Homicide: Life on the Street (season 1)
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The first season of Homicide: Life on the Street aired in the United States on the NBC television network in early 1993. The premiere episode, "Gone for Goode", debuted after Super Bowl XXVII on Sunday, 1993-01-31. The remaining eight episodes all aired on Wednesday evenings, ending on 1993-03-31. "Night of the Dead Living", the final episode aired in the first season, was intended to be the third episode but its lack of traditional "action" — the camera never leaves the squad-room — led NBC to hold it and run it out of order.
The first season won two Emmys and received two additional nominations. Barry Levinson won "Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series" for "Gone for Goode". Tom Fontana won "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series" for "Three Men and Adena". Gwen Verdon (Jessie Doohan in "Ghost of A Chance") was nominated for "Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series", and Tom Ellington was nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy for the main title sequence of the show.
The first season also received other awards and nominations. Fontana and Frank Pugliese won the Writers Guild of America Award for episode "Night of the Dead Living". Levinson was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for "Gone for Goode".
The DVD box set of Seasons One and Two was released for Region 1 on 2003-05-27 and for Region 2 on 2007-02-26. The set includes all nine season one episodes and all four season two episodes on four discs.[1]
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[edit] List of Episodes
| # | Episode | Director | Writer(s) | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Gone for Goode" | Barry Levinson | Paul Attanasio | 1993-01-31 | 101 |
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Detective Stanley Bolander pushes his reluctant partner, John Munch, to follow up on a dead case involving a murdered druggie. Detectives Meldrick Lewis and Steve Crosetti uncover one Calpurnia Church, who has been killing husbands and relatives for the insurance money. Flamboyant loner Detective Frank Pembleton is forced to partner with rookie Tim Bayliss, whose first case as primary investigator is that of a brutally murdered eleven-year-old named Adena Watson. Director Barry Levinson was nominated for a DGA Award, and won an Emmy for directing this episode. |
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| 2 | "Ghost of a Chance" | Martin Campbell | Noel Behn | 1993-02-03 | 102 |
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Detective Kay Howard is frustrated by what seems to be a dead end on a case, until the victim's spirit points her in a new direction. Lewis and Crosetti continue to try and unravel the Calpurnia Church case. Captain Al Giardello stands up for Bayliss as political and public pressure mounts around the Adena Watson case. Bolander becomes smitten with Medical Examiner Carol Blythe. Guest star: Gwen Verdon as Jessie Doohan Gwen Verdon was nominated for an Emmy for acting in this episode. |
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| 3 | "Son of a Gun" | Nick Gomez | James Yoshimura | 1993-02-10 | 104 |
| When fellow officer Chris Thormann is shot in the line of duty, Crosetti takes it personally and presses Giardello to give him the case. Bolander strikes an odd friendship with a lonely Latino cabinetmaker that lives across the hall from him. Bayliss and Pembleton become increasingly frustrated as they hit another wall in the Adena Watson case. Howard and Felton continue to try and sort out the Calpurnia Church murders. | |||||
| 4 | "A Shot in the Dark" | Bruce Paltrow | Jorge Zamacona | 1993-02-24 | 105 |
| Bayliss and Pembleton begin to move in different directions on the Adena Watson case. Bayliss' hunch — that Watson was murdered by a local arabber — is substantiated by physical evidence and gains him new respect from Pembleton. Lewis attempts to restrain Crosetti as the search for Officer Thorman's shooter intensifies. Bolander and Dr. Blythe take another stab at their relationship. | |||||
| 5 | "Three Men and Adena" | Martin Campbell | Tom Fontana | 1993-03-03 | 106 |
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Bayliss and Pembleton bring in Risley Tucker, an arabber, as the prime suspect in the murder of Adena Watson. With a 12-hour time limit, they try one last interrogation in a desperate attempt to get a confession. Writer Tom Fontana won an Emmy for writing this episode. |
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| 6 | "A Dog and Pony Show" | Alan Taylor | Tom Fontana, James Yoshimura | 1993-03-10 | 107 |
| Howard and Felton are determined to bust drug dealer "Pony" Johnson for a torture-murder. Bayliss and Pembleton are ordered to table the Adena Watson case, and then are dumbfounded when assigned to investigate the death of a police dog. Crosetti helps recovering Officer Thormann and his wife deal with some untimely news. Bolander meets Dr. Blythe's outrageous teenage son. | |||||
| 7 | "And the Rockets Dead Glare" | Peter Markle | Jorge Zamacona | 1993-03-17 | 108 |
| When a student who was a political refugee is murdered, Lewis and Crosetti take it upon themselves to investigate individuals at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC. Howard and Felton spend the day in court testifying in the ongoing case against "Pony" Johnson. Pembleton weighs the pros and cons of a possible promotion within the department. | |||||
| 8 | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | Wayne Ewing | Tom Fontana & James Yoshimura | 1993-03-24 | 109 |
| Howard and Bayliss attempt to give up smoking, which distracts both Felton and Pembleton from their duties. Meanwhile, Giardello uncovers a secret construction job in the building that may prove to be a health hazard for his entire staff. Bolander and Munch investigate the death of a teenage boy that may be gang-related. | |||||
| 9 | "Night of the Dead Living" | Michael Lehmann | Tom Fontana & Frank Pugliese | 1993-03-31 | 103 |
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The homicide team pulls the graveyard shift on the hottest night of the year. Bayliss is consumed by the Adena Watson case, driving a bigger wedge between him and partner Pembleton. Giardello finds a baby in a cage. A renegade Santa Claus runs loose in the building and Detective Beau Felton tries to figure out who's responsible for a candle in the squadroom that keeps getting lit. Writers Fontana and Pugliese won a WGA Award for writing this episode. On the surface one may not notice this episode was shown out of order until you see Officer Chris Thormann, who was blinded in episode 3, has been miraculously healed and is back on duty. This episide was intended to be shown just before episode 3. To address that continuity, text was added at the beginning of that episode to indicate that it took place some months earlier - as if an intentional retrospective. |
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[edit] References
- Awards for “Homicide: Life on the Street”. IMDB.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
- Episode list for “Homicide: Life on the Street”. IMDB.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
- Homicide: Life on the Street Episode Guide. TV.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
