Homicide Life on the Street - The Complete Season 4

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Summary: What's It Say Above The Door, Bunkie?
Review: What is this collection of episodes going to be like? I hear you ask yourself. Well if you're a fan, that's like asking if water is going to be wet! Based on the first three seasons, this one is going to be a keeper. Season One seems to be the best so far, the funniest, the most doco-like, chock o block with great characters, great, oh-so ordinary cases, of murder and mayhem, somes cases 'put down' some not, none of which really matters by the way. This program seems to be more about "life" rather than "Homicide" even though the job, as Meldrick & Crosetti would remind us, "has nothing to do with life", it's about connecting with characters so real they actually seem like people you know, people you like, people you can't stand, people who drive you absolutly gigaloo-out of your tree-wacked out-nuts, like family or old friends: Meldrik, the king of cool, Pembleton, arrogance personified, Bayliss, the darkest most disturbing 'novice' ever to hit the screen, Felton, the heartbroken husband and father who makes you want to cry for the new stolen generation and the parents they've been stolen from, Bolander, the Big Man full of venom and middle aged wanderlust'who can't decide if he wants to gut Munch or play classical music, Munchkin, the Motormouth, the Hilarious, the big 'E' on the eye chart, Hot'(so hot the paint peels off the walls when she looks directly at the screen and into your thundering heart - that hot!) Kay Howard, with the wild red hair and brains and attitude to match - thank goodness that we finally get to see a real woman on television instead of the endless parade of model type bimbos offering endless shots of manmade cleavage just to get you to notice them that other programs seem soooo to need to resort to to get attention from male audiences. Season One and two were a milestone of television, season three just slightly behind, afterall how could the program still be as good without the conspiracy mad Crosetti running around cracking jokes about serious over due library returns and grassy knoll assasins to drive us all crazy with, what the hell were the people from NBC thinking? A whole planet that was denied the pleasure of experiencing the developement of one of the most fasinating characters ever to emmerge on the small screen played by an actor on the top of his game. The people you hear about when you haven't got a gun! So back to our original question, what is this new season going to be like? In a nutshell, it's is going to be full of grizzly cases so vivid you have to check your clothing for splatter marks, moments of tragedy so deep they will haunt you for weeks after the event, explosive Munchskinesque humor that will have you cackling at the ceiling and spraying your dinner onto the television screen, amazing acting, brilliant writing, intense direction, the sad loss of Bolander and Felton and the introduction of Mike -You have the right to remain a dead drug dealer' Kellerman. What's it going to be like? "When you came in, what did it say above the door? Yeah! That's right, Bunkie. Homicide. What the hell else were you expecting? Nash Bridges or Murder She Wrote? So why don't you sit your sorry ass down, strap in, hold tight and take the fifth. Or as Munch would say, welcome to Ho Ho Homicide, our day begins when yours ends! It is going to be absolutely freaking amazing. I can't wait. Buy it. Buy it now. Take hostages. Take a sibling at gunpoint! Forget all those other second rate cop shows. Forget NYPD Blue! Forget The Shield or any of those endless Law & Order dvds being drivelled together out there for mass consumption, they are only good as fillers as we wait for all the seasons of Homicide to come out on dvd. There was only one at the beginning, one show that the critics hailed as 'the best show no one is watching'. One show that still makes the others seem like a bunch of actors reading lines about cases too sensational to possibly be true. One show that actually made the invention of television worthwhile. That's right! One show. Homicide: Life on the street. Get it. You'll thank me later! And don't forget, "Crime makes you stupid". And yes, you can quote me on that. May you get to die wyt' the teeth ye were born wyt! God Bless, be well, and be entertained! Toodlepipskidoodle! AGD

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Summary: The Last True Great Season of Homicide
Review: While Homicide would continue for three more seasons, season 4 was the last true great season of this marvelous show. This is thanks to NBC's tampering. This season includes the best episode of any television drama (a bold statement, but watch it and see), "A Doll's Eyes" a heartbreaking tale of a little boy shot in a mall, and the trauma his parents suffer. Other episodes of interest: Thrill of the Kill, Full Moon, and Stakeout. Homicide season 4: Buy it!

Rating:
Summary: The Last True Great Season of Homicide
Review: While Homicide would continue for three more seasons, season 4 was the last true great season of this marvelous show. This is thanks to NBC's tampering. This season includes the best episode of any television drama (a bold statement, but watch it and see), "A Doll's Eyes" a heartbreaking tale of a little boy shot in a mall, and the trauma his parents suffer. Other episodes of interest: Thrill of the Kill, Full Moon, and Stakeout. Homicide season 4: Buy it!