#homicide: life on the street

[thebestestwinner]

One of the most deserved Emmy wins in history was Andre Braugher for his work as Det. Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Street. (That show alone is worth signing up for Peacock to watch.) He also won for his work on the mini-series Theif, and was nominated for his more recent, and also excellent work as Captain Holt on Brooklyn 99 (two iconic cops, two iconic shows, and that’s only skimming his career!). We lost a legend.

Since Homicide is an older show (and was not available on streaming for way too long), here’s a taste of his work on one of the best cop shows ever:

[iressails]

It's out! Homicide: Life on the Street remastered on streaming. Looks great on the cropping for landscape, not sure about the colours (lmao this is gifmaker me). It's on Peacock.

[alikaheroes]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Wholesome content!

The Homicide detectives having fun in the snow!

Homicide: Life on the Street

Season 3, Episode 8 - December 16, 1994

All Through the House

[sigurism]

Andre Braugher | Det. Frank Pembleton Homicide: Life on the Street

Rest in Peace, Andre 1962-2023

[ltwharfy]

Watching "The City That Bleeds" in my "Homicide" rewatch and I was really blown away by the way Munch tells Gee "I got their blood all over my shoes." It was one of those lines that hits like a corkscrew in the heart. I just wanted to hug him (I know Munch wouldn't actually have wanted that.)

When I first watched the show when it was new, Munch was my second favorite character after Pembleton. I loved Munch's humor, his sarcasm, his cynicism. (I was, after all, a teenager with undiagnosed depression, so those things appealed to me greatly.) I knew Richard Belzer was a standup comedian and at one point caught him doing standup on TV. So, that's what I always associated him and Munch with- the humor.

Rewatching this episode was a great reminder that while Richard Belzer was very funny, he could also (like everyone else on the show) fucking act.

"They wrecked my shoes, Gee."

I'm gonna go cry somewhere...

[334iwatchshit]

we were not getting the munch crashouts in svu the way we were in homicide, and that's a god damn tragedy

[ylizam]

a non-binding poll about which fanfic I should buckle down and finish out of my closet full of unfinished fic now that Yuletide is mostly done and dusted (note: some of these are more in progress than others, but all have at least been started so they're not new things I'll start and abandon okay) (also i reserve the right to be super inspired by something—e.g., something Agatha Harkness shaped—or whatever and let inspiration jump the line, but yeah i honestly love all of these stupid little stories i've started and am curious whether anyone would even read any of them were I to finish any of them):

okay I think those are the main options that I might realistically work on, but please do not think this is my full WsIP list or anything like that. p.s. feel free to ask any questions about these since poll word limits made the descriptions delightfully short and vibes-based.

update: I can't edit the poll, but it's obviously "John dies, Susan takes over." also apparently I can't see the results without voting so one vote for the first item is just me. voting for the first thing listed. so I can see the results on my own poll. not a real vote. okay. thank you for your attention.

[doyouknowthisjewishcharacter]

Do you know this Jewish character?

[oldschoolvillageidiot]

Favorite TV shows of 2024. They're an eclectic bunch, but I stand by 'em. (Fargo is specifically season 5).

[seriouslycromulent]

I Miss Him Already

I know it seems cliched, but a part of me feels like I've lost a member of my own family. I admit it made me feel a little bit better seeing so many news outlets, colleagues, and fans share stories about meeting him, working with him, and watching him in roles where he owned the stage and screen like no other.

My heart goes out to Andre's family and friends because I know if he meant this much to those of us who never met him, I can't even imagine how much he meant to you.

Rest in peace, Mr. Braugher. You are gone, but not forgotten.

[iressails]

Frank: "I'm out there wearing this stuff and I'm thinking to myself 'Hey, we could be decoyed as nuns'."

Homicide: Life on the street | 0613

[alikaheroes]

Where’s the Homicide: Life on the Street fandom? Fan since 2006 and now watching again since it’s on Peacock! The best show

Also if you like this you’re free to message me I need to fangirl over my latest hyperfixation

[proverbialschoolmarm]

[ltwharfy]

The fun things about rewatching a show you haven't watched in approximately 20 years is that you only remember some parts, but others are complete surprises.

