Homicide: Life on the Street/Tear Jerker

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Giardello's speech at the end of "Partners and Other Strangers".
  • The scene in "Every Mother's Son" when the mothers of a murdered child and the boy who did the killing meet unaware of who the other is.
  • The scene in "Crosetti" when Lewis realizes that his partner and friend committed suicide.
  • "A Doll's Eyes" when the parents have to take their son off life support.
  • Charles S. Dutton's performance in "Prison Riot" especially his line "I'm in here forever, Detective. Forever."
  • The end of "Blood Wedding" and "Betrayal".
  • Lewis talking Kellerman out of suicide.
  • "Bop Gun" particularly the ending.