4 USER REVIEWS
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By ZacharyB on
Thu, Jan 10, 2008 12:39 PM PST
You think Law and Order is good? You obviously haven't seen Homicide: Life on the Street, a show played on NBC from 1992 to 1999, with a made-for-TV movie shown in 2000 as its coda. Like Law and Order, Homicide is about murders, although the setting …more»0 of 0 people found this review helpful-
By Richard B on
Fri, Aug 17, 2007 6:03 AM PDT
This was the best cop show ever on television. Andre Braughar, as Frank Pembleton, was the best actor on television. That being said in the later years . . . after Braughar left . . . the show wasn't as good with the new detectives. The writers …more»0 of 0 people found this review helpful
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By mike G on
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 4:27 PM PDT
"homicide:Life on the streets" was a mere curiousity to me,but soon became an addiction.The presence of strong character actors and grinding tension of the everyday misery that is urban law enforcement ,left a bitter but tantalizing taste in …more»0 of 0 people found this review helpful
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By Katherine on
Thu, Feb 15, 2007 1:08 PM PST
Homicide set the standards for the cop show, and still can't be beat by its latter-day imitators. Ensemble acting, fantastic scripts, (real) locations, actors that looked like real people and wore real clothes. Altogether splendid, and greatly …more»2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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About The Show
A serialized drama series based on journalist David Simon's nonfiction book about the Baltimore, Maryland, Police Department's Homicide Division. Follows the relationships that develop in the unit while the detectives go through their investigations. Tim Bayliss, has been seasoned by investigations into some particularly brutal crimes. Meldrick Lewis is a hard-working detective with a dry sense of humor. Even drier is Detective John Munch, the squad cynic. Guiding the team is Lt. Al Giardello, who continuously struggles with bureaucratic pressure while supporting his detectives and driving them on. Detective Paul Falsone's intuitive approach to closing murder cases shakes things up; Detective Stuart Gharty is a veteran cop determined to prove himself; and Detective Laura Ballard is a seasoned homicide detective from Seattle.A serialized drama series based on journalist David Simon's nonfiction book about the Baltimore, Maryland, Police Department's Homicide Division. Follows the relationships that develop in the unit while the …Show MoreClose -
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