Reasons you should watch Cold Case 2002-2010
This series seems like a standard crime procedural and in some ways it is. But unlike other procedurals, Cold Case takes you back to the era of the case they’re investigating. Episodes from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s and in some cases even earlier.
The real beauty of this show and one of the reasons I find it so comforting to watch is that they use the music from the era, especially at the end of the episode. The series relied on particular tracks from across many decades. This is supposedly the reason Cold Case has at the time of writing, never had an official DVD release.
However – fear not, thanks to the magic of streaming, Cold Case is now available on Amazon Prime. From memory, the songs haven’t changed and thank goodness too – so much would have been lost from the context of the show. (I’m side-eyeing you, original Charmed – I guess the rights for streaming didn’t go so well. How can “How Soon is Now” be replaced as the theme song?).
But I digress..
Apparently at the time (or due to artistic licence) a female homicide detective in Philadelphia was unusual. Lily gets referred to as “Homicide Barbie.”
Also watch for the “No drugs today” episode/s, where the supporting Cold Case cops set themselves up in sun chairs on a street until they get the information they need to solve a cold case.
One stand-out episode is based around the audience interaction in public movie theatre viewings of the Rocky Horror movie that were very popular in the 70’s and 80’s (they can still be seen today in certain places) and actually guest stars Barry Bostwick, of the original Rocky Horror Picture Show movie.
Cold Case was a stand-out at the time and age has only improved it.
Comfort-Watch 