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  • NBC
  • Sep 20, 1996
  • NBC
  • Sep 20, 1996

Summary This series was the most reality-based police drama that has ever aired on television. It was shot entirely with handheld cameras on location in the Fells Point Community of Baltimore, MD. One of the series' executive producers, Barry Levinson, is a Baltimore native. He has written and directed at least three films that take place in ...

Created By: Paul Attanasio

  • NBC
  • Sep 20, 1996
  • NBC
  • Sep 20, 1996
Homicide: Life on the Street
Season 5
7 Seasons
Season Premiere: Sep 20, 1996
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Summary This series was the most reality-based police drama that has ever aired on television. It was shot entirely with handheld cameras on location in the Fells Point Community of Baltimore, MD. One of the series' executive producers, Barry Levinson, is a Baltimore native. He has written and directed at least three films that take place in ...

Created By: Paul Attanasio

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Episode 1 • Sep 20, 1996 • 46 m
Hostage: Part 1
Pembleton returns to work just as a school is being taken hostage.
Episode 2 • Sep 27, 1996 • 46 m
Hostage: Part 2
As the hostage situation at the school continues, the detectives debate their course of action and Pembleton experiences more problems while recovering from his stroke.
Episode 3 • Oct 18, 1996 • 45 m
Prison Riot
The detectives investigate a murder committed during a prison riot, while Pembleton jeopardizes his recovery as he practices for his firearms exam.
Episode 4 • Oct 25, 1996 • 46 m
Bad Medicine
Lewis teams with a narcotics officer to catch the culprit who's selling poison-laced heroin, while Kellerman is investigated for corruption.
Episode 5 • Nov 1, 1996 • 46 m
M.E., Myself and I
Episode 6 • Nov 8, 1996 • 46 m
White Lies
Episode 7 • Nov 15, 1996 • 45 m
The Heart of Saturday Night
Episode 8 • Nov 22, 1996 • 46 m
The True Test
Episode 9 • Dec 6, 1996 • 46 m
Control
Episode 10 • Dec 13, 1996 • 46 m
Blood Wedding
Episode 11 • Jan 3, 1997 • 44 m
The Documentary
On New Year's Eve, Brodie screens his documentary about the detectives that reveals embarrassing lies and hidden truths.
Episode 12 • Jan 10, 1997 • 45 m
Betrayal
Episode 13 • Jan 17, 1997 • 45 m
Have a Conscience
Episode 14 • Jan 31, 1997 • 46 m
Diener
Episode 15 • Feb 7, 1997 • 45 m
Wu's on First?
Episode 16 • Feb 14, 1997 • 45 m
Valentine's Day
Episode 17 • Feb 21, 1997 • 45 m
Kaddish
Munch's high school love interest, Helen Rosenthal, is raped and murdered, leaving Munch and Kellerman trying to solve the case. Grief and 1960's nostalgia engulf Munch, and meanwhile he connects with Helen's mourning daughter.
Episode 18 • Apr 11, 1997 • 46 m
Double Blind
Episode 19 • Apr 25, 1997 • 44 m
Deception
Episode 20 • May 2, 1997 • 45 m
Narcissus
Episode 21 • May 9, 1997 • 45 m
Partners and Other Strangers
Bayliss has disappeared again as Pembleton and Brodie make their way to the scene of a shotgun suicide. Meanwhile, the information gleaned in the Burundi case begins to have repercussions in the highest echelons of the department.
Episode 22 • May 16, 1997 • 45 m
Strangers and Other Partners
7 Seasons

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