'||' '||' || || '|| || || ... .. .. .. ... .... ... .. || .... ||''''|| .| '|. || || || || .| '' || .' '|| .|...|| || || || || || || || || || || |. || || .||. .||. '|..|' .|| || ||. .||. '|...' .||. '|..'||. '|...' L I F E O N T H E S T R E E T oooooooooooo .o. .oooooo. `888' `8 .888. d8P' `Y8b 888 .8"888. 888 888 888oooo8 .8' `888. 888 888 888 " .88ooo8888. 888 888 888 .8' `888. `88b d88b o888o o88o o8888o `Y8bood8P'Ybd' Welcome to the alt.tv.homicide FAQ! The purpose of this document is to answer frequently asked questions about the NBC drama, _Homicide: Life on the Street_. The USENET newsgroup, alt.tv.homicide, includes discussion about the show and was created in late 1994. It should be noted that this FAQ contains an extensive episode guide which will spoil any episodes that you may not have seen. Read at your own risk! :) To get the latest copy of this FAQ, you can either look for periodical updates on the USENET group alt.tv.homicide, or you can get it via FTP or email. Eventually this FAQ will be available at more FTP sites and newsgroups, but for now, it is not. To get by FTP, use this URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vj/vjl/Homicide/alt.tv.homicide-FAQ Or, if you wish, you can get it via my MailBorg mailserv: Send email to vjl@netcom.com with a subject of "send alt.tv.homicide FAQ" (without the quotes). You will receive a copy as soon as your mail reaches NETCOM. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents 1.0........................Disclaimer 1.1........................Acknowledgments 1.2........................The Players 1.3........................The Environment 1.4........................The Game 2.0........................Crew Listing 3.0........................Episode Listing 4.0........................Episode Guide 5.0........................Extraneous Evidence 5.1........................Misleading Evidence 5.2........................NBC Goofs 6.0........................Related Articles 7.0........................Top Ten Rules 8.0........................Witnesses ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 1.0 | |-----| Disclaimer This document, the "alt.tv.homicide FAQ", is in no way, shape, or form affilated with NBC Productions, Baltimore Pictures, Reeves Entertainment or any of their affilates. With the exception of Trademarks which are the property of their respective owners, the material contained in the alt.tv.homicide FAQ is public knowledge, and therefore is NOT copyrightable. Vince LaMonica is only serving as the moderator and maintainer. Anyone has permission to copy any or all of this FAQ, but you do not have the right to copyright it. The alt.tv.homicide FAQ may be freely distributed. Portions can be included in derived works, but may not be exclusively copyrighted. Also, PLEASE notify the maintainer, Vince LaMonica (vjl@netcom.com) when you distribute this FAQ so I may be able to provide continued updates as they become available to the sites and/or people you distribute it to. The alt.tv.homicide FAQ contains information that has been supplied by many people; therefore, it belongs to no one and to everyone. And one last note: The alt.tv.homicide FAQ contains information "as is". I make no representations about the suitability or accuracy of this document for any purpose. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 1.1 | |-----| Acknowledgments Although I have the pleasure of maintaining this FAQ, it would have not been possible to write without the wonderful help of the following people. Grant Goggins - for supplying me with needed 1st season episodes on tape and for supplying me with past episode titles complete with Nielsen Ratings. Kelli Leverette - for supplying me with the _Homicide_ pilot plus other 1st season shows and for continued support in this project. Meg Fielding - for giving me great backround about the City of Balti- more, a description of an araber, and continued encouragement with this project. Cindy Mollo - for supplying me with tons of information about the show and her informative posts to alt.tv.homicide. John Sigmon - for supplying yet more info from "behind the scenes". Jason Lempka - for continued support in this project, and for providing a great amount of information on the unofficial _Homicide_ WWW Home Page (Homicide: Life on the Web). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 1.2 | |-----| The Players Character Played by ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lt. Al Giardello Yaphet Kotto **Capt. Megan Russert Isabella Hoffman Stan Bolander Ned Beatty John Munch Richard Belzer Beau Felton Daniel Baldwin Kay Howard Melissa Leo Frank Pembleton Andre Braugher Tim Bayliss Kyle Secor *Steve Crosetti John Polito Meldrick Lewis Clark Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * John Polito played the character of Detective Steve Crosetti during the first and second season only. His character commited suicide just before the third season, and is remembered in "Crosetti", the fourth episode of the third season. ** Isabella Hoffman plays Lt. Megan Russert throughout most of the third season. She was the other acting shift commander of the Homicide Department, but has since been promoted to Captain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 1.3 | |-----| The Environment A good portion of _Homicide: Life on the Street_ takes place in the City of Baltimore's Homicide Department Office. In this open office contains the typical unglamorous desks of each detective, plus the shift commander's private office. There is also a clerical room separated by the open office by what is known as the fish bowl or aquarium. This is the witness holding area and called such because it is surrounded by windows. This area is also used to hold suspects, and relatives of victims. Not far from the fish bowl is the box - the interrogation room. The room has 4 brick walls, with a mirror that acts as a one way window for detectives on the other side, and a window (with blinds) facing the open office. At the end of the room is a lone table with a pair of handcuffs attached to it that the suspect may be locked to for hours until the detectives feel the time is right to interview him. Also in the main office area, is the board. The board is used to keep track of each detectives' open and closed cases. Each detectives' name is listed at the top of a column, and each of their victims' names is listed below. Those in written in red ink signify an open case, and those in black show that they've been closed. In real life, this entire set is built into the marine terminal building in Fells Point. The exterior shots are also of the building. The squadroom was built into the recreation room at the terminal building giving it an authentic look. Production designer Vince Peranio is responsible for this large set. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 1.4 | |-----| The Game You've been locked inside the box for nearly two hours - you're feeling quite sleepy. All of the sudden a door opens, then slams quickly shut. Before you are two very serious looking detectives. One gives you an eye-screw while the other seems like he doesn't want to be here. "What am I in here for?", you ask. "You don't know?", asks the calm, larger detective. "Nah", you say. "LIAR! You're charged!", yells the eye-screwing cop. "Ch-ch-charged? Charged with what?", you stammer. "Perhaps we should make this a little clearer for you, son," says the big detective, "You're in here because you've been charged with not knowing enough about our TV show, _Homicide: Life on the Street_. My partner here, Detective Munch, can sometimes be a little impatient with folks such as yourself." "That's right, Detective Bolander," says Munch, "I don't like being lied to, and I don't like playing these little games." "Alright, alright," you admit, "I hardly know anything about _Homicide_. Like, I don't even know when it's on, or how long it's been on for." "Well that's understandable, son," says Bolander, "So our job here will be to refresh your memory. _Homicide: Life on the Street_ first aired on January 31, 1993 with a 9 show first season (including the pilot). We're currently in our 3rd season and being shown on NBC on Friday nights at 10:00 P.M." "Ahh, ok. But I heard something about a book?", you ask. "Pretty soon you're gonna get the book; thrown right in your face," yells Munch, "As if you didn't already know, our show is based on the nonfiction book, _Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets_ by Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon. Mr Simon, a well-respected reporter, spent a year with a shift of the City of Baltimore Homicide Unit documenting the detectives' lives and cases. The book won the "Edgar Award" and it's even available in paperback now. It came out back in '91, and may still be available in book stores today. Check for ISBN number 0-449-90808-9 or LC number 92-54324 for the paperback version." "Like you really have that memorized, Munch," says Bolander, "But really, it is a great book - wonderful writing, keeps you facinated about the characters." "So you guys play characters from the book?", you ask. "Yeah, well, something like that," answers Munch, "There are 18 major characters (detectives, sergeants, and a lieutenant) in the book, and we have characteristics from many of them. Some folks might say that we only represent one character each from the book, but I see several traits in our characters that come from more than one character from the book. But in general, we pretty much are based on real life detectives. Kinda scarry, ain't it, kid?" "Uh, yeah.. So there's you two, but....", you start to say. "You mean you don't know about us, kid?," Munch asks, "Well, I'm surprised you haven't heard of De-TEC-tive Munch. I've been a homicide cop for over 10 years. I'm also amazed you don't know about the Big Man here. He's quite a legend 'round here. Worked here for over 25 years; he's kinda a father figure to us." "Say that again, Munch, and I'll gut ya right here", threatens Bolander, "Yeah, Munch here is just the guy I ride with. Mitch is my real partner." "Mitch, Mitch, Mitch. You must love the man, Stan," whines Munch. "Munch here has a habit of ranting. Sometimes he never knows when to shut up," says Stan, glaring at Munch, "But he's a good detective. And he's helped me get through my divorse with my ex-wife, Margie. Geez, we were married 23 years, and she goes and walks out on me because that's what a marriage counselor told her to do. And I spent a ton of money on that no-good counselor." "Easy there Big Man," says Munch. "Yeah, I know it's all over. But it was still good to see her after I got shot recently," claims Stan, "Munch, here, though, sometimes he just embarrasses me. He's always talking about how we should legalize drugs, and then gets himself caught with his pants down in a photo exhibit. But he's a good guy. Always wearing an American flag pin on his jacket - he has a lot of knowledge about our country's past, you know." "Thanks Stan," says Munch, calmly, for a change. You take a chance. "So what are the other detectives like?" you ask. "Well, there's Frank Pembleton," answers Munch, "He used to just handle the big cases and work alone. But none of us really liked that, so G, our lieutenant, put him with another detective, Beau Felton. Frank's kind of an intense guy. I think he drinks too much caffine. But he sure does bring the cases down. And he's a terror in the box. But sometimes he gets a little too cocky and blows it. Like when he was interviewing Pratt, the creep who shot Stan." "Oh, he's not that bad," states Bolander, "He just puts a lot into each case. And he enjoys doing things his way. Even Barnfather and Granger, the two close-minded bosses from upstairs, like him. Hell, they even offered Lt. Jim Scenta's job to him! But Granger's gone now...the mayor gave him an early retirement." "Yeah, so now the only good-smelling lieutenant, Megan Russert, gets promoted to Captain," rants John, "while Barnfather moves up to Colonel and our lowly G still sits at his lieutenants desk. I tell ya, life in this place just ain't fair. But maybe we'll be given some more detectives now that Russert is sittin' high. After Crosetti died, this..." "Crosetti?", you ask. "Yeah, Steve Crosetti," says Bolander, "Meldrick's partner. He was a good man, though I hardly talked to the guy. He was always bugging Lewis with his theories of how the Abe Lincoln assisination was a conspiracy, and John Wilkes Booth didn't really kill him. He was a good man - Catholic, and another Itialian in the department. It was hard for Meldrick to realize that Steve commited suicide. And I certainly didn't make any friends during that investigation." "Who else is there in the department?" you ask. "Well, there's G, our Sicilian Lt," answers Munch, "He can be quite intiminating. He's always fightin' the bosses from upstairs though, and he can fight with the best of them. Though I'd hardly call Barnfather the best; he's never been on the street. Russert was ok, but no one on this shift got to know her very well since she was the other shift commander. I guess you probably don't know about Timmy boy - Tim Bayliss, the rookie. He joined the squad 'bout a year and half ago. He was orginally paired up with Kay, but he sorta hung on to Pembleton when he was given his first case. I didn't like him at first, but I sure as hell felt sorry for him when he got his first case. Unlucky Bayliss got stuck with a who-done-it case: an 11 year old girl. But he hung in there, and finally got some respect from the rest of us." "Yeah, and boy was Beau happy to see Tim partner up with Frank," says Stan, "Felton never liked Frank that much because of his independence. But Felton's a good cop too. He's been going through a bad marriage with that crazy wife of his from as long back as I can remember. He's a tough guy though...born and raised in South Baltimore, he worked his way up the ladder through uniform, vice, then finally homicide. Sometimes he likes doing things the quick and easy way, though." "And you can't forget about Meldrick," Munch states, "He's my other partner in the bar we got running. He's a great guy too, but when he doesn't get what he wants, he looses it. We got in a brawl with some biker fellas one time; I'm just sure glad he isn't partnerin' up with me. He's througho, though, and he's one lucky guy when it comes to ladies." "I don't know about that, Munch," Stan says, "After all, you've