Cold Case: Season 3

2005 · 23 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 3 of Cold Case

Season 3 of Cold Case Has 23 episodes and premiered on September 25, 2005. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

23episodes

Sep 25, 2005premiered

May 21, 2006latest episode

16.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Family
Sep 25, 2005 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
When a young girl is contacted by a man claiming to be her father, Det. Rush and her team reopen a 1988 case of a teenaged boy, killed on the same night the girl was born.
Directing: Mark Pellington · Writing: Meredith Stiehm · Starring: Alana Austin, Kristin Richardson, Nathalie Paulding, Sarah Joy Brown
3x02 The Promise
Oct 2, 2005 · 43 min · ★ 7.8
Lilly re-opens the case of young girl, an overweight college freshman named Laurie, who died in a fraternity house fire in 2004. The fire was deemed accidental at the time, but a cell phone photo e-mailed from the girl's phone just moments before her death prompts a closer examination.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Veena Sud · Starring: Lindsay Hollister, Sarah Joy Brown, Nick Wechsler, Guy Wilson
3x03 Bad Night
Oct 9, 2005 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
The 1978 murder of a young man is re-opened after the victim's mother finds a letter suggesting that his death wasn't random.
Directing: Kevin Bray · Writing: Andrea Newman · Starring: Mimi Kennedy, Hillary Tuck, Sarah Joy Brown, Dave Power
3x04 Colors
Oct 16, 2005 · 41 min · ★ 7.8
Det. Rush re-opens the 1945 case of a baseball player, bludgeoned to death with his own bat.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Sean Whitesell · Starring: Christina Hendricks, Beau Billingslea, Arlen Escarpeta, David Ruprecht
3x05 Commited
Oct 23, 2005 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
In 1954, 9-year-old Otis Petrowski last saw his mother in a mental institution. Now over 50 years later, after the death of an elderly woman who had been using Otis' mother's identity, Det. Rush sets out to discover what happened to the boy's real mother.
Directing: Alex Zakrzewski · Writing: Liz W. Garcia · Starring: Diane Ladd, Katie Chonacas, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Robin Weigert
3x06 Saving Patrick Bubley
Nov 6, 2005 · 42 min · ★ 7.2
When a mother of five loses her fourth son to gang violence, Lilly sets out the save the youngest, reopening one of her first cases on the homicide squad.
Directing: Marcos Siega · Writing: Karin Lewicki, Tyler Bensinger · Starring: Andre Jamal Kinney, Jack Knight, C.J. Sanders, April Grace
3x07 Start-Up
Nov 13, 2005 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Karin Lewicki · Starring: Richard Ian Cox, Zach Mills, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Sarah Jane Morris
3x08 Honor
Nov 20, 2005 · 45 min · ★ 7.3
When a box filled with POW support bracelets is found in an abandoned drug den, Det. Rush re-investigates the 1972 shooting of Carl, a veteran of the Vietnam War.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Craig Turk · Starring: Tracie Thoms, Brynn Thayer, Skyler Gisondo, Christopher Cousins
3x09 A Perfect Day
Nov 27, 2005 · 45 min · ★ 7.8
When a fisherman finds evidence of a young girl's death washed up on a shore in New Jersey, Lilly re-opens the 1965 case of 4-year-old child who had a seemingly abusive mother.
Directing: Roxann Dawson · Writing: Veena Sud · Starring: Megan Follows
3x10 Frank's Best
Dec 18, 2005 · 43 min
The team re-opens the 2001 case of a robbed and murdered deli owner when the brother of the man convicted of the crime brings forth new evidence, suggesting the man may have been wrongfully accused.
Directing: Michael Schultz · Writing: Andrea Newman · Starring: Tracie Thoms, James Jordan, Ramón Franco, Shannon Welles
3x11 8 Years
Jan 8, 2006 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Directing: Mark Pellington · Writing: Meredith Stiehm · Starring: Zachery Ty Bryan, Laura Johnson, Christine Elise, Alona Tal
3x12 Detention
Jan 15, 2006 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
When a note connected to a supposed suicide is found, the team re-opens the 1994 case of a high-school kid who fell from the roof of the school building after having served detention. In 1994 the death was deemed a suicide, but the newly-found note indicates that the victim might have been fearing for his life.
