Cold Case/The Runner

The Runner
Season 1, Episode 5
Airdate	October 26, 2003
Production Number	176703
Written by	Veena Sud
Directed by	David Straiton
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Cold Case — Season One

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The Runner is the fifth episode of the first season of Cold Case.

Starring: Kathryn Morris (Detective Lilly Rush), John Finn (Lt. John Stillman), Jeremy Ratchford (Detective Nick Vera), Thom Barry (Senior Detective Will Jeffries)

Guest Starring: Steve Ryan (Butch Rinaldi), Dee Freeman (Samantha "Sammy" Robbins), Cory C. Hardrict (Joe Washington), Barbara Eve Harris (Diane Washington), Rif Hutton (Mason "Runner" Tucker), Marlene Warfield (Samuela Robbins)

Co-Starring: Matt Bushell (Butch Rinaldi (1973)), Tianna Danielle Kenney (Sammy (1973)), Sheila Jerome (Diane Washington (1973)), Aldis Hodge (Runner / Tucker (1973)), William Stanford Davis (DeAnte), Ryun Yu (Ray Leung), Ophelia Turner (Gloria Munez), CJ Jones (Junkie)

Plot Overview

The date is July 20, 1973. a young patrolman who had only been on the force for about a year is gunned down in a notorious drug area of Philadelphia. A street person brings in a cassette recorder that she claimed to have found in the trash, a recorder with a tape where someone says, "Runner! Runner! Runner!", followed by three gunshots. Jeffries remembers the case of the young cop whose murder was never solved. They discover that, on the fatal night, he told his partner to go home to his wife and kid while he handled a domestic call, but instead another unit took the call, and he wound up taking a call about drug activity in an area miles away from his district. Lilly and Jeffries are soon confronted with questions about the case...for example, just how was the victim familiar with the area where his body was found, and how did he know the exact way to park a car in that area? Where was he getting the sums of money he had, which were far more than a rookie cop's salary? Who was the mysterious woman whom he'd been visiting in the area? And lastly, who was the other guy he'd fought with in that district before that fatal night?

Trivia

The Show

Some of the songs featured in this episode: "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight and the Pips, "Jungle Boogie" by Kool and the Gang, "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby" by Barry White, "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green, "If You Want Me to Stay" by Sly and the Family Stone, "Time Has Come Today" by the Chambers Brothers, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder" and "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers.