I always have a problem with the title of this episode. Starting the second word with a ‘p’ always has me wanting to follow ‘saving’ with ‘private’, but I guess that the title is alluding to the Tom Hanks-lead Word War II movie from 1998. Clever, if a little forced for my tastes.
A combination of the flashbacks including a rookie Detective Rush and the emotional elements around the deaths of a band of brothers (see what I did there?) establishes Saving Private Patrick Bubley as a Cold Case fan-favourite. In the present (as it was in 2005 when this was first broadcast) Lilly and the squad attend a multiple shooting. One of the victims is Luther Bubley, a younger brother of Vaughn or died in a similar shooting back in 1999. That case was one Lilly’s first as a homicide cop, so we get to see her on the case in 1999. Mother Bubley has only one of her five sons left now. Can Lilly & Co. solve all four crimes and save young Patrick from a similar fate? Cue angst.
Spare yourself further heartbreak and checkout this youngest set of 231 HD (720p) Lilly screencaps from Saving Patrick Bubley now in the Gallery.
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