Episode
Cold Case: Bad Reputation
Overview
When a severed hand is discovered at the scene of a drug bust, the team re-opens the 1997 case of a convicted criminal who was thought to be on the run from authorities all these years.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2008-04-13
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Bad Reputation is Episode 16 in Season 5 of Cold Case. It aired on 2008-04-13. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 11: Family 8108
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Episode 10: Justice
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Episode 7: World's End
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