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The Best Episodes of Cold Squad

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Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Cold Squad Season 4 Episode 12 - Loose Ends (2)
    9.1/10(20 votes)

    S4:E12

    Frank and Nicco are stripped of their badges over the drug probe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Cold Squad Season 5 Episode 13 - Ambleton
    9.0/10(24 votes)

    S5:E13

    The squad discovers what happened with Billy Wells and Michelle Ripley.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Cold Squad Season 7 Episode 11 - C'mon I Tip Waitresses
    9.0/10(26 votes)

    S7:E11

    After a taxi driver reports a passenger who seriously gave him the creeps with his misogynistic views on women, Ali decides to look into it, and the trail leads her to Ian Summerhill, a dentist who had dated the first missing woman and had been dating the woman found a couple of days after the cabbie came in. Sam tries to investigate Summerhill's dark side and heads back to her old work place, where girls entertain men for money. Ali's relationship with Paul is threatened when Ian shares some stories of Paul's mis-spent youth with her, and she wonders how accurate they are.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Cold Squad Season 4 Episode 8 - Court Appeal
    8.9/10(21 votes)

    S4:E8

    Courts rule evidence in a murder case inadmissible prior to a retrial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Cold Squad Season 4 Episode 20 - Faith
    8.9/10(20 votes)

    S4:E20

    When Ali's testimony results in the release of a killer (Dean Bulmer), Coscorella takes it too seriously and makes catching Bulmer his sole goal, much to the displeasure of homicide detective Len Harper. Nicco is furious with Ali and believes she should have lied to keep Bulmer in jail, and tries desperately to keep the father of one of the victims from taking justice into his own hands. Cold squad is in danger of being closed down, and the officers absorbed into the homicide division.

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Cold Squad Season 6 Episode 10 - Bob & Carol & Len & Ali
    8.9/10(41 votes)

    S6:E10

    Ali and Len re-open the case of a corrupt stockbroker, Jack Dolan, who had stolen millions from his clients. When they begin questioning the clients, they learn that Jack and his then-wife Arlene were members of a club of swingers. Originally they look at jealousy as a motive, but no one seems to have been angry about any of the relationships. Len also finds himself interested in the lifestyle of a swinger, which Wanda shoots down immediately. Nicco is finally finished his counselling sessions with Leanne, and when she calls him to her home he goes over and spends the night. The next day Leanne starts talking about their 'relationship', and when Nicco tells her she's moving too fast she accuses him of using her for a one-night stand.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Cold Squad Season 6 Episode 13 - True Believers (2)
    8.9/10(24 votes)

    S6:E13

    Nicco is finally back on general duty, and his first major investigation involves a missing girl named Mimi whose mother has been searching for her. Ali continues to meet roadblocks in her quest to learn who truly killed Khallid Fulani, and makes a decision that will change her life. Len is determined to find Sonia's killer no matter what, and finally tells Wanda the truth about the affair.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Cold Squad Season 7 Episode 7 - Girlfriend in a Closet
    8.9/10(22 votes)

    S7:E7

    After comic book Steve Baker owner is shot at, Ali takes another look into the disappearance of a young woman named Thora who everybody believed Steve had murdered. At Ali's request, Ray begins 'protecting' Steve from Thora's father David and former boyfriend Mark while trying to uncover some dirt on him. Harper is pre-occupied with his wife having kicked him out of their home, and when she and her parents cut him off from seeing Eva and Kassia, Harper finds his world falling apart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Cold Squad Season 2 Episode 11 - The Kowalchuk Boy
    8.8/10(28 votes)

    S2:E11

    On August 2, 1982, two young boys disappeared. When the body of one was found later, they used the child's backpack to help identify him as Benji Harding, the son of a firefighter. Sixteen years later, a former co-worker of Harding's sees a computer screensaver featuring pictures of a child he swears is harding. Simms calls Lloyd Mastrowski in to work on the case, since he worked the original, and it isn't long before they realise the body belongs to Christopher Kowalchuk. During the course of the investigation, suspicion turns to Lyle and Grace Burgoyne, a family whose son died sixteen years ago in a fire when Harding was unable to save him. The case has political implications because the Kowalchuks spear-headed numerous missing childrens' campaigns after their son went missing, only to finally be told there was never any hope.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Cold Squad Season 4 Episode 11 - Loose Ends (1)
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    S4:E11

    Police corruption may have played a role in drug-gang activities.

    Director:Gary Harvey
    Writers:Peter Mitchell, Matt MacLeod

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  11. Cold Squad Season 4 Episode 16 - Predators
    8.8/10(17 votes)

    S4:E16

    Thirteen-year-old Kevin Lane disappeared on June 6, 1979. Years later, his parents discovered that his former baseball coach Harry Walters was really pederast Martin Woodridge, his mother became convinced that Woodridge murdered her son and hid the body. Woodridge insists that he is all about consenting actions between adults and young adults, insisting that he has never forced anyone to do anything they didn't want to. After the Lanes offer a $100,000 reward for information, Woodridge comes forward and points the finger at himself. Although Ali would love to lock him up and throw away the key, she just can't do it.

