Homicide: Life on the Streets

The very last bit of Homicide: LOTS.

[@bloke_19xx33]

RIP, Mr. Braugher, Mr. Kotto, and Mr. Polito. After all these years… still a jolting scene.

[@SageOftheSubway]

Andre Braugher is the most underrated, under appreciated actor of this generation.

[@ThomasFromTN]

Not the "underrated" trope, again!!!

[@gterrymed]

REST IN PEACE, ANDRE

[@242sighting]

@@ThomasFromTN It's real though.

[@robert4123]

He was a great actor. Not the best, not the most underrated, and while maybe MY most beloved, he was also not THE most beloved.

[@aitedoruyo]

"HOMICIDE" is the greatest TV that I have ever seen!!

[@brich2929]

I'm incredibly saddened today to wake up to the news of Yaphet Kotto's passing.

[@xavierjames9270]

Yeah

[@bloke_19xx33]

My favorite show of all time. Still missed today.

[@szwakyd]

RIP G. This scene was so bittersweet when I first saw it and even more so now. “Rest In Peace, it means what is says”

[@writer4peace]

This remains one of my favorite television shows. And having lived in Baltimore for a spell, it truly captures that strange and special city.

[@Mr110074]

RIP Yaphet Kotto. You were absolutely amazing in this role and deserved so much more.

[@axucaroso]

You want a desk? Here's your desk, Bayliss! Now bring me the killer of Adena Watson!

[@stevec7770]

Never did put that name on the board in black

[@michaelking375]

RIP Yaphet Kotto. Lt. Giardello.

[@SandMaxxPayne]

Guess he's taking that walk into the room now. RIP Mr. Kotto

[@mikesmith-pj7xz]

Even after the show changed (after season 3) and it wasn't as good, it was still great and in retrospect, it is the finest tv drama in the history of the medium.

[@levertige1]

I can't watch it after s 3. And it was sad to know that Crasetti was gone. No, thanks too much for me!

[@AndyBluebear-fi9om]

I dunno, seasons 4 through 7 are still pretty good overall.

[@daryaionesco2634]

I wish they'd bring Homicide back but I'm afraid it would ruin it.

[@jeff-crankyxer1931]

Rest in Peace G.

[@pshaw8406]

I'm glad the brought Jon Polito back. He kinda got cheated out of a good role. Homicide always had the best soundtrack. It's ridiculous that it's such a hard show to find.

[@levertige1]

I read it was misunderstanding between him and creators.

[@michaelanatole5303]

Rest in Peace, Yapphet.

[@jasonrubin5545]

"Where do you think you are, heaven?"

[@rarewaves3986]

Best series ever made, solid ending 🕊♥️

[@artytoons]

The best final episode/"reunion" movie ever. Even dead Crosetti and Felton came back for a final goodbye

[@AndyBluebear-fi9om]

I think they managed to get everyone back for the movie, even if just a cameo.

[@darrinconroy4232]

RIP Andre Braugher. You joined that poker game far too early

[@chrisf2471]

After Braugher left, the last season didn’t feel like Homicide anymore

[@JULYXXIV]

I remembered this when it aired originally. On a lighter note, after dying, the last place I would EVER want to be is at work, lol. I know this is supposed to be a type of purgatory, but I mean they don't even have an espresso machine!!!

[@urvanhroboatos8044]

In purgatory or limbo, you're lucky if you have coffee at all....

[@323guiltyspark]

For what it's worth, it looks like time passes by differently in this purgatory. A long time doesn't feel like a long time.

[@sjdinergrrl]

The year Homicide ended, 1999, I said goodbye to my mother, to the century, & to Homicide:Life on the Street.

[@behrmann01]

It's from the HOMICIDE movie that aired after the last season of the show.

[@lucynewlin9544]

Guessing Bayliss will be the fourth; can't imagine him in prison, especially after Pembleton couldn't give him absolution (rightfully so). Munch alludes to his suicide in SVU.

[@ryderstrong3899]

what? do you know which episode of SVU?

