Homicide: Life on the Street
Night of the Dead Living
Season 1, Episode 9 · Aired 1993-03-31
Synopsis
This episode recounts a hot summer night in September, recalling events that occurred earlier in the chronology of the season. The squad works the night shift, but no homicides are reported, leaving the detectives to brood over their personal matters. Bayliss is still investigating the Adena Watson murder but makes no progress, prompting Pembleton to encourage him to approach it from the mind-frame of a criminal. This advice leads Bayliss to a breakthrough discovery. Meanwhile, Howard learns her brother-in-law has been cheating on her sister, and Felton surprises Howard by offering her genuine words of comfort. Bolander contemplates asking Blythe on a date and, when he finally builds up the courage, she accepts. Throughout the night, the detectives encounter several odd characters, including a criminal who dresses like Santa Claus (Cleve Wall) and a cleaning woman (N'Bushe Wright) who keeps her baby in an animal carrier while she works.
In the series
This episode is part of Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) on NBC.
Baltimore detectives, handheld grit, and cases that don’t tidy up for sweeps.
Key cast
- Andre Braugher as Frank Pembleton
- Yaphet Kotto as Al Giardello
- Kyle Secor as Tim Bayliss
- Richard Belzer as John Munch
- Clark Johnson as Meldrick Lewis
- Melissa Leo as Kay Howard