got Felicia. Oh, yeah, then there's Kay. She's a terrific detective and a great friend. For a while there, she kept having open/shut cases, just like that. Although we got Naomi and Judy, she's the only female detective in the bunch. But she handles her own just fine. And last I heard, she was still dating that Assistant DA guy, Ed Danvers." "So how you doing so far?" asks Munch, "Need a glass of water? Too much information for your brain to handle?" "No, no, I'm ok," you say, "But, like, has _Homicide_ won any awards? And how did it get into a TV show, anyway?" "Well,"says the Big Man, "I don't have the details on any awards. I do believe it got nominated for an Emmy for best special guest appearance when Robin Williams starred in an episode. And I think "Three Men and Adena", a 1st season show, won a writting award." "I know, as a matter of fact," replies Munch, "that "Gone for Goode", the pilot, won an Emmy for best direction. The series was created by Paul Attanasio, and two famous executive producers - Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana. In fact, Fontana won an Emmy for the writting of "Three Men and Adena". You've probably heard of Levinson, as he's done such great movies as "Rain Man" and "Bugsy". Fontana has also done work on _St. Elsewhere_. And in the 3rd season, we have this guy named Henry Bromell who's been brought in to help pick up our ratings. He's playin' the part of writer and co-executive producer, and he's done some other shows as well (_I'll Fly Away_ and _Northern Exposure_). We also just won the prestigious Peabody Award; not to be confused with the local Peabody University where Stan got all friendly with that 26 year old girl." "Munch!", stammers the Big Man. "Well, can ya tell me what all the big deal is about this show? I mean, why all this hype about it?" you ask. "When will the ignorance end?" mumbles Bolander,"Well, son, what makes _Homicide: Life on the Street_ so different, I think, is the way it tells a story. Not only are the images shot with a documentary-type of angle, but the writting and acting are both very pure. We don't try to glamorize the job too much, and that helps keep the realism very high. The camera is like another actor, so you feel like you, the viewer, are right in the action. And the Godardian jump cuts add to the theme of being a part of the chaotic urban landscape." "How poetic," complains John, "It's filmed that way because that's the way they like it to be filmed, ok?" "Uh, well, what about the Internet? What's this FAQ thing, and like, where can I get more info?" you so boldly ask. "It's the Information Superhighway," begins Munch, "pretty soon you'll never have to leave your chair - you can stay `online' 24 hours a day. You'll never need to leave your house; you'll get all you could ever want, and more, right from your computer screen." "Geez, Munch," says a tired Stan. "Well, it's true. Right now in fact: there are probably hundreds if not thousands of people reading our very own USENET newsgroup, alt.tv.homicide. Or maybe they're "surfing the web" on _Homicide_'s unofficial World Wide Web page: http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~jlempk1/homicide.html Or maybe they're FTPing pictures of us on the unofficial FTP site: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vj/vjl/Homicide Or better yet, they're out there right this minute watching our show! Whatever they do in real life, though, they can do even better on the Information Superhighway. Face it Big Man, the electronic age is here." "Are you done yet, Munch?" asks a worn-out Bolander,"If you feel like it son, you can reach NBC through regular postal mail. That's the way I do things anyway. Their address is: NBC Televison Network National Broadcasting Company 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10020 Apparently they haven't entered into the `electronic age' yet, so it's safe to assume that they still look at postal mail." "Gee, thanks," you say gleefully. "Oh, gosh, he's starting to get cute," says Munch,"Big Man, can you think of anything more here?" "No," says Stan, "But let's leave him in here, maybe Pembleton can think of something to add." You stare in bewilderment as the two detectives leave, hoping that the powerful Detective Pembleton won't need to see you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 2.0 | |-----| Crew Listing First Season Crew Executive Producers Barry Levinson & Tom Fontana Created by Paul Attanasio Casting by Louis DiGiaimo Director of Photography Wayne Ewing Production Designer Vince Peranio Unit Production Manager Jim Finnerty 1st Asst. Director Robert Rooy/Nina Kostroff Noble 2nd Asst. Director Frank Ferro Set Dresser Liz Weber Set Decorator Susan Kessel Art Director Dale Davis Costume Designer Roland Berman Music by Jeff Rona Master Scenic Artist Keith Weaver Main Title Theme Lynn F. Kowal Main Title Sequence Mark Pellington Gaffer John Pacy Key Grip Josh Spring Best Boys John Dunkin Joseph Kurtz Location Manager Debra Donaldson First Asst. Camera Boots Shelton Second Asst. Camera Tom Lappin 2nd Second A.D. Kelly Householder Boom Dwayne Dell Sound Mixer Rick Angelella Wardrobe Supervisor Mara Majorowicz Property Masters Steve Walker Lorrie Walker Script Supervisor Judy Coster Script Coordinator Bonnie Mark Hair Stylist Ardis Cohen Make-up Artist Betty Beebe Const. Coordinator Michael Davis Trans. Coordinator Foard Wilgis Prod. Coordinator Diana Schmidt Asst. Prod. Coordinator Kerry Craven Prod. Accountant Nowell Grossman Asst. Accountant Jennifer Goldsmith Asst. to Producers Ivan Fonseca Post Prod. Supervisor Debbie Sarjeant Post Prod. Coordinator Ann Holm Baltimore Casting Pat Moran Assistant Editor Donna Donato Post Production Facility Editel NY Post Production Audio Sync Sound, Inc. Laboratory Services & Telecine ColorLab Executive in Charge of Production Ted Zachary Second Season Crew Executive Producers Barry Levinson & Tom Fontana Created by Paul Attanasio Casting by Louis DiGiaimo Story Editor James Yoshimura Associate Producer Debbie Sarjeant Director of Photography Jean De Segonzac Production Designer Vince Peranio Unit Production Manager Jim Finnerty 1st Asst. Director Steve Fisher 2nd Asst. Director Frank Ferro Baltimore Casting Pat Moran Staff Writer Bonnie Mark Script Supervisor Chris Friel Set Decorator Susan Kessel On Set Dresser Lester Poser Lead Person Paul Bowman Costume Designer Roland Berman Music by Jeff Rona Main Title Theme Lynn F. Kowal Main Title Sequence Mark Pellington Gaffer John Pacy Key Grip Josh Spring Best Boy Joseph Kurtz Location Manager Debra Donaldson First Asst. Camera Boots Shelton Second Asst. Camera Tom Lappin 2nd Second A.D. Kelly Finn Boom John Gooch Sound Mixer Bruce Litecky Music Coordinator Chris Tergesen Wardrobe Supervisor Mara Majorowicz Wardrobe Assistant Elizabeth Brikowski Property Master Brook Yeaton Property Assistant R. Vincent Smith Hair Stylist Ardis Cohen Make-up Artist Betty Beebe Const. Coordinator Gary Flowers Trans. Coordinator Foard Wilgis Prod. Coordinator Cathleen Clarke Asst. Prod. Coordinator Kerry Craven Prod. Accountant Brian Williams Post Prod. Coordinator Ivan Fonseca Assistant Editor Suzie Silver Post Production Facility Editel NY Post Production Audio Sync Sound, Inc. Laboratory Services & Telecine ColorLab Executive in Charge of Production Ted Zachary & Allan Chalfin Third Season Crew Produced by Barry Levinson & Tom Fontana Created by Paul Attansio Executive Story Editor James Yoshimura Story Editor Julie Martin & Jorge Zamacona Assistant Producer Debbie Sarjeant Casting by Louis DiGianio Director of Photography Jean DeSegonzal Production Designer Vince Peranio Unit Production Manager Jim Finnerty 1st Assistant Director Jay Tobias 2nd Assistant Director Frank Ferro Main Title Theme Lynn E. Kowal Main Title Sequence Mark Pellington Staff Writer Bonnie Mark 2nd Second A.D. Ivan Fonseca Baltimore Casting Pat Moran Production Accountant Robin Cousart 1st Asst. Camera Boots Shelton 2nd Asst. Camera Susan Ingram Script Supervisor Lee Bigelow Gaffer Stuart Stack Key Grip Josh Spring Best Boys John Scanlon Joseph Kurtz Sound Mixer Bruce Litesky Boom John Gooch Video Assistant Alex Applefeld Costume Designer Rolande Berman Set Decorator Susan Kessel Set Dresser Liz Weber Leadperson Michael Sabo Master Scenic Artist Keith Weaver Wardrobe Supervisors Deb Dalton Mara Majorowicz Wardrobe Assistant Dean Forman Const. Coordinator Michael Davis Trans. Coordinator Foard Wilgis Property Master Brook Yeaton Property Assistant R. Vincent Smith Hair Stylist Ardis Cohen Make-up Artist Betty Beebe Prod. Coordinator Cathleen Clarke Asst. Prod. Coordinator Debi Boyd Asst. to Mr. Levinson Stephen Havser Asst. to Mr. Fontana Anya Epstein Asst. to Mr. Bromell Linda McSibney Post Prod. Coordinator Diane Jeansonne Assistant Editor Susie Silver Music by Douglas J. Cuomo Music Supervisor Chris Tergesen Supervising Coordinator Skates Naiman Executive in Charge of Production Dennis A. Brown ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 3.0 | |-----| Episode List Season One Prod. # Title Date Rating* -------------------------------------------------------------------- 101 Gone for Goode 1/31/93 18.8 102 Ghost of a Chance 2/7/93 15.3 103 Night of the Dead Living 3/21/93 10.2 104 Son of a Gun 2/14/93 10.6 105 A Shot in the Dark 2/21/93 13.4 106 Three Men and Adena 2/28/93 11.3 107 The Dog and Pony Show 3/7/93 13.0 108 And the Rockets' Dead Glare 3/14/93 10.3 109 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3/28/93 11.0 Season Two Prod. # Title Date Rating* -------------------------------------------------------------------- 201 Bop Gun 1/6/94 26.1 202 See No Evil 1/13/94 19.1 203 Black and Blue 1/20/94 16.0 204 A Many Splendored Thing 1/27/94 17.2 Season Three Prod. # Title Date Rating* -------------------------------------------------------------------- 301 Nearer My God to Thee 10/14/94 17.2 302 Fits Like a Glove 10/21/94 11.5 303 Extreme Unction 10/28/94 11.4 304 Crosetti 12/2/94 10.7 305 Model Citizen 11/4/94 9.7 306 Happy to Be Here 11/11/94 9.7 307 The Last of the Watermen 12/9/94 10.6 308 All Through the Night 12/16/94 11.4 309 Nothing Personal 4/21/95 310 Every Mother's Son 1/6/95 13.5 311 Cradle to Grave 1/13/95 12.7 312 Partners 1/20/95 11.9 313 The City that Bleeds 1/27/95 14.6 314 Dead End 2/3/95 ???? 315 End Game 2/10/95 ???? 316 Law and Disorder 2/24/95 9.3 317 The Old and the Dead 3/3/95 ???? 318 In Search of Crimes Past 4/14/95 8.2 319 Colors 4/28/95 320 The Gas Man 5/5/95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * This is the Nielsen Media Research rating for each show. In order to find out how many people they believe watched any particular show, multiple the rating by 954,000. The ratings were complied from articles in USA Today, and in Associated Press reports. Check USA Today or your local newspaper for ratings once a week (usually on Wednesdays or Thursdays). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For notes to why certain episodes are aired out of order, please see the "NBC Goofs" section. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 4.0 | |-----| Episode Guide ============= Gone for Goode Coordinating Producer Lori Mozilo Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Produced by Gail Mutrux Edited by Barry Levinson & Jay Rabinowitz Written by Paul Atiansio Directed by Barry Levinson *No closing credits available.* Steve Crosetti and Meldrick Lewis investigate the murder of Keith Becker and the wounding of his girlfriend Dolly Withers. Lewis and Crosetti learn from Dolly that she believes that she was the intended victim of the shooting, not Becker. She has already been shot in the head once before and has had her throat cut due to the fact that she couldn't afford to give money to her Aunt Kalpernia. Ms. Kalpernia has had five husbands, all of them dead now, that have all named her as the beneficiary for their life insurance. "She's had a lot of tragedy in her life, a lot of tragedy", says Dolly. Howard and Felton investigate the discovery of a dead body, Henry Biddle, found in a row house. Their prime suspect is Jerry Jempson, who calls the house and agrees to meet with Kay. Beau can't believe how lucky Kay has been...her streak of closed cases seems unstoppable. Bolander hassles Munch about the 3 month old Jenny Goode case. The M.E., Dr. Scheiner, ruled the death an accident. Stan believes that Goode was not hit by a car on accident though, and persuades Munch to reinvestigate the case. "Jenny Goode was murdered", says Stan, "someone has to speak for her". After pulling through ident photos looking for a man with long blond hair, Munch discovers a "motorhead" who has black hair, but blond eyebrows - he died his hair just two weeks after the death of Goode. When Bolander and Munch pay a visit to his home, they discover red hair still stuck in the undercarriage of his car. The suspect's excuse was "I don't remember... I was drinking". Stan, "the big man", meets Dr. Carol Blyth for the first time at the Medical Exaiminer's Office (the morgue) while going there to complain about the Goode case not being marked as a homicide. "What's a lady like you doing in a a place like this", he asks her. "Looking for Mr. Right", she says while performing an autopsy, leaving a bewildered Bolander speechless. Detective Tim Bayless arrives at the Homicide Department for his first day of work. Fresh from serving two years on the mayor's security force, and also working in the SWAT team, he believes he has finally reached his goal. Tim tells G that being in homicide is what he's wanted all his life, saying it's a "thinking cop's" job. "How poetic", replies G. G decides to take Detective Felton and partner him up with Frank Pembleton. Frank has always worked the big cases, and always worked alone. But G wants Kay to partner up with Tim and wants Frank to be more of a team player. As Frank and Beau start their new partnership together, they spend a long, hot afternoon in the police parking garage while Frank finds his misplaced squad car. Kay and Tim later show up to drive to a crime scene. Beau convinces Frank to come along and "show the new guy his first dead body". After arriving at the scene of the crime, Tim argues with Frank on how the ederly Robert Burger died. Beau and Kay decide to go look for Jempson after he didn't show up at the station as promised. Frank believes that the suspect in the Burger case is a kid who stayed with him in the hotel where Burger was found. It's