Cold Case (TV series)

Fandom
Name:	Cold Case
Abbreviation(s):
Creator:	Meredith Stiehm
Date(s):	September 28, 2003 – May 2, 2010
Medium:	live-action television series
Country of Origin:	United States
External Links:	Wikipedia
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Cold Case is an CBS police procedural television series that ran for seven seasons. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases.

Canon

The show had a canon crossover with CSI: NY.

Main Characters

• Det. Lilly Rush
• Lt. John Stillman
• Det. Scotty Valens
• Det. Nick Vera
• Det. Will Jeffries
• Det. Kat Miller (S3-S7)
• Det. Chris Lassing (S1)

Fandom

The Cold Case fandom thrives primarily on LiveJournal and FanFiction.net, and a significant portion of its creations have yet to transition from these platforms. The fanfiction within this community frequently encompasses het, femslash, or gen genres.

Remarkably, despite being rooted in a police procedural crime drama, the Cold Case fandom has distinguished itself by not limiting its fan content solely to the main characters of the show. Instead, it is common for fans to weave narratives around minor one-off characters from various episodes. Notably, two of the most prominent pairings in this realm are Daniela/Chris from Season 2, Episode 3, and Rose Collins/Billie Doucette from Season 2, Episode 22. These pairings of supporting characters often incorporate elements of queer themes, with the first one featuring a trans character and the other portraying a lesbian relationship.

Common tropes found in traditional fanworks featuring the detectives of the squadron include Fix-its, Case Fics, and Post Canon stories.

Pairings

• Jimmy Bruno/Sean 'Coop' Cooper
• Lilly Rush/Scotty Valens
• Kat Miller/Lilly Rush
• Justin Bradley/Valentino
• Daniela/Chris
• Lilly Rush/John Stillman
• Rose Collins/Billie Doucette

Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Archives & Fannish Links

• Cold Case works at AO3
• Cold Case & crossover works at FFN

• Tumblr tag: cold case^{Archived 10 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine}

• Cold Case Virtual Season 8^{Archived 14 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine}

LiveJournal

• coldcase_tv^{Archived 6 June 2015 at Archive.today}
• coldcasefans^{Archived 6 June 2015 at Archive.today}
• coldcase_^{Archived 1 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine}
• scottykat^{Archived 14 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine}
• lilly_scotty^{Archived 1 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine}

Resources

• ColdCasepedia