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- 1.0.....Introduction, History, and Definitions
- 2.0.....Rules of the newsgroup
- 3.0.....FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
- 3.1.....Homicide: Life on the Street (and what's a red-ball?)
- 3.2.....I heard it was based on a book?
- 3.3.....What is "the Board," and how do you read it?
- 3.4.....The Command Structure of the Baltimore PD
- 3.5.....Who's who (Actors, characters, and real people)
- 3.6.....How to tell the main characters apart.
- 3.7.....Major points/characters from previous seasons.
- 3.8.....H:LotS resources on the Web and Internet.
- 3.9.....Upcoming episodes and why the promo titles are different! +
- 3.10.....The Music.
- 3.11.....alt.tv.homicide in-jokes and secrets. +
- 3.12.....An unadorned episode list for all four seasons.
- 3.13.....What the #@$%# is the deal with H:LotS getting no Emmy?
- 3.14.....So you want to be an extra on Homicide... +
- 4.0.....Suggestions (a few words to the wise)
(Each rating point represents 970,000 households.)
Season One
101 01/31/93 18.8 "Gone for Goode" 102 02/03/93 15.3 "Ghost of a Chance" 104 02/10/93 10.6 "Son of a Gun" 105 02/24/93 13.4 "A Shot in the Dark" 106 03/03/93 11.3 "Three Men and Adena" 107 03/10/93 13.0 "The Dog and Pony Show" 108 03/17/93 10.3 "And the Rockets' Dead Glare" 109 03/24/93 11.0 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" 103 03/31/93 10.2 "Night of the Dead Living"Season Two
204 01/06/94 26.1 "Bop Gun" 201 01/13/94 19.1 "See No Evil" 202 01/20/94 16.0 "Black and Blue" 203 01/27/94 17.2 "A Many Splendored Thing"Season Three
301 10/14/94 17.2 "Nearer My God to Thee" 302 10/21/94 11.5 "Fits Like a Glove" 303 10/28/94 11.4 "Extreme Unction" 305 11/11/94 9.7 "Model Citizen" 306 11/18/94 9.7 "Happy to Be Here" 304 12/02/94 10.7 "Crosetti" 307 12/09/94 10.6 "The Last of the Watermen" 308 12/16/94 11.4 "All Through the House" 310 01/06/95 13.5 "Every Mother's Son" 311 01/13/95 12.7 "Cradle to Grave" 312 01/20/95 11.9 "Partners" 313 01/27/95 14.6 "The City that Bleeds" 314 02/03/95 9.3 "Dead End" 315 02/10/95 10.3 "End Game" 316 02/24/95 9.3 "Law and Disorder" 317 03/03/95 9.3 "The Old and the Dead" 318 04/14/95 8.2 "In Search of Crimes Past" 309 04/21/95 8.3 "Nothing Personal" 319 04/28/95 8.3 "Colors" 320 05/05/95 8.2 "The Gas Man"Season Four
401 10/20/95 9.4 "Fire (part 1)" 402 10/27/95 10.3 "Fire (part 2)" 403 11/03/95 9.1 "Autofocus" 407 11/10/95 9.5 "Thrill of the Kill" 406 11/17/95 "Hate Crimes" 404 12/01/95 10.0 "A Doll's Eyes" 405 12/08/95 9.1 "Heartbeat" 408 01/05/96 9.3 "Sniper (part 1)" 409 01/12/96 9.7 "Sniper (part 2)" 412 01/19/96 9.8 "The Hat" 413 02/02/96 "I've Got a Secret" 411 02/09/96 11.7 "For God and Country" (L&O crossover) 414 02/16/96 9.2 "Justice (part 1)" 415 02/23/96 9.4 "Justice (part 2)" 416 03/15/96 10.2 "Stakeout" 417 03/29/96 8.4 "Requiem for Adena" 410 04/05/96 8.1 "Full Moon" 419 04/12/96 7.4 "Scene of the Crime" 418 04/26/96 7.4 "Map of the Heart" 420 05/03/96 7.9 "The Damage Done" 421 05/10/96 8.5 "The Wedding" 422 05/17/96 9.2 "Work Related" (season finale)Season Five
501 09/20/96 "Hostage, part 1" 502 09/27/96 "Hostage, part 2" 503 10/18/96 "Lockdown" 504 10/25/96 "Bad Medicine" 505 11/01/96 "M.E., Myself and I" 506 11/08/96 "White Lies" 507 11/15/96 "Heart of Saturday Night" 508 11/22/96 "The True Test" 509 12/06/96 "Control" 510 12/13/96 "Blood Wedding" 511 01/03/96 "The Documentary" 512 01/10/97 "Betrayal" (Clark Johnson directing) 513 01/17/97 "Have a Conscience" 514 01/24/97 "Diener" (Kyle Secor directing) 515 02/07/97 "Wu's On First" 516 02/14/97 "Valentine's Day" 517 02/28/97 "Kaddish" 518 04/11/97 "Double Blind" 519 04/25/97 "Deception" 520 05/02/97 "Narcissuss" 521 05/09/97 "Partners & Other Strangers" 522 05/16/97 "Strangers & Other Partners"Season Six
Yes, H:LotS has been woefully, even criminally overlooked by the awarders of the Emmys, from the very beginning. It has won a few, but they seem to be only after-thoughts; a pittance, thrown as trinkets when the lofty accolades it obviously deserves have gone instead to churlish pretenders to the throne.There are several theories about why this is so. First of all,H:LotS is filmed entirely in Baltimore, which (for those of you who are geographically impaired) is _nowhere_ near Hollywood. This results in; no jobs associated with the show going to people who work in CA, and; lots of Hollywood insider types exerting a ridiculous geocentric prejudice that if it ain't made in Hollywood, it ain't good. Personally, I think this is probably the greatest reason that H:LotS has been so willfully snubbed. I also think the fact that H:LotS is locally done, is also one of its greatest strengths; it gives it a flavor that cannot be redone in a remote studio.
The second theory is a bit more paranoid, but never-the-less has merit; it may be more right than the first. Homicide is one of the few shows on the tube that seamlessly interweaves so many characters of more than one race. I hope, in my heart, that this not a cause for awarding groups to avoid bestowing the nominations and awards it deserves. But I also know, in my heart, that greater awards have been denied for more petty, biased reasons.A third theory, while being highly biased and emotional, is quite satisfying to promote; that the nominating body is (as our beloved Gaffney so ineloquently put it) gimped in the head.
Send a picture (no, I don't know what size, or if needs to be color or black and white. Nor do I know how many poses they want.) and a short letter explaining your intentions (ie, "PLEASE LET ME BE ON HOMICIDE OR I'M GONNA DIE!") to either (heck, I've seen snapshots; better try both) of the following addresses.
BALDY MORE Casting
More Entertainment, Inc.
PO Box 274 Sunshine
Kingsville, MD 21087Pat Moran; Casting/HOMICIDE
1701 Thames Street
Baltimore, MD 21213
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