A Perfect Day (27 Nov. 2005)

The remains of a small girl are found under a bridge. The story goes back to the 60's and turns out the girl has a twin sister still alive. A sad family story begins to unravel.

Director:

Roxann Dawson

Writers:

Meredith Stiehm (creator), Veena Sud

Stars:

Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kathryn Morris	...	Lilly Rush
Danny Pino	...	Scotty Valens
John Finn	...	John Stillman
Jeremy Ratchford	...	Nick Vera
Thom Barry	...	Will Jeffries
Tracie Thoms	...	Kat Miller
Meredith Monroe	...	Cindy Mulvaney - 1965
Maree Cheatham	...	Nancy Walsh - 2005
Megan Follows	...	Maura - 2005
Michael Rodrick	...	Roger Mulvaney - 1965
Ned Schmidtke	...	Art Balducci - 2005
Charlotte Stewart	...	Cindy Balducci - 2005
Jack Betts	...	Dr. Greggs - 2005
Susan Chuang	...	Frannie Ching
Amy Schlagel	...	Maura Mulvaney - 1965

Storyline

The remains of a small girl are found under a bridge. The story goes back to the 60's and turns out the girl has a twin sister still alive. A sad family story begins to unravel.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Release Date:

27 November 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 22, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Art was beating Roger in the car park the car behind them had BFGoodrich tires but this model of tire wasn't released until the late '70s or early '80s.

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Quotes

Cindy Mulvaney - 1965: You'll be in good hands here, better off without me.
[places necklace around her daughter's neck]
Cindy Mulvaney - 1965: It'll keep you safe and whenever it seems Mommy's far, far away all you have to do is close your eyes and I'll be here with you.
Maura Mulvaney - 1965: Forever?
Cindy Mulvaney - 1965: And ever. Bye bye, baby.

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Soundtracks

"As Tears Go By"
Written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Andrew Loog Oldham
Performed by Marianne Faithfull

User Reviews

Detective Work

Watching did make one wonder how the cold case detectives were so quickly able to trace a victim based only on the injuries without knowing names, from a time when hospital records weren't kept on computers. Would 40-year-old hospital records in a city the size of Philadelphia really be indexed by victim's age, gender, and type of treatment? There was a case like this on "Unsolved Mysteries" (skeleton of an unidentified young girl with something distinguishing about the bones) where they asked anyone who may have performed such an operation to come forward, and it might have been more believable had they found the attending physician that way. Otherwise, excellent ep, kept one riveted which is a rare enough thing these days.