As of July 2026, Cold Case Season 3 aired in 2005 with 23 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Cold Case Season 3

2005 23 Episodes Crime · Drama ⭐ 8/10

Right now you can watch Cold Case Season 3 on and — and it earns its twists rather than manufacturing them. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 447 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Kathryn Morris sets the tone, and the ensemble matches it scene for scene. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Cold Case Season 3 earns its spot. The plotting in Cold Case Season 3 is tight enough that the twists feel earned rather than assembled. Season 3 of Cold Case includes 23 episodes. It aired from September 2005 to May 2006. This season stars Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino and Jeremy Ratchford. Kathryn Morris and Danny Pino lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2005. The plot mechanics of Cold Case Season 3 never overwhelm the human cost underneath them. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

For anyone who wants their crime drama to earn its twists, Cold Case Season 3 delivers. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Kathryn Morris carries scenes that would sink a lesser production. The resolution feels inevitable rather than arbitrary, which is rarer than it sounds.

📡 Where to Watch Cold Case Season 3

🇦🇺 Australia

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🇺🇸 United States

🇨🇦 Canada

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🇳🇿 New Zealand

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🎬 Cold Case Season 3 — Episode Guide

When a young girl is contacted by a man claiming to be her father, Det. Rush and her team reopen a 1988 case of a teenaged boy, killed on the same night the girl was born.

Lilly re-opens the case of young girl, an overweight college freshman named Laurie, who died in a fraternity house fire in 2004. The fire was deemed accidental at the time, but a cell phone photo e-mailed from the girl's phone just moments before her death prompts a closer examination.

The 1978 murder of a young man is re-opened after the victim's mother finds a letter suggesting that his death wasn't random.

Det. Rush re-opens the 1945 case of a baseball player, bludgeoned to death with his own bat.

In 1954, 9-year-old Otis Petrowski last saw his mother in a mental institution. Now over 50 years later, after the death of an elderly woman who had been using Otis' mother's identity, Det. Rush sets out to discover what happened to the boy's real mother.

Saving Patrick Bubley

When a mother of five loses her fourth son to gang violence, Lilly sets out the save the youngest, reopening one of her first cases on the homicide squad.

Lilly re-opens the 1999 case of a young, healthy woman who nevertheless died of a heart attack. In the late 1990's, she was briefly an Internet millionaire, but due to bad business decisions, her dot.com company eventually went bust.

When a box filled with POW support bracelets is found in an abandoned drug den, Det. Rush re-investigates the 1972 shooting of Carl, a veteran of the Vietnam War.

When a fisherman finds evidence of a young girl's death washed up on a shore in New Jersey, Lilly re-opens the 1965 case of 4-year-old child who had a seemingly abusive mother.

The team re-opens the 2001 case of a robbed and murdered deli owner when the brother of the man convicted of the crime brings forth new evidence, suggesting the man may have been wrongfully accused.

Four close high school friends each went their separate ways in 1980. Eight years later, in 1988, one of them was murdered. The homicide team receives a tip about the murder, prompting a re-investigation of the case and an examination of the friends' lives, hopes and dreams after high school.

When a note connected to a supposed suicide is found, the team re-opens the 1994 case of a high-school kid who fell from the roof of the school building after having served detention. In 1994 the death was deemed a suicide, but the newly-found note indicates that the victim might have been fearing f...

Lilly re-opens the 1968 case of an 18-year-old girl who died -- apparently accidentally -- at the night of her debutante ball. Now her mother comes forth with new evidence when a local art dealer is accused of murdering his wife in the same manner the girl died.

Dog Day Afternoons

The case of a female bank teller shot to death in her work in 2000 is reopened when the same bank is robbed again by perpetrators wearing identical masks and equipped with identical weapons as six years earlier.

The 1998 case of a female drug smuggler is re-opened. The woman was involved with Scotty at the time he was working undercover on a high-profile drug case, and he has been keeping it a secret from the team for all these years.

Lilly and the cold case team will have to decode the clues given by a twisted killer in order to save the life of a young boy who has been left to die alone. But first they must find the boy and for that they need to dig a little deeper into their own pasts.

When a poison-soaked towel turns up at the station, Lilly re-opens the 1973 case of a murdered female college tennis star.

The team re-opens the 2002 case of a murdered amateur actor when the owner of a local community theater finds a gun hidden inside prop furniture.

Beautiful Little Fool

Lilly re-opens the 1929 case of a woman found dead in a ravine on Christmas Day when the victim's great-granddaughter comes in asking for help. Meanwhile, Lilly's estranged mother shows up, hoping to re-connect with her daughter.

Death Penalty: Final Appeal

The 1994 case of a raped and murdered 16-year-old girl is re-opened when Det. Jeffries gets a call from a prisoner on death-row -- scheduled to be executed in just three days.

🎭 Cast of Cold Case Season 3

Kathryn Morris

Danny Pino

Jeremy Ratchford

Jeremy Ratchford

Thom Barry

John Finn

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