Willkommen 

Four years after the slaying, the Cold Case team investigates the murder of a cabbie-turned-actor who was shot to death outside the community theatre on opening night...

Director:

Paris Barclay

Writers:

Meredith Stiehm (created by), Andrea Newman

Stars:

Kathryn Morris, Danny Pino, John Finn

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Kathryn Morris	...	Lilly Rush
Danny Pino	...	Scotty Valens
John Finn	...	John Stillman
Jeremy Ratchford	...	Nick Vera
Thom Barry	...	Will Jeffries
Tracie Thoms	...	Kat Miller
Adam Pascal	...	Dennis Hofferman
Laura Bell Bundy	...	Nora McCarthy
Dwayne Barnes	...	Clinton (as Dwayne L. Barnes)
Eric Lange	...	Lyle
Timilee Romolini	...	Gloria Hill
John Rubinstein	...	Rafe Gray
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Judi Barton	...	Della Morris
Rita Bland	...	Kit Kat Girl #5 (as Rita Maye Bland)
Cameron Covell	...	Young Boy

Storyline

Four years after the slaying, the Cold Case team investigates the murder of a cabbie-turned-actor who was shot to death outside the community theatre on opening night...

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 April 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Bruckheimer Television,CBS Productions,Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tracie Thoms and Adam Pascal were both in the movie adaptation of the musical Rent (2005).

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Goofs

Towards the end of the episode, when Scotty Valens is interrogating the person who played Sally Bowles on the stage version of Cabaret within the episode, the actress's hands alternate from being on/next to her face (when the camera is facing her) to being on the table (when the camera is facing Valens) between shots.

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Soundtracks

Willkommen
Written by John Kander and Fred Ebb

User Reviews

A touching story

I haven't watched this series before, at least not an whole episode, but after seeing the beginning of this episode I felt like "I must watch this all the way".

As briefly told by the introduction here, the episode starts with a youngish cab driver coming to an audition for the musical Cabaret. He's very nervous, never been on the stage before and almost ready to give up when his voice fails him. But he's encouraged to try again and they end up taking him in for the show. Soon after, right before the first performance, he's found behind the theater, lying in a pool of blood. Now this is what touched me. A young man finally having the chance of a lifetime, and then losing it right on the last possible moment.

The case is reopened as the murder weapon is found, four years after. After the beginning, things advance pretty traditionally, interviewing subjects and finding more and more secrets and lies. Turns out almost everyone in the theater is fierce tempered and a possible subject. This I found a bit ridiculous, leaning on the cliché of the flaming spirits of actors and directors. The characters are very much caricatures, but I suppose it can't be avoided in a series like this.

Ignoring the average middle part, I must say that the ending was very touching. After the murderer (I won't say who it was) has been caught, there's a fade out sequence showing how the latest discoveries touched the remaining cast members, this accompanied by the song Maybe This Time from the musical they were supposed to play. I don't know, maybe it's because I love musicals and was pretty tired at the time of watching, this scene made me cry a bit. If you like crying over made up things, maybe this is something worth watching.