Cold Squad (1998)
Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick.
The cast of Cold Squad was diverse and changing, McCormick being the only character to appear in all 7 seasons. Some notable series regulars include Detective Tony Logozzo in seasons 1-2, Sgt. Frank Coscarella in seasons 3-4, Sgt. Len Harper in seasons 5-7, Insp. Vince Schneider season 1, Insp. Simon Ross season 2, Insp. Andrew Pawlachuk seasons 3-7, Det. Mickey Kollander seasons 3-6, Det. Nicco Sevallis seasons 3-6, Christine Wren seasons 4-7, as well as Det. Samantha Walters and Const. Ray Chase in season 7.
Between the second and third seasons, almost the entire on-screen cast other than Julie Stewart were replaced. This along with the new sets, a significant revamp of the credits and theme music, and even having M
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4x01 A Good Death
06 October, 2000 8:00 am
Firefighters find a mass grave in the cellar of a home with nine bodies, one of which is directly connected to a cold case. Christine has trouble fitting in when she takes over for Bernice, who didn't leave her any instructions. Mickey comes under suspicion when Bailey's wife is murdered because he pointed the finger at her.
4x02 Common Knowledge
13 October, 2000 8:00 am
The squad re-investigates the murder of a well-known philanthropist at the request of the son who is believed to have murdered him. Nicco helps Mickey when she's suspected of murdering Bailey Gallanson's wife.
4x03 Murder Farm
20 October, 2000 8:00 am
A count of the corpses in storage at a police training facility leads to a murder investigation.
4x04 24/7
27 October, 2000 8:00 am
The squad helps Moscow police probe a Russian hockey star's death.
4x05 Loyalties
10 November, 2000 8:00 am
Nicco is in the hot seat when his friend Gus (another cop) is shot and killed, and a local drug dealer, Hoppy, is charged with the murder. Ali and Mickey investigate when a thief about to be released from jail confesses to a murder, believing he simply wants to remain in jail.
4x06 Slave to the Job
17 November, 2000 8:00 am
A tax-evasion case leads to an investigation of a prostitution ring and murder.
4x07 Trust
01 December, 2000 8:00 am
Mickey and Ali investigate a twelve-year old murder that was believed solved thanks to a tip from a junkie named Simon. Coscarella investigates when two dogs trained by the same man attack people on command. Christine cannot resist the lure of her past, and steals cocaine from the lock-up.
4x08 Court Appeal
08 December, 2000 8:00 am
Courts rule evidence in a murder case inadmissible prior to a retrial.
4x09 Root Cause
09 December, 2000 8:00 am
When one of Reid Logan's five wives shows up at the station, she tells Frank and Nicco that she believes the death of Louise Logan, Reid's only legal wife, four months ago was foul play. While investigating, Nicco is intrigued by Libby, the most recent wife who took Louise's place as Reid's only legal wife. Mickey is beaten up by a suspect in the brutal deaths of the Williams' and their baby, and although Ali tries to help her, she soon crosses the line in her zeal to get Price and his partner.
4x10 My So Called Death
03 February, 2001 8:00 am
Ali investigates the death of Philip Morris, a teen who was believed to have committed suicide by jumping off the Capilano suspension bridge six years earlier. Coscarella worries his son Leo may be gay after Frank sees him embracing another guy after returning from a rave.
4x11 Loose Ends (1)
10 February, 2001 8:00 am
Police corruption may have played a role in drug-gang activities.
4x12 Loose Ends (2)
17 February, 2001 8:00 am
Frank and Nicco are stripped of their badges over the drug probe.
4x13 Dead Soldiers
24 February, 2001 8:00 am
Frank investigates the death of a forgotten war hero. Ali applies to become a Big Sister after questioning her value as a cop
4x15 The Box
10 March, 2001 8:00 am
The squad tries to break a former officer preparing to leave the country. They're convinced he killed two people while his young daughter, dying of cancer, watched from the back of the car.
4x16 Predators
17 March, 2001 8:00 am
Thirteen-year-old Kevin Lane disappeared on June 6, 1979. Years later, his parents discovered that his former baseball coach Harry Walters was really pederast Martin Woodridge, his mother became convinced that Woodridge murdered her son and hid the body. Woodridge insists that he is all about consenting actions between adults and young adults, insisting that he has never forced anyone to do anything they didn't want to. After the Lanes offer a $100,000 reward for information, Woodridge comes forward and points the finger at himself. Although Ali would love to lock him up and throw away the key, she just can't do it.
4x17 The Unsinkable Iwa Gudang
31 March, 2001 9:00 am
A cold case turns warm when a mysterious man collapses near a hospital.
4x18 Vancouver Confidential
07 April, 2001 8:00 am
A self-help lecturer may have influenced a prison guard to murder a prisoner.
4x19 Habeas Corpus
14 April, 2001 8:00 am
Cold Squad is convinced they have the necessary ammo to bring down killer Dean Bulmer, and Nicco goes so far as to promise the family of one of his unlucky victims that it's in the bag, but when a body found proves to belong to the man Bulmer is on trial for killing, the Squad realises that Bulmer has been fingered for the wrong murder, and it comes down to the moral question of whether to lie to keep a vicious killer in prison, or to tell the truth and have him set free.
4x20 Faith
21 April, 2001 8:00 am
When Ali's testimony results in the release of a killer (Dean Bulmer), Coscorella takes it too seriously and makes catching Bulmer his sole goal, much to the displeasure of homicide detective Len Harper. Nicco is furious with Ali and believes she should have lied to keep Bulmer in jail, and tries desperately to keep the father of one of the victims from taking justice into his own hands. Cold squad is in danger of being closed down, and the officers absorbed into the homicide division.
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