Yes, this about "Homicide". I just rewatched "Cradle to Grave" and while I remembered the investigation into the Congressman's phony kidnapping story, I forgot how it ended (for the episode, anyway) with Pembleton resigning because the Deputy Commissioner doesn't have his back.

And then Bayliss coming to talk to Pembleton at the grocery store and saying he can't quit he is his partner and they are best friends. (Pembleton, of course, doesn't have best friends.)

God, I remembered their relationship was good, but I forgot how good!

Honestly, that last sentence can apply to "Homicide" as a aeries. Really digging this rewatch so far.

[xenagabrielleforever]

Andre Braugher RIP

[mswyrr]

I love this scene from Homicide: Life on the Street (from 2x04, "A Many Splendored Thing") and the surge in puritanical thought and purity policing language online keeps making me think about it.

BAYLISS: Tell me that you don't find all of this porno stuff, all this phone sex and S&M stuff, disgusting. PEMBLETON: Well, Bayliss, that's just the way of the world. It's been this way forever. When they dug through the ruins of Pompeii, they found, written on the walls: 'An vere fama susrrat grandia te medii tenta vorare viri.' It's a long, roundabout way of saying 'fellatio.' St. Ignatius High, New York City. Yeah, I had to do something to make Latin class interesting. BAYLISS: Granted, listen, perversion has existed since the beginning of time. Alright, we see it everywhere, but that doesn't mean that I am willing to accept that. PEMBLETON: Well, in any given ten square feet of this great country, there are people who think it's perverted for a person of your color and my color to sleep together. BAYLISS: No, Frank. I'm not talking about prejudice. What I'm talking about is kinky sexual acts. Dehumanizing acts between two human beings, alright. Sex is love. Period. This I believe. PEMBLETON: Oh, yeah right. So if a beautiful woman passes you on the street, you smile at her. Ooh, she smiles back. You're not thinking about marriage, you're thinking of her in a French maid's outfit. Bent over a straight back chair – BAYLISS: No, no, I don't. I don't think that way, Frank. PEMBLETON: Oh, well you're either a liar or you're a moron. If you're a liar, then fine. At least you've got a chance. But if you're a moron, then you're just a bore, y'know. I'm gonna have to take you out back and shoot you just to put you out of your misery. BAYLISS: Wait a minute. I don't think dirty so I can't understand the criminal mind. Is that it, huh? I mean….I…I…I don't want to kill someone, so I can't get into the killer's head, is that it Frank? I don't think about molesting some child so I don't how to investigate Adena Watson's murder, is that what you're saying? PEMBLETON: Then you really are a moron, aren't you!? BAYLISS: No, I'm not a moron, Frank! PEMBLETON: OK, let me tell you something. We're all guilty of something. Cruelty, or greed, or going 65 in a 55-mile-per-hour zone. But you know what? You want to think about yourself as the fair-haired choirboy, you go ahead. BAYLISS: Alright. OK, so, what're you saying, huh? PEMBLETON: I'm saying you got a darkness. You, Tim Bayliss, you got a darkness inside of you. You gotta know the uglier, darker sides of yourself. You gotta recognize them so they're not constantly sneaking up on you. You gotta love them 'cause they're part of you. Because along with your virtues, they make you who you are. Virtue isn't virtue until it slams up against vice. So consequently, your virtue's not real virtue, until it's been tested. Tempted.

Being terrified of one's own darkness/sins and eagerly seeking to live in denial about their existence is actually one of the ways that extremes of politics and religion capture people. (That and the disgust based morality Bayliss displays in this scene). That kind of obsessive purity is something I was raised with in fundamentalist Christianity. It doesn't lead to goodness; it leads to hypocrisy, lies, hiding and concealing and cultures of fear. It motivates people to actively prevent rather than support real goodness and sincerity and truth. It leads to people displacing and projecting their own darkness on others instead of having a healthy relationship with it.