List of Cold Squad episodes
Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural drama television series that aired on CTV from 1998 to 2005. Created by Matt MacLeod, Philip Keatley and Julia Keatley, it stars Julie Stewart as Sgt. Ali McCormick, the lead investigator on a team of homicide detectives who reopen long-unsolved (or "cold") cases, using present-day forensic technology and psychological profiling to help crack them.
Cold Squad was produced by Keatley MacLeod Productions and Alliance Atlantis in association with CTV Television Network, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund (Canada Media Fund).[1] Cold Squad is the first prime time national series produced out of Vancouver, British Columbia.[2][3] With seven seasons and 98 episodes it became the longest-running prime time drama series on Canadian television.[3]
Julie Stewart directed and starred in three episodes[4][5] of the series: "The Nanny" (No. 66), "Back in the Day" (No. 79), and "Mr. Bad Example" (No. 93).
Episode run time[6] is 43 minutes (including opening title sequence and closing credits roll).[7][8]
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 11 | January 23, 1998 | April 3, 1998 | ||
2 | 15 | September 25, 1998 | February 19, 1999 | ||
3 | 13 | October 22, 1999 | January 29, 2000 | ||
4 | 20 | October 6, 2000 | April 21, 2001 | ||
5 | 13 | September 29, 2001 | March 2, 2002 | ||
6 | 13 | September 21, 2002 | February 15, 2003 | ||
7 | 13 | September 4, 2004 | June 4, 2005 |
Episodes
Season 1 (1998)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Christopher Williams" | Stacey Stewart Curtis | Matt MacLeod | January 23, 1998 | |
The murder of a boy bears strong similarities to the 20-year-old case of another young victim. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Janine Elston" | John Pozer | Andrew Rai Berzins | January 30, 1998 | |
A former homicide detective asks the squad for help in preventing his daughter's murderer from being released from prison. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Tess" | Penelope Buitenhuis | Carla Kettner | February 6, 1998 | |
After remains are discovered the squad reopens the 14-year-old case of an anonymous murder victim. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Jane Klosky" | E. Jane Thompson | John Hunter | February 13, 1998 | |
The squad finds a similarity between a recent murder and a gruesome 20-year-old murder case. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Taggert Family" | Richard Leiterman | Matt MacLeod | February 20, 1998 | |
The squad tries to prove that a man was responsible for the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter three years earlier. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Salty Cheever" | Anthony Atkins | Ian Weir | February 27, 1998 | |
The squad suspects that a prostitute with a long criminal history was responsible for a heroine overdose murder in the 1970s. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "Rita Brice" | Anne Wheeler | Andrew Rai Berzins | March 6, 1998 | |
After a woman is arrested, Sgt. McCormick goes undercover to procure information from her about her husband's involvement in the murder of his first wife eight years earlier. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "Bob and Mary Lee" | Penelope Buitenhuis | Laurie Finstad Knizhnik | March 13, 1998 | |
