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The team investigates the murder of 17 year old skate-boarder NASH back in 1995, when he was escaping from a terrible homelife and trying to make some money so he could get his yonger brother MICK to live with him. Unfortunately, the pressures of the street and the cut-throat competition of boarders to get sponsors resulted in Nash’s murder, which remained unsolved…till now…

[NASH (1995)] 17 years old, whip thin, torn jeans, ratty shoes, a good kid caught in a nightmarish home situation, Nash is a very talented skateboarder, effortless, graceful, daring and charismatic. With his mom involved in an abusive relationship with her new boyfriend, Nash takes off from New Jersey to Philly, despite his regrets at leaving his younger brother Mick to bear the brunt of their mom’s mistakes. Part of the street skateboarder crowd in Philly, Nash makes an enemy of local boarder Grady by stealing his girl and catching the eye of Grady’s sponsor. Determined to get a sponsor so he can make some serious cash and bring Mick to live with him, Nash finds that his effortless talent brings him not only success, but tragedy…GUEST STAR (1)PLEASE SUBMIT ACTORS WHO CAN SKATEBOARD OR WHO ARE PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDERS. PLEASE SUBMIT 18 OR OLDER.

[CAL (2009)] 32, male, Latino, with a weathered face, Cal is a roofer who’s now three years sober, having left a life of petty crimes and drug abuse behind him. Cal is questioned by Rush and Valens for being friends with the murdered Nash back in 1995, when Cal and Nash were both skateboarders in Philadelphia, though Cal’s addictions made his own talent negligible. He tells them about the skateboarders’ lives on the streets, Nash’s relationship with Steve and Grady, and, ultimately, his own tragic involvement in Nash’s murder…GUEST STAR (13)

[CAL (1995)] 18, Latino, Cal is a skateboarder on the streets of Philadelphia and a good friend of Nash’s; both boys have each other’s backs. Already a strung-out drug addict and filled with nervous energy whose own talent is going downhill from the drugs, Cal grows envious of Nash’s talent and doesn’t take kindly to Nash’s warning him that the drugs are what’s keeping him down. Ultimately, Cal not only murders his friend, but sells him out to a rival skateboarder as well…GUEST STAR (15) PLEASE SUBMIT ACTORS WHO CAN SKATEBOARD OR WHO ARE PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDERS. PLEASE SUBMIT 18 OR OLDER.

[STEVE (1995/2009)] 38, the longtime owner of a custom skate shop in Philadephia, Steve’s former grunge look has molted into the trying-too-hard hipster look, complete with vintage T, belly, gray hair and wrists full of dirty leather bracelets and prayer beads. Questioned by Vera and Miller because of his friendship with Nash and Cal back in 1995, Steve remembers Nash very well, particularly his extraordinary talent, and also gives some clues about Nash’s contentious relationship with his rival, Grady. Struggling back in 1995, Steve never has much money but he puts his business on the line when he decides to sponsor Nash, only to find that Nash went with a more financially secure deal…GUEST STAR (18)

[GRADY (2009)] 32, a successful flashy skateboarder with a sideways tilted hat, cut-off Dickies and plenty of whiteboy bling, very full of himself, Grady is questioned by Valens and Rush about the murder of 17 year old skateboarder Nash back in 1995. He’s both tough and defensive under their questioning, but the wind is taken out of his sails when he finally has to admit that he stole the trick that could have made Nash famous…GUEST STAR (22)

[GRADY (1995)] 18, a white boy who’s got game and local fame from his prowess as a skateboarder in the streets of Philadelphia. A force to be reckoned with on the street, Grady is instantly anatagonistic towards newcomer Nash, especially since Nash seems to be a talented skater with better tricks and an attraction to Grady’s girlfriend, Vonda. Already a pro with his own sponsor, Grady later buys a video of Nash’s signature trick from Cal, and makes it his own…GUEST STAR (19) PLEASE SUBMIT ACTORS WHO CAN SKATEBOARD OR WHO ARE PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDERS. PLEASE SUBMIT 18 OR OLDER.