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:James Taylor Phillips

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  12. Cold Squad Season 4 Episode 17 - The Unsinkable Iwa Gudang
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    S4:E17

    A cold case turns warm when a mysterious man collapses near a hospital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Cold Squad Season 4 Episode 19 - Habeas Corpus
    8.8/10(17 votes)

    S4:E19

    Cold Squad is convinced they have the necessary ammo to bring down killer Dean Bulmer, and Nicco goes so far as to promise the family of one of his unlucky victims that it's in the bag, but when a body found proves to belong to the man Bulmer is on trial for killing, the Squad realises that Bulmer has been fingered for the wrong murder, and it comes down to the moral question of whether to lie to keep a vicious killer in prison, or to tell the truth and have him set free.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Cold Squad Season 6 Episode 4 - Live Fast Die Young
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    S6:E4

    The squad gets involved in the world of street racing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Cold Squad Season 7 Episode 13 - And the Fury (2)
    8.7/10(23 votes)

    S7:E13

    Harper searches desperately for his missing daughter, praying that he will find her before it is too late. Sam has the perfect suspect, an well-known surgeon, but the only witness against him is very unstable.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Cold Squad Season 2 Episode 9 - Edmund Kritch
    8.6/10(28 votes)

    S2:E9

    Ali and Tony find a corpse hidden in a building that turns out to be Edmund Kritch, an anti-radical that disappeared over twenty-five years ago. While Tony investigates former members of a radical group known as Code Red, Cortez is convinced that the dead man's boss is behind everything, and Ali suspects the dead man's former girlfriend. Nick and Ali finally take their flirtation to the bedroom, where Ali is shocked to learn that Cortez was there first.

    Director:John Pozer
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Cold Squad Season 2 Episode 15 - Nancy Seniuk
    8.6/10(29 votes)

    S2:E15

    Ali receives a letter from Denny Lavoie, the hit man who had died earlier, in which he tells her about the death of Nancy Seniuk a bag lady found dead in Stanley Park on August 17, 1980, but there is still a lot of mystery surrounding it. Using some of the modern tools, they age the photo they find of Nancy back to her twenties to begin the investigation. Ross takes Ali out to dinner and starts to tell her about the Seniuk case. Ali gives him a hard time about it and he drops it, but she suggests they go back to the office where he tells her about a drug operation called Deception in which four drug informants were killed. He believes there's a leak in the department. Add to the intrigue is Chief Malcolm warning Ali away from involvement in the case and Ross' investigation, suggesting his obsession with the operation is a wild goose chase. Ali becomes uncertain who she can trust.

    Director:Stephen Williams
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Cold Squad Season 4 Episode 7 - Trust
    8.6/10(20 votes)

    S4:E7

    Mickey and Ali investigate a twelve-year old murder that was believed solved thanks to a tip from a junkie named Simon. Coscarella investigates when two dogs trained by the same man attack people on command. Christine cannot resist the lure of her past, and steals cocaine from the lock-up.

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Cold Squad Season 4 Episode 13 - Dead Soldiers
    8.6/10(19 votes)

    S4:E13

    Frank investigates the death of a forgotten war hero. Ali applies to become a Big Sister after questioning her value as a cop

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Cold Squad Season 5 Episode 4 - Clean
    8.6/10(22 votes)

    S5:E4

    A murder investigation leads to dissension in the squad.

    Director:Bill Corcoran
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Cold Squad Season 5 Episode 10 - The Shed
    8.6/10(24 votes)

    S5:E10

    Harper struggles to build a case against a murder suspect, after an investigation that lasted 18 month long.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Cold Squad Season 3 Episode 5 - Deadbeat Walking
    8.5/10(26 votes)

    S3:E5

    An 18-year-old girl agrees to allow the man who raped her,Lance Rivet, to go free after the mother of a rape victim convinces her that he has information that could nail her daughter's rapist and murderer, Rivet tells them that T.J. Larper killed her and another girl but evidence reveals that Lance committed one of the murders himself. Unfortunately, they can't touch him.

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Cold Squad Season 3 Episode 9 - Dead End
    8.5/10(27 votes)

    S3:E9

    Nicco has a lot of trouble dealing with the case of a teenage girl who was murdered, remembering a girl in his past that went missing. When queried by Sam, he admits that this is his first kid case. Mickey and Ali investigate an American serial killer who claims to have murdered two girls in British Columbia, believing the man is just trying to escape the death penalty. Kyle Bradley identifies one girl as his sister after shown the teddy bear pendant found by her body.

    Director:Jorge Montesi
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Cold Squad Season 5 Episode 2 - Family Ties
    8.5/10(21 votes)

    S5:E2

    Nicco becomes personally involved in a case after a man who takes drug's asks the squad to find his mother's killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Cold Squad Season 5 Episode 12 - Enough's Enough
    8.5/10(19 votes)

    S5:E12

    The Squad continues to work on the Ambleton case, feeling they've hit a break when they arrest a former student, Shelley Mack, who tells Mickey and Ali about parties that used to be held in the Love Shack, with Desmond Cage in attendance. Nicco tries to help Billie beat her addiction and get away from her pimp, but when he can't find her a place in a rehab clinic he tries to help her go cold turkey. Andy has no choice but to turn over the Ambleton files and all evidence on Desmond Cage when a request from higher up comes down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Loose Ends (2)" is the best rated episode of "Cold Squad". It scored 9.1/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/17/2001. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Ambleton".