7.4/10288 votes#1 - The Crossing
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2009
With the team investigating the 1966 shipboard murder of a young woman traveling in steerage on a luxury ocean liner who was believed to have committed suicide by jumping overboard. But new evidence indicates otherwise. Meanwhile, the trial of a military academy official who attempted to harm Lilly begins.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Taylor Elmore
7.7/10315 votes#2 - Hoodrats
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2009
The team re-opens the 1995 case of a skateboarding prodigy who lived on the streets.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Elwood Reid
7.9/10291 votes#3 - Jurisprudence
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2009
The 2004 murder of a teen at a juvenile detention center is investigated. The boy was wrongly sent to the facility and was killed before Valens could get him released. Meanwhile, Lilly reconnects with former flame Eddie Saccardo, a narcotics officer.
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: Christopher Silber
7.8/10314 votes#4 - Soul
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2009
The 1970 murder of a musician who was instrumental in creating the Philadelphia soul sound is reinvestigated. The victim tried to keep his involvement in the music scene from his strict minister father. Meanwhile, Lilly meets her teen stepbrother, Finn.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Ryan Farley
7.7/10305 votes#5 - WASP
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2009
The 1944 murder of a female pilot who flew noncombat missions for the U.S. during World War II is investigated. The victim was part of a civilian program that assisted the Army and Air Force. Meanwhile, the man who ran Lilly's car off a road is released from prison on bail.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Denise Thé
7.2/10249 votes#6 - Dead Heat
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2009
The 1986 murder of a jockey is investigated after his body is discovered in a mass grave for horses. The victim disappeared shortly after losing a race that he had planned to be his finale before retiring.
Director: Nathan Hope
Writer: Adam Glass
7.7/10289 votes#7 - Read Between the Lines
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2009
The 1991 murder of a 14-year-old girl in foster care who was a promising rapper is investigated. The probe reveals the victim lived in a gang-infested neighbourhood and was recently placed, along with her sister, with new foster parents.
Director: Kevin Bray
Writer: Erica L. Anderson
7.8/10271 votes#8 - Chinatown
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2009
The 1983 murder of a Chinese-American teen is reinvestigated. The case was originally handled by Stillman. The probe reveals the victim's girlfriend was killed by Chinese gang members three months earlier at a festival and that the dead man may have been seeking revenge.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Alicia Kirk
7.6/10260 votes#9 - Forensics
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2009
The 1999 death of a high-school debate champion, which was originally ruled a suicide, is investigated after new evidence suggests he was murdered. The probe reveals the victim received a scholarship at a top private school and died shortly after losing a debate at the competitive campus.
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: Jerome Schwartz
7.4/10262 votes#10 - Iced
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/2009
The 1980 murder of a minor-league hockey player is investigated. The victim was killed on his team's home rink the night the U.S. hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in the Olympic Games.
Director: Peter Medak
Writer: Taylor Elmore
7.5/10262 votes#11 - The Good Soldier
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/2010
The 2005 murder of an Army recruiter who was killed just two days before his scheduled deployment to Iraq is reinvestigated after a soldier comes forward with new evidence.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Christopher Silber
7.9/10294 votes#12 - The Runaway Bunny
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/2010
The 1974 murder of a private investigator is probed after his body is discovered in the cement foundation of a demolished building. The investigation reveals the victim uncovered damaging information about his last few clients and that he hired a tough associate to provide muscle during his final investigation.
Director: John Finn
Writer: Elwood Reid
7.5/10263 votes#13 - Bombers
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/14/2010
The 1983 murder of a graffiti artist who died after spray paint was forced down his throat is investigated. Meanwhile, new details emerge about the person who mugged Valen's mother; and Lilly faces additional legal hurdles thrown her way by Moe.
Director: Janice Cooke
Writer: Denise Thé
7.8/10306 votes#14 - Metamorphosis
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/21/2010
The 1971 death of a teen aerialist who fell during a dangerous circus performance is investigated. New evidence suggests her fall wasn't an accident.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Danny Pino, Adam Glass
7.8/10288 votes#15 - Two Weddings
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/28/2010
Lilly and the team attend a colleague's wedding and are persuaded by Jeffries to investigate whether the bride killed her former fiancé two years earlier - just hours after he called off their nuptials.
Director: Nathan Hope
Writer: Meredith Stiehm
7.4/10278 votes#16 - One Fall
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/14/2010
The 1986 murder of a dock worker who moonlighted as a wrestler is investigated. Meanwhile, Valens follows a lead that could result in the capture of his mother's rapist.
Director: Donald E. Thorin Jr.
Writer: Ryan Farley
8.3/10310 votes#17 - Flashover
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/21/2010
Realizing that the missing Vera has finally hit rock bottom, his worried team members hope that a new twist to a 2006 arson case, which he was secretly obsessing about in recent weeks, might supply leads to his whereabouts.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Greg Plageman
8.1/10297 votes#18 - The Last Drive-In (1)
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/28/2010
When ballistics tie a recent murder case of Rush's to a serial killer who was seemingly inactive for 27 years, a tough FBI agent with ties to Stillman shows up to enlist the team's aid in finding the killer who has eluded her for 30 years.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Elwood Reid
8.2/10290 votes#19 - Bullet (2)
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/4/2010
After determining the serial killer's identity - and some of his likely future targets - the team and the FBI work together to apprehend him while trying to locate and protect the people he's preparing to kill.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Christopher Silber
7.7/10289 votes#20 - Free Love
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 4/11/2010
Rush and FBI agent Ryan Cavanaugh discover their attraction for one another while investigating the 1969 murder of a GI at Woodstock, and Vera helps his married ex-girlfriend, Megan, after sentimental jewelry is stolen from her home.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: Denise Thé
7.9/10282 votes#21 - Almost Paradise
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2010
Rush tries to ignore her father's appeals to give her troublemaker sister another chance after she suddenly resurfaces.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Christopher Silber, Adam Glass
8.2/10331 votes#22 - Shattered
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/2010
Valens partners with Rush to locate her abducted, drug-addicted sister, while Jeffries tries to bring justice to the case of a murdered teenaged girl that has haunted him for 17 years.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Greg Plageman, Elwood Reid
The Best Episodes of Cold Case Season 7
Every episode of Cold Case Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cold Case Season 7!
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...
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Season 7 Ratings Summary
"The Crossing" is the best rated episode of "Cold Case" season 7. It scored 7.4/10 based on 288 votes. Directed by Alex Zakrzewski and written by Taylor Elmore, it aired on 9/27/2009. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Hoodrats".