TV Obsessive
This week, on The TV Obsessive Podcast Episode 64, Caemeron and Ryan discuss the first three episodes of Homicide: Life of the Street. But first, in the news:
- Yellowstone might have a Season 6 after all
- Maybe Ted Lasso Season 4 is going to happen
- Somebody Somewhere will end with Season 3, coming October 27
- Joel McHale has been cast in Yellowjackets Season 3
- A Vince McMahon documentary is coming to Netflix on September 25
- Zach Braff wants a Scrubs reboot
On Homicide: Life on the Street S1E1–S1E3
Created by: Paul Attanasio
Based on: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
Seven seasons: January 31, 1993 – May 21, 1999
The first season introduces the audience to a team of detectives working in Baltimore PD’s Homicide Division. A veteran group of detectives and their captain welcome rookie homicide detective Tim Bayliss to the squad and give him a high-profile murder (Adena Watson) as his first case. Other cases appear from episode to episode in the first three including a cold case about a woman run over by a car, a wife murdering her husband to collect insurance, and an elderly woman who wants her husband to die.
- Is this the same Detective Munch? Signs point to yes
- David Simon’s book and connections to The Wire
- Andre Braugher’s breakthrough performance
- “Bleak realism” and de-mythologizing police detectives
- Novelty of the show’s structure and its place in TV history
Next Time on The TV Obsessive Podcast…
We continue to discuss Homicide: Life on the Street, working our way through the rest of the first season, along with our usual news and notes.
