Homicide 2x01-2x04

[oyceter]

Um, yes, I was stupid and didn't realize I hadn't watched disk 3 before popping in disk 4.

So please don't spoil me for the last episodes in S1!

Also, how come S2 is so short?

Comments

[londonkds]

Season Two is very short and has a lot of crowd-pleasing stuff - the stunt-casting and the police-shooting case, because Season One was very disappointing in terms of ratings and the channel agreed to let the creators make a mini-series as One Last Chance to get a serious audience. You'll notice when you carry on that while the series remains very good and better than the average cop-show, it becomes a bit more mainstream in terms of over-in-one-episode plots, new prettier actors, overt shippiness, etc. etc. Still remains one of the best US TV shows ever on racial issues, though.

[oyceter]

I can see the stunt casting as crowd pleasing, but am a little confused about the police-shooting case as such? Unless it was a topic that was very much in the news at the time?

[londonkds]

I was thinking that it was a topic that is always politicised and debate-causing and possibly more immediately interesting to the audience than the kind of sordid normal homicides that were handled previously. I think when it was first broadcast in the UK there was a bit of a high-profile argument about police shootings over here at the time, which might have stuck in my memory.

[oyceter]

Hrm, that's true. I think I am so used to the dramatic previews for all the other homicide-type shows that I focused more on how Homicide handled it (I really loved how they did!).

[veejane]

> I continue to love Pembleton.

I don't think that's going to change. What's hilarious is going and seeing various movies Andre Braugher is in -- he's never the star, always the supporting cast -- and he doesn't have nearly the presence. He turns it off when it's not his job to shine, and then turns on the dazzling wattage when his turn comes.

I love scenes in the box. They're like single combat, only with psychological presence instead of with weapons. Sometimes the battle is totally unfair, as Pembleton proves in that cop-shooting episode, but it's always bravura acting.

[oyceter]

Eeeexceeellent, Smithers.

I think Pembleton/Box is my new OTP. I love all his scenes in there (and most of the detectives in there, but Pembleton most of all), I love how he turns the charm on and off when need be, I love how he uses his race in so many different ways in there (I mean, obviously in problematic ways, but the show knows this as opposed to doing this blindly). Man. I am so impressed with Andre Braugher.

I think the other actors are doing good jobs as well (particularly whoever plays Howard), but Pembleton! Box!

[nestra]

particularly whoever plays Howard

Melissa Leo. Such a fabulous character.

I don't know if it's available on DVD, but the only other thing I've seen Andre Braugher be awesome in is the FX miniseries "Thief", which ran last year. 6 episodes, I think. It kind of got lost in the "thieves are cool!" theme of network programming last year ("Smith", with Ray Liotta, cancelled, "Heist", with Dougray Scott, cancelled), but I'd definitely recommend it.

[oyceter]

OOOOH! THIEVES!

Must find copies!

[oyceter]

Yes! I loved that episode so much!