believed that Johnny stole Burger's car. Jempson shows up at the station finally, but a bit nervous. Kay takes him into the box and is able to get a confession from him in a matter of minutes. Johnny is caught getting into the stolen car, and is brought down to the station. Frank lets Tim sit in on the "interrogation" that Frank performs. After getting a confession out of Johnny, Tim confronts Pembleton about his interview tactics. Bayless believes he tricked the suspect into a confession and didn't allow him to seek a lawyer. Frank argues that Johnny won't get a fair trial anyway considering that the victim was someone that the jury won't feel sympathetic for. Frank angrily leaves Tim telling him to "stay out of my face". Meldrick wants to fill up Memorial Stadium with water since the Colts won't be playing there any more. He envisions a giant aquatic theme park. As the office clears out, the homicide phone rings; Kay asks Tim if he wants it, "You ready?". Tim takes the call, and drives to the rainy scene of the crime where a little girl lies dead in an alley. Quote of the show: Crosetti - "That's the problem with this job; ain't got nothin' to do with life." (There were other great lines in this show as well. Ie: "I'm NOT Montel Williams" et al..You'll just have to watch this classic episode) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ghost of a Chance Starring: Zeljko Ivanek as Ed Danvers Wendy Hughes as Dr. Blyth Lee Tergesen as Chris Thorman Taylor Young as Gwen Verdon as Jessie Doohen Coordinating Producer Lori Mozilo Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Produced by Gail Mutrux Edited by Jay Rabinowitz Teleplay by Noel Behn Story by Tom Fontana Directed by Martin Campbell With: Matthew Cowles as W.J. Masius Gerald G. Gough as Col. Granger John Habberton as Thomas Doohen Clayton LeBouef as Capt. Barnfather Jeffry Mandon as Trainee Michael Sheldon as Ralph Penwick Gwendolyn Briley-Strand as Mrs. Watson Tim's first case, the murder of an 11 year old girl named Adena Watson, turns into a high profile "red-ball". Soon the TV news reports that the detective handling the case is a rookie who doesn't even have a desk yet. But with Giardello believing in him, the bosses let Bayliss stay as the primary, with Frank as the secondary. Tim finally gets control over the chaotic investigation and has Frank investigate the araber, whom Tim believes may have had something to do with the homicide. Even with a busload of cadets re-searching the crime scene, Bayliss still has no leads in the case. Assistant State's Attorney Ed Danvers visits with Detective Howard to discuss the Agnus Saunders case. As the trial date is approaching, Ed requests that there be more proof presented so that he can successfully prosecute Ralph Penwick, the prime suspect. There is no confession, no murder weapon, and no solid proof that Penwick is the killer. "Ralph Penwich killed Agnus Saunders," Kay claims. "Prove it," says Danvers. Kay starts to hear Agnus' voice late that night, and is determined to find the murder weapon. After she gets teased by her fellow officers for believing in ghosts, Beau stakes out Penwick's home, and follows him to his destination. There he calls up Kay and they bust in on Ralph as he recovers the murder weapon. When asked how Beau knew the gun would be there, Beau says he used tarot cards. Munch and Bolander investigate the apparent murder of Thomas Doohen - twice. The first time they arrive, officer Thorman is there to tell the detectives that apparently Mr. Doohen died of a heart attack. However, he awakens, to the dispair of the elderly "widow" Jessie Doohen. It starts to turn into a domestic dispute, so the detectives leave while Thorman stays to cool the situation down. They are then called back after a bit by Thorman & this time Mr. Doohen is really dead. He collapsed & Mrs. Doohen dragged him down to the basement hoping he wouldn't survive. They were stuck in a miserable marriage because, as Mrs. Doohen said, "We made a promise that we wouldn't get divorced until all the children were dead". Dr. Blyth marks the death as a homicide because she says that Widow Doohen was negligent and that sped up the death process. Stan, however, feels otherwise; but it is the coroner who determines if a death gets marked as a homicide or not, so "Doohen" will stay in red under Bolander for the rest of the year. Munch sends flowers in Stan's name to Dr. Blyth knowing Bolander likes her. She calls back to thank the big man (when he's not there) & Stan says he'll call her and ask her on a date...later. Quote of the show: G to Bayliss on his performance in the Watson case - "Every time you make a step I wanna see lightning come out of your butt." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Night of the Dead Living Starring: Lee Tergesen as Chris Thorman N'Bushe Wright as Kelly Blank as Denise Morgan as Cleve Wall as Sharon Ziman as Naomi Coordinating Producer Lori Mozilo Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Produced by Gail Mutrux Edited by Cindy Mollo Teleplay by Frank Pugliese Story by Tom Fontana & Frank Pugliese Directed by Michael Lehmann The staff is stuck inside the office on a hot September night with no murders to handle. We get a glimpse of each of the detectives' personal lives: Beau deals with keeping the flame alive with his wife, Beth. Kay recommends he should do something romantic with her. John rants about Felicia's breakup with him and attempts to persuade everyone that women aren't worth the hassle. He questions his relationship with his partner, Stan, saying, "the relationship I think I have is not the relationship I actually have". Stan recomends he should meet Mitch, Stan's ex-partner, and he would have a better understanding of why Stan only considers Mitch to be his partner. Kay listens and worries about her sister who will find out if a tumur she has is cancerous or not. On top of that, she (her sister) has a husband who just told her he's having an affair. Stan procrastinates on asking Doctor Blyth out on a date - he finally gives in and calls her. Her answer is yes. It will be Stan's first date in 23 years. Steve deals with this daughter, Beatrice, having sex with her boyfriend at Steve's ex-wife's house. After getting hung up on several times by his ex-wife, and then his daughter, G tells him to go home and "keep your daughter safe". Tim and Frank continue to argue about the Adena Watson case and whether or not the araber, Risley Tucker, has anything to do with the slaying. Other developments: It is learned that while the homicide crew has been on night shift for the last week, someone has lit a candle by the water bottle. Though a "stakeout" is kept on the candle by Meldrick and Beau, they don't see who relit the candle after they blew it out. It turns out Munch lights the candle "for all those that have died" and Chris Thorman relit it knowing that Munch always lights it, saying, "I figured it was something special to you". Tim brings in Mr. James Hill for questioning in connection with the Watson case...he is sure that he is the killer since his finger prints match the library book Adena was carrying when she was killed. Since the computers are down, he only knows the suspect's name and address. It turns out to be a 5th grade boy who checked out the library book two years ago. Frank tells Tim, "Tim, next time you put the case down, put it *down*". A man in a Santa suit is arrested after wanting to jump off a rooftop and then firing a water gun into the crowd below hoping to hit his wife; according to Thorman, "he got her all wet". Santa is caught after he falls through the homicide department's ceiling. The substitute maintenance worker discovers her baby, that she leaves in a cage in the basement, was stolen. Turns out that G found it when he was down there looking for the air conditioner power switch. She can't afford a babysitter, and uses the cage to protect her baby from rats. Stan is able to get the baby back from child welfare (where the detectives had sent it after they cared for it for a while). The Watson case gets a break when it is discovered that the suspect(s) may have brought Adena's body into the yard where it was found from above. Quote of the show: Stan to Munch, "The air is not moving - your speak to me and your words stick right here in front of my face." Music heard in the show: Steve turns on the radio in the beginning of the episode and it plays nearly the entire length of the show.. I can't pick out any specific songs..help! :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Son of a Gun Starring: Wendy Hughes as Dr. Blyth Luis Guzman as Lee Tergesen as Chris Thorman Paul Schulze as Mary Jefferson as Sean Whitesell as Doctor Edie Falco as Eve Thorman Produced by Gail Mutrux Coordinating Producer Lori Mozilo Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Teleplay by James Yoshimura Story by Tom Fontana Directed by Nick Gomez Edited by Jay Rabinowitz With: Andre Trevon Browne as James Delahunt Mel Proctor as Grant Besser Jay Spadaro as Uniform Gerald F. Gough as Col. Granger Hillary Danner as Reporter Larry E. Hull as Charles Flavin Officer Chris Thorman, who served under Crosetti in the Southern Section, has been critically wounded by an unknown assailant. Munch is assigned to be the primary. Steve asks G to give him the case, but G refuses since Steve thinks of Chris "as kinda like a son". Crosetti starts begging G and gives a show and tell display of his scars from when he was shot. G reluctantly hands over the case to Meldrick making Steve the secondary. After receiving an anonymous phone call giving the name and address of the possible shooter (one Alfred Smith), Crosetti c checks the address out. It turns out to be the home of Charles Flavin, who was a witness to the shooting, and who said he will testify that he saw Alfred Smith shoot Officer Thorman. Flavin tells Crosetti that he gets migraine headaches, and he will only testify as long as he doesn't have a headache on the day of the trial. Officer Thorman remains in critical condition, but is eventually stabilized, much to the surprise of the doctors. Steve consoles Chris's wife, Eve, as it is learned that Chris may be blind and have other brain damage as a result of the shooting. Kay and Beau stumble upon an "agent for hitmen" who has had clients kill under the direction of Kalpernia Church, aka The Black Widow. They discover a photo album containing all of her husbands' death certificates, along with those of several other people. They bring her in for questioning, but Meldrick is unable to get any confession out of Kalpernia. However, with the proof that the detectives have found, they are able to close at least a half a dozen murders. Stan meets his next door neighbor, Larenzo "Larry" Mendara, a woodcrafter. After yelling through his closed door to keep the noise down, Larenzo comes out to meet Stan and "steal" his long-neck beer. Stan goes into Larenzo's apartment to get the beer back, and ends up listening to how much he loves wood. Stan is disturbed, however, that Larry has a coffin in his apartment; something that was ordered by a cash-first client whom never picked up the finished product. As Stan tells Larry about his life and a little bit about his date that he is going on that night, Larry relates his story of broken heartedness to Bolander. Meanwhile, Frank, Tim, a fingerprint man, and several uniforms bust in on the Berrick house on Kirk Ave. in hopes of finding evidence that Adena Watson was killed there. After over 8 hours of searching and questioning the inhabitants, the detectives come up empty-handed. Bayless believes now more than ever that the araber is the prime suspect. As Carol and Stan's date winds down, they decide to head to her place to share a bottle of wine. However, Bolander gets paged, and is told to head to a possible murder scene that Munch is investigating. It turns out to be Stan's neighbor, Larenzo, who is found laying in his client's coffin. It is ruled a suicide, but Stan adds that "he died of a broken heart". Depressed, he heads over to Carol's home, where he spends the night. Quote of the show: Meldrick - "Murderers lie cuz they got to, witnesses lie cuz they think they got to, and everybody else lies for the sheer joy of it." Episode music: "All Blues" by Miles Davis ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Shot in the Dark Starring: Zeljko Ivanek as Ed Danvers Wendy Hughes as Dr. Blyth Sean Whitesell as Doctor Lee Tergesen as Chris Thorman Jennifer Harmon as hooker (will get name) Edie Falco as Eve Thorman Produced by Gail Mutrux Coordinating Producer Lori Mozilo Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Edited by Cindy Mollo Teleplay by Jorge Zamacona Story by Tom Fontana Directed by Bruce Paltrow With: Larry E. Hull as Charles Flavin Ralph Tabakin as Dr. Scheiner Sharon Ziman as Naomi Mary Westmiller as Lydia Benson Richard Pelzman as Newton Stuart Lewis and Crosetti continue to investigate the shooting of Officer Thorman. Alfred Smith turns himself in since it has been reported that he is a wanted man, and he is afraid to get "accedently shot while resisting arrest". However, he states that he only stole Thorman's wallet after he was shot. He doesn't know who the shooter was. According to Assistant States Attorny, Ed Danvers, it will be very hard to prove he was the shooter. Lewis decides to interview Charles Flavin since he wasn't present during his interview. They bring Flavin in, and he tells the same story. However, Meldrick is able to find his girlfriend who gives him up. Charles approached Officer Thorman with an ice pick, and when Chris tried to grab the pick, Charles took Thorman's gun and shot him with it. Says Flavin, "I had a headache!". Munch and Bolander investigate the murder of Joseph Valentine Cole and the wounding of K. Lawerence Lowe. With a witness at the scene, Stan is able to determine that Cole's bodyguard is the suspect. Lowe arrived at Cole's home uninvited & looking for money from a drug deal that Lowe had owed. When Lowe couldn't give him the money, Cole drew his gun to shoot Lowe. Lowe's bodyguard had been told by Lowe to shoot whenever there was a sign of trouble, "just shoot, don't worry about anything, just shoot". So when Cole used Lowe as a shield, Lowe's bodygaurd shot through Lowe to get to Cole. As Munch puts it, "Very commendable work.". Beau comes up with a fresh idea in the Adena Watson case. He thinks that Adena's body may have been stored