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Sep 28, 2008 11:40 pm US/Eastern
Philadelphia Is The Soul Of 'Cold Case'
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ―
The season six premiere of the CBS hit drama "Cold
Case" debuted on CBS 3 tonight. Fans of the show know that "Cold
Case" is set here in Philadelphia, but as
the cast and crew told our very own Ukee Washington,
Philly is the soul of the show.
Every Sunday night the
stars of Cold Case unravel the mysteries of unsolved crimes with the city of
brotherly love and sisterly affection as their backdrop.
"I really really
consider philly my second home," said Cold Case's John Finn.
They invited us into
their world as the cast taped scenes from this season on location in South
Philly and Old City.
"I feel like in Philadelphia, there's a
gage of truthfulness and if you're not real … I think people read that and I
don't think they're afraid to call you out," said Danny Pino who plays
Scotty Valens on the show.
And real life Philadelphia homicide
detective Tim Bass is helping show producers keep it real.
During the concept of
the show, the writers will call me and ask me questions about how their investigations
are done. They come up with the ideas for the murders and then they ask me how
I'd conduct the investigation," said Bass.
Show producers have
used Bass as an advisor since the series began - in charge of not just what the
characters do, but how they speak "Philadelphia".
"As far as
pronunciation, like Fairmount - they're always calling it Fairmont
- they cannot say Schuylkill - for some reason they can't say Schuylkill,"
Bass told us.
Diction aside - there's
always time for a cheese steak at Genos, even for this Baltimore native.
"In Baltimore, we have no
problem saying that Philly is the cheese steak capital of the world. we have a
very inferior version of it, but we try," said Tracie Thoms.
Keep trying..Trace. And
I'll tell ya what there's nothing like a
"whiz wit". ..and if your hungry for a meaty crime drama. Cold Case
continues to bring it to the table and then some.
"Also a city of
brotherly love welcoming us with open arms and carrying us through with the
cheese steak, the love, the support - we love you guys ... well we love you
back!," said Kathryn Morris.
The cast also dished
about what fans can expect this season.
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