23 years before his 2009 big blue creature feature Avatar, James Cameron co-wrote and directed Aliens, pluralised sequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Not following that pattern at all Cold Case season 3, episode 14 Dog Day Afternoons is not a sequel to the 1975 film crime drama Dog Day Afternoon starring Al Pacino. The film was based on true events and tells the story of a gay man robbing a bank to raise money to fund an operation for his lover. It must have have been quiet a progressive film for the time as it covered a same-sex relationship and transgender issues. As much as wider society has become more accepting of such things, I think a film telling the same story today would still be seen as shocking. Cold Case was often at the forefront of tackling difficult subjects, using historical events as a back drop. Dog Day Afternoons is not really one of those, based as it is around a more ‘traditional’ relationship.
Loosely based on the film CC’s Dog Day Afternoons is about the death of a bank teller during a robbery by masked men. A near-identical repeat crime at the same bank causes the team to review the unsolved 2000 case.
Lilly’s season and a half of apparent abstinence comes to a leather and denim-clad, motorbike-riding surprise end in the shape of Ray. The lucky beggar got to park his bike at her place, which looks like a nice neighbourhood. Well, as they don’t say ‘every dog has his way’ 😮 It wasn’t a ‘dog day afternoon’ for him.
As part of KM UK Summer Of HD 2014 we bring you a new set of 218 HD (720p) Lilly screencaps which are now available in the Gallery.
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