The Best Episodes of Cold Case Season 4
Every episode of Cold Case Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cold Case Season 4!
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Cold Case" season 4 is "Rampage", rated 8.6/10 from 746 user votes. It was directed by Mark Pellington and written by Veena Sud. "Rampage" aired on 9/24/2006 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The War at Home".
8.6/10 746 votes#1 - Rampage
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2006
Lilly investigates a 1995 shooting spree at a mall in which two teen boys killed 15 people before committing suicide. The case is reopened when a video of the crimes is found and it suggests that a third shooter was involved. Elsewhere, Stillman asks Valens to investigate whether Valens' brother may have been molested by a boxing coach in the 1980s.
Director: Mark Pellington
Writer: Veena Sud
7.6/10 416 votes#2 - The War at Home
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2006
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.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Samantha Corbin-Miller
7.3/10 378 votes#3 - Sandhogs
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2006
When the remains of a sandhog miner who disappeared in 1947 are found in a subway service tunnel, the team is prompted to re-open the case when they suspect the victim might have been murdered for being a union activist.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Greg Plageman
7.2/10 356 votes#4 - Baby Blues
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2006
A 6-month-old girl's 1982 death, originally ruled to be a result of sudden-infant-death syndrome, is investigated when new evidence reveals the baby may have drowned. Also, Lilly learns that Ray is in the hospital after apparently being beaten.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Liz W. Garcia
8.2/10 481 votes#5 - Saving Sammy
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2006
Lilly re-opens a 2003 case in which an autistic boy's parents were shot in their car when Joseph brings her information that the boy might have seen the killer.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: Tyler Bensinger
7.8/10 401 votes#6 - Static
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2006
The apparent 1958 suicide of a popular rock-and-roll DJ is reinvestigated after a documentary filmmaker discovers a tape recording made at the time of the victim's death by gunshot at his radio station. Also, Valens tries to get his brother to testify against a suspected pedophile.
Director: Kevin Bray
Writer: Gavin Harris
7.7/10 411 votes#7 - The Key
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2006
The 1979 murder of a schoolteacher who was stabbed to death in a wooded area is reopened when the victim's bloodstained jacket is found stuffed in a tree trunk with a happy-face key chain in a pocket. The case was originally investigated by Jeffries when he was a rookie detective.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Jennifer Johnson
8.5/10 507 votes#8 - Fireflies
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2006
The 1975 disappearance of an 8-year-old girl who was never found is reinvestigated after a note written by the girl shortly before she vanished turns up. Their friendship rattled many in the predominantly white neighborhood and the girls quickly became targets of hatred.
Director: Marcos Siega
Writer: Erica Shelton Kodish
7.5/10 406 votes#9 - Lonely Hearts
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2006
A homely 33-year-old woman is gunned down in an alley in 1989 and her unsolved murder is reinvestigated when a tape of the victim, made for a dating service, turns up in a suicide victim's apartment. Apparently, it was what the man was watching when he killed himself. Also, Vera moves into an apartment of his own
Director: John Peters
Writer: Liz W. Garcia
8.7/10 822 votes#10 - Forever Blue
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2006
The team re-investigates the 1968 death of a policeman who was shot in his patrol car. The case was then ruled as a drug bust gone bad, but new evidence now reveals the victim may have been romantically involved with his partner.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Tom Pettit
7.3/10 393 votes#11 - The Red and the Blue
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2006
Lilly and Valens travel to Nashville and Knoxville to investigate the 2000 murder of a country-music singer who was gunned down outside of a Philadelphia bar where he and his band had recently played. The unsolved case is reopened when the gun used in the homicide turns up.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Meredith Stiehm
7.5/10 352 votes#12 - Knuckle Up
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2007
Lilly investigates the murder of a 17-year-old prep-school student who disappeared in early 2006 and whose body is found stuffed in an oil drum outside an abandoned warehouse in a drug-infested part of the city. Also, Vera pays a parking ticket for his neighbor and later asks her out on a date.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Greg Plageman
7.9/10 398 votes#13 - Blackout
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2007
Lilly investigates the 1996 murder of a wealthy divorced woman who was found dead in her ex-husband's indoor swimming pool. The original investigation ruled the death accidental, but new evidence suggests it was a homicide.
Director: Seith Mann
Writer: Tyler Bensinger
7.6/10 368 votes#14 - 8:03 AM
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/2007
In 2002, two kids were shot in front of two different schools on the same day at precisely 8:03 a.m. It's the fifth anniversary of the shootings, and Kat Miller wants to re-open the murders because she feels the cases are connected.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Veena Sud
7.7/10 373 votes#15 - Blood on the Tracks
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2007
Lilly investigates the deaths of a married couple who perished in 1981 when a supposedly accidental gas-leak explosion set their house on fire. The case is reopened when fragments of a bomb are discovered at the house during renovations. Back at headquarters, Stillman takes care of his 4-year-old grandson.
Director: Kevin Bray
Writer: Gavin Harris
8.1/10 479 votes#16 - The Good-Bye Room
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2007
Lilly investigates the 1964 murder of a 17-year-old girl who was sent by her parents to a home for unwed mothers, where she gave birth to a girl. The next day the teen was killed. The case is reopened when the victim's daughter comes forward, having just learned that she was adopted and that her biological mother was slain.
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: Jennifer Johnson
8.5/10 600 votes#17 - Shuffle, Ball Change
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/2007
When a body is found in a dumpster, the team re-opens the 1984 case of a murdered teenage boy who wanted to become a dancer against his father's wishes.
Director: Mark Pellington
Writer: Liz W. Garcia
8.2/10 483 votes#18 - A Dollar, A Dream
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2007
The 1999 murder of a homeless woman, whose body is found at the bottom of a river in a station wagon, is investigated.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Erica Shelton Kodish
8.1/10 368 votes#19 - Offender
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2007
A father pushes a registered sex offender off of a building and threatens to kill a different sex offender each day until the cold-case unit solves his son's 1987 rape and murder.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Greg Plageman
8.0/10 442 votes#20 - Stand Up and Holler
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/2007
The 1997 murder of a 16-year-old girl high-school cheerleader is investigated after an anonymous confession is discovered in a modern-art exhibit.
Director: John Peters
Writer: Kate Purdy
7.4/10 364 votes#21 - Torn
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/2007
The team re-investigates their oldest cold case yet, the 1919 murder of a young woman who was a passionate advocate for women's right to vote.
Director: Kevin Bray
Writer: Tyler Bensinger
7.6/10 355 votes#22 - Cargo
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/15/2007
The 2005 murder of a longshoreman who accidentally became involved in a human-trafficking ring run by the Russian mob.
Director: Andy García
Writer: Tom Pettit
8.0/10 379 votes#23 - The Good Death
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 4/29/2007
The 1998 death of a terminally ill man who died months before he was expected to is investigated after a nurse confesses to six so-called mercy killings.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: Gavin Harris
8.3/10 426 votes#24 - Stalker
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/6/2007
In the fourth season finale, a hostage situation arises when the entire team is held captive while they're investigating the 2006 killings of a family who had just moved into a new house.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Veena Sud