Homicide: Life on the Street "Boom, Boom, Boom" Montage 2

[jtclaf]

It's New Year's Eve and just had to revisit this great upload, great music, great show, Yea, BOOM BOOM BOOM ALL NIGHT LONG!!!!!!!!!!

[artytoons]

Darn those phones...

[arnold754]

Homicide was the detective show that set the Bar

[josmar7]

easily the best crime show ever, there is not even a second place in my list, this is how good this show was

[jtclaf]

Love the Song and loved the best damn cop show ever on TV.

[virago1776]

I remember those nights.

All too well actually.

[MsPoppi90]

Does anyone remember the episode of homicide that was a continuation from a cross over with law and order season 6 "Charm City"??

[bravogolfhotel]

God, I miss this show. I miss it like an old girlfriend who's moved in her own direction as much as I've moved in mine and who I couldn't realistically get back together with, but I miss it all the same.

[bigg130]

The Wire is far better.

[edavismookie25]

@bigg130 That is because it is up to date. The idea from the Wire originated from Homicide: Life on the Street.

[kentamitchell]

@bravogolfhotel Me too! Are you aware of the irony of the character of Luther Mahoney? The actor playing him was Erik Todd Dellums, son of Congressman Ron Dellums. In real life one of Erik's brothers is serving a life sentence for murdering a man over a bag of marijuana

[adamnob2]

what the name of theeoisode of Homicide: Life On The Street about a shooting motivated by one character's destruction of another character's copy of Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs.

[lightsearcher1]

This homicide episode (The Documentary) is the most schizo episode in that it has the most incredible "must see" sections divided by the most empty "don't bother" filler sections in-between. Because of the GOOD parts it is an absolutely must see. See it.

[bell0039]

A friend of mine's dad was a career

police officer. He told me this was

the most realistic cop show on TV.

[edavismookie25]

@bell0039 It is.

-Former Chicago cop

[ponda1]

Did Law and Order grow out of this series..I think irt did..familiar faces...

[jazzhandstothesky]

Law and Order started in '89 so no it didn't grow out of this series. they had a lot of crossover though.

[gwylliion]

no. the original Law and Order started before Homicide. Also, L&O is done by Dick Wolf while H:LotS was done by Barry Levinson.

The character of John Munch played by Richard Belzer is probably the familiar face. After Homicide ended, Belzer began playing Munch on the new L&O show SVU.

[Notebookwriter1]

@ponda1 : No, the regular law and order was airing well before Homicide.  Richard Belzar/Munch is the only one to have his character carry over into other TV shows.

[Forellenfotze]

the nineties have been the best decade ever!

[Notebookwriter1]

At least we can all agree and say that Homicide is like the father of The Wire. The Wire is most likely what David Simon really had in mind for Homicide but couldn't becuase of that damned NBC restrcitions. Homicide was still a great show though.

[jazzhandstothesky]

I like homicide way better than the wire. I'm eh about the wire.

[yavin1]

Homicide is exactly what David Simon wanted. Season One was based on the detectives and events of the Baltimore Homicide unit, with different stories afterwards. The idea for 'The Wire' must have come afterwards. Thanks for putting this up!

[Brownshoe24]

@Notebookwriter1 So who's the mother: OZ !

[FireBuff51]

@Notebookwriter1 agreed. If you've ever read the book that Homicide is based on, you can see so many real life cases and anecdotes that ended up in both shows.

[neobican]

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[neobican]

homicide is the best tv show.

NAJBOLJI

[aaa123gf]

Well, yeah, I'd agree that the Wire is better, but keep in mind that Homicide didn't have anywhere near as large a budget, nor the creative control of the show granted by HBO, or the proven critical acclaim of Homicide to bank on. If you read the book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, you can find passages that were filmed verbatim in both Homicide and the Wire.

[codename617]

i have the book, i just haven't got around to reading it because i'm kinda busy with Michael COnnelly's books. There should really be a Harry Bosch movie!

[dsmitty5]

Homicide: Greatest TV show EVER!

[aznativethug]

i think the wire is way better than this. it's from the creator of homicide and has such a bigger scope.

[easilyjaded2]

Well, The Wire may be better, but I definitely like the characters in Homicide more.

[aznativethug]

you like them better than omar, marlo, chris, snoop, and bubbles?!?!? are you kiddin me!?!?!?

[easilyjaded2]

Well, okay, now that I think about it...I love them all the same. It's like choosing between children!

[aznativethug]

EXACTLY!!!!

[ace11rothstein]

Homicide had better police characters but the Wire had better characters overall. And this makes sense, Homicide is mostly a cop show whereas its really tough to call the Wire just a cop show.

[aliciakaylambert]

I agree 100% - that and Tom's other show Oz!

[phil2856]

@dsmitty5 Your right, nothing comes close to this Excellent series.

[tranquility4all]

@dsmitty5 Clearly the best prime time drama.