in a cool place (which would delay rigor) such as a car's trunk. They find a possible suspect, Fergison, who says the car was repossessed. But Tim decides to bring in the araber for questioning, and leaves Beau and Frank to investigating the new idea ("together again"). After searching all night in car lots, they finally find the car, but no sign of blood in the trunk. Tim decides not to bring in the araber after Captain Barnfather mentions at a community meeting that was covered by the press, that Adena was molested. That was the only detail of the case that was kept from the public. If the suspect knew about the molestion, than that would be the key to connecting him to the murder, but since everyone now knows about it, he believes the case has been compromised and won't bring in the araber. Bayliss calls Barnfather at home and calls him a butthead. Barnfather storms into the department and demands to see Giardello. Tim now has two choices, either apologize to Barnfather or get taken off the case. Tim chooses to apologize, but soon requests to G that the case be given to Frank. G tells Tim to go home, get sleep, "and if you come back and still want to bitch and moan about what a half-ass cop you are, then I'll listen". Afer coming back from the car lots, Frank tracks down the lab report on the smudges found on Adena's dress. They match up with the since burnt down barn of the araber. Frank goes to Tim's place, wakes him up and tells him of the good news. Pembleton was able to get a judge to sign the arrest warrant for the araber, and asks Tim if he feels up to interviewing him. "Yeah, I feel good", says Tim, "I knew you would", says Frank and admitting that Tim was right in figuring that the araber is the prime suspect. Meldrick consoles Steve at a local church. Steve feels that he almost blew the case by getting emotionally involved with it, but Meldrick replies, "We're only human, cos'". Music in the episode: Two karoke songs, one by Elvis. What is the Elvis tune? "Mac the Knife" by Louis Armstrong ("sung" by Munch) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Dog and Pony Show Starring: Wendy Hughes as Dr. Blyth Lee Tergesen as Chris Thorman Michael Constantine as Stivi Paskoski as Produced by Gail Mutrux Coordinating Producer Lori Mozilo Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Edited by Cindy Mollo Teleplay by James Yoshimura Story by Tom Fontana With: (no closing credits available) As the other shift commander, Jim Scenta, retires, he gives the frightening warning to G, "You're next you know. They're gonna stick it to you like they stuck it to me." G tries not to think about the bosses and instead worries about his detectives' ever plumeting clearance rate. Frank and Tim investigate the death of Jake, a K9 Unit dog. City law requires a full investigation for any civil servant, much to the dislike of Tim. Frank believes that Jake was poisened, so they do some investigating and have visit with Animal Control Officer Penny. She is the lone person on duty and after a bit, admits to accidently killing the dog. Jake had escaped his owner's yard the night that Penny found him. After she put him to sleep, she saw his police tag, paniced, and dumped him in the park. Steve visits Chris at home. His progress is faster than expected, so the hospital released him, though he is blind and bedridden. He has a hard time coping with that reality, but Crosetti is able to help him out. It's also learned that Eve, his wife, is pregnant. Meanwhile, Felton and Howard investigate the brutal death of Ida-May Keene. She is found half naked, with her clothes piled up neat. Kay believes that she knew her killer. The detectives speak with her boyfriend, Pony Johnson. Pony, who also has a wife and mistriss, says he has nothing to do with it. They then talk to the mistriss, Latya Kennedy, who says that Pony was at a party when William Lyness showed up to talk with Pony. Meldrick investigates the death of an Alexandra Lyness the next evening. She is killed with the same type of wad cutter bullet that Ida-May Keene was killed with. Both victims were also stabbed and tortured as well. William Lyness, son of Alexandra, and friend of Pony, is a possible suspect. However, Kay believes that William only sold the bullets to Pony. After a while in the box, Kay is able to get the truth from William. He thought Pony was just going to threaten his mom. Pony, however, was upset that she had hid William's drugs, and wanted them back. He drove William to his home, and told William to sit in the car. Then, afterwards, he went to Keene's home and did the same thing. William listed to his own mother calling his name as she died, but did nothing but sit in the car. Stan meets Carol's son (from her ex-husband), and allows him to ride with Munch and himself. Danny is a bit more than the Big Man can handle, and he quickly hands him back over to his mother. Quotes of the show: Kay - "What are you crying for, William? You got no right to those tears." Frank - "Life would be perfect, if it was just kids and dogs." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Three Men and Adena Starring: Moses Gunn as Risley Tucker Produced by Gail Mutrux Coordinating Producer Lori Mozilo Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Written by Tom Fontana Directed by Martin Campbell Edited by Jay Rabinowitz Frank and Tim interview their prime suspect in the Adena Watson case - Risley Tucker, an araber that knew Adena and hired her to help clean his barn. After lab tests showed that smudges on Adena's dress came from the araber's burnt-down barn, Frank became convinced that Tim was right; the araber did it. When they bring Tucker in for questioning, he is calm and indifferent. Bayless and his partner have 12 hours to get a confession from the araber - if they spend a minute longer, the case will get thrown out when it goes to court. Although they are given a good amount of evidence, they must get a confession to have enough ground to stand on when the case goes to court. Risley remains calm and undisturbed throughout the first few hours of the interview; it takes him an hour just to say Adena's name. Eventually, Bayliss and Pembleton slowly chip away at the araber's will. Tim catches Tucker several times lying about where he was at certain times. He claims not to have attended Adena's funeral; however, a police videographer has him recorded on tape. He tells a different story on where he was the probable night of the murder. But even with these differences, the detectives are still unable to break him. Tim losses control and starts to push Tucker against a hot metal pipe in the box. The araber, an ex-alcoholic who quit just 8 months ago, has a prior for raping an 11 year old girl. Although the charges were dropped, and it was over 10 years ago, the background doesn't help Risley at all. The araber tells of his fiance who broke up with him due to his drinking. Eventually Tucker admits to the detectives that he loved Adena which makes Tim and Frank believe that when Adena rejected his love, he got angry and killed her. But after a grueling 12 hours of interviewing him, and only getting back a "I didn't kill her" response from the araber, the detectives have no other choice but to let him go. As he sits in the coffee room waiting for a uniform to come and take him home, Tucker remains as calm and as indifferent as when he arrived. He turns the TV channel onto a news report of yet another homicide. Frank tries to console Tim, saying, "That's the good/bad thing about homicide - we always get another chance to prove ourselves. There's always another murder to be solved." The homicide department phone rings inside the empty office. Frank offers to take it, but Tim says, "No, I'll get it." Life moves on. Quotes of the show: Tim: "What do you think God might do to the man who killed Adena?" Tucker: "I don't know." Tim: "Well, do you think that God might punish him for what he did to that little girl?" Tucker: "I don't know - You'd have to ask him." Humorous quotes of the show: (while in the bathroom sit-down stalls) Steve: "You got tolet paper over there?" Meldrick: "No." Steve: "You got five $1s for a $5?" NOTE: Since the araber plays such an important point in this show, I thought it might be good to know exactly what an araber does. I will leave this up to _Homicide_ fan, and Baltimore native Meg Fielding: "Arabers (AY-rab-ers) are the people who operate the horse drawn produce wagons which ply the streets of Baltimore. When I was a child we lived in one of the more affluent sections of Baltimore and these guys would come all the way out to sell fresh produce. You could hear them yelling from blocks away. They are a Baltimore institution and a dying breed. The carts are usually yellow and red and the horses have bells and hats." It should also be noted that in the show, the word "araber" is pronounced several different ways; because, as Meldrick explains, "depends on what neighborhood you live in". Frank asks Tucker what the correct way to pronounce it is, and he never gets a chance to answer him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ And the Rockets' Dead Glare Starring: Zeljko Ivanek as Ed Danvers Ed Lauter as Bai Ling as Alvin Lum as Steven Marcus as Michael Willis as Darren Russom Coordinating Producer Lori Mozilo Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Produced by Gail Mutrux Edited by Richard Harkness Teleplay by Jorge Zamacona Story by Tom Fontana Directed by Peter Markle With: Amy Brabson as Mary-Whelan Pembleton Geoffrey C. Ewing as "Pony" Johnson Gerald F. Gough as Col. Granger Gil Grail as Anne Schanne Clayton LeBeouf as Capt. Barnfather Howard B. Silverman as Judge Madden Ralph Tabakin as Dr. Scheiner Irene Ziegler as Mildred Bettis Lewis and Crosetti investigate the brutal death of Ling Chang Wong, a former student protester in the uprising at Tiamenen Square in China. Tanray Cho (sp?), who claims to be a friend of Mr. Wong, says it was someone from the Chinese government who killed him. Anyone involved in the Tiamenen Square protest continues to be harrassed and threatened, even when living in the U.S, claims Cho. Meldrick is stunned, "they wouldn't dare do that here". "That's what they want you to think", replies Cho. Crosetti drives Lewis to Washington DC (only 45 miles away) to visit the Chinese Embassy. On the way, of course, Steve stops at the building that occupies the site where John Wilkes Booth planned the asassination of President Lincoln. After talking to a representative at the embassy, Steve and Meldrick are questioned by Secret Service agents as they put gas in their Baltimore City car. Agent Gruszynski tells the detectives that someone at the embassy said they were being harassed by two people posing as detectives. As the conversation ensues, it is learned that the SS has been tracking the case since it happened. Gruszynski tells them that Tanray Cho left the country after being interviewed and is on her way to China right now. But because of China's favored nation status, the SS is not investigating the case, and asks the detectives not to either. He gives them a tour of DC, and Steve is in paradise as he is allowed in areas involved with the Lincoln assasination. However, Meldrick gets in an argument with Gruszynski concerning how safe Washington is compared to Baltimore, and both detectives head home. John and Stan investigate the murder of drug middleman Andros Erban. Munch takes this opportunity to give his opinion on drugs: he believes they should be legalized (and so does Tim) much to the aggrivation of a narcotics officer. Bolander and Munch end up arresting the prime suspect, one Elwan Jones. Granger and Barnfather offer Detective Frank Pembleton the other shift commander position. They tell him not to discuss this with G, so Frank lies to him when asked what they wanted with him. He discusses it with his wife, Mary, and decides not to take it since it wouldn't make him happy, only richer. After discussing it with G, it is learned that the bosses told G what they had offered Frank. "I'm sorry I lied to you G," says Frank. "Yeah, so am I," replies Al. Frank says he enjoys being out, and hates to be in the office even when he's supposed to be. Meanwhile, the case of People vs. "Pony" Johnson begins. This case only has to do with Pony being accused of killing Ida-May Keene & supports the theory that William Lyness gave the bullets to Pony to kill her with. Danvers doesn't want to bring William to the stand since he is a "loose cannon on a leaky rowboat". He also orders Kay not to mention the Alexandra Lyness case. Danvers plans on using Kay as the center of his case. When Kay stumbles on the stand, the defense immediately questions her credibility. After Danvers disproves Latoya Kennedy's alibi of where Pony was the night of the murder, he brings Kay back in. Defense attorney Darren Russom asks Kay if she's ever seen a victim killed by both a knife and a bullet and she replies "yes". When asked to give an example of such a case, she replies, "We have reason to believe in the death of Alexandra Lyness there was only one murderer". Russom is stunned by the answer, since he didn't expect it, and soon the jury finds Pony guilty. Danvers and Kay go out to dinner to celebrate. Quote of the show Danvers: "Watch out for the blood on the floor." Kay: "Blood?" Danvers: "Latoya Kennedy, the girlfriend - I killed her, I destroyed her, I shoved her head first into the highspeed blender of justice. Sometimes you're good, sometimes you're lucky - today, I was both." