Homicide: Life on the Street on DVD |
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Complete 7th Season
6 Discs - 22 episodes! |
1/31/1993 - 8/13/1999
NBC 60 minutes
122
episodes
Produced by:
Barry Levinson
From the book
"Homicide: A Year on the Killig Streets" by David Simon
7th Season
Cast:
Yaphet Kotto as Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
Richard Belzer as Det. John
Munch
Kyle Secor as Det Tim Bayliss
Clark Johnson as Det. Meldrick
Lewis
Jon Seda as Det Falsone
Callie Thorne as Det. Laura Ballard
Peter Gerety as Det. Stuart Gharty
Michael Michele as Det. Rene
Sheppard
"That's what wrong with this job. It ain't got nothin' to do
with life."
Det. Meldrick Lewis, "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"
Crime
and punishment direct from the streets of Baltimore. Powerful, darkly humorous,
and always original, this final season brings an explosive end to one of the
edgiest police dramas ever to hit television - HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE
STREET. |
Homicide: Life on the Street Complete 7th Season DVD Review
Let's get this out of the way. No Andre Braugher. No Pembleton. He
isn't in the final season. Is he missed? Yes, he was a dynamic character on the
show. But the cast of Homicide was always fluid, and this ensemble sails along
quite dramatically without Pembleton.
For one thing, Bayliss (Kyle
Secor) is no longer the idealistic rookie.He has come full circle to become as
jaded as any veteran. He is now his own man and not Pembleton's shadow. Also,
we get two new characters, Det. Renée Sheppard (Michael Michele) and Lt.
Giardello's FBI agent son, Mike (Giancarlo Esposito).
Mike Kellerman
(Reed Diamond) is back as a private investigator in the 2 parter "Kellerman,
P.I." You'll see the Law & Order gang, Benjamin Bratt, Jerry Orbach, and
Sam Waterston in part 2 of a crossover ("Sideshow").
Homicide: Life on
the Street was always a thinking person's cop show that examined behavior not
actions. The camera always had an energy of its own with the quick jump cuts
and repeating scene frames. This is still very much evident in Season 7. And we
have the familiar big board with its unsolved red names and solved black
ones.
A main story arc centers around internet killer Luke Ryland. When
Ryland is released on a technicality, Bayliss is unable to handle his anger and
disappointment, striking ADA Ed Danvers (Zeljko Ivanek). (Spoiler coming) In
the final episode Ryland is found murdered and Bayliss is seen packing up his
desk. But you will have to additionally purchase
Homicide: The Movie, the follow-up made for TV movie, to
discover if Bayliss is guilty.
Special Features:
(Excellent!) Live Panel Discussion with Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, James
Yoshimura, and David Simon
Barry Levinson's Acceptance Speech for the 2004
Video Software Dealers Association Career Achievement Award
Commentary with
Tom Fontana, Julie Martin, and James Yoshimura on the Episode "Forgive Us Our
Trespasses"
Cast Biographies
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