Forever Blue

this was a fantastic episode. i saw a clip from it on YouTube, and i vowed that should it ever show on TV, i would glue myself to the set in order to watch. i wound up watching it with a friend of mine, who happens to be gay, and the two of us cried at the end. this was a truly well-written, heartfelt episode of the forbidden love between two cops who, i felt, really were (in Coop's words) "the Lucky Ones". it is episodes like this one that really make Cold Case one of the most captivating and much-loved works of television magic on CBS. i anxiously await more episodes, and a re-run of "Forever Blue" because i will always watch it again and again.

All I can add to the other reviews is to recognize the innovative camera work, where a lot of the episode was shot in black and while, but with touches of red (even in the flashbacks)- the cars, the flashing red lights- really made the episode unique.

Cold Case did several fine episodes featuring LGBTQ themes- really ahead of it's time- It's Raining Men (loved the ending of that one), Daniela, and the one about the young baseball player -the title I have forgotten- but not the episode.

Cold Case did amazing episodes on racism as well- always moving. The show tackled so many things that we should stucy today- if you cannot find the series on repeat on cable, check out Amazon and see if you can buy it- well worth it.

No matter how many times I watch it ( the series repeats on Start TV) I love it more.

No matter how many times I watch this outstanding and memorable episode, it always brings a range of emotions to the surface. It's heartbreaking, tragic, and infuriating. When one thinks of what closeted gay cops must have faced, feared, and been subjected to back then, usually by their own peers (the type who think they're god's gift to women and are typically anything but real men -- little dinkies too) it infuriates me. I hope it's different now, but I have my doubts. I'm sure there are openly gay cops now who have some stories to tell even in this supposedly enlightened and accepting day and age.

The two main actors who play "Coop" and "Jimmy" are excellent and one wishes their characters could have a happy ending, but of course that's not the case. Their love was doomed from the start and that's the tragic and heartbreaking part. Although "Coop" has some rough edges, he's the type of (real) man I could fall for. As Jimmy states, "Coop was fearless." When you have the love of a man like that, you're really loved. Everything else is secondary.

I don't know if this episode received any Emmy awards for its exceptional acting and writing, but if not it should have. It stands out and is one of the best of the series, if not the best.

What a stunning episode for this fine series. This is television excellence at its best. The story takes place in 1968 and it's beautifully filmed in black & white, almost a film noir style with its deep shadows and stark images. This is a story about two men who fall in love, but I don't want to spoil this. It is a rare presentation of what homosexuals faced in the 1960s in America. Written by the superb Tom Pettit, and directed by the great Jeannot Szwarc, we move through their lives, their love for each other, and their tragedy. Taking on such a sensitive issue makes this episode all the more stunning. Our emotions are as torn and on edge as the characters. Chills ran up my spine at the end when they played Bob Dylan's gorgeous, "Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now," as sung by the Byrds. This one goes far past a 10 and all the way to the stars. Beautiful.

I HAVE WATCHED AND SEEN THIS EPISODE OVER AND OVER AND ALWAYS FELT EMOTIONAL AFTER VIEWING IT. BOTH COOP & JIMMY'S LOVE FOR EACH OTHER WERE SO EMOTIONALLY POWERFUL AND TRULY CONNECTED.

THEIR MAIN CHARACTERS WERE SO RUGGED AND MANLY, YET ALSO EMOTIONALLY VULBERABLE. EACH OF THEM WERE EQUALLY HANDSOME, GORGEOUS, COMPLEMENTE, AND MIRRORED EACH OTHER BRILLIANTLY. THEIR ACTING SUPERB, AS YOU CAN FEEL THEIR EMOTIONS.

JUST LIKE THE BIG THEATRICAL ACADEMY MOVIE WITH THE SIMILAR STAR-CROSSED LOVERS THEME, I WAS HOPING FOR AN ALTERNATE, HAPPIER FAIRYTALE, INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL TRAGIQUE ENDING. THIS WAS THE BESTEST AND WAS DEF AN EMMY WORTHY EPISODE, INCLUDING THE WHOLE COLD CASE SERIES.