[BURBANK, Calif. Aug 16, 2005 ? Like the unsolved crimes he investigates, Detective Scotty Valens has a hidden past.] He's very much veiled in some mystery about where he came from, how it is he got into the department so quickly, the secrets he holds, ... Cold Case.

A standing part of any investigation is to look at any unsolved crimes and see if there's any fit.

Whenever there is a sort of free radical coming into an equation it kind of bounces off everything in the equation,

Whenever there is a sort of free radical coming into an equation it kind of bounces off everything in the equation.

For me, being in front of a camera is a matter of practicing and refining your art. I think, if you're telling a story worth telling, it's worth investing the time into developing.

I have my great grandmother's recipe for black beans, all the way from Cuba, and I know how to make those. I'm actually pretty good at it now. But my first time, the beans actually exploded in the pot, so I had black beans just dripping from the ceiling - which is actually a dream come true for most Cubans. It was a nightmare to clean.