I'm a bit of a US crime drama addict, I love watching CSI, Bones, and most recently Cold Case.
Cold Case started in 2003 some its a bit of a late find for me, but thanks to good old sky repeating everything about a million times so I am slowly catching up on the missed episodes. Basically Cold Case is all bout cases that have never been solved (they went cold), some of these could be 50 years old and some could be a few years old, they all tend to be a bout either missing people or murder.
The team (mainly Lilly Rush, Scotty Valens, Lt. John Stillman, Will Jeffries & Nick Vera) open the old case files (usually a family member remembers something important or a new bit of evidence comes to light) and start re interviewing the old suspects and witnesses etc, this usually stirs up old feelings amongst the various parties involved and usually leads to a very emotional ending.
The thing I love about his show is the way they give you a glimpse of the original story, so for example if you have a case from the 50's they give you clips all of the characters in the 50's so you get a really good idea of what each character is about and it also gives you a better understating of the case they are trying to investigate.
Unlike some of the dramas out there where you have to watch every show to follow the story this has a new story every episode so it does not matter if one minute you are watching one from 2008 then the next you are watching one from 2003, the cast is pretty much the same for each episode also, you have the five main characters (mentioned above) and you have the extras (which change from show to show).
OK so each episode tends to follow the same kind of story (someone gets killed, they investigate & solve the murder) but this can be said about most US crime dramas. I just love the way it has been done, having that glimpse back into the past and seeing the characters how they are now & how they where then makes this show that little bit different from the rest.
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Drama - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Shelagh Fraser, Barbara Flynn, Keith Drinkel, Felicity Kendal, Pam Ferris, Colin Douglas
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