HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET: BLOOD TIES {PART 3 OF 3} (TV)
Summary
Continued from T:50516. Part three of three. One in this dramatic police series about a department of reflective homicide detectives in Baltimore, Maryland. In this episode, the Wilson family goes on television to offer a substantial reward to anyone who reveals information about the murdered housekeeper. Colonel Barnfather orders Giardello to close the controversial case as soon as possible because of the publicity and constant pressure from the media. Giardello tells his detectives to evade the Wilsons' lawyer as they search the Wilsons' home and acquire blood samples from Felix and Hal Wilson. Meanwhile, when Lewis and Falsone investigate the murder of a former Mahoney employee who had given them a lead about the sniper, they find a child hiding in the bathroom. Falsone speaks with the child privately about events that may have occurred at the house. In the meantime, Pembleton, Bayliss, Gharty, and Ballard begin their search of the Wilson house and take blood samples from Felix and Hal Wilson. Pembleton is grappling with the possibility that Felix Wilson, who is a hero to the black community, may be involved in the murder. In the Mahoney case, the child says a message was left on the answering machine, Falsone and Lewis listen to the voice, and Stivers realizes the voice belongs to a detective in the narcotics unit. The child identifies the man, Detective Castleman, whom they question about the murders. Castleman admits that he shot the victims because he had been on Mahoney's payroll for years, and Georgia Ray threatened to have his family killed unless he committed the murders. And, when the detectives find a stack of love letters that Hal had written to the housekeeper, Pembleton speaks with Felix and Hal Wilson. In a strange twist of events, Pembleton asks no questions about the murder, but the elder Wilson drags the truth out of his son. Ultimately, Pembleton learns who murdered the housekeeper in a fit of rage -- but the evidence and confession may turn out to be inadmissible in a court of law. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: October 31, 1997 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:46:20
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:50711
- GENRE: Drama, police/detective
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, police/detective; Baltimore, MD - Crime and criminals
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1993-1999
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Barry Levinson … Executive Producer
- Tom Fontana … Executive Producer, Writer
- Julie Martin … Supervising Producer, Writer
- James Yoshimura … Supervising Producer, Writer
- Anya Epstein … Producer, Writer
- David Simon … Producer, Writer, Based on the book by
- Mark Pellington … Director
- Paul Attanasio … Created by
- Douglas J. Cuomo … Music by
- Lynn F. Kowal … Theme Music by
- Richard Belzer … Cast, Det. John Munch
- Andre Braugher … Cast, Det. Frank Pembleton
- Reed Diamond … Cast, Det. Mike Kellerman
- Michelle Forbes … Cast, Dr. Julianna Cox
- Peter Gerety … Cast, Det. Stu Gharty
- Clark Johnson … Cast, Det. Meldrick Lewis
- Yaphet Kotto … Cast, Lt. Al Giardello
- Kyle Secor … Cast, Det. Tim Bayliss
- Jon Seda … Cast, Det. Paul Falsone
- Callie Thorne … Cast, Det. Laura Ballard
- James Earl Jones … Cast, Felix Wilson
- Lynne Thigpen … Cast, Regina Wilson
- Toni Lewis … Cast, Det. Teri Stivers
- Ellen Bethea … Cast, Thea Wilson
- Zeljko Ivanek … Cast, Ed Danvers
- Ami Brabson … Cast, Mary Whelan-Pembleton
- Clayton LeBouef … Cast, Col. Barnfather
- Jeffrey Wright … Cast, Hal Wilson
- William Cote … Cast, Keane
- Lance Lewman … Cast, Det. Castleman
- Robert Chew … Cast, Wilkie Collins
- Dina Napoli … Cast, the TV Reporter
- Marc John Jefferies … Cast, Jack Collins