Cold Case

Season 1 Episode 21: Maternal Instincts

7 Seasons Apr 25, 2004 TV-14 44m 7.7

A young man arrested for robbing a little old lady reluctantly gets the team to reopen the case of his mother, who was stabbed to death in 1989 when he was three years old. They discover the story goes much deeper than just her murder.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Look Again

1. Look Again

Aired: Sep 28, 2003

Detective Lilly Rush interviews a maid who says she witnessed the beating dea...

Episode 2 Gleen

2. Gleen

Aired: Oct 5, 2003

Lily re-investigates a 1980's murder where a young housewife was blown up by ...

Episode 3 Our Boy Is Back

3. Our Boy Is Back

Aired: Oct 12, 2003

When a serial rapist sends a letter to the squad announcing his return to Phi...

Episode 4 Churchgoing People

4. Churchgoing People

Aired: Oct 19, 2003

Lily looks into a man's murder that led to the dissolution of a religiously-i...

Episode 5 The Runner

5. The Runner

Aired: Oct 26, 2003

The team reopen an unsolved case about a young policeman was murdered in 1973...

Episode 6 Love Conquers Al

6. Love Conquers Al

Aired: Nov 9, 2003

A petty thief, hoping for a reduced prison sentence, relays information perta...

Episode 7 A Time to Hate

7. A Time to Hate

Aired: Nov 16, 2003

The team investigates a 1964 case when a young college student was killed out...

Episode 8 Fly Away

8. Fly Away

Aired: Nov 30, 2003

After two years in a coma, a mother wakes in the hospital. Rosie hardly remem...

Episode 9 Sherry Darlin'

9. Sherry Darlin'

Aired: Dec 7, 2003

A man calls Detective Lilly Rush to confess that he murdered his grandmother ...

Episode 10 Hitchhiker

10. Hitchhiker

Aired: Dec 21, 2003

The team is searching for a suspected serial killer. The murders started with...

Episode 11 Hubris

11. Hubris

Aired: Jan 11, 2004

A young college girl had been killed several years earlier and laid out in a ...

Episode 12 Glued

12. Glued

Aired: Jan 18, 2004

Lilly looks into one of Lt. Stillman's old cases, involving the death of an 8...

Episode 13 The Letter

13. The Letter

Aired: Jan 25, 2004

The 1939 case of a young lady living in a boarding house for "women of color"...

Episode 14 The Boy in the Box

14. The Boy in the Box

Aired: Feb 15, 2004

The 1950's notorious cold case of the "boy in the box" is reopened and it's d...

Episode 15 Disco Inferno

15. Disco Inferno

Aired: Feb 22, 2004

The team investigates a 1978 case where 22 people were killed in a fire at a ...

Episode 16 Volunteers

16. Volunteers

Aired: Mar 7, 2004

Two decaying skeletons are discovered in an old building. Rush and the team l...

Episode 18 Resolutions

18. Resolutions

Aired: Mar 28, 2004

An alcoholic comes in and tells a tale of a hit and run. She is sure that she...

Episode 19 Late Returns

19. Late Returns

Aired: Apr 4, 2004

A man is found shot to death in his driveway. The team re-open a 1992 murder ...

Episode 20 Greed

20. Greed

Aired: Apr 18, 2004

The team reopen the 1980's case of a wealthy corporate stockbroker who set up...

Episode 21 Maternal Instincts

21. Maternal Instincts

Aired: Apr 25, 2004

A young man arrested for robbing a little old lady reluctantly gets the team ...

Episode 22 The Plan

22. The Plan

Aired: May 2, 2004

The Team gets an anonymous letter saying the 1999 accidental death of a swim ...

Episode 23 Lover's Lane

23. Lover's Lane

Aired: May 23, 2004

The team reopens the case of Eve, a fifteen-year-old raped and murdered in 19...

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Current Status: Canceled

Network: CBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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