A type of episode they should have done.

I quite like that idea :)

I could see a Christmas episode dealing with Lily's loner tendancies but I got sick of Lily's issues so I probably wouldn't enjoy it. Or maybe I could. Christmas can do that to me.

I thought it would interesting to have a thread of episodes Cold Case should have had.

Maybe it would be too controversial (and too soon) but I think an episode based on the Tupac/Biggie Smalls murders could be really interesting. That whole story reminds me of a Cold Case episode.

Why don't you write it and post it on http://www.fanfiction.net?

I've done that myself several times.

Love the Christmas episode idea!

"Maybe it would be too controversial (and too soon) but I think an episode based on the Tupac/Biggie Smalls murders could be really interesting. That whole story reminds me of a Cold Case episode."

I've thought about this more and this is how I would have done it. Keep in mind that I am in no way suggesting what really happened. It's just an inspiration for a fictional story.

The episode begins by showing two black rappers in the mid 90s having a public feud. We then learn that they were both murdered, with a certain period between the murders.

The investigation reveals that A and B were childhood friends who grew up in a poor and rough neighbourhood. They wrote a rap together about their rough upbringing and it leads to them both finding success as rappers. A gets signed by a manager C which B doesn't like because he doesn't trust C and wants to do something differently. A gets shot by an unknown person and blames B. They end up having a bitter feud.

Eventually A confides in C that he feels bad about the way the friendship turned out and that he wants to reconcile with B. C tries to convince him not too and accidentally reveals that he delibrately let A think that B was responsible for the shooting when he wasn't. A is angry and says that he plans to call B after an upcoming concert and apologize for everything and see if they can make up. For several reasons (especially because he's afraid he'll lose control over A is he reconciles with B), C murders A (though probably waiting to make it look like it was somebody else). A little while later he has B killed too, partly to make it look like it was a retaliation for A's murder and partly because he just hates him.

During the ending montage, the rap they wrote together plays and it ends with somebody seeing A and B performing together in a friendly way.

As I wrote in another post, I think it would have been cool if they did an episode set during Beatlemania about a young diehard fan who gets murdered. The episode would use all Beatles songs and Yesterday would be the ending song.

I realize they may not have had the rights but I can still dream.