World's End (Cold Case)

"World's End" is the 100th episode and the 7th episode from Season 5 of Cold Case, it originally aired on November 4, 2007 on CBS in United States.[1]

"World's End"
Cold Case episode
Episode no.Season 5
Episode 7
Directed byRoxann Dawson
Written byGavin Harris
Original air dateNovember 4, 2007

Plot

Back in 1938 on the night of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, a young wife and mother, Audrey Metz, vanished as her husband and son fled the neighborhood to escape the invading "Martians". After decades of wild speculation on the nature of Audrey's disappearance, her body is found at the bottom of a well. Her son explains that money was tight back then with his dad out of work, and soon a friend of Audrey's relates that she was a "taxi dancer" to make money to feed her son. At the dance hall, Audrey became close to a wealthy widower, Will Page, but they never danced. He bought her dance tickets, and they talked about their lives each evening. But Audrey's husband Felton found out she was dancing for money, and he was infuriated. But they came to an understanding, and Audrey continued to dance. Things changed for Audrey and Will when Audrey found out Will's wife was still alive. He tried to get Audrey to run away with him, and she refused. But the night of "War of the Worlds", Audrey wanted to spend her last moments with Will. She found him at the dance hall and they had their last dance. When Audrey went home that night, she confessed about Will to Felton. Though Audrey was going to stay because of their son, Felton flew into a rage and strangled her. Though now an old man with Alzheimer's disease, Felton is arrested. Meanwhile, Vera has an epiphany spurred on by Audrey and Will's romance. He finds Toni at her hospital and tries to woo her back. Though she hesitates, later she finds Vera at the station and brings a Sinatra CD with her.

Cast

Main Cast[2]

Recurring Roles

Guest Cast

Music

Reception

The episode averaged 13.89 million viewers, rating of 9.0/14.[4]

Notes

  • This episode relies heavily on Orson Welles' radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds. Based on H.G. Wells' scifi novel by the same name, the radio adaptation was performed as the Halloween special of the radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air on October 30, 1938. According to urban legends, many people believed the radio play to be an actual news broadcast of the Martian invasion on Earth.
  • Toni was not seen again after she and Vera reconciled. A later episode established that although she eventually moved in with Vera, things didn't work out and Vera eventually had to find a new place to live.
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References

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