[VONDA (2009)] 31, a girl who’s come a long way from her skater chick days, Vonda’s cleaned up, gone to school and snagged an MFA in photography. Articulate, hip and self-possessed, she is questioned by Jeffries and Vera about her relationships with Grady and the murdered Nash back in 1995; she is very open about her “thing” with Nash, and refuses to be bullied by the cops. Having been an avid vidoegrapher back in 1995, Vonda now provides the cops with a boxful of videos she made of Nash and Grady skateboarding back then, one of which provides the clue to Nash’s death…GUEST STAR (26)PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

[VONDA (1995)] 17, a skate chick hottie in Philadelphia, Vonda is Grady’s girlfriend. A bright, articulate girl who’s almost never seen without her signature video camcorder, she routinely videos Grady’s routines, and annoys him when she starts to tape newcomer Nash as well, with whom she quickly has a connection and begins dating. Vonda understands that just like she has a special talent with her videocamera and the way she views the world, so does Nash have a special gift with his skateboard and the way he sees the street…GUEST STAR (19)PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. 18 TO PLAY YOUNGER

[CHELSEY (2009)] A rough looking woman in her late 40s, Chelsey is now incarcerated in the Gloucester County Women’s Prison in New Jersey on a court-ordered detox and jail time. The negligent, selfish mother of Nash and Mick, Chelsey has a history of bad men and gin which ruined her life and that of her kids. Both vulnerable and defensive, Chelsey speaks with Rush about the last time she saw Nash alive…1 DAY GUEST STAR (32)

[CHELSEY (1995)] 33, a hot mess, the mother of 17 year old Nash and 12 year old Mick, Chelsey is first seen in her dilapidated double-wide having a bitter fight with her dirtbag, abusive boyfriend Rafe, whom she clearly favors above her kids. An alcoholic who’s very much under Rafe’s thumb, Chelsey eventually goes to find the runaway Nash in Philadelphia, but their meeting deteriorates and she winds up merely asking him for money…GUEST STAR (1)

[MICK (2009)] 26, glasses, bit of a hipster, Mick comes to see Rush and Valens about the possibility of opening up the cold case of his brother Nash’s disappearance/possible murder in 1995. Clearly the victim of a rough childhood, Mick explains why he thinks he has clues linking his brother to a John Doe murder from back then…GUEST STAR (3)

[JOE (1995, 2009)] With a gut like a bag of wet cement and an old school beat cop mien, a wind-bag, sexist (he calls Rush “Honey”), Joe is a beat cop who’s questioned by Stillman and Rush about a run-in he had with Nash back in 1995. Tough but not uncompassionate, Joe hassles Nash about skating in a cit park, but notes that the boy is tired, hungry and scared…GUEST STAR (10)

[RAMIRO] Valens’ dad, 60s, distinguished, silver-haired, he comes to the station to ask Valens to check in on his mother, who seems to be acting kind of funny lately (“She’s taking Tai-Chi in the park, for Chrissake”)…GUEST STAR/RECURRING (9)

[ROSA] Valens’ mom, 58, with short hair, dressed down a bit, smart, observant (especially when it comes to her son and husband), she’s a bit defensive when Valens notices the changes in her and seems annoyed with their concern about her new interest in Tai Chi. Later, she has a moment alone crying in her car, her “everything is fine and dandy” veneer crumbling…GUEST STAR/RECURRING (25)

[MICK (1995)] 12, Nash’s little brother, he’s an artist who’s trying to tune out the mayhem from inside their house as their alcoholic mother fights with her dirtbag boyfriend. He obviously adores his protective older brother, Nash, who has given him some rules to follow about how best to deal with their troubled home life sptv050769…CO-STAR (1)

[RAFE] Seen in 1995, Rafe is 38, Chelsey’s dirtbag, abusive boyfriend, who fights with her and clearly has her two sons terrified of him…CO-STAR (1)