Homicide: The Subway (6.07) Part 1

Homicide: Life On The Street
The Subway (6.07)(aired: December 5, 1997)
As dozens of commuters look on in horror, John Lange (Vincent D'Onofrio) falls between the cars of a subway train. No one, however, is quite certain whether Lange fell accidentally, jumped, or was deliberately pushed. But the homicide detectives on the scene are certain about one disturbing fact: If any attempt is made to move Lange, he will probably die on the spot. As the grimly philosophical Lange awaits the inevitable, the detectives search for two people -- one of whom may be a killer.

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[NewEnglandSportsDude]

this show was like, wayy better than Law & Order

[mrj24]

i remeber this episode. By far one of the best!!!! D'onofrio is a damn good actor

[imanrashida]

@TheBookWorm1718 i just read about another psychopathic tendancy that gives people pleasure in pushin others infront of trains or cars so i guess the statistics have just changed if you include this

[SwantonTHIS]

is it just me or did that singer in the subway sound a lot like Tool's vocalist?

[TheBookWorm1718]

Both Goren and Eames from Criminal Intent were on episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street, as we see here, Goren's character is a victim, when Eames was on it, she was a murderer but a victim also. I find it funny that the two main lead detectives from that show both appeared on this show several years earlier.

[TheBookWorm1718]

@imanrashida I would never want to go on a subway, but I did read that as it turns out, only 17 people die every year from falling off a platform, so I suppose that's some condolence that it's very rare.

[neocoders]

Ah fantastic. Best copy show ever, atmospheric, great acting

[imanrashida]

it used to give me nightmares as a child about the states am from africa

[Notebookwriter1]

@GycuBrun : It is a great story with depth character analysis. Greatest hour of TV? No, not at all. Great hour of TV? Hell yeah.

[kariebeez]

Homicide was always geared toward the thinker and not generally toward the short attention span. Things were never thrown in the audiences faces --- subtlety was intricately and thoughtfully interwoven in this most elite police drama. The show often left one thinking and that was its genius. The message was invariably that nothing is ever what it appears.

[hibob418]

One of the best hours of television ever produced. On the VHS tape of this episode, they include the PBS special of the making of this episode. Also worth your time. Thanks so much for posting!

[mctalks]

Vincent D'Onofrio is one of the most powerful actors I've ever seen. God blessed this man with a gift that most of us can never understand.