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* FieryCoverup: In "Taggert Family", the killer sets fire to Taggert family home to destroy evidence and make it impossible to determine time of death.
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* EmpathyDollShot: In TheTeaser to "Taggert Family", a young girl is snatched from her bed by an abductor who wraps her up in her quilt and carries her off. The camera then closes in on the stuffed rabbit left lying on her pillow.
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* CigaretteBurns: In "Jane Klosky", a suspect did this as a form of SelfHarm while confined to a mental institution. In flashback, he is shown carefully laying a burning cigarette on his forearm above a line of identical parallel burn marks. Later, Ali and Tony observe the scars on his arms while questioning him.
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* OffWithHerHead: In "Jane Klosky", the squad reopen the case of a nurse who was beaten to death with a strap and decapitated. When they discover another cold case of a nurse who was partially decapitated, they worry they might be dealing with an undiscovered SerialKiller. [[spoiler:They're not, but only because someone else killed the killer before he could claim a third victim.]]
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* WrenchWhack: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Tess" was in done in by a blow from a lug wrench, which left a distinctive hexagonal shaped indentation in her skull.
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* BrokenWindowWarning: In "Janine Elston", ex-detective Tom Elston is harassing Wayne Corby, the man he is convinced murdered his daughter. On the day Corby is released from prison (for a different crime), Elston throws a rick through his window.
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* BrokenWindowWarning: In "Janine Elston", ex-detective Tom Elston is harassing Wayne Corby, the man he is convinced murdered his daughter. On the day Corby is released from prison (for a different crime), Elston throws a rick rock through his window.
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* BrokenWindowWarning: In "Janine Elston", ex-detective Tom Elston is harassing Wayne Corby, the man he is convinced murdered his daughter. On the day Corby is released from prison (for a different crime), Elston throws a rick through his window.
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He really did need to iron his dog.
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: In "All in the Family", Ali blows off a date and leaves him with colleagues standing near the elevator.
--> '''Dan:''' Are any of you interested in Umberto's?
--> '''Mickey:''' I've got to... *points, runs away*
--> '''Len:''' I've got a... thing. *walks away*
--> '''Nicco:''' *walks away*
--> '''Dan:''' Are any of you interested in Umberto's?
--> '''Mickey:''' I've got to... *points, runs away*
--> '''Len:''' I've got a... thing. *walks away*
--> '''Nicco:''' *walks away*
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Put on a bus.
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** Most of the cast changed after Season 2 (see {{Retool}}).
** In particular, Tony Lagozzo [[spoiler: was shot]] in Season 3 Episode 1 and decided to retire at the end of Episode 2.
** The medical examiner, Sam Fisher, was caught up in a controversy [[spoiler: due to a mistake he'd made in a prior case that nearly let a murderer go free. Feeling that he'd damaged the trust of his police colleagues]], he voluntarily retired as an ME at the end of Season 4 and left the force.
** Frank Coscarella was present at the end of Season 4 but vanished from the show without warning, having only left an voice message to Ali saying he had taken a job in Toronto. It's strongly implied that he did so to be with his son, who has been in his mother's custody.
** Most of the cast changed after Season 2 (see {{Retool}}).
** In particular, Tony Lagozzo [[spoiler: was shot]] in Season 3 Episode 1 and decided to retire at the end of Episode 2.
** The medical examiner, Sam Fisher, was caught up in a controversy [[spoiler: due to a mistake he'd made in a prior case that nearly let a murderer go free. Feeling that he'd damaged the trust of his police colleagues]], he voluntarily retired as an ME at the end of Season 4 and left the force.
** Frank Coscarella was present at the end of Season 4 but vanished from the show without warning, having only left an voice message to Ali saying he had taken a job in Toronto. It's strongly implied that he did so to be with his son, who has been in his mother's custody.
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* DeFictionalization: Cold case investigation squads did not exist at the time of the series premiere, but now do.
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* FollowTheLeader: ''Series/ColdCase'', which has the same premise, was so similar that the creators of ''Cold Squad'' hired a lawyer.
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* RevisitingTheColdCase: The premise of the series.
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''Cold Squad'' (1998-2005) is a Canadian PoliceProcedural about a unit of homicide detectives who investigate cold cases. The series ran for seven seasons on {{CTV}} with a frequently changing cast; Julie Stewart as Sgt. Ali [=McCormick=] was the only cast member to remain for the entire series run.
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''Cold Squad'' (1998-2005) is a Canadian PoliceProcedural about a unit of homicide detectives who investigate cold cases. The series ran for seven seasons on {{CTV}} Creator/{{CTV}} with a frequently changing cast; Julie Stewart as Sgt. Ali [=McCormick=] was the only cast member to remain for the entire series run.
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* FollowTheLeader: ''ColdCase'', which has the same premise, was so similar that the creators of ''Cold Squad'' hired a lawyer.
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* FollowTheLeader: ''ColdCase'', ''Series/ColdCase'', which has the same premise, was so similar that the creators of ''Cold Squad'' hired a lawyer.
