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Homicide: Life on the Street

Season 5 (22 Episodes)

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The fifth season of Homicide: Life on the Street aired in the United States on the NBC television network from 20 September 1996 to 16 May 1997 and contained 22 episodes. A new opening sequence debuted with the start of this season, including elements of a police investigation and a growing chatter of radio transmissions behind the theme music. In addition, pictures of the actors were displayed alongside their names for the first time. The sequence ends with the ringing of the squadroom phone...

Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 Hostage: Part 1

1. Hostage: Part 1

Aired: Sep 20, 1996

Pembleton returns to work just as a school is being taken hostage.

Episode 2 Hostage: Part 2

2. Hostage: Part 2

Aired: Sep 27, 1996

As the hostage situation at the school continues, the detectives debate their...

Episode 3 Prison Riot

3. Prison Riot

Aired: Oct 18, 1996

The detectives investigate a murder committed during a prison riot, while Pem...

Episode 4 Bad Medicine

4. Bad Medicine

Aired: Oct 25, 1996

Lewis teams with a narcotics officer to catch the culprit who's selling poiso...

Episode 5 M.E., Myself and I

5. M.E., Myself and I

Aired: Nov 1, 1996

The arrival of a new Chief Medical Examiner upsets Bayliss at first, but resu...

Episode 6 White Lies

6. White Lies

Aired: Nov 8, 1996

An article in The Baltimore Sun about an investigation of the arson unit upse...

Episode 8 The True Test

8. The True Test

Aired: Nov 22, 1996

An outstanding computer genius at a prestigious prep school is found stabbed ...

Episode 9 Control

9. Control

Aired: Dec 6, 1996

On Pembleton's first case back, a divorced woman is found stabbed to death; h...

Episode 10 Blood Wedding

10. Blood Wedding

Aired: Dec 13, 1996

A robbery gone wrong kills Danver's bride-to-be while trying on a wedding dre...

Episode 11 The Documentary

11. The Documentary

Aired: Jan 3, 1997

On New Year's Eve, Brodie screens his documentary about the detectives that r...

Episode 12 Betrayal

12. Betrayal

Aired: Jan 10, 1997

A girl is found with a broken rib which punctured her lung and 26 belt buckle...

Episode 13 Have a Conscience

13. Have a Conscience

Aired: Jan 17, 1997

An Asian store owner, a war hero, tried to forbid dope dealers from operating...

Episode 14 Diener

14. Diener

Aired: Jan 31, 1997

Pembleton and Lewis are assigned to the brutal murder of a wealthy woman. Eac...

Episode 15 Wu's on First?

15. Wu's on First?

Aired: Feb 7, 1997

When a police officer is found shot to death, Elizabeth Wu writes an article ...

Episode 16 Valentine's Day

16. Valentine's Day

Aired: Feb 14, 1997

Two bombings near Valentine's Day result in two deaths with no apparent conne...

Episode 17 Kaddish

17. Kaddish

Aired: Feb 21, 1997

Munch's high school love interest, Helen Rosenthal, is raped and murdered, le...

Episode 18 Double Blind

18. Double Blind

Aired: Apr 11, 1997

Chris Thormann must confront the fact that the assailant who shot and blinded...

Episode 19 Deception

19. Deception

Aired: Apr 25, 1997

Autopsy reveals that the death of a recent arrival from Europe was caused by ...

Episode 20 Narcissus

20. Narcissus

Aired: May 2, 1997

Just another midnight shift for the Homicide squad, with yet another shooting...

Info about Homicide: Life on the Street

Seasons: 7

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery