TV #30 of 2026: Homicide: Life on the Street, season 4 Still enjoyable, but too uneven compared to previous years, which is going to result in a lower rating from me. I do commend the writers for experimenting a bit with the conventional procedural format, and the results include two of my favorite episodes yet: …
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TV #17 of 2026: Homicide: Life on the Street, season 3 At 20 episodes, this is Homicide’s first full-length season, following two with 9 and 4 respectively while it was still an uncertain property on the bubble of cancellation. It’s another strong one, taking advantage of the greater space with more serialized arcs — though …
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TV #13 of 2026: Homicide: Life on the Street, season 2 A very short season at only four episodes, reportedly because NBC wasn’t confident the series had enough of an audience to justify making any more of it. (Contrary to those concerns, the show would ultimately last for another five standard-length seasons, followed by a …
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TV #10 of 2026: Homicide: Life on the Street, season 1 This show debuted in 1993, and knowing that it was based on a book by the journalist/producer David Simon who later went on to create The Wire, I was expecting a similar sort of crime drama here. And the parallels are there, seeing as …
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