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Homicide: Life on the Street Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
Hostage: Part 1
Fri, Sep 20, 199646 mins
Pembleton returns to work just as a school is being taken hostage.
Episode 2
Hostage: Part 2
Fri, Sep 27, 199646 mins
As the hostage situation at the school continues, the detectives debate their course of action, and Pembleton experiences more problems while recovering from his stroke.
Episode 3
Prison Riot
Fri, Oct 18, 199645 mins
The detectives investigate a murder committed during a prison riot, while Pembleton jeopardizes his recovery as he practices for his firearms exam.
Episode 4
Bad Medicine
Fri, Oct 25, 199646 mins
Lewis teams with a narcotics officer to catch the culprit who's selling poison-laced heroin, while Kellerman is investigated for corruption.
Episode 5
M.E., Myself and I
Fri, Nov 1, 199646 mins
The arrival of a new Chief Medical Examiner upsets Bayliss at first but results in an old case's exhumation and correct determination as a homicide. The FBI investigation of Kellerman continues, increasing his frustration. The marriages of Pembleton and Lewis are tested but with quite different results.
Episode 6
White Lies
Fri, Nov 8, 199646 mins
An article in The Baltimore Sun about an investigation of the arson unit upsets Kellerman. Munch catches the case of a woman whose husband discovered her dead in her bedroom, and he immediately suspects the husband. Brodie gets an offer to stay at Kay's place.
Episode 7
The Heart of Saturday Night
Fri, Nov 15, 199645 mins
Survivors discuss, in a grief-support group, the circumstances of three murders one Saturday night in Baltimore: a girl strangled in an alley on her 16th birthday, a mother who dies as the victim of a carjacker who drives off with her 3-year-old daughter, and a man who was attacked in the Waterfront Bar in the presence of several uncooperative witnesses. One of the cases remains unsolved.
Episode 8
The True Test
Fri, Nov 22, 199646 mins
An outstanding computer genius at a prestigious prep school is found stabbed to death. The incident is believed to be racially motivated as he is one of only three black students. Bayliss and Lewis suspect a student whose protective mother is a powerful judge. Pembleton finally passes the firearms test.
Episode 9
Control
Fri, Dec 6, 199646 mins
On Pembleton's first case back, a divorced woman is found stabbed to death; her 10-year-old twin boys were shot in the head. He is convinced the boyfriend did it, but Bayliss believes it was the ex-husband. Kellerman is summoned to the Grand Jury. Once again a drug murder implicates Luther Mahoney, but the star witness is intimidated even while in police custody.
Episode 10
Blood Wedding
Fri, Dec 13, 199646 mins
A robbery gone wrong kills Danver's bride-to-be while she was trying on a wedding dress. Once again, Pembleton and Bayliss disagree on theories of the crime. Giardello tries to help Kellerman but runs into opposition; Kellerman is "comforted" by the new ME. Danvers confronts a jailed suspect with threats, which has unexpected results.
Episode 11
The Documentary
Fri, Jan 3, 199744 mins
On New Year's Eve, Brodie screens his documentary about the detectives that reveals embarrassing lies and hidden truths.
Episode 12
Betrayal
Fri, Jan 10, 199745 mins
A girl is found with a broken rib, which punctured her lung, and 26 belt buckle marks on her body. Pembleton and Bayliss question the mother and her live-in boyfriend after a social worker confirms abuse suspicions. Kellerman is exonerated by the Grand Jury but still feels tainted by suspicion. Bayliss reveals his own childhood abuse to Pembleton.
Episode 13
Have a Conscience
Fri, Jan 17, 199745 mins
An Asian store owner, a war hero, tried to forbid dope dealers from operating outside his store. His killing leads detectives to Mahoney, but again he is too "clean" to catch. Mahoney's parting shot to Kellerman throws the detective into a tailspin of depression. Lewis, his partner, follows up and tries to prevent another partner's suicide.
Episode 14
Diener
Fri, Jan 31, 199746 mins
Pembleton and Lewis are assigned to the brutal murder of a wealthy woman. