Cold Case (2003)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

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.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (35,514 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 ↑ +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 7
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2003)

7.70 avg 23 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 46 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Look Again	7.6	1,161
2	Gleen	7.6	910
3	Our Boy Is Back	7.5	785
4	Churchgoing People	7.8	830
5	The Runner	7.4	744
6	Love Conquers Al	7.6	782
7	A Time to Hate	8.4	945
8	Fly Away	8.2	860
9	Sherry Darlin'	7.5	727
10	Hitchhiker	7.2	645
11	Hubris	7.7	671
12	Glued	7.6	653
13	The Letter	8.3	769
14	The Boy in the Box	8.2	791
15	Disco Inferno	7.6	661
16	Volunteers	7.7	695
17	The Lost Soul of Herman Lester	7.4	597
18	Resolutions	7.5	570
19	Late Returns	7.3	580
20	Greed	7.4	590
21	Maternal Instincts	7.7	618
22	The Plan	8.0	659
23	Lover's Lane	7.8	663

Season 2 (2004)

7.90 avg 23 episodes 7.8 → 8.5 45 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Badlands	7.8	647
2	Factory Girls	7.7	674
3	Daniela	8.4	860
4	The House	7.9	628
5	Who's Your Daddy	7.8	629
6	The Sleepover	8.4	793
7	It's Raining Men	7.8	660
8	Red Glare	7.5	560
9	Mind Hunters	8.7	794
10	Discretion	7.7	530
11	Blank Generation	7.5	552
12	Yo, Adrian	7.3	547
13	Time to Crime	7.8	559
14	Revolution	7.6	543
15	Wishing	8.3	766
16	Revenge	7.9	556
17	Schadenfreude	7.4	517
18	Ravaged	7.7	534
19	Strange Fruit	8.5	674
20	Kensington	7.2	502
21	Creatures of the Night	7.8	659
22	Best Friends	8.5	915
23	The Woods	8.5	662

Season 3 (2005)

7.76 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 7.8 44 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Family	7.5	580
2	The Promise	8.1	628
3	Bad Night	7.9	543
4	Colors	7.6	507
5	Committed	8.0	570
6	Saving Patrick Bubley	8.0	576
7	Start-Up	7.4	496
8	Honor	7.7	521
9	A Perfect Day	8.7	798
10	Frank's Best	7.5	464
11	8 Years	7.3	568
12	Detention	7.9	623
13	Debut	7.4	514
14	Dog Day Afternoons	7.6	499
15	Sanctuary	7.5	461
16	One Night	7.8	585
17	Superstar	7.4	469
18	Willkommen	7.3	498
19	Beautiful Little Fool	7.8	538
20	Death Penalty: Final Appeal	8.6	616
21	The Hen House	7.9	506
22	The River	7.7	479
23	Joseph	7.8	513

Season 4 (2006)

7.91 avg 24 episodes 8.6 → 8.3 48 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rampage	8.6	883
2	The War at Home	7.6	520
3	Sandhogs	7.3	484
4	Baby Blues	7.3	470
5	Saving Sammy	8.2	590
6	Static	7.8	505
7	The Key	7.6	519
8	Fireflies	8.5	659
9	Lonely Hearts	7.6	515
10	Forever Blue	8.6	973
11	The Red and the Blue	7.4	503
12	Knuckle Up	7.5	449
13	Blackout	7.9	499
14	8:03 AM	7.7	468
15	Blood on the Tracks	7.7	473
16	The Good-Bye Room	8.2	594
17	Shuffle, Ball Change	8.5	729
18	A Dollar, a Dream	8.2	602
19	Offender	8.1	478
20	Stand Up and Holler	8.0	540
21	Torn	7.5	474
22	Cargo	7.7	449
23	The Good Death	8.1	494
24	Stalker	8.3	533

Season 5 (2007)

7.89 avg 18 episodes 7.9 → 8.1 49 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Thrill Kill	7.9	528
2	That Woman	7.7	532
3	Running Around	7.6	497
4	Devil Music	7.7	478
5	Thick as Thieves	7.4	428
6	Wunderkind	7.5	422
7	World's End	7.8	490
8	It Takes a Village	8.0	447
9	Boy Crazy	8.4	641
10	Justice	8.2	521
11	Family 8108	8.2	492
12	Sabotage	7.8	435
13	Spiders	7.5	455
14	Andy in C Minor	8.2	543
15	The Road	8.4	503
16	Bad Reputation	7.5	416
17	Slipping	8.1	468
18	Ghost of My Child	8.1	463

Season 6 (2008)

7.72 avg 23 episodes 7.4 → 8.2 44 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Glory Days	7.4	380
2	True Calling	8.1	424
3	Wednesday's Women	8.0	449
4	Roller Girl	7.6	406
5	Shore Leave	7.9	417
6	The Dealer	7.7	384
7	One Small Step	7.9	418
8	Triple Threat	7.7	415
9	Pin Up Girl	7.9	432
10	Street Money	7.5	361
11	Wings	7.6	417
12	Lotto Fever	7.5	371
13	Breaking News	7.4	357
14	The Brush Man	7.9	405
15	Witness Protection	7.3	356
16	Jackals	7.4	379
17	Officer Down	8.3	418
18	Mind Games	7.4	341
19	Libertyville	7.7	375
20	Stealing Home	7.3	343
21	November 22	7.6	372
22	The Long Blue Line	8.2	407
23	Into the Blue	8.2	395

Season 7 (2009)

7.78 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 8.2 44 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Crossing	7.4	360
2	Hood Rats	7.7	385
3	Jurisprudence	7.9	363
4	Soul	7.8	387
5	WASP	7.8	379
6	Dead Heat	7.2	309
7	Read Between the Lines	7.7	357
8	Chinatown	7.8	339
9	Forensics	7.6	329
10	Iced	7.5	324
11	The Good Soldier	7.5	322
12	The Runaway Bunny	8.0	360
13	Bombers	7.5	328
14	Metamorphosis	7.9	367
15	Two Weddings	7.9	355
16	One Fall	7.4	338
17	Flashover	8.4	374
18	The Last Drive-In	8.1	360
19	Bullet	8.3	348
20	Free Love	7.7	345
21	Almost Paradise	7.9	329
22	Shattered	8.2	378