The squad reopens the case of a 15-year-old unsolved double murder in Chinatown after a homicide victim's gun is linked to it. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Michelle Dorn" | T.W. Peacocke | Dennis Foon | March 20, 1998 | |
The squad reopens the 5-year-old abduction and murder case of a young woman after the friend she was with regains some of her memory about the attack. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "Stephanie Jordan" | T.W. Peacocke | Ian Weir | March 27, 1998 | |
The remains of a socialite who has been missing for four years are found and the squad suspects her husband of murdering her. | ||||||
11 | 11 | "Amanda Millerd" | Giles Walker | Laurie Finstad Knizhnik, Matt MacLeod & Ian Weir | April 3, 1998 | |
When a woman thought to be a murder victim reappears 15 years later, Sgt. McCormick opens a Pandora's box when she investigates the case. |
Season 2 (1998–99)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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12 | 1 | "Jane Doe, Part 1" | Stephen Williams | R.B. Carney | September 25, 1998 |
13 | 2 | "Jane Doe, Part 2" | Stephen Williams | R.B. Carney | October 2, 1998 |
14 | 3 | "Stanley Caron" | E. Jane Thompson | Ian Weir | October 9, 1998 |
15 | 4 | "Merv Doucette" | John Pozer | David Cole | October 16, 1998 |
16 | 5 | "Marcey Bennett" | Gary Harvey | Matt MacLeod | October 23, 1998 |
17 | 6 | "Chantal LaMorande" | E. Jane Thompson | Laurie Finstad Knizhnik | October 30, 1998 |
18 | 7 | "Willy Santayana" | Richard Leiterman | Hart Hanson | November 13, 1998 |
19 | 8 | "Dwayne Douglas Smith" | Stacey Stewart Curtis | David Cole | November 20, 1998 |
20 | 9 | "Edmund Kritch" | John Pozer | Rob Forsyth | December 4, 1998 |
21 | 10 | "Marilyn Larson" | Anne Wheeler | R.B. Carney | January 8, 1999 |
22 | 11 | "The Kowalchuk Boy" | Gary Harvey | David Cole | January 15, 1999 |
23 | 12 | "Douglas Somerset" | Anne Wheeler | Andrew Rai Berzins | January 22, 1999 |
24 | 13 | "Bobby Johnson" | John L'Ecuyer | Matt MacLeod | February 5, 1999 |
25 | 14 | "Gavin MacInnis" | Anthony Atkins | Laurie Finstad Knizhnik | February 12, 1999 |
26 | 15 | "Nancy Seniuk" | Stephen Williams | Matt MacLeod | February 19, 1999 |
Season 3 (1999–2000)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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27 | 1 | "Deadly Games, Part 1" | John L'Ecuyer | Marlene Matthews | October 22, 1999 |
28 | 2 | "Deadly Games, Part 2" | Giles Walker | Matt MacLeod | October 29, 1999 |
29 | 3 | "First Deadly Sin" | Giles Walker | Marlene Matthews | November 5, 1999 |
30 | 4 | "The Naked and the Dead" | Jorge Montesi | Avrum Jacobson | November 12, 1999 |
31 | 5 | "Deadbeat Walking" | Jorge Montesi | Avrum Jacobson | November 19, 1999 |
32 | 6 | "Death, Lies and Videotape" | Alan Simmonds | Laurie Pearson | November 26, 1999 |
33 | 7 | "Death, A Love Story" | Jorge Montesi | Laurie Pearson | December 3, 1999 |
34 | 8 | "Pretty Fly for a Dead Guy" | Rod Pridy | Nobu Adilman & James Phillips | December 10, 1999 |
35 | 9 | "Dead End" | Jorge Montesi | Matt MacLeod | December 17, 1999 |
36 | 10 | "Life After Death" | Scott Summersgill | Marlene Matthews | January 8, 2000 |
37 | 11 | "The Good, the Bad and the Dead" | Gary Harvey | Avrum Jacobson | January 15, 2000 |
38 | 12 | "Death by Intent, Part 1" | Jorge Montesi | Matt MacLeod | January 22, 2000 |
39 | 13 | "Death by Intent, Part 2" | Jorge Montesi | Marlene Matthews | January 29, 2000 |
