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.
See my other items for more Cold Case promo. DVDs.
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-