Directing: Jessica Landaw · Writing: Liz W. Garcia · Starring: Veena Bidasha
3x13 Debut
Jan 29, 2006 · 41 min · ★ 7.6
Lilly re-opens the 1968 case of an 18-year-old girl who died -- apparently accidentally -- at the night of her debutante ball. Now her mother comes forth with new evidence when a local art dealer is accused of murdering his wife in the same manner the girl died.
Directing: Tim Hunter · Writing: Karin Lewicki · Starring: Tracie Thoms, Ben Murphy, Tom Virtue, Priscilla Pointer
3x14 Dog Day Afternoons
Feb 26, 2006 · 45 min
The case of a female bank teller shot to death in her work in 2000 is reopened when the same bank is robbed again by perpetrators wearing identical masks and equipped with identical weapons as six years earlier.
Directing: Craig Ross Jr. · Writing: Sean Whitesell · Starring: Kate Levering, Paul Schulze, Brennan Elliott
3x15 Sanctuary
Mar 12, 2006 · 41 min · ★ 7.6
The 1998 case of a female drug smuggler is re-opened. The woman was involved with Scotty at the time he was working undercover on a high-profile drug case, and he has been keeping it a secret from the team for all these years.
Directing: Alex Zakrzewski · Writing: Steve Sharlet · Starring: Alex Fernandez, Benjamín Benítez
3x16 One Night
Mar 19, 2006 · 45 min · ★ 7.3
Lilly and the cold case team will have to decode the clues given by a twisted killer in order to save the life of a young boy who has been left to die alone. But first they must find the boy and for that they need to dig a little deeper into their own pasts.
Directing: Nicole Kassell · Writing: Veena Sud · Starring: Shiloh Fernandez, Taylor Handley, Scott Vickaryous, Cole Williams
3x17 Superstar
Mar 26, 2006 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
When a poison-soaked towel turns up at the station, Lilly re-opens the 1973 case of a murdered female college tennis star.
Directing: Bill Eagles · Writing: Jason Tracey, Craig S. O'Neill · Starring: Mel Harris, Nina Siemaszko, John Getz, Thomas F. Wilson
3x18 Willkommen
Apr 2, 2006 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Andrea Newman · Starring: Adam Pascal, Matthew Shaffer, Tyce Diorio, Eric Lange
3x19 Beautiful Little Fool
Apr 9, 2006 · 45 min · ★ 7.8
Lilly re-opens the 1929 case of a woman found dead in a ravine on Christmas Day when the victim's great-granddaughter comes in asking for help. Meanwhile, Lilly's estranged mother shows up, hoping to re-connect with her daughter.
Directing: Kevin Bray · Writing: Liz W. Garcia · Starring: Allison Miller, Tommy Dewey, Nick Spano, Sammi Hanratty
3x20 Death Penalty: Final Appeal
Apr 16, 2006 · 45 min · ★ 7.8
The 1994 case of a raped and murdered 16-year-old girl is re-opened when Det. Jeffries gets a call from a prisoner on death-row -- scheduled to be executed in just three days.
Directing: Alex Zakrzewski · Writing: Sean Whitesell · Starring: Michael Jace, Cameron Goodman, Thomas Calabro, Dean Norris
3x21 The Hen House
Apr 30, 2006 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
The 1945 case of a murdered newspaper reporter is reopened when new evidence suggests that the woman was thrown in front of a passing train by someone she knew.
Directing: David Von Ancken · Writing: Craig Turk · Starring: Peter Graves, K Callan, James Greene, Michael Cavanaugh
3x22 The River
May 7, 2006 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
When a new witness steps forward, Lilly and the team are prompted to re-open the 1984 shooting of a respected and beloved ER doctor who had a secret he had been hiding from his family.
Directing: Craig Ross Jr. · Writing: Tyler Bensinger · Starring: Garette Ratliff Henson, Stacy Haiduk, Suzanne Whang, Tonya Pinkins
3x23 Joseph Season Finale
May 21, 2006 · 45 min · ★ 7.8
When the victim's credit card is suddenly used a year after his death, Lilly re-opens the 2005 case of a counselor at a teens' rehab center who was shot to death just two weeks before he was scheduled to testify in a murder case. During the probe, Lilly feels a strange connection to the victim, and her personal attachment may end up jeopardizing the case.
Directing: Roxann Dawson · Writing: Liz W. Garcia, Andrea Newman · Starring: Susan Walters, Mageina Tovah, Dale Dickey, John Hillard