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Starring: Sean Whitesell as Doctor Dan Moran as Steven Marcus as Joe Fersedi as Produced by Gail Mutrux Coordinating Producer Lori Mozilo Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Edited by Cindy Mollo Written by Tom Fontana & James Yoshimura Directed by Wayne Ewing With: Gavin Goren as Evan Hess Gerald F. Gough as Col. Granger John Waters as Bartender Clayton LeBouef as Capt. Barnfather Rachel Schneebaum as Anna Prager Naomi Jacobson as Edith Hamilton Carter Jahncke as Don Falls Walt MacPherson as Uniform Sharon Ziman as Naomi Both Kay and Tim attempt to give up smoking. Beau, learning that his partner has stopped smoking at a crime scene, refuses to work with her since he can't depend on her for backup. He leaves Kay to work on a murder at Union Square, and, as G tells Kay, "the mayor hates the idea someone got whacked at Union Square - it scares the tourists". Stan and Munch investigate the death of a teenager that died at a hospital after walking there. He died of head injuries that were the result of being hit repeatedly; but the doctor tells the detectives that it looks like the blows were done to the teen several days earlier. The victim's name is Percy Howell, and he was trying to become a new member of a loosely formed gang called the Zeps. Munch and Bolander interrogate a witness, Evan, who won't talk until he is brought to the photocopier room. There, Munch has set up a special "Gamma Ray" machine that he uses to "neutron" Evan and get the truth from him. It's learned that the leader of the Zeps hit Percy in the head with a baseball bat ("the weapon of choice for the 90s - cheap, legal, and you can get them in any sporting good store") during an initiation act. The Zeps leader, Colin, was showing Percy that he felt his pain, and by hitting Percy with that bat, he could understand his pain. Stan believes that getting hit by that bat may have been the most love Percy had felt, since his father hardly cared about him. Meldrick shows Steve his baby: a 427 engine for his Shelby Cobra that he is planning on building. Steve says, that since he only has the engine, all he has is "squat". Meldrick explains that the 427 is the heart behind the car, and the other stuff will be built around that. Steve ends up buying Lewis a genuine Cobra rear view mirror which ends up with an argument on what Meldrick should give Steve in return. Lewis agrees on a round at the Wharf Rat, but not a pack of cigarettes. Still suffering a hangover from the retirement party of Jim Scenta the night before, G heads upstairs to find a soda. He wearily heads into corridors and rooms covered with thick plastic sheets. He discovers that the bosses forgot to tell him that asbestos removal was going on just above the homicide office. He gets Barnfather and Granger to agree to pay for any damages that may result in having his detectives breathe the cancerous material. He won't, however, set up a non-smoking room for Kay and Tim per their request. As Kay calls him a coward (without using that word), G can only laugh, since he stood up for them just a few minutes earlier. Tim is unable to kick the habit, but Kay is successfull in her quest to be smoke free. Quote of the show: Giardello - "My Sicilian ancestors believe that revenge is best served cold." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bop Gun Starring: Robin Williams as Robert Ellison Lloyd Goodman as Antonio D. Charity as Jake Gyllenhaal as Julia Devin as Vincent Miller as Caron Tate as Kay W. Lawal as Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Produced by Gail Mutrux Teleplay by David Simon & David Mills Story by Tom Fontana Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal Edited by Cindy Mollo With: Herb Levinson as Dr. Lausanne Mel Proctor as Besser Judy Thorton as Judy Shawn Woodyard as Suspect Sharon H. Ziman as Naomi Jay Spadaro as Uniform 1 Fredella D. Calloway as Uniform 2 Beau and Kay investigate the murder of Catherine Ellison, wife of Robert and mom to Matt & Abby. Tourists from Iowa, the Ellisons were victims of a daylight robbery, with all three family members witnessing her murder. After interviewing two of the accomplices, Marvin and Tony (Tweety), the shooter, Vaughn Perkins, is apprehended. Having only one prior for theft, Kay is reluctant to believe that Vaughn did it. Vaughn pleads guilty and requests a life sentence. Still thinking Vaughn is taking the fall for someone else, Kay talks to his mother, Renaie, and aunt, Rose Landry in hopes she can still prove Marvin as the shooter. Marvin is given 30 years for giving the gun to Vaughn, and, after talking to Vaughn in jail, Kay is finally convinced that he killed Catherine. Vaughn wanted to hold the gun so that nothing would happen during the robbery, but he got upset when Mrs. Ellison refused to give up her locket, and ended up shooting her. Quote(s) of the show: Mr. Ellison to Felton, "You tell me who did it, I'll identify them". Felton to Marvin in the box, "Marvin, you have the right to remain silent, although personally I don't feel remaining silent is all that it cracks up to be". Music in the show: "Killer" by Seal "Feels Like Rain" by Buddy Guy (written by John Haitt) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See No Evil Starring: Wilford Brimley as Harry Prentice Michael Chaban as Chuckie Prentice Jennifer Mendenhall as Carry Westin Written by Paul Attanasio Edited by Cindy Mollo Directed by Chris Menaul With: Michael S. Kennedy as Tyron Stan Brandorff as Bartender Clayton Le Bouef as Barnfather Gerald F. Gough as Granger Jeff Mandon as Hellriegel Detectives are required to see a counselor, Carry Westin, to receive sensitivity training. They are required to go to a group meeting and an individual session. Bolander refuses and is suspended by Giardello. After a "depressed" and ranting Munch lectures to Stan, he finally gives in and gets a lot out of the session. Beau's childhood friend, Chuckie Prentice, has a problem with his terminally ill father, Harry. Harry ("the Admiral") is bed ridden and has been told that he will spend the rest of his life there. He doesn't like that idea and would rather die. First he stops taking his medicine, then he fires all of his doctors. He gets in contact with a Doctor Kavorkian (sp?)-type doctor that sold him a machine which will end his life painlessly. When Chuckie and Beau find it, they quickly take it away. However, after much persusaion, the Admiral is able to convince his son to shoot him in the head. Meldrick handles the case, not knowing the connection of Chuckie and Beau. Beau finds Chuckie in the box and tells him to just say, "all you know is the old man shot himself". Beau leaves, but is questioned by Meldrick when they meet at the box entrance. Chuckie is nervous, and after hearing the same thing from him many times, Meldrick asks Beau if he knows the suspect. When Beau tells Lewis the story and asks him to look the other way, Lewis gets upset and is faced with an ethical dilema. All Chuckie would have to do is wash his hands to get rid of the gunpowder residue and he would pass the "gunpowder residue" test. Lewis allows him to wash his hands and erases "Prentice" off the board, signifying a suicide. Frank investigates the possible police shooting of Charles "CC" Cox. G believes that Officer Hellreigel may have accidently shot the suspect, but after hearing his story, Pembleton thinks otherwise. Hellreigel claims he tripped and fell causing him to fire. But his pants aren't dirty, and he broke his "fall" with his right hand - the same hand he holds his gun with. After listening to his supervisor, Lt. Jimmy Tyron, Frank definitely believes this was no accident. G yells at Frank telling him that he is turning officer against officer and ripping the entire department apart. Frank says he will get to bottom of this and he will go to Barnfather to do what has to be done if nessesary. Quote of the show: Meldrick - "You go when you're supposed to go, and everything else is homicide." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Black and Blue Starring: Julianna Margulies as Linda Isaiah Washington as Lane Staily Story by Tom Fontana Edited by Cindy Mollo Directed by Chris Menaul With: Mel Proctor as Besser Gerald F. Gough as Granger June Thorne as Dale Kyf Brewer as Ryan Joseph S. Eubanks as Harris Jeff Mandon as Hellriegel ***ATTENTION*** I will rewatch this, but I didn't see Michael S. Kennedy listed in ANY of the credits. He plays Lt. Jimmy Tyron who is a major character in this episode. Stan meets a waitress, Linda, while eating alone at lunch at a local eatery. They hit it off real well, and it ends up that she plays the violin at the Peabody. Stan plays the cello and they decide to play together on Thursday night. Meanwhile, Munch gave a fish that was found at a crime scene to his girlfriend, Felicia. Since she has an aquarium of exotic fish, John thinks she will enjoy this addition. He surprises her and puts the fish right in the bowl without telling her. However, it turns out to be "the Jack Dempsy of fish" and eats $4000 worth of her fish. And she throws him out, leaving him ranting about how relationships aren't worth the hassle. Frank continues to pursue the theory that an officer shot CC Cox. Dale, grandmother of Lane Staily, tells Tim that her grandson witnessed the shooting. G believes that he must be the one that shot CC, but Frank disagrees. After a heated debate, Frank is able to get a confession from Staily even though he is clearly innocent of the crime. Frank does this to make a point to G, which makes Al even more angry. Frustrated, G marks "Cox" back in red ink, letting Frank pursue his theory. G visits Lane in jail and rips up his confession. There, Lane tells him that Lt. Jimmy Tyron shot CC in the back. Frank and Tim arrest Tyron and close the case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Many Splendored Thing Starring: Zeljko Ivanek as Ed Danvers Julianna Margulies as Linda Adrienne Shelly as Tonya Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Produced by Gail Mutrux Edited by Richard Harkness Teleplay by Noel Behn Story by Tom Fontana Directed by John McNaughton With: Scott Neilson as Jeremy Cheryl Donaldson as Molly Julie Lauren as Officer Schanne Herb Levinson as Dr. Lausanne Ralph Tabakin as Dr. Scheiner Sal S. Koussa as Forman Stan Kelly as Grady Jane Beard as Newdow Dan Garrett as Novoselic Mary L. Watson as Prince Tim and Frank investigate the strangling of Angela Frandina, a young woman who worked in a clothing store (The Leather Chain) and at a phone sex operation. During the course of the investigation, Tim questions the perversion that is involved in the case. Frank tells him he must get in touch with his darker side in order to have virture. "Virtue isn't truly virtue unless it's been tested, tempted", Frank tells him. They eventually discover that Angela was killed while having sex with her next door neighbor's boyfriend, Jeremy. She had Jeremy put a belt around her neck to enhance the sex; but she failed to enforce any limitations and as a result she ended up strangled. As a thank-you gift, Tonya, Angela's boss at the clothing store, gives Tim a leather jacket. Tim ends up taking a stroll down Broadway with it in hopes of exploring his darker side. Stan and Linda double date with Kay and Danvers, but are interrupted by distraught Munch. After John rants on to the four of them on how having a relationship is a big mistake, Linda begins to understand him. As they take a walk after dinner, Munch tells Linda that she has achieved the impossible by "bringing happiness to Stan". Munch also begins to understand why Stan likes her as much as he does - she can relate to others very well. Meldrick and Steve investigate a homicide in a library (!). It's learned that Mr. Zintak was shot because he refused to give or sell a pen he had to the suspect, Michael Forman. When Lewis and Crosetti go to Forman's home, they discover thousands of pens laying and hanging everywhere. It's also learned that Mr. Forman spent some time in a mental institute. Forman shows up at the police department to turn himself in, but ends up on the roof threating to jump. Meldrick is able to talk him down, luckily. Lewis realizes that no material possesion is worth losing a life over and he gives his favorite pen to Beau. Quote of the show: Lewis (on the unbelievable nature of this homicide) - "Baltimore, home of the misdemeanor homicide" Humourous quote of the show: Crosetti - "Either it's murder or this library has a very strict overdue policy." Music heard in this episode: "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nearer My God to Thee Starring: Tony Todd as Matt Rhodes Mary B. Ward as Beth Felton Pamela Payton-Wright as Sister Mageline Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Edited by Jay Rabinowitz Teleplay by Jorge Zamacona Story by Tom Fontana & Jorge Zamacona Directed by Tim Hunter With: Walt MacPherson as Gaffney Ralph Tabakin as Scheiner Gerald F. Gough as Granger Molly Austin as Dawn Beau James as Higby Kristin Rohde as Sally Catherine Goodrich, Baltimore's Samaritan of the year, is found dead - her body naked, with white cotton gloves on, in a trash dumpster behind a church. The case goes to Roger Gaffney, a detective on Lt. Megan Russert's shift. Russert, one week behind the desk of shift commander, has a high profile red-ball case to deal with. Col. Granger calls in Al to watch over Lt. Russert; in turn, Al awakens the rest of his crew to help with the investigation. As Frank puts it, "It's a sad thing when a man's life is shattered by the ringing of the telephone and the voice of his lieutenant." Goodrich, who's "last address was a dumpster" (Kay), was the founder of the Women's Emergency Shelter for Battered Women. She was also a practicing Catholic. Although found naked, it is determined by the M.E. that this wasn't a sex crime. Lewis and Munch are considering buying a local bar, the Waterfront, but are having a hard time finding a third partner to help out with the finances. After trying unsuccessfully to get Bolander to go in on the investment, Meldrick is able to grab Tim, who just wants to remain a silent partner. Beth, Beau's wife, threw him out of the house, and won't let him see his two kids and baby. But meanwhile, he is staying at Megan's, having an affair. Quote of the show: Frank: "Perversion comes in all shapes and sizes; it doesn't have to mean sex." