"Cold Case" The Red and the Blue (TV Episode 2006) Poster

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8/10
Country music
jotix1007 March 2010
Warning: Spoilers
The unsolved case of a country singer comes to light when Garrett, Will Jeffries old detective partner, comes with some new evidence that has been found. The killing of Truck Sugar in front of the club where he and his brothers, the Sugar Brothers, had an engagement. Since the trio was from Nashville, and the investigation in Philadelphia doesn't unearth anything new, Lilly and Scotty are sent to investigate Truck's estranged wife and Ty Sugar, the surviving sibling of the dead man.

Meanwhile, back in Philadelphia the Cold Case unit begins to do their own investigation. They are interested in Edie Lowe, a headliner that shared the stage with Truck Sugar, even singing a nice duet with the dead man. Her manager, clearly was interested in Truck, but not in the rest of the band. That, the detectives discovered was a sore issue for Ty.

In Nashville, Scotty, who had hated the assignment, gets cozy with a female local detective. Visits to the widow, Honey Sugar, also gives Lilly and Scotty a clue as to what direction to go. Ty Sugar is the key to the mystery of what happened to Truck.

Directed by Steve Boyum and written by the creator of the show, Meredith Stiehm, the episode has a good plot. Good all around performances by Shaun Benson, Tamara Braun, Sean Bridgers, and Polly Shannon. The principals show why their teamwork makes this series such an enjoyable crime drama.
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7/10
Apparently the show runners hate Tennessee
obxfanever23 June 2023
This is a decent episode but the remarks about country music and being a "red state" is annoying. It seems like they haven't been to Nashville either. Typical Hollywood stereotypes of what they think the "flyover" states are like. "Big Daddy?" "Honey Sugar?" Exaggerated accents? Anyone from Tennessee is a "real live cowboy?" And Honey called Edie a "Northern gal?" Seems like "Yankee" would have been more apt.

Also drive to Nashville? That's 12 1/2 hours! I find it hard to believe they wouldn't fly.

The use of Tim McGraw music is great. And the Sugar Boys sound decent also. Unfortunately, the lip syncing was not that good.

But still over all a good episode.
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Pathetic representation of Tennessee.
jstme-0491323 June 2023
Apparently, this writer has never been blessed enough to visit Tennessee. This was basically a good story, but the names and accents were ridiculous. The term red state is correct, but it isn't anything to be ashamed of. We're proud to be from Tennessee. We're also proud of our Conservative values. We have many Democratic friends, whom I'm sure would be equally offended by the comment. The writer needs to visit Tennessee and get to know it's people. The people here, whether they be Republican or Democrat, deserve a better representation of our state. We have lived in Tennessee all our lives, and have never known anyone with such ludicrous names or phony accents. We usually enjoy this show, but we found this episode to be especially offensive.
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3/10
Worst episode of the entire series
auntpearl4225 October 2020
Terrible and very incorrect view of the south and southerners. Fake southern accents and ridiculous names and nicknames.
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0 Stars
jessedonelson6 August 2022
I usually love Cold Case, but who ever wrote this episode has a idiotic, stereotypical view of Southerners. Just look at the names; Truck? Sugar? Honey Sugar?? LOL! Where is Daisy Mae, Bobby Jo and Billy Joe, or Bubba? Even got a cop they call Big Daddy. OMG.

This is the single worst episode of Cold Case.

When you think the episode couldn't get worse, the soundtrack is all Tim McGraw.

0 stars, Cold Case. Complete fail.
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