Season 4 (2000–01)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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40 | 1 | "A Good Death" | Jorge Montesi | Peter Mitchell | October 6, 2000 | |
41 | 2 | "Common Knowledge" | Jorge Montesi | Avrum Jacobson | October 13, 2000 | |
42 | 3 | "Murder Farm" | Gary Harvey | Shelley Eriksen | October 20, 2000 | |
43 | 4 | "24/7" | Scott Smith | Susin Nielsen | October 27, 2000 | |
44 | 5 | "Loyalties" | Jorge Montesi | Matt MacLeod | November 10, 2000 | |
45 | 6 | "Slave to the Job" | T.W. Peacocke | Peter Mitchell | November 17, 2000 | |
46 | 7 | "Trust" | Jorge Montesi | Shelley Eriksen | December 1, 2000 | |
47 | 8 | "Court Appeal" | Michael DeCarlo | James Phillips | December 8, 2000 | |
48 | 9 | "Root Cause" | Anthony Atkins | Graham Clegg | December 15, 2000 | |
49 | 10 | "My So Called Death" | E. Jane Thompson | Peter Mitchell | February 3, 2001 | |
The Cold Squad investigates a letter which alleges that an apparent suicide three years earlier was actually a murder. | ||||||
50 | 11 | "Loose Ends, Part 1" | Gary Harvey | Matt MacLeod & Peter Mitchell | February 10, 2001 | |
51 | 12 | "Loose Ends, Part 2" | Gary Harvey | Matt MacLeod & Peter Mitchell | February 17, 2001 | |
52 | 13 | "Dead Soldiers" | Peter Mitchell | Peter Mitchell | February 24, 2001 | |
53 | 14 | "Check Mate" | Jorge Montesi | Matt MacLeod, Shelley Eriksen, James Phillips & Graham Clegg | March 3, 2001 | |
Two bank robbers take several hostages inside the police station. As ranking officer, Ali is forced to make life-or-death decisions. | ||||||
54 | 15 | "The Box" | Bill Corcoran | Shelley Eriksen | March 10, 2001 | |
55 | 16 | "Predators" | Jorge Montesi | James Phillips | March 17, 2001 | |
56 | 17 | "The Unsinkable Iwa Gudang" | Giles Walker | Graham Clegg | March 31, 2001 | |
57 | 18 | "Vancouver Confidential" | Jorge Montesi | Graham Clegg | April 7, 2001 | |
58 | 19 | "Habeas Corpus" | Stacey Stewart Curtis | Graham Clegg & Shelley Eriksen | April 14, 2001 | |
59 | 20 | "Faith" | Jorge Montesi | Matt MacLeod & Peter Mitchell | April 21, 2001 |
Season 5 (2001–02)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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60 | 1 | "Personal Politics" | Gary Harvey | Peter Mitchell | September 29, 2001 |
61 | 2 | "Family Ties" | Gary Harvey | Shelley Eriksen | October 6, 2001 |
62 | 3 | "Picasso's Mistake" | Bill Corcoran | Derek Schreyer | October 13, 2001 |
63 | 4 | "Clean" | Bill Corcoran | Shelley Eriksen | October 20, 2001 |
64 | 5 | "All in the Family" | Gary Harvey | Peter Mitchell | October 27, 2001 |
65 | 6 | "The One That Got Away" | Gary Harvey | James Phillips | November 3, 2001 |
66 | 7 | "The Nanny" | Julie Stewart | Peter Mitchell | November 10, 2001 |
67 | 8 | "The Needle and the Debutante" | Stephen Reizes | Derek Schreyer | December 8, 2001 |
68 | 9 | "Bottom Feeders" | Robert Lee | Matt MacLeod | December 15, 2001 |
69 | 10 | "The Shed" | Peter Mitchell | Peter Mitchell & James Phillips | February 2, 2002 |
70 | 11 | "Dead Letters" | Peter Mitchell | Peter Mitchell & Derek Schreyer | February 9, 2002 |
71 | 12 | "Enough's Enough" | Gary Harvey | Matt MacLeod | February 23, 2002 |
72 | 13 | "Ambleton" | Gary Harvey | Shelley Eriksen | March 2, 2002 |
Season 6 (2002–03)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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73 | 1 | "Career Opportunists" | Gary Harvey | Peter Mitchell | September 21, 2002 |
