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The Worst Episodes of Cold Case

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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  1. Background image for Soul
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    #1 - Soul

    S7:E4

    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.

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    #2 - Chinatown

    S7:E8

    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.

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    #3 - Free Love

    S7:E20

    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.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Crossing

    S7:E1

    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.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Iced

    S7:E10

    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.

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    Director:Peter Medak
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Runaway Bunny

    S7:E12

    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.

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    Director:John Finn
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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Two Weddings

    S7:E15

    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.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - One Fall

    S7:E16

    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.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Last Drive-In (1)

    S7:E18

    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.

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    Director:Chris Fisher
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    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Metamorphosis

    S7:E14

    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.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Hoodrats

    S7:E2

    The team re-opens the 1995 case of a skateboarding prodigy who lived on the streets.

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    Director:Chris Fisher
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - WASP

    S7:E5

    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.

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    Director:Chris Fisher
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Read Between the Lines

    S7:E7

    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.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Good Soldier

    S7:E11

    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.

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Bombers

    S7:E13

    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.

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    Director:Janice Cooke
  17. Background image for The Hitchhiker
    7.2/10(583 votes)

    #16 - The Hitchhiker

    S1:E10

    Rush and Valens investigate the case of a cold-blooded killer who shot a young man trying to hitchhike his way home to Philly from Atlanta.

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    7.2/10(449 votes)

    #17 - Kensington

    S2:E20

    The murder case of a young mill worker is re-opened when Rush learns that a recent parolee admitted to stealing money off the victim's body.

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    7.2/10(416 votes)

    #18 - Baby Blues

    S4:E4

    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.

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    7.2/10(308 votes)

    #19 - Stealing Home

    S6:E20

    The team re-opens the 1999 murder of a Cuban baseball star who fled to the U.S. after being fired from his team.

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    7.3/10(526 votes)

    #20 - Late Returns

    S1:E19

    The shooting death of a man in his driveway is connected to the unsolved 1992 murder of a Democratic campaign worker whose lifeless body was thrown into a nearby river on election night. The investigation centers on the relationship the dead woman had with a present-day congressman. Apparently, the victim in the current homicide probed into the earlier slaying and discovered damning new evidence. Elsewhere, Lilly spies Kite flirting with a new ADA and gets jealous.

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    7.3/10(495 votes)

    #21 - Yo, Adrian

    S2:E12

    When a dying boxing referee makes a confession about a 1976 fight, the team re-opens the case in which an underdog fighter, arranged to fight against a much more qualified boxer, took a heavy beating in the match and died only moments afterwards.

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    7.3/10(441 votes)

    #22 - Start-Up

    S3:E7

    Lilly re-opens the 1999 case of a young, healthy woman who nevertheless died of a heart attack. In the late 1990's, she was briefly an Internet millionaire, but due to bad business decisions, her dot.com company eventually went bust.

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    7.3/10(504 votes)

    #23 - 8 Years

    S3:E11

    Four close high school friends each went their separate ways in 1980. Eight years later, in 1988, one of them was murdered. The homicide team receives a tip about the murder, prompting a re-investigation of the case and an examination of the friends' lives, hopes and dreams after high school.

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    7.3/10(446 votes)

    #24 - Willkommen

    S3:E18

    The team re-opens the 2002 case of a murdered amateur actor when the owner of a local community theater finds a gun hidden inside prop furniture.

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    7.3/10(438 votes)

    #25 - Sandhogs

    S4:E3

    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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Soul" is the worst rated episode of "Cold Case". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by John F. Showalter and written by Ryan Farley, it aired on 10/25/2009. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Chinatown".