Homicide: Life on the Street
TV14
Crime drama
Mystery
Thriller
Delves into the gritty, complex lives of detectives in Baltimore’s homicide unit as they investigate and solve chilling murders.
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Cast & Crew
Richard Belzer Det. John Munch
Giancarlo Esposito Agent Mike Giardello
Peter Gerety Det. Stuart Gharty
Clark Johnson Det. Meldrick Lewis
Yaphet Kotto Lt. Al Giardello
Toni Lewis Det. Terri Stivers
Michael Michele Det. Rene Sheppard
Kyle Secor Det. Tim Bayliss
Jon Seda Det. Paul Falsone
Callie Thorne Det. Laura Ballard
Andre Braugher Frank Pembelton
Barry Levinson Executive Producer
Tom Fontana Executive Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Tuesday, September 2
Son of a Gun
Season 1 • Episode 3
The Adena Watson case further frustrates Bayliss and Pembleton.
Wednesday, September 3
A Shot in the Dark
Season 1 • Episode 4
Pembleton and Bayliss follow different hunches in the Adena Watson case.
Wednesday, September 3
Three Men and Adena
Season 1 • Episode 5
Bayliss and Pembleton grill the prime suspect (Moses Gunn) in the Adena Watson case for 10 hours.
Thursday, September 4
Dog and Pony Show
Season 1 • Episode 6
Pembleton and Bayliss are assigned to probe a police dog's death.
Thursday, September 4
And the Rockets Dead Glare
Season 1 • Episode 7
A political refugee is murdered; Howard nearly botches her testimony against Johnson.
Friday, September 5
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Season 1 • Episode 8
A boy is accidentally shot by his sister, but parents keep the gun.
Friday, September 5
Night of the Dead Living
Season 1 • Episode 9
On a hot night, a Santa runs loose in the building, and a candle cannot be extinguished.
Saturday, September 6
Bop Gun
Season 2 • Episode 1
The mother of a vacationing family is killed in Baltimore; guest Robin Williams.
Saturday, September 6
See No Evil
Season 2 • Episode 2
Felton's friend plans to assist terminally ill dad's suicide.
Sunday, September 7
Black and Blue
Season 2 • Episode 3
Giardello and Pembleton clash over a police-brutality case; Crosetti shops for a new house.
Sunday, September 7
A Many Splendored Thing
Season 2 • Episode 4
A slain phone-sex operator is found clutching a note naming her boss as the perpetrator.
Monday, September 8
Nearer My God to Thee
Season 3 • Episode 1
Felton's wife throws him out; Munch and Lewis seek a third partner to buy a bar.
Monday, September 8
Fits Like a Glove
Season 3 • Episode 2
Gaffney allows a possible murder site to be washed down, enraging Pembleton.
Tuesday, September 9
Extreme Unction
Season 3 • Episode 3
The media pressures Russert to release details of a third murder.
Tuesday, September 9
Model Citizen
Season 3 • Episode 4
A serial killer sues Pembleton for violating her civil rights during questioning.
Wednesday, September 10
Happy to Be Here
Season 3 • Episode 5
A woman found dead after a month received daily flower deliveries.
Wednesday, September 10
Crosetti
Season 3 • Episode 6
Refusing to accept that his partner's death was suicide, Lewis launches a full-scale investigation.
Thursday, September 11
The Last of the Watermen
Season 3 • Episode 7
Howard's father, brother and ex-beau, all oystermen, are suspected of an environmentalist's murder.
Thursday, September 11
All Through the House
Season 3 • Episode 8
Munch and Bolander probe a Santa's death; Russert misses the investigative part of her job.
Friday, September 12
Every Mother's Son
Season 3 • Episode 9
Munch, Bayliss and Lewis cannot remodel the bar, a historical landmark.
Friday, September 12
Cradle to Grave
Season 3 • Episode 10
Pembleton covers up a case of abuse involving a congressman, but a reporter uncovers the scandal.
Saturday, September 13
Partners
Season 3 • Episode 11
Pembleton opts not to implicate the commissioner; the bar opens.
Saturday, September 13
The City That Bleeds
Season 3 • Episode 12
Everyone wants in on the investigation when a murder suspect critically wounds Kay, Beau and Stan.
Sunday, September 14
Dead End
Season 3 • Episode 13
Pembleton learns Holton is guilty of the boy's strangulation but not the detectives' shootings.
Monday, September 15
The Old and the Dead
Season 3 • Episode 16
Giardello exposes a superior; Bolander and Munch suspect a grandson killed an old couple.
Tuesday, September 16
In Search of Crimes Past
Season 3 • Episode 17
A 16-year-old murder case is reopened when it is learned the wrong man is about to be executed.
Tuesday, September 16
Nothing Personal
Season 3 • Episode 18
The waterfront bar's taxes and fees leave Bayliss, Munch and Lewis penniless.
Wednesday, September 17
Colors
Season 3 • Episode 19
Bayliss and Pembleton disagree over a case involving Bayliss' cousin.
Wednesday, September 17
The Gas Man
Season 3 • Episode 20
For revenge an ex-convict intimidates Pembleton's family and taunts him in the newspaper.
Thursday, September 18
Fire
Season 4 • Episode 1
An investigation pits Pembleton and Bayliss against an arson detective.
Thursday, September 18
Fire
Season 4 • Episode 2
More fires cause another death, heating up the competition between Kellerman and Pembleton.
Friday, September 19
Autofocus
Season 4 • Episode 3
A videographer helps new partners Lewis and Kellerman identify a killer.
Friday, September 19
Thrill of the Kill
Season 4 • Episode 4
The squad tries to stop a man killing motorists as he travels the highway from Florida to Baltimore.
Saturday, September 20
Hate Crimes
Season 4 • Episode 5
Bayliss and Pembleton investigate a murder done by skinheads.
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