Cold Case TV Show

• This was another decent episode of Cold Case… one of my favorite procedurals. Even though the cold case in this episode was only ten years old, it was still a really good ep.

• Internal Affairs really has it out for Scotty. The interrogation scene with Scotty and the IAD investigator was pretty revealing. IAD knows about Scotty slipping up and telling the pedophile killer the name of his son’s murderer, leading to that near-fatal showdown on the roof (all of this happened in last season’s Offender episode). Scotty thinks that Stillman noted the incident on his record, which is how IAD knows about it; and Scotty’s now pissed at his boss.

• Also during that interrogation scene, it was a nice shot of continuity to be reminded that Scotty and Lil had developed the “hey” codeword the morning he went to check on her after her mom died. The IAD jerk tried to insinuate something else. Jack ass.

• Lilly (and the viewers) got some answers for why Stillman was such a jerk last week. He blames himself for Lilly getting shot. Well that explains it, I guess. I almost forgot that Stillman was also shot that night and that he would be battling his own demons from that standoff… especially his inability to stop it.

• Best line of the night was undoubtedly Nick to the ex-jock: “You’re a grade-D slab of jackass.”

• Funniest line of the night had to be Kat regarding the purity ring: “Veronica’s babysitter has one. It doesn’t stop her from getting busy on my couch.”

• I didn’t guess that all four students had killed the girl until the end when all of them were in the interrogation room together, then I knew; but I didn’t figure it out before that. Kudos to Cold Case for keeping me guessing.

• The ending montage was particularly moving last night, especially when Scotty went to the victim’s mother’s house who had the birthday cupcake lit and Scotty gave the mother the long-lost secret note that the daughter had written before she was killed: “I believe that God loves me for who I am.” It was a very touching ending.

• I’m usually not thrilled with the musical selections from the more-recent cold cases (i.e., those set in the 80’s or 90’s), but they chose some pretty good songs last night. I can remember liking all of them when they first came out in the late 90’s: Everclear (I Will Buy You a New Life), Marcie Playground (Sex and Candy), Dishwalla (Tell Me All Your Thoughts on God), Natalie Imbruglia (Torn), Semisonic (Closing Time), and The Goo Goo Dolls (Black Balloon)

• If I had one gripe about last night’s episode it would be that I found the killing scene to be particularly gruesome again (for the second week in a row)… too reminiscent of the grisly Criminal Minds than I’m used to for this show.