[@levertige1]

He had to give him an absolution. Had. But he, the great Frank Pembelton, didn't want to share someone's sin. He is so arrogant and non-empathetic person.

[@skylx0812]

But in that SVU episode Munch says the one who "Ate his gun" was a partner he once had. Bayliss and Munch never partnered. But the little girl playing in the squad room was Adina Watson, she still haunted the place. They did have an episode where Falsone solved an even older child murder case. Maybe another would eventually solve Adina's.

[@ChamonixHouse884]

This show really had all the great actors in it I hear David Simon is working on a new Baltimore show

[@jasonrubin5545]

"Caught me a couple tonight."

[@dking8471]

RIP G

[@sdb29]

Thanks so much for posting this

[@theprofessor172]

Was that little girl skipping through the squad room Adena Watson?

[@madhack69]

theprofessor172 yep

[@axucaroso]

gasp! My scalp just tingled. They never did get justice for Adena Watson. But not for lack of trying. They did everything and never forgot. Giardello was the real deal.

[@iadorenewyork1]

He said the name "Jeannie". I think she was his beloved daughter as a young child.

[@levertige1]

no

[@dmagwaza]

R.I.P. Yaphet Kotto and Jon Polito.

[@p.wynnmarkstall1737]

RIP to Andre Braugher and Yaphet Kotto

[@AndyBluebear-fi9om]

And Jon Polito.

[@behrmann01]

According to IMDB -- there were seven seasons of HOMICIDE. The last aired in '99. The movie aired in '00.

[@greenseaships]

I haven't seen this movie since the night it aired. I distinctly remember when the song by Smashing Pumpkins played and the scene fades to black. I turned off the TV, went in the other room, turned out the light and wept. I miss these people so much.

[@AndyBluebear-fi9om]

You cried over a TV show ending? Seriously?

[@radicalmatamune]

RIP Yaphet Kotto...

[@adamlis9321]

Strange to see a show on the subtle line between classic Law & Order and The Wire :)

[@gillianseed909]

So powerful...

[@kennethclemons3415]

RIP Andre Braugher

[@nectam]

best show EVER not like the shield

[@behrmann01]

I'm not sure -- but that's what I assumed too.

[@greenseaships]

Wherever he is right now, I hope Yaphet Kotto is having that cup of coffee with John Polito. Hell, I hope it's an espresso!

[@michaelglickman1300]

Ned Beatty and Richard Belzer have joined Kotto in heaven as well.

[@greenseaships]

@@michaelglickman1300 That game of cards in the breakroom is looking a little different at this point in time.

[@katherynemero4118]

This scene is more emotional now than it ever was. I suppose it's because Jon Polito and Yaphet Kotto are both gone.

[@javi_2022]

Saddly i remember that i lost many seasons because i didn't like it when i had saw to Munch's companion and i thought he's very old and Pembleton looked to me so much arrogant. However a day i said ok let's watch this serie and then i loved it. This is the second best tv series ever seen, because the first one is The Blues of Hill Street.

[@ross7825]

Tony Soprano would like a word...

[@michoak47nfernandez25]

RIP Giardello

[@zmanjz]

All the more meaningful today.

[@davidribeiro1064]

RIP Yaphet.

[@TheTraktergirl]

The Best show ever

[@SageOftheSubway]

Best TV show ever.

[@rockduded8925]

And now Pembleton joins the game.

[@joshuarayfield4300]

5 card stud was a movie that Yaphet Kotto was in early in his career.

[@joshuarayfield4300]

5 Card Stud was a film that Yaphet Kotto acted in early in his career. It was in the late 1960's or the early 1970's.

[@Broyale26]

Imagine if Luther Mahoney showed up 😂😂😂

[@ThorOdinson]

Nah, he’s roasting in Hell.

[@LordZontar]

The fourth chair is waiting for Bayliss.

[@JKL_YT]

it's from the movie?

[@xXOxIdEXx]

Hmm.. Thanks ;)

[@PatS.1976]

Was this conceder a red ball?

