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.
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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 episodes
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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.
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Directed by Mark PellingtonWritten by Veena SudGuest stars Kenneth Johnson, Will Rothhaar, Martin Spanjers, Kyle Gallner, Michael Trevino, Johnny Pacar, Grainger Hines, Patrick Scott Lewis
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.
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Directed by Alex ZakrzewskiWritten by Samantha Corbin-MillerGuest stars Kathrine Narducci, Tim DeKay, Elizabeth Tulloch, Nestor Carbonell, Kristin Bauer, Camillia Monet, Aramis Knight, Lesley Fera
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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Directed by David Von AnckenWritten by Greg PlagemanGuest stars Rick Scarry, Enuka Okuma, L. Scott Caldwell, Jack McGee, Neil Jackson, Brennan Elliott, Skyy John
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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Directed by David BarrettWritten by Liz W. GarciaGuest stars Kim Murphy, Susan Blakely, Brian Bloom, Margaret Easley, Mark Famiglietti, Tanner Blaze, Brennan Elliott, Jill Remez
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.
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Directed by Paris BarclayWritten by Tyler BensingerGuest stars Saige Thompson, Peter MacKenzie, Cole Petersen, Jake Abel, Greg Cipes, Brennan Elliott, Elyse Mirto
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.
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Directed by Kevin BrayWritten by Gavin HarrisGuest stars Sarah Drew, Rutanya Alda, Eric Jungmann, Robert F. Lyons, Nestor Carbonell, Charles Esten, Camillia Monet, Robert Symonds
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.
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Directed by David BarrettWritten by Jennifer M. JohnsonGuest stars Angela Little, Bonnie Root, Annie Wersching, Nestor Carbonell, George Newbern, Allen Alvarado
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.
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Directed by Marcos SiegaWritten by Erica Shelton KodishGuest stars Shannon Sturges, Dee Jay Daniels, Savannah Stehlin, John Aylward, Gabby Soleil, Jenny O'Hara, David Henrie, Judith Scott
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
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Directed by John PetersWritten by Liz W. GarciaGuest stars Bruno Campos, Mary-Pat Green
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.
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Directed by Jeannot SzwarcWritten by Tom PettitGuest stars Charles Mesure, William Lucking, Nicolas Coster, Sonja Sohn, Shane Johnson, Chad Everett, Brian Hallisay, Leon Russom
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.
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Directed by Steve BoyumWritten by Meredith StiehmGuest stars Eric Lutes, Curtis Williams, Shaun Benson, Tamara Braun, Polly Shannon, Thomas Ian Griffith, Louis Giambalvo
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.
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Directed by David BarrettWritten by Greg PlagemanGuest stars Jake McDorman, Adam Hendershott, Robert Picardo, Marshall Allman, Sonja Sohn
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.
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Directed by Seith MannWritten by Tyler BensingerGuest stars Donna Mills, Dylan Patton, Scott Holroyd, Sonja Sohn, Lindsey McKeon, Kate Norby, Perry King, Julian Bailey
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.
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Directed by Alex ZakrzewskiWritten by Veena SudGuest stars Jodi Carlisle, Tristan Mack Wilds, Lucinda Jenney, Sonja Sohn, Alexa Nikolas, Ernie Hudson, Christian Redd
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.
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Directed by Kevin BrayWritten by Gavin HarrisGuest stars Jamie Bamber, Kelly Overton, Doug Spinuzza, Sam Trammell, Melinda Page Hamilton, Cindy Pickett, Sam McMurray, Scott Michael Campbell
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.
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Directed by Holly DaleWritten by Jennifer M. JohnsonGuest stars Michelle Page, Sterling Beaumon, Andy Fischer-Price, Johanna Braddy, Leslie Murphy, Bruce Boxleitner
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.
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Directed by Mark PellingtonWritten by Liz W. GarciaGuest stars Don Swayze, Vinicius Zorin-Machado, Chris Mulkey, John Diehl, Vanessa Williams, Greg Finley, Nathan Halliday
The 1999 murder of a homeless woman, whose body is found at the bottom of a river in a station wagon, is investigated.
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Directed by Chris FisherWritten by Erica Shelton KodishGuest stars Holmes Osborne, Darcy Rose Byrnes, Gloria Garayua, John Diehl, Jennifer Lawrence, Paula Malcomson
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.
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Directed by David BarrettWritten by Greg PlagemanGuest stars Rick Ravanello, Bonnie Root, Conner Rayburn, Sean Whalen, Tom McCleister, Kale Browne
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.
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Directed by Paris BarclayWritten by Gavin HarrisGuest stars Marcus Giamatti, Aaron Lustig, Lynda Boyd, Anthony Starke, Ned Vaughn, Justina Machado, Meredith Baxter
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.
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Directed by Alex ZakrzewskiWritten by Liz W. Garcia, Veena SudGuest stars Bonnie Root, William Brent, Terry Rhoads, Cynthia Ettinger, Roberto Sanchez, Joe Reegan, Meredith Baxter