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fits Like a Glove Starring: Tony Todd as Matt Rhodes Mary B. Ward as Beth Felton Pamela Payton-Wright as Sister Mageline Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Supervising Editor Cindy Mollo Teleplay by Bonnie Mark Story by Tom Fontana & Julie Martin Directed by Ted Demme With: Herb Levinson as Lausanne Julie Lauren as Schanne Hugh Hodgin as Fuchs Traber Burns as Forte Walt MacPherson as Gaffney Peter O'Neal as Cameraman Robert Sommerwerk as Everett Sharon Ziman as Naomi Megan takes Roger Gaffney off the case after Frank discovers he may have compromised the investigation by "ignoring potentially crucial information" about part of the crime scene. When he talks back to her, Lt. Russert tells him to take a few days off and think about where he would like to be transferred. Megan then gives the case to Pembleton. Another anonymous phone call comes in telling of another dead, naked woman wearing white cotton gloves that's been found in a dumpster behind a church. This time it is Jennifer Lundy, a nurse at the Pediatric Aid Center. She too has been strangled and was a good, practicing Catholic. Frank now believes that a Catholic killed both of the women. "How do you figure?" asks Tim. "Takes one to know one", replies Frank. Pembleton and Stan go to evidence control to talk to a man, Fuchs, who follows serial killers and wants to buy the white gloves from the detectives. Fuchs tells the detectives that he believes that this suspect has also killed two others in Montana. A third call comes in, this time to the station house, not the homicide department, reporting another dead woman wearing white cotton gloves found in a dumpster behind a church. Kay gets stuck in the middle between Beau and Beth's screwed up marriage. Howard also learns from Beau that he is staying with Megan. Quote of the show: Frank - "The Jesuits taught me how to think - I haven't felt safe since." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Extreme Unction Starring: Lucinda Jenny as Pamela Wilgis Tony Todd as Matt Rhodes Mary B. Ward as Beth Felton Zeljko Ivanek as Ed Danvers Pamela Payton-Wright as Sister Mageline Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Edited by Jay Rabinowtiz Teleplay by D. Keith Mano Story by Tom Fontana & James Yoshimura Directed by Keith Gordon With: Michael Willis as Russom Gerald F. Gough as Granger Sharon Ziman as Naomi Wayne Gruen as Mon????? Frank comes to grip with the murder of yet another good Catholic - Marilyn Callisto. She spent all of her free time helping others by taking in teenage pregnant street girls. Pembleton still has no leads, but he believes that the killer is Catholic as well. Meldrick and Munch get all the "beaurocrat" inspectors to check the bar and allow them to open it. Tim, angry about how many inspectors must look at the bar, starts to become a less silent partner. Kay, after learning from Beau that he's having an affair with Lt. Russert, discusses the situation with Megan. She warns Russert that their relationship will be found out someday, and that will mean that Felton will get transferred to another department. She also knows how bad Beth feels, since Kay has spent so much time with her recently. Megan comes to realize that the relationship isn't right and ends it. Beth and Beau attempt to start over, and Beau is finally able to see his kids once again. Frank interviews a possible witness, Pamela Wilgis, who knows about the white cotten gloves. That bit of information has not yet been released to the public, making her a credible witness. However, when Bayliss and Bolander go to Pamela's apartment, they find that the name on the lease is JMJ Wilgis. They also find 12 pairs of white cotton gloves through the bathroom window hanging on her shower curtain rod. Frank now believes she is the killer, and changes his attitude in the box accordingly. Pamela soon "turns into" an Irish nun, Mary Maude. When Pamela's personality shows up again, it is revealed by her that the suffers from a multiple personality disorder. Frank toys with her to try and bring the JMJ (Jesus, Mary and Joseph) personality out. Finally, Frank is able to lure the 7-year old JMJ personality out. However, since JMJ is so young, all she wants to do is copy everything Detective Pembleton does. Frank starts to write a confession, and JMJ does the same; until the point where he starts to write names. She stops, and Frank tryies another tactic. He lights a match and holds it to his wrist; she does the same, but burns herself. Suddenly, the personality of Anabella Wilgis apears, and tells Pembleton that her lawyer should be here any minute. Darren Russom shows up and takes her away. Detectives meet with Assistant State's Attorney Ed Danvers to discuss possible prosecution. Danvers explains the because of the multiple personality disorder, the case will be very hard to prove - even with the evidence they've gathered. "This is not about evidence," says Danvers, "this is about insanity". Since most of the evidence they have is circumstantial anyway and Frank didn't get a confession, they must let Anabella go. However, a few minutes later, Ms. Wilgis decides to confess live on TV with reporter Matt Rhodes and her attorney, Russom, present. "Oh, she wouldn't give me a confession, but she's willing to tell it to all of a 150,000 viewers?" rattles off an angry Frank. Wilgis states that she is sorry for killing the victims, but that she herself is a victim, and explains how she was abused as a girl. Angry with how the investigation turned out, Frank starts to loose his faith in God, and tries to come to terms with why Ms. Wilgis will not be punished for her crimes. Quote of the show: Frank: "The worst sin in my book: the killer that goes unpunished." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crosetti Starring: Lee Tergesen as Chris Thorman Edie Falco as Eve Thorman Heather Brown as Beatrice Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Supervising Editor Cindy Mollo Teleplay by James Yoshimura Story by Tom Fontana & James Yoshimura Directed by Whitney Ransick With: Gerald F. Gough as Granger Claton LeBouef as Barnfather Joey Perillo as Bernard Munch Patsy Grady Abrams as Secretary Brilane Bowman as Bakery Clerk Lewis continues to cover for missing detective Steve Crosetti. He was to leave for a short vacation to Atlantic City. He still hasn't returned, and Meldrick ends up lying to Giardello saying he is sick. Soon, however, a body is discovered in the bay. Bolander and Munch investigate, and it turns out to be the corpse of Detective Crosetti. Although it looks like a suicide, G has Bolander continue the investigation, since Lewis can't believe his partner would kill himself. Meldrick begs Bolander to make it a homicide - Lewis continues to believe that he has several leads that may result in the Crosetti's killer. However, after the autopsy report, it is proven that Steve loaded himself up with depressants and alcohol to kill himself with. Lewis realizes that he didn't know Steve as well as he thought he did - he had no idea that Crosetti was thinking about suicide. Since the death is ruled a suicide, Steve's name is taken off the board. Barnfather says there will be no honor guard due to the fact that an officer in property crimes just commited suicide 2 months ago. With 3 cops dead in the last 10 months, the captain doesn't want to risk bad publicity. Frank refuses to go to the funeral because of his recent expiernces with the Church. However, as the funeral possession passes the station, Frank stands at attention, and gives a final solute to his fallen comrade - in his honor gaurd uniform. Quote of the show: Tim - "That silly man and his silly cookies." Music heard in the show: "I Cover the Waterfront" - John Lee Hooker "Weatherbird" - Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Model Citizen Starring: Joe Morton as Sam Thorne Lauren Tom as Emma Zull Laurie Kennedy as Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Supervising Editor Cindy Mollo Teleplay by Noel Behn Story by Tom Fontana & Jorge Zamacona Directed by John McNaughton With: Terry Dawson as Lennox Michael Willis as Russom Joseph Abramo as Dr. Mantee Ilona Dulaski as Carla Andrea Fletcher as Mrs. Young Journalist, small-newspaper owner, and friend of Al's, Sam Thorne, attempts to convince the homicide detectives to support and volunteer in a "Toys for Guns" campegn. G tells him that his detectives are already overworked and do not have the free time to volunteer on such a project. Sam has a hard time seeing the logic behind this since the Toys for Guns project would ultimatly mean less murders being commited. Frank, Lt. Russert, and the City of Balitmore get sued for a million dollars by Anabella Wilgis. She claims that Pembleton caused one of her alternate personalities to burn herself with a match. They settle out of court and Wilgis gets $200,000 much to Frank's displeasure. Lewis falls in love with Emma Zull, a woman who builds models of crime scenes to be used in court cases. He meets her while she is investigating the scene of a 6 month old case closed by Crosetti. Emma, however, doesn't feel the spark with Meldrick, and rejects him. Munch, Bayliss, and Lewis continue to deal with the paperwork in preperation for opening their bar, The Waterfront. They still need to pass a test to show that they are complient in serving alcohol before they can be official owners. Munch is infererated, "We need a certificate to show we're complient? Give me a red-headed 19 year old, I'll show you complience". But since only one of the 3 of them has to take the course, it is decided that John will be the lucky one. However, he gets kicked out of the class for disrupting it, leaving Tim or Meldrick the only ones that can take the course. But by now the both of them hate each other. Tim and Emma meet, and immediatly sparks fly between the two. Tim ends up spending the night on their first date. When Lewis finds out, he gets extremely upset with Bayliss and decides not to be in the partnership in the bar with him. Lenex, a kid, comes into the homicide department to tell the detectives of a shooting that he is not involved with. No one believes him, but Kay takes Munch to the aledged scene of the crime anyway. Lenex said that his brother was shot by someone, but he didn't know who. Howard and Munch discover that this is semi-true: Lenex accidently shot his brother, Prescot. Since this was an accident, no charges are made. But Kay and Munch want to get that gun out of the house just the same. Munch gets upset when Lenex won't give him the gun. John sees the emptiness in Lenex's little sisters' eyes and despartly wants to make a difference by taking the gun away. Lenex, however, says, "You can have the gun, it doesn't matter. There could be one in here by tommorow". This leaves Munch wondering what he is doing working homicide. Beau comes home from work and finds that Beth, his kids, and all the furnature are gone. Quote of the show: Lenex Young - "My brother got shot." Munch - "But all you heard was a bang?" Lenex - "I got ears like a dog." Munch - "And you've been using us like fire hydrants." Music head in this episode: "What have I become/I will make you hurt"???? - by ???? I think it's a song by Nine Inch Nails, and it is heard in at least one more episode in the 3rd season ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Happy to be Here Starring: Joe Morton as Sam Thorne Bruce Pworkin as Maggie Rush as Darryl LeMont Wharton as Lauren Tom as Emma Zull Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Edited by Gregg Featherman Story by Tom Fontana & Julie Martin Directed by Lee Bonner With: Herb Levinson as Lausanne Ruben S. Brown as Dwight Gerald F. Gough as Granger Irving Jacobs as Arthor D'Monroe as Jerome Robert Lafferman as Bob Reardon Paul Morella as Andy Kristin Rohde as Sally Judy Thorton as Judy Ralph Tabakin as Scheiner Sam Thorne witnesses the investigation of the death of Raymond Lydell. He knows the victim, he tells detectives, because Sam had been doing a series of articles about a Columbian drug cartell that is creeping into Baltimore. Sam had asked Lydell for info, and apparently, Lydell was killed because he gave that info to Sam. And soon it is Sam's name that is listed in red on the board. A young kid, Matt, killed Sam so he could get $500 to buy a new bicycle. The man who hired Matt to shoot him struck a deal with the D.E.A. so they could have him testify when the D.E.A. breaks the cartell up. G is visibly upset about the death of his friend, and consoles Sam's daughter. His daughter, however, was not too close to Sam, since he was always working at the newspaper business that he owned. This makes G realize that he hasn't spent nearly enough time with his daughter, Cherese, so he calls her up one night after work just to say "hi". Beau continues to search fo Beth, and begs her brother, Bob, to tell him. But Beau still has no idea where she is. Tim and Frank investigate the death of Saddy Valentine, an elderly woman. She was found at her home, and it appears that the death occurred at least two weeks earlier. When the detectives interview the husband as to why he didn't report her death, he says he was used to having her welcome him when he came home from work. It is ruled that she died of natural causes. Emma tells Tim that her boyfriend, Andy, hit her after she told him that she had slept with Tim. Since Andy works for the Baltimore County Sheriffs Office, Tim tracks him down and has a word with him. Frank is there to break up the fight. :) When Emma learns of this altercation, she breaks up with Tim. Later that evening, Tim goes to a local liquor store to buy some cookies and beer, and comes up 11 cents short. The clerk wants the 11 cents, and after much discussion, Tim pulls out his gun and grabs his goods and leaves. But several uniforms meet him outside in his jeep, and question him. Frank then arrives and gets Tim off the hook by cutting a deal with the clerk. Tim will volunteer as a security gaurd outside his store in exchange for him not charging Tim with robbery. Munch asks Tim to apologize to Lewis so the bar partnership can be resolved. Instead, Tim backs out of the partnership, leaving Munch the only owner. Quotes of the show: Frank (to Tim) - "Finding love is like solving the perfect crime: you look at every shred of evidence, you talk to every witness, follow up every lead, but more often than not, what wins in the end is just pure, dumb luck. And you my friend, are just not lucky." G - "Where were you, Bayliss?" Tim - "I'm in love, sir." G - "You're in love? You wanna fall in love? Do it on your own time!" Music heard in this episode: 1 or 2 songs..neither of which I know...anyone?