Article: Viewers warm up to `Cold Case' star Kathryn Morris.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Mike Duffy

On the Planet Cop Shop, it's a man's, man's, man's world.

Gruff and volatile or no-nonsense laconic. Those are the traditional, testosterone-fueled rules of most police procedurals. Andy Sipowicz on "NYPD Blue," Lennie Briscoe on "Law & Order," Vic Mackey on "The Shield."

When female crime solvers are involved, they're usually a supporting sleuth to the main man.

But then there's Det. Lily Rush of "Cold Case," a refreshing exception to the crime drama boys club.

She's the lone woman on the Philadelphia Police Department's homicide squad. The inscrutable, slightly obsessive and neurotic Rush, played with an ...

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