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Homicide: Life on the Street

  • TV-14
  • 1993–1999
  • 7 seasons
  • Mystery, Drama
  • 8.1

Homicide: our day begins when yours ends.

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

Episodes

The second season of Homicide: Life on the Street, an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired in the United States between January 6 and January 27, 1994. Due to low Nielsen ratings during the first season, NBC executives decided to order only a four-episode season, after which they would evaluate the ratings and decide whether to renew the show. Homicide was moved to a new timeslot of Thursdays at 10 p.m. EST, temporarily replacing the legal drama L.A. Law. NBC requested several changes from the series, including fewer episode subplots and less camera movements and jump cuts. The entire Homicide cast returned for the second season. The uncertainty over Homicide's future was stressful for the cast and crew, and the logistics of scheduling the filming around the actors' schedules was difficult. Daniel Baldwin publicly criticized NBC Entertainment president Warren Littlefield over the matter, and it was initially reported Ned Beatty would not return at all. The second season was the last to include original cast member Jon Polito, who was reportedly dismissed because NBC officials were unhappy with his physical appearance. Polito was publicly critical of the show after his dismissal.

4 episodes
  1. 1Bop Gun

    47 minJan 6, 1994

    All the detectives scramble to solve the case, when the mother, in a family on vacation, is murdered during a holdup. The husband has a hard time dealing with the reality of him not doing anything during the situation and Felton's indifference. When the suspects are found Howard is convinced that the youth who confesses to the murder didn't do it.

  2. 2See No Evil

    47 minJan 13, 1994

    Gee informs the detectives that they must meet with a sensitivity consultant. Felton protects a friend who's going to help his terminally ill father commit suicide. Pembleton investigates a routine murder that escalates into a case of possible police brutality. Bolander has no intention of meeting with the consultant to the point where he takes a suspension without pay. Lewis investigates the death of the father of Felton's friend and discovers the truth and confronts Beau.

  3. 3Black and Blue

    46 minJan 20, 1994

    Things begin to heat up between Pembleton and Gee over the alleged police brutality case and one of the suspects is an ex-lover of Kay's. Bolander meets a waitress who encourages him to resume his cello playing. Munch's girlfriend is less than enthusiastic when he surprises her with a new fish for her tank. Frank, in the box, gets the confession that Gee is looking for. Unfortunately, the suspect is anything but guilty of that crime.

  4. 4A Many Splendored Thing

    46 minJan 27, 1994

    Bolander asks Kay if she would double date with him and Linda, to try to take the pressure off his first real date. A slain phone-sex operator is found clutching a note naming her boss as the perpetrator, Bayliss and Pembleton investigate. Munch has trouble dealing with Bolander's happiness, so he crashes the double date and makes everyone miserable. A man is shot to death over a pen at the library, Lewis and Crosetti investigate and find a man with a pen fetish. As Bayliss looks into the murder he begins to get involved.

Where to watch Homicide: Life on the Street

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Series cast

Richard BelzerJohn Munch122 episodes
Clark JohnsonMeldrick Lewis122 episodes
Yaphet KottoAl Giardello122 episodes
Kyle SecorTim Bayliss122 episodes
Andre BraugherFrank Pembleton100 episodes
Melissa LeoKay Howard77 episodes
Reed DiamondMike Kellerman69 episodes
Peter GeretyStuart Gharty48 episodes
Jon SedaPaul Falsone47 episodes
Michelle ForbesJulianna Cox45 episodes
Isabella HofmannMegan Russert45 episodes
Callie ThorneLaura Ballard45 episodes
Toni LewisTerri Stivers44 episodes
Sharon ZimanNaomi44 episodes
Clayton LeBouefCapt. George Barnfather38 episodes
Željko IvanekEd Danvers37 episodes
Max PerlichJ.H. Brodie36 episodes
Daniel BaldwinBeau Felton35 episodes

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