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Last of the Watermen Starring: John Dossett as Michael Currie as Wesley Howard Gareth Williams as Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Edited by Jay Rabinowitz Written by Henry Bromell & Tom Fontana Directed by Richard Pearce With: John C. Hansen as Josh Harlee McBride as Alyssa Jan Austell as Harlan David Dossey as Eddie Kristin Rohde as Sally Vivenne Shub as Millicent Beau and Kay investigate the brutal murder of Widow Audrey Resnick, a 72 year old woman who is found with her tongue cut out and stuffed back in her mouth. Fed up with urban decay and the greusomeness of this case, Howey heads to the Chessapeek (sp) where she was raised. Frank reluctantly partners with Beau ("together again") to help solve this case. As it turns out, Resnick lived with her grandson, Ardy, who is the prime suspect. He killed her because she was always talking too much. While Kay visits her father, Wesley, brother, Josh, and ex-boyfriend, Chick, it is learned that her father was gotten out of the oystering business because of too much regulation. Now Josh, Chick, and a good friend of the family, Chris Haska, run the operation. But they are stoped one day for using illegal devil catchers (oyster traps) to catch their oysters in. The police, along with environmentalist, Dr. Bradly, dump their catch of the day because they were caught illegally. Later that evening, Bradly visits the bar where the oystermen hang out, and a verbal argument ensues. Early the next morning Bradly is found dead outside the bar, and Sheriff Harlan asks Howard for help; this is only the 2nd homicide in the area. After interviewing her friends and family, Kay finds that Chris is the guilty one. Though her vacation isn't as relaxing as she wanted it to be, she heads home to Baltimore. Quotes of the show: Beau (about Frank to Tim) - "How do you put up with this guy?" Tim - "I live to make him happy." Kay - "What I learned in Baltimore is people get murdered for all kinds of reasons; but a dead body is still stone cold." Frank - "...cuz where I come from, every life has meaning." Munch - "What happened to the good old bar where you just go in and talk to the bartender, you think, you get depressed, and you drink, and you go home and puke?" Meldrick - "It's outdated, Munch." Music heard in this show: "Raining in Baltimore" - by The Counting Crows "We Got it Goin' On"??? - by ???? (rap song) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All Through the Night Starring: Nancy Marchand as Zeljko Ivanek as Ed Danvers Ryan Todd as Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Supervising Editor Cindy Mollo Written by Henry Bromell Directed by Peter Medak With: Ralph Tabakin as Scheiner Beau James as Higby Harlee McBride as Alyssa Vernon DeVinney as Sam Kevin Cameron as Desmond Giardello's shift is stuck on the Christmas Eve graveyard shift. Lewis investigates the burnt body of a girl in her 20s. There are no witnesses, no ID on the body, and it was called in by an anonymous caller. After the autopsy, it is learned that the victim is Whitney Louise Freeman, who was also a material witness in the Boots Chigans case. Lt. Russert stops by the department, and decides to accompany Meldrick with the investigation, since Chigans was one of her vacationing detective's cases. Since Boots is in jail, the prime suspects are his friends still living in the real world. Two pairs of fingerprints are found on the can of kerosene that burnt Freeman; one belongs to Desmond Stiles, the other is unidentifable. When the detectives question Stiles, he tells them that he just sold the kerosene to Boots' girlfriend Danell. Lewis and Russert end up arresting Danell early Christmas morning in front of her screaming kids. Stan and John investigate the murder of a Salvation Army Santa Clause. The man's name is Nickalous McGibney. When the detectives discover that McGibney lives only with his young son, Fidel, Stan leaves John to break it to the kid that his dad is dead. Munch struggles to tell the kid that his dad was murdered...He ends up instead, watching horror movies, going to batting practice, and defending Mr. McGibney - a man he doesn't know. A lot of Munch is in Fidel, and that makes it even harder to break it to him. But just when he finally gets the courage to tell Fidel, in walks his dad with Bolander. It turns out that a mugger, Lenny Crantz, stole his Santa suite while McGibney was drunk and began begging for money. Then, someone else comes along and kills Crantz for the money in his bell. Meanwhile, back at the station house, Bayliss tries to convince his fellow detectives to play a game of Hearts (cards) with him. After being rejected by all, he is able to get G to play. The rest of the crew join in, and they start playing for money. But, as the last game winds up, it is learned by Tim that G is an expert in Hearts, and he "put a kid through college with his winnings". "Never try to hustle a Sicilian" says Al. :) Quote of the show: Meldrick - "I like the change of the seasons; gives me a fresh attitude four times a year." Music heard in the show: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - by ????? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nothing Personal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Every Mother's Son ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cradle to Grave ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Partners ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The City that Bleeds Starring: Tony LoBianco as Mitch Drumond Mary B. Ward as Beth Felton Michael Currie as Wesley Howard Irv Ziff as Mr. Libowitz Clayton LeBouef as Barnfather Michael Gabel as Gloria Reuben as Teresa Walker Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Edited by Gregg Featherman Teleplay by Julie Martin & Jorge Zamacona Story by James Yoshimura & Bonnie Mark Directed by Tim Hunter With: Carlos Cambell as School Officer G. Lee Fleming as Porn Shop Owner John C. Hansen as Josh Jay Hilmer as Dr. Diller Ava Lenet as Shannon John Ritz Miller as Sgt. Rallo Rhonda R. Overby as Reporter James Potter as Dr. Carrolton Nancy G. Robinette as Mary Peggy Yates as Maria Munch, Bolander, Howard, and Felton, along with a couple of uniforms, perform an arrest, search and seizure on Glen Holton. Holton raped a kid, got 30 years, but is on parol after only serving 7 years. He is now the prime suspect of killing a young kid, Billy Borkin. Kay is the primary on the case, so she leads the arrest team up to apartment #201, where they've watched Holton pace back and forth uneasily. As they approach the door, sounds are heard from above...before they are able to see who is above them, gunfire breaks out. Beau, Kay, and Stan are all shot with serious wounds. Felton has a wound in his leg, shoulder, and neck; Kay was shot in the heart; and Stan suffered a shot to his brain. Although they were all wearing bullet-proof vests, the shooter was able to penetrate them with teflon rounds. As the news spreads, Mitch Drumond, Stan's ex-partner, begs G to help in the investigation. G agrees, and also places Frank as the primary. Since Holton was a pedofile, sex-crimes detective Teresa Walker is called in to help with the investigation. It is learned that the detectives went to the wrong door - Holton lives in #210, just down the hall, and under the stair-case. The detectives would have been out of harms way if they had gone to the correct door. Holton's shrink tells Frank and Teresa that he doesn't think it is possible for Holton to kill; Walker, however, disagrees. When they later interview Mr. Yateman, Holton's ex-cellmate, he tells him the same thing. "He wouldn't have the nerve to pull the trigger; he's not into guns, he uses his hands for all of his dirty work", says Yateman. He does tell the detectives that Holton's best friend, Manuel, works as a janitor at Penn Station (a railroad station). He says that he might be hiding out with his friend in a back room there. As Beau starts to recover, he is visited by Beth and his kids. However, she leaves for home after Megan visits and Beau shows concern for Kay. Howard's brother and father visit the hospital and stand vigil. As the QRT (Quick Response Team) and Mitch come up with a plan of attack on Penn Station, Frank looses control. He doesn't like the idea of only two QRT members stationed in the front but Tim reminds him that he's only the primary; the investigation belongs to everyone, "We'll get this bastard togther" he says. However, Holton eludes the rade just by seconds, and Frank and the team come up empty handed. Quotes of the show: Meldrick - "I guess we're not gonna live forever, huh?" G (to Pembleton) - "Oh, I get it. You don't feel anything at all. You're the type of guy that two weeks from now you'll be stopped at a traffic light, and all this will hit you." Music heard in the show: "No Self Control" - Peter Gabriel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dead End Starring: Dana Ivey as Margie "Bolander" Tony Lo Bianco as Mitch Drumond Gloria Reuben as Teresa Walker Clayton LeBouef as Barnfather Michael Currie as Wesley Howard Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Supervising Editor Cindy Mollo Additional Director of Photography Alex Zakrzewski Teleplay by Jorge Zamacona & Julie Martin Story by James Yoshimura Directed by Whitney Ransick With: Steve Hofvendahl as Holton Gary D'Addario as Jasper Gerald F. Gough as Granger Beau James as Higby Robert Lafferman as Bob Reardon Teresa Payne-Rohan as Alice Judy Thornton as Judy John Ventimiglia as Manuel Gary Wheeler as Doctor Frank and Tim interview Manuel, Holton's best friend, but get very little information from him. Meldrick and Teresa have the same luck with Holton's mom. However, Mitch and Munch meet Higby outside Holton's apartment building where he found some keys in a dumpster. Holton jumped across the rooftop, and his keys fell out to the dumpster below. Higby discovers that one of the keys is to a locker located at the Calvin Street subway station. Munch calls the rest of the squad out to meet them at the station. There, they discover that the locker contains his poronography collection, and Teresa is sure that Holton will come to get it. The detectives set up a stakeout and soon capture Alice Nance, Holton's girlfriend of sorts. During questioning, she tells Pembleton, Bayliss, and Walker that Glen likes ships, and that he is hiding out at a shipyard near Procter & Gamble. A ship called The Sanctuary is believed to be the only ship he could be hiding in. As a plan is being constructed, Frank argues with the QRT leader, Jasper, who acts exactly as Frank would - he says what's on his mind. During the long stakeout of the ship, Holton shows up, and is finally apprehended. However, Frank and Tim get a false claim from Holton saying that he shot the detectives. He makes up a story about how he shot them so he would be arrested for that crime rather than the killing of the Borkin kid. Although guilty of killing Billy Borkin, he is innocent in the shooting of the three detectives. Pembleton has no other suspects for the case. Meanwhile, Beth's brother, Bob, brings Zach and his sister to the hospital to visit Beau. Beau continues to feel responsible for the injuries that Kay sustained because he let her go in first. "I opened the door for her - I got her shot", Beau says. Beau also thinks about his marriage and decides that it is over. He believes that Beth and he do not love each other anymore. Al takes Stan's ex-wife, Margie, to the hospital after she flew in from Santa Barbara, California. As they begin to enter the hospital, Margie decides to check into the hotel first; she is apparently afraid to see Stan. Barnfather and Granger ask Megan to investigate G about whether or not he was negligent or not in the handling of the arrest warrant. Lt. Russert attempts to lie to Barnfather saying that Al didn't initial the memo with the incorrect apartment number on it, but just at that moment, Giardello walks in and says he did initial the memo. Megan saves herself by saying that if the department had upgraded their computer system, then the shift commanders wouldn't be so swamped with paper work and initialing memos after the warrent has been served. Barnfather says it was Granger's idea to save money by not upgrading, and he will remind him of that. Both Al and Megan are saved from any disciplinary action. Music heard in this episode: "The Darkest Night of All" by Lisa Germano "These Things Can Hurt" ???? by Nine Inch Nails ??????? (please confirm the 2nd song) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ End Game Starring: Tony LoBianco as Mitch Drumond Steve Buscemi as Gordon Pratt Dana Ivey as Margie "Bolander" Clayton LeBouef as Barnfather Sharon Ziman as Naomi Gloria Reuben as Teresa Walker Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Edited by Gregg Featherman Additional Director of Photography Alex Zakrzewski Teleplay by Rogers Turrentine Story by James Yoshimura & Henry Bromell With: Dave Drodge as Truck driver Rhonda A. Overby as Reporter Gerard Endier as Latino Kathryn Klvana as April James Potter as Carrolton Jean Schertler as Rachael William Shriver as Walter Tony Yarbrough as Laborier Captain Barnfather gives the homicide unit 48 hours to solve the detective shooting investigation before he hands it over to the VCU (Violent Crimes Unit). With no apparent leads in the case, Meldrick looks up other residents in the apartment for possible suspects. He finds one Gordon Pratt, who resides in apartment #201. That was the original door the three detectives went to by mistake. It turns out that Pratt has a prior for illegal possesion of a automatic handgun and assault with intent from a bar argument. He also has an outstanding warrent this last year for assault. Meanwhile, Margie is finally able to get herself to see Stan, but not soon afterwards, Stan looses conscienceness and gets taken into emergency surgery. He has a brain hemorage, but recovers after surgery. He remembers his wife, and her name, but doesn't recognize Munch at all. Tim and Mitch question Pratt's parents; they tell the detectives that Gordon wanted to be a cop a long time ago. But he dropped out of the Police Acadmy because of too many rules to follow. Walker and Pembleton visit Pratt's workplace at a cement company & question his co-workers. They advice them to look for Pratt at The TomCat Massage Parlor. The detectives eventually find Pratt later that evening at one of the parlors. As they begin to interview Pratt, it becomes known that Pratt is quite a rascist. Eventually Lewis can't take his attitude and leaves Tim and Frank alone to break a confession from him. After revealing that Pratt is not the genuis he claims to be, he gets frustrated by the questioning and demands a lawyer. Since there is no hard proof on Pratt, they are forced to let him go. However, 2 hours later, Pratt is found dead in the apartment building he lives in. The owner, Mr. Libowitz, has to call Bayliss since no one from the uniform divison came after he called 911 to report Pratt's murder. Bayliss ends up calling backup himself and becomes the primary in the case. Quotes of the show: G (about Pratt) - "Let him talk; he'll talk all he wants. The more he talks, the deeper he steps into the crap." Frank (about his interview with Pratt) - "He who loses control, loses." Music heard in the show: "Cure for Pain" ?? - by ????? