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This series was purchased because I became aware of it in the process of checking out the HBO series The Wire. Both take place in Baltimore - an area very familiar to me and geographically close. As expected, this series is inferior to The Wire in a number of ways: the video is of a MUCH lower quality; the videotography is extremely amateurish, unless it was meant to be that way to intensify the "immediacy" of the drama and the familiar faces from other shows, particularly Ned Beatty, who while doing an excellent job, is someone whose rotund affability is always overdone and distracting! The most important message of Homicide...is the same as The Wire: The tragidy of the black people, as a race, being evidently quite content in both doing this sort of brutal semiethnic cleansing and that it doesn't seem to bother or upset even those not even distantly involved in it - even the black police who are - at least in these stories - almost complacent about the horific things being done to their own and are really enabling it. It will never to be possible to convince me that as Bill Cosby puts it so well - the Black people in this country have done far more damage to their own people than all the White people since day one have even coceived of doing!Read full review
This terrific series for some odd reason never got the attention it deserved. First of all, the cast is awesome. They fit together in an odd sort of way and make the characters so real. You get a feeling that these are people that you've known all your life. Some characters you will immediately fall in love with and others you will love to hate. These people annoy you, confuse you, make you laugh and make you cry, just to scratch the surface. The way the show is filmed gives it a realism that other TV crime shows just can't match. You not only follow the Homicide Detectives on cases, in which you get profound sound and visual effects, but you get to see the human side of these detectives. You get to follow them emotionally so to speak, see how they deal with each crime or death, each victim and each suspect on a personal level, while trying to deal with their co-workers, and their own personal lives outside of work. The storylines never get boring and the quality never ceases to amaze. The show just gets better and better. When this show was airing, I never missed an episode (if I could help it), and now that I have it on DVD from beginning to end, I'm thrilled to know that I own this brilliant collection all for myself. Can you tell how much I LOVE this show? From the streets of Baltimore to the box, this show can't be beat.Read full review
This was one of the best Police Dramas on television back in the early 90's. This show paved the way for shows like Law&Order, CSI, and few others. The best feature of this television show in my opinion was how the show gave a human feel to Police work, specifically Homicide detectives. Not only did it show the effect a death had on victims but it also showed how passionate Homicide detectives are in finding/solving the murders/deaths. My favorite character on this show was Frank Pembleton, he was always very passionate and always did everything with an exclamation point! The actor Andre Braugher, is a Chicago native and is definitely one of the best actors of the show.
This is as good as TV ever gets, what a cast of characters ! The plots and subplots started in the first 2 seasons weave thoughout the series 7 year run, culminating with the great wrap-up movie. Andre Braugher as Frank Pembleton,, wow. "G" "the big man" "Crosetti" "Munch !" "Meldrick" "Megan" "Felton" "Megan AND Felton" "Howard" "Bayliss" "Barnfather" "Adena Watson" and the real star of the show, Baltimore. Don't be put off by the camera work, it grows on you and adds to the drama.
I bought this for someone who has repeatedly told me that “Homicide: Life on the Street” is one of the five best television series of all time. To say that he was thrilled with the gift would be an understatement. And, I was just as pleased as he was, as I got to give hours and hours of pleasure to someone I care about. The phrase “win/win” is used a great deal but rarely is true. This was certainly the exception
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