June 30, 2010.

|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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