Cold Case

10 Best Episodes of Cold Case - Season 2

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.

Written by Sophie and last updated on jan 30, 2023.

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Cold Case - S2E4

#15 - The House (Season 2 - Episode 4)

When human remains are found outside a former state prison, the team re-opens the 1968 case of a dead inmate, murdered on the night Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Concert was broadcast to prisons throughout the country. However, when it's revealed that the bones don't belong to the person everyone had assumed, the team must start the probe anew by first identifying who the victim was.

The episode was rated 7.84 from 190 votes.

Cold Case - S2E6

#14 - The Sleepover (Season 2 - Episode 6)

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Lilly reopens a 1990 murder case, in which a prep-school girl was found dead in a local swimming hole, after a present-day victim with similar markings is discovered at the same place. The investigation reveals that the victim of the earlier crime was routinely tormented by a trio of classmates who invited her to a sleepover the night she was killed.

The episode was rated 7.89 from 191 votes.

Cold Case - S2E14

#13 - Revolution (Season 2 - Episode 14)

Rush and the team investigate the 1969 murder of a 19-year-old girl whose body was found in her boyfriend's apartment the day he fled to Canada to avoid fighting in Vietnam.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 163 votes.

Cold Case - S2E21

#12 - Creatures of the Night (Season 2 - Episode 21)

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A convicted serial killer will be paroled after 25 years in prison unless Lilly and her team can connect him to the 1977 murder of a young doorman found strangled on a train platform. The killing is eerily similar to other murders committed by the man. Making the case more urgent is the fact that the convicted strangler hints that he will kill again upon release. Elsewhere, Scotty confronts Christina about her past and tries to get her to talk to a New York detective.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 145 votes.

Cold Case - S2E18

#11 - Ravaged (Season 2 - Episode 18)

A woman, who was romantically involved with Nick Vera in high school, claims that members of a fraternity might have been involved in her alcoholic sister's death in 1995. The victim's estranged husband and a bar owner are also viewed as potential suspects.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 146 votes.

Cold Case - S2E13

#10 - Time to Crime (Season 2 - Episode 13)

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After a murder weapon connected to the 1987 drive-by shooting of a little girl turns up, Det. Rush and her team re-open the case. The team slowly tracks back the gun's previous owners until the shocking original owner is finally revealed.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 154 votes.

Cold Case - S2E9

#9 - Mind Hunters (Season 2 - Episode 9)

The headless torso of a woman who disappeared in 1985, on the same day she filed domestic-abuse charges against her husband, is found by hikers in a wildlife preserve. The investigation quickly leads to the grisly discovery of 8 more decapitated bodies, the victims of a serial killer.

The episode was rated 7.94 from 188 votes.

Cold Case - S2E5

#8 - Who's Your Daddy (Season 2 - Episode 5)

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Det. Rush investigates the 1991 double murder of married illegal immigrants from Cambodia who were shot to death in their apartment and found by their 6-year old daughter. The now-teenage girl brings the case to Lilly after she discovers a bracelet once owned by her mother is for sale on the internet. The probe reveals that the parents had dark secrets unknown to their daughter.

The episode was rated 7.97 from 175 votes.

Cold Case - S2E2

#7 - Factory Girls (Season 2 - Episode 2)

On the eve of the 60-year reunion of women who worked in a weapons factory during World War II, Lilly is asked to re-investigate the death of Alice Miller, one of the worker girls. The death was deemed accidental at the time, but her friend pleads to Lilly to look closer into the case.

The episode was rated 8.01 from 191 votes.

Cold Case - S2E1

#6 - The Badlands (Season 2 - Episode 1)

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Lilly returns to her last case before joining the Cold Case Squad as she re-investigates the brutal triple homicide of a restaurant owner and his family, murdered in the restaurant bathroom in 2003. Also the other team member have personal reasons to closing the case; Jeffries grew up in the predominantly black neighborhood while Vera was the one assigned to the case when Det. Rush left.

The episode was rated 8.02 from 216 votes.

Cold Case - S2E19

#5 - Strange Fruit (Season 2 - Episode 19)

The unsolved 1963 murder of a black teenager, whose body was discovered by the then-young Will Jeffries, is reopened.

The episode was rated 8.02 from 149 votes.

Cold Case - S2E15

#4 - Wishing (Season 2 - Episode 15)

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Lilly investigates the 1993 death of a mentally challenged teen who was hit by a train, after drawings appear on his grave that indicate foul play might have been involved.

The episode was rated 8.04 from 162 votes.

Cold Case - S2E3

#3 - Daniela (Season 2 - Episode 3)

Lilly and Valens reopen a presumed homicide from 1979 in which an unidentified victim's blood-drenched shoes, underwear and sheets were found in a trash bag, but no body. The investigation begins when a battered wife accuses her husband of murdering a girl in 1979 and brings in an amateur film from the time that supposedly shows him committing the crime.

The episode was rated 8.07 from 193 votes.

Cold Case - S2E22

#2 - Best Friends (Season 2 - Episode 22)

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When an old truck containing human bones is pulled from the Delaware River, the team re-opens the case of a missing and possibly murdered girl who disappeared unexpectedly in 1932.

The episode was rated 8.17 from 155 votes.

Cold Case - S2E23

#1 - The Woods (Season 2 - Episode 23)

The discovery of nine human skulls leads Rush back to George Marks, the serial killer she was unable to incriminate months earlier, and who walked away a free man. As the detectives reinvestigate his mother's murder from 1972, George is forced to emerge from hiding to face Rush again. This time, their very lives are at stake in their final showdown.

The episode was rated 8.31 from 160 votes.

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