This is a rare, official promotional DVD from CBS.  The DVD features one full episode (not the entire season) from Cold Case, Season 5, titled "Family 8108".  The DVD was not issued sealed.  The DVD is in mint condition and has never been viewed. 

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Subsequent to his 30-days away from the office, Stillman submitted retirement papers and Lilly and staff pleads with him to withdraw them. This case is regarding a Japanese-American man who served time in a California internment camp. After moving his family to Philadelphia he was murdered in 1945.

This show deals with one of America's most shameful incidents in our history. The imprisonment of Japanese and Americans of Japanese descent during the years of WWII. The horror of that past looms large in a murder case committed more than six decades ago. Barbara Takahashi comes to the Cold Case unit asking them to take a look at her father's murder. Of course, it's been a long time, but the detectives set out to look into this matter.

We learn about the Takahashi family in flashbacks. Ray and Evelyn Takahashi, both American born, and their son, Billy, lead a happy existence in California. One day they are ordered to go to Manzanar, a camp designed to keep these innocent citizens just because of their ethnicity. Ray, a man that feels his rights are violated, goes along with what his government has decided for him. Evelyn, on the other hand, makes it known she doesn't appreciate the treatment.

Ray feels as though his son Billy should enlist and fight for his country. But Billy is not so sure. Billy's good friend Skip has already enlisted. Billy's decision comes when he watches his father kiss one of the lady volunteers that shows kindness to the family. He is angry, feeling betrayed by his own father. When a telegram arrives, Ray knows its bad news; Billy has died.

When the Takahashis, now with a baby girl, Barbara, born in the camps, decide to go to Philadelphia, they resume their lives. Ray, who had quarreled with Shinji Nakamura, is surprised when this man turns up in his new city bringing him a letter that was received at the camp. In it, Ray learns Billy had died a hero. He tries to look up Skip, who was in charge of his son's unit to have Billy's courage acknowledged, but unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be. Ray suffers a devastating blow when he is killed accidentally not having seen his son get his due for his patriotism.


Kathryn Morris as Det. Lilly Rush


John Finn as Lt. John Stillman


Thom Barry as Det. Will Jeffries


Jeremy Ratchford as Det. Nick Vera


Danny Pino as Det. Scotty Valens


Tracie Thoms as Det. Kat Miller [ 3-