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Season 3

Season 3

Season 3

Season 3

Season 3

  • Air date:2005-09-25
  • User score:
    8.1
  • Number of episodes:23

List of Episodes

Family
S3E1
8.0

Air date: 2005-09-25

Runtime: 45 min

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.

The Promise
S3E2
8.0

Air date: 2005-10-02

Runtime: 43 min

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.

Bad Night
S3E3
8.3

Air date: 2005-10-09

Runtime: 42 min

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.

Colors
S3E4
8.3

Air date: 2005-10-16

Runtime: 41 min

Det. Rush re-opens the 1945 case of a baseball player, bludgeoned to death with his own bat.

Commited
S3E5
8.4

Air date: 2005-10-23

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Saving Patrick Bubley
S3E6
7.3

Air date: 2005-11-06

Runtime: 43 min

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.

Start-Up
S3E7
8.0

Air date: 2005-11-13

Runtime: 43 min

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.

Honor
S3E8
7.5

Air date: 2005-11-20

Runtime: 45 min

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.

A Perfect Day
S3E9
8.3

Air date: 2005-11-27

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Frank's Best
S3E10
8.0

Air date: 2005-12-18

Runtime: 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.

8 Years
S3E11
8.0

Air date: 2006-01-08

Runtime: 46 min

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.

Detention
S3E12
8.2

Air date: 2006-01-15

Runtime: 42 min

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.

Debut
S3E13
8.0

Air date: 2006-01-29

Runtime: 41 min

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.

Dog Day Afternoons
S3E14
9.0

Air date: 2006-02-26

Runtime: 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.

Sanctuary
S3E15
8.0

Air date: 2006-03-12

Runtime: 42 min

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.

One Night
S3E16
7.5

Air date: 2006-03-19

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Superstar
S3E17
8.7

Air date: 2006-03-26

Runtime: 45 min

When a poison-soaked towel turns up at the station, Lilly re-opens the 1973 case of a murdered female college tennis star.

Willkommen
S3E18
8.0

Air date: 2006-04-02

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Beautiful Little Fool
S3E19
8.3

Air date: 2006-04-09

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Death Penalty: Final Appeal
S3E20
8.3

Air date: 2006-04-16

Runtime: 45 min

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.

The Hen House
S3E21
8.7

Air date: 2006-04-30

Runtime: 43 min

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.

The River
S3E22
8.0

Air date: 2006-05-07

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Joseph
S3E23
8.0

Air date: 2006-05-21

Runtime: 45 min

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.

Top Cast

Kathryn Morris

Kathryn Morris

Lilly Rush

Danny Pino

Danny Pino

Scotty Valens

Jeremy Ratchford

Jeremy Ratchford

Nick Vera

Thom Barry

Thom Barry

Will Jeffries

John Finn

John Finn

John Stillman

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