[@levertige1]

Well, I don't like all that shit that they did with Bayliss. I think that in mental meaning, he wasn't so depressed on this case - shooting that bastard. It's happened because of finding the man who shot G and because of Frank Pembelton's presence, who "tired of confessions", he had it so many. Bayliss met him after so many years, he was as friend of him, even if FP didn't think so. It's happened, a collapse in his soul. He just wanted a friendly support, understanding, to tell finally this terrible hidden secret ... He asked FP if he feels some sorrow for that guy who shot G. Bayliss needed a friendly help, a sorrow, but not an arrest. Poor idealist!

[@declangill5138]

Bayliss may not have been arrested. Pemberton doesn't want to arrest him, but Bayliss says if he doesn't, he'll kill himself. Munch in a season 3 episode mentions he once had a partner who took cases too personally and committed suicide. While we know Crosetti committed suicide, Munch was never partnered with him while in final season. However brief he was with Bayliss

[@ShaftInAfrica]

What's the name of this song?

[@JohnWilliams-us8ke]

"Crestfallen" by Smashing Pumpkins. From the "Adore" album.

[@xXOxIdEXx]

Who had giardello's case?

[@johnmondry22]

The whole Squad past and present

[@xXOxIdEXx]

ok thx ;)

[@robert4123]

The movie sucked but this ending…”no espresso, where do you think you are heaven” … and the montage, song …absolutely perfect!

[@jacqueline755]

WOW!!

[@xXOxIdEXx]

Damn... Giardello died? :( Who killed him? :(

[@bobbyblue46]

A father who lost his child to drugs killed Gaiardello because he disagreed with his support for legalizing marijuana.

[@xXOxIdEXx]

@@bobbyblue46 thanks Bobby. I’ve been waiting 12 years for someone to answer me :)

[@ThorOdinson]

@@bobbyblue46 Not just marijuana. Pretty sure Giardello wanted to legalize all drugs. Meth, heroin, cocaine, etc.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

Kareem Said.

[@johncallahan2490]

When Frank says he caught a couple of bad guys that night, was Bayliss the second he was referring to?

[@242sighting]

Yeah.

[@jbrewerman2]

In Law and Order Munch referred ti a homicide detective who became too emotional over his cases, and later committed suicide. Bayliss, who sits in the fourth chair. They even foreshadowed this, I like to think, in that 3rd season episode where Bayliss and Gee were in the latter's office playing "Hearts" while the other detectives listened to the game on the other side ofat the closed door.

[@brianlong3429]

I loved the show. Like Hill Street Blues and Laugh-in, they don't make shows like this anymore. I had three small problems with the end of the show and movie, in my opinion. Should have answered the story line of who actual killed Adeena Watson, how exactly Crosetti died, and if the person who killed Beau (George Cantwell) was ever arrested and brought to justice for killing Beau.

[@katherynemero4118]

Adena Watson was never solved in real life. I like that they didn't lie to us about that. Quite often, they had cases that were never solved. That's as true as it gets. Not everything is fixed and solved in an hour episode.

[@jabarithomas7290]

Adeena Watson was killed by the old black man who owned the ice cream truck. The man was an alcoholic who couldn’t get a real woman who sadly resorted to sexually abusing Adeena Watson until he finally snapped and kill her. The reason why the old man denied the killing is because of his severe alcohol addiction that led to him having memory problems.

[@alexmckee4683]

@@jabarithomas7290 ice cream truck? You mean the arabber? The one they had in the box?

[@szwakyd]

I just realized something, does Giancarlo Esposito introduce himself as “Frank Giardello” instead of Michael in this scene?

[@urvanhroboatos8044]

No, he said Mike.

[@szwakyd]

@@urvanhroboatos8044 OK. It really sounds like he mistakenly says Frank Giardello every time I listen to it.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

Epilogue: Eric Thomas James was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of Al Giardello. He served his time at Oswald Correctional Facility and changed his name to Kareem Said after turning to the religion of Islam.

[@williamb.8059]

G looked really Italian.

[@chrisf2471]

After Braugher left, the last season didn’t feel like Homicide anymore

[@Red552mimi]

RIP Andre Braugher

[@robhugo]

RIP Yaphet