" Loves Conquers All "

petty crook, Ricky (Tim deZarn), hoping to get a reduced sentence, relates witnessing a young man washing blood out of his car the night a teen track runner was murdered. The young athlete, Paige Pratt (Summer Glau), was found shot, and her boyfriend Al Clarkson (Doug Kruse) was originally imprisoned for the crime.

General Notes on this Episode:

• Danny Pino joins the cast as Scotty Valens
• First appearance of Josh Hopkins as ADA Jason Kite.
• This episode marks the first time that a closed case (as opposed to an unsolved case) is reopened, and a wrongly convicted individual exonerated as a result.
• Al's lawyer's was mentioned as being named Rudy Tanner. There was also a character named Rudy Tanner in the episode "Revenge". (Presumably, they are not the same person).

Music witch appear in this Episode.

• REO Speedwagon "Keep On Lovin' You"
• Men at Work "Who Can It Be Now?"
• Foreigner "Urgent"
• Styx "The Best of Times"
• Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes"
• Air Supply "Every Woman in the World"
• Closing Song: Billy Joel "She's Got a Way"

Summer's Glau appearance on the TV show, Cold Case episode 6 "Love Conquers".