Cold Pack is an American hour-long fictional television show about the law section that specializes inside investigating unresolved crimes. A indicate is placed in the city of Philadelphia.

A series foremost aired within September 2003 on CBS and was billed as one of a virtually all-watched shows around its number 1 year. It has besides been sold internationally, screening within many more countries, like Australia, where these are shown on the Nine Network.

Main characters

Lilly Rush played by Kathryn Morris Scotty Valens played by Danny Pino (Rush's partner) Lt. John Stillman played by John Finn (Rush's mentor)

Supporting cast

Det. May Jeffries played by Thom Barry Det. Nick Vera played by Jeremy Ratchford

Trivia

A indicate's theme song is "Nara" by E.S. Posthumus, who also made the song Posthumus Zone for CBS Sports' The NFL Today and The NFL on CBS. To each one indicate makes extensive utilize of era-appropriate music for flashbacks to the season around wonder. Cold Example is notable for double-casting: it might cast a immature actor for the flashback sequences & the sir thomas more seasoned actor for the shots in the present, & cut back & forth between them, to show else how the character has aged. About each indicate finishes using a placed of scenes showing a execution, Detective Rush arresting a manslayer & seeing the grateful-seeking victim standing nearby, world health organization so quickly vanishes (this aspect of the indicate is intended to represent Rush's imagination, since a indicate is non just about a occult). The realistic "cold case" fact-finding organization, called a [http://www.vidocq.org/ Vidocq Society], is depending around Philadelphia, & could service when inspiration for the indicate's theme & location.

Controversy
For the definition, understand the wiktionary definition for a [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cold_case cold case]. For the A&E TV show, see Cold Case Files.

Inside 1998, a similar Canadian series called Cold Squad debuted, several years prior to Cold Outbreak. Fans of Cold Squad accuse a Our contries series of copying a basic premiss & characters of a American version, & at one point the creators of Cold Squad launched legal action against a makers of Cold Example. Each shows air inside Canada. Waking the Dead is a similar British TV series about the "Cold Case Squad", which number 1 aired within 2000.

Reviews

Critical reaction to Cold Experience has been mostly favorable, citing its distinctive utilize of "flashback" scenes-within-scenes, time period music, & uplifting plot line.

The 2004 episode based on a "Boy In The Box" [http://americasunknownchild.net/], a however-unsolved 1957 Philadelphia homicide, was criticized for giving viewers a treasonably impression that a actual instance experienced been solved. (It should become noted that more television detective dramas like Law & Order routinely base episodes on actual cases.)