74 | 2 | "Horton Killed a Wu" | Gary Harvey | Derek Schreyer | September 28, 2002 |
75 | 3 | "Happily Ever After" | Stacey Stewart Curtis | Derek Schreyer | October 5, 2002 |
76 | 4 | "Live Fast, Die Young" | Stacey Stewart Curtis | Shelley Eriksen | October 12, 2002 |
77 | 5 | "Unfaithful" | Stephen Reizes | Matt MacLeod | October 19, 2002 |
78 | 6 | "Flamers" | Stephen Reizes | Peter Mitchell & Shelley Eriksen | October 26, 2002 |
79 | 7 | "Back in the Day" | Julie Stewart | James Phillips | November 16, 2002 |
80 | 8 | "Survivor" | Gary Harvey | Shelley Eriksen | November 23, 2002 |
81 | 9 | "Kill Me Twice" | Jason Furukawa | Dave Aitken & Derek Schreyer | November 30, 2002 |
82 | 10 | "Bob & Carol & Len & Ali" | Peter Mitchell | Peter Mitchell | January 18, 2003 |
83 | 11 | "Killing Time" | Peter Mitchell | Shelley Eriksen & Derek Schreyer | January 25, 2003 |
84 | 12 | "True Believers, Part 1" | Gary Harvey | Peter Mitchell, Shelley Eriksen & Derek Schreyer | February 8, 2003 |
85 | 13 | "True Believers, Part 2" | Gary Harvey | Matt MacLeod | February 15, 2003 |
Season 7 (2004–05)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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86 | 1 | "No Life Like It" | Gary Harvey | Peter Mitchell | September 4, 2004 |
87 | 2 | "Voices Over Water" | Gary Harvey | Peter Mitchell | September 11, 2004 |
88 | 3 | "Teen Angel" | Paul Fox | Shelley Eriksen | September 18, 2004 |
89 | 4 | "Cock of the Walk" | Paul Fox | Shelley Eriksen | October 9, 2004 |
90 | 5 | "Deadbeat" | Peter Mitchell | Daegan Fryklind | October 16, 2004 |
91 | 6 | "Righteous" | Peter Mitchell | Kelly Bernhardt & Shelley Eriksen | December 4, 2004 |
92 | 7 | "Girlfriend in a Closet" | Gary Harvey | Peter Mitchell | December 11, 2004 |
93 | 8 | "Mr. Bad Example" | Julie Stewart | James Phillips | January 8, 2005 |
94 | 9 | "Learning Curve" | Paul Fox | Dave Aitken | January 15, 2005 |
95 | 10 | "Borders" | Jason Furukawa | Matt MacLeod | February 19, 2005 [9] |
96 | 11 | "C'mon I Tip Waitresses" | Peter Mitchell | Peter Mitchell | April 2, 2005 |
97 | 12 | "The Filth" | Gary Harvey | Matt MacLeod | May 28, 2005 |
98 | 13 | "And the Fury" | Gary Harvey | Shelley Eriksen & Daegan Fryklind | June 4, 2005 |
References
- Admin (August 31, 2004). "CTV's New CrimeTime Saturday Slot to Begin With All-New Cold Squad Episodes, Beginning September 4". Channel Canada.
- Edwards, Ian (September 22, 1997). "On set: Cold Squad". Playback. Brunico Communications.
- Edwards, Ian (October 11, 2004). "Groundbreaking cop series takes final bow". Playback. Brunico Communications.
- Edwards, Ian (September 15, 2003). "Cold Squad returns from the grave". Playback. Brunico Communications. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- Brioux, Bill (September 4, 2004). "Stewart comes in from the Cold". Canoe.com. Sun Media. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
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- "Cold Squad". Hulu.
- "Cold Squad – 4 Seasons". Amazon Video. Amazon.com.
- "Cold Squad – Returns Sat., Feb. 19 at 9pm ET". CTV. 2005. Archived from the original on 26 January 2005. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
External links
- Cold Squad at epguides.com
- Cold Squad – list of episodes at IMDb
- List of Cold Squad episodes at TV.com
- Cold Squad at ShareTV
- Cold Squad at TV Guide
- Cold Squad at Zap2it
- Cold Squad Season 1 DVD cover (Netherlands)
- Cold Squad Season 2 DVD cover (Netherlands)