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Law and Disorder Starring: Dana Ivey as Margie "Bolander" Harlee McBride as Julie Lauren as Officer Schanne Valerie Perrine as Brigitta Svendsen Produced by Gail Mutrux Supervising Producer Jim Finnerty Co-Executive Producer Henry Bromell Supervising Editor Cindy Mollo Teleplay by Bonnie Clark & Julie Martin Story by Henry Bromell & James Yoshimura Directed by John McNaughton Special Thanks To: Chris Noth John Waters With: Sarada Kotto as Brewer Scott Wesley Morgan as Westmoreland Kristin Rohde as Rogers Ralph Tabakin as Scheiner Judy Thornton as Judy Sharon Ziman as Naomi Bayliss investigates the Pratt case solo...all the other detectives are too busy to help him out. Tim is given no clues to work with at all - who ever did the murder cleaned up after themselves real nicely. He is then forced to follow up his fellow detectives' alibis. Although Munch's is a weak one, Tim is unable to determine the killer. Munch's ex-girlfriend from his Woodstock days displays a nude picture of him at Woodstock at a photo gallery next to the station. After he protests, she covers the questionable portion up with a piece of paper. However, the altered image appears in a story in the Living section of the City Paper; including his name and current position within the City, much to the embarrasment of a recovering Stan. Stan's memory returns after the swelling in his frontal lobe decreased. He says his goodbyes to Margie. Pembleton and Lewis search for the murderer of Jean Battisto, a woman who was killed when a bullet hit her in the skull. The bullet came from above, giving a 200 yard search radius for the detectives to probe. Frank wants to search the side of Fulton Street that the projects are located on, since the crime rate there is higher. Then, he says, he will start to look on the "white" side of Fulton. Lewis doesn't like that, and the way Frank is handling the investigation. Pembleton is searching the computer and creating a list of legal, registered Smith & Wesen gun owners that live in the area. They start to search from door to door, but Meldrick thinks that the gun is more than likely an illegal weapon, and the search should be conducted differently. But soon, Frank and Meldrick stumble upon Myra Whitacker, a woman who recently shot and killed a man she was dating. She killed Theodore Archer because he told her that he wanted to go to the movies with her sister. After she killed him, she stuck his body in the freezer. The detectives later find Jean's killer: a small girl, living only 2 houses away from Jean, who was playing with her father's gun. Robin, daughter of Quinten Rafferty, was showing it to a friend, but was "careful. I made sure I pointed it to the sky." Beau returns to the office, but is on light duty. He is given paper work, and telephone duty. Soon, however, he tires of it, and begs G to let him ride shotgun. G says no, but when a call comes in and there are no detectives to take it, G lets him ride with him. G investigates a no-brainer; the suspect is still at the scene. But when Felton sees the victim, Lestor Norris, he starts to get sick. After returning from the case, and yelling at G, the lieutenant tells him that he will work desk shift for 2 weeks, and he wants to see Beau fully back to work after that. Quote of the show: Frank (about Pratt) - "All I know is, he was driven, in his own perverted mind, to make the world a better place for losers like himself; made his poison more dangerous than most." Music heard in the show: "Crucify Myself" - Tori Amos ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Old and the Dead ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In Search of Crimes Past ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Gas Mask ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 5.0 | |-----| Extraneous Evidence This section describes some of the not-so-obvious characteristics involved in _Homicide_. In the 3rd season episode, "Extreme Unction", the suspect's last name is Wilgis; just a coincidence that the Transportation Coordinator's last name is Wilgis too? Also, in "Law and Disorder", John Waters makes a brief appearance as a suspect being extradited to Baltimore named R. Vincent Smith. That exact name also happens to belong to the _Homicide: Life on the Street_ Property Assistant. Speaking of guest appearances, Gary D'Addario plays a small part in "Dead End" as Jasper, the not-so-friendly QRT Commander. D'Addario is, as you may know, the shift commander (and Lieutenant) that is featured in the book, _Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets_. Although he is now a Captain in the Baltimore Police Department, he remains the basis for the Al Giardello character. D'Addario also serves on the _Homicide_ set as a technical advisor. He assures that all crime scenes are represented accurately, and he is given a script of each show, which is also distributed to each of the higher-ups in the police department. Speaking of the book, it should also be noted that many of the story lines are taken straight out of it. I was planning on mentioning each case, but I am wary that I may spoil the book for you. So perhaps in a future version of this FAQ, I will include the twin story lines. In some cases, two or more stories were fit into one on the show, but in general, most of the cases worked by the characters really did happen in real life. Contrary to popular belief, John Polito, who played Crosetti, did not quit the show by choice. NBC Productions decided that the show needed a few changes if it were to air a 3rd season. Unfortunately for John, he was one of them. Other special cammeo appearances on _Homicide_ include Howey Mandell in "Every Mother's Son" as an interior decorator, John Waters (again) in "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" as a bartender, and Chris Noth in "Law and Disorder" as Detective Mike Logan (from the NBC series _Law and Order_). Also seen in "The Old and the Dead" is Tim Russert (who plays Megan's celebrity cousin) who plays himself for the most part. Tim is a reporter on the NBC show _Meet the Press_. For those curious about Lt. Russert's shift, here is the listing as it was during her first week: Gaffney Kominiski O'Meara Walker Tambelli Higby Staphanopalus Of course, Gaffney has been transfered, and Russert has been promoted to Captain (leaving the other shift commander position open once again). Another triva note: The pilot, "Gone for Goode", has a much longer opening sequence than other 1st season shows. It also shows the actors/actress in a different order. Also, when the 3rd season came out, the opening sequence changed slightly - it excluded the Baltimore Orioles baseball cap that was shown in previous seasons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 5.1 | |-----| Misleading Evidence This section features some inconsistent story lines that _Homicide_ rarely has. They are not meant to point out mistakes, or bloopers, but are just here for those with an eye (and a taste) for extreme detail. _Homicide: Life on the Street_ remains one of the most realistic TV dramas of its time, but no show has ever been perfect. :) Munch and his job ----------------- In the pilot, "Gone for Goode", Munch states that he's been a "homicide cop" for ten years. But he never met or knew Mitch, Stan's ex-partner. G states in "The City that Bleeds" that Mitch hasn't worked a homicide case in 8 years. Maybe Munch worked in another city before working for Baltimore? (He always lived in Baltimore though, since he used to have parties on game day at his home near Memorial Stadium.) Frank and his "kid" ------------------- In the first season episode, "A Shot in the Dark", Frank and Beau go to used car lots to look for a reposessed car. At their first stop, Frank is startled by some guard dogs, and threatens to shoot them. When they return to the station, Beau jokes with Kay that "Frank almost bought a dog for his wife and kid". Also noticable on Pembleton's desk in several 1st season episodes is a photo of a kid. During the 3rd season however, he just has a wife. Frank and his job ----------------- In the first season episode, "And the Rockets' Dead Glare", Frank is offered the job of acting shift commander by Captain Barnfather and Col. Granger. However, in the 3rd season show, "Cradle to Grave", it is stated that Deputy Commisioner _____________ offered him the job. Autopsy ------- In the episode, "The Dog and Pony Show", the term "autopsy" is incorrectly used to describe the "disecting" of the dead K9 dog. An autopsy is used only with humans - with other animals, the process is called a necropsy. Bolander and his hair --------------------- Well, here's a real trivial one for you: In the episode "The Old and the Dead", Stan is shown recovering from brain surgery. In some shots, it is evident that his head has been shaved, but in others, he looks like he has a full head of hair (he wears a hat during the show, but the sides are seen). Bolander and the missing suspect -------------------------------- In "All Through the Night", Bolander solves the mystery behind McGibney's mugging, but he doesn't discover who killed his mugger. The murder of Lenny Crantz is not discussed at all...Bolander & Munch come back to the station afterwards, and leave when their shift is over. Usually one would work until a certain point in the investigation. It looks like they decided not to investigate Crantz's murderer. Megan and her uniform --------------------- In the quick intro to "The Old and the Dead", Megan is wearing a Captain's uniform. But it isn't until later in the show that she gets promoted to Captain. Armed suspect ------------- In the episode, "Every Mother's Son", the 13 year old suspect has run from the police. When he gets trapped in a yard by Bayliss, Pembleton, and several uniform officers, he pulls a gun out. If this were real life, someone, if not all, would have shot the kid, when he especially points the gun at Frank. Uniforms are usually more trigger-happy then detectives, so one can almost assume that the suspect would have been killed, no matter what his or her age. Mothers' backgrounds ------------------- In the same episode, it should be pointed out that the two mothers are supposed to be from a poor neighborhood. However, the perfect makeup, clothes and fancy earrings do not seem to support that. This is, of course, very subjective; others may feel differently about this. Crosetti and Meldrick --------------------- This too may be controversial, but in the classic episode "Crosetti", it is noted that ever since Steve has been divorced from his wife, he distanced himself from Meldrick. However, in the first season episode, "A Shot in the Dark", Steve explains that when he was shot, his ex-wife was crying ("probably because she realized she wouldn't be able to collect any alimony" says Steve). And in "Son of a Gun", Crosetti explains the details of his getting shot to Giardello. There are no dates or time references mentioned, but it sounds like it happened back before Thorman served under him in the Southern Section (when Steve was a Sergeant). I came to this conclusion because when Steve visits Chris, he makes the comment, "Hey, you would do the same for me", when giving Thorman help. So if the divorse happened that long ago, then Meldrick and Steve wouldn't even have been homicide partners yet. Meldrick stated that they used to visit each other often, but after the divorce, Steve didn't want him around. Crosetti and jazz ----------------- In "Son of a Gun" it is mentioned that Crossetti and Thorman enjoy a lot of the modern jazz composers. So is the music for the episode "Crosetti" appropriate? How about the funeral music? I'll leave this one to the jazz experts out there. :) Pratt's murderer ---------------- In the 3rd season episode, "Law and Disorder", the homicide of suspected cop shooter Gordon Pratt is investigated. Police involvment is highly suspected, but the media does not make a big deal about this. This seems highly unusual since just a year before, the press literally hounded the department with the CC Cox shooting. Why wasn't more pressure put on the department to find the killer? Why weren't the press printing headlines such as "POLICE COVER-UP?"? Bolander's wife --------------- In the first season epsiode, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" Stan says he went to his ex-wife's house to pick up the last of his stuff. He tells Munch that Margie told him "you ruined my life", when he was there. However, in "Dead End" Margie tells Al that she hasn't "seen Stan since the day I walked out on him". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 5.2 | |-----| NBC Goofs Without pointing the finger *too* much at NBC, it should be noted that they have messed up at least once a season when showing _Homicide: Life on the Street_ episodes. During the 1st season, NBC showed "Night of the Dead Living" as the last episode of the season, instead of the 3rd episode. As with nearly all _Homicide_ episodes, this messes up the story line completely. It is likely that NBC showed it last because it was not an "action" episode; the detectives were stuck inside the entire show. However, we learn a lot of character traits that explain their actions in future episodes. During the second "season", NBC did show all 4 episodes in order, but when repeating them during the 3rd season, they completely messed them up again. (They showed #204, then #202, then #203). And during the third season, NBC has taken 2 episodes and showed them out of order. The episode "Crossetti" was shown as the 6th episode instead of the 4th. This was due to the fact that NBC only wanted to air 2 _Homicide_ episodes during the month of November, so the two shows after "Crosetti" were chosen to air. This, however, meant that it wasn't until December until we got to see the episode. And in the 4th and 5th episodes, it is brought up that Steve is dead. NBC apoligized for this, however, it has happened again when the 9th show has been postponed until 4/21/95. That is nearly 5 months after it would have aired if it was shown in order. This is not meant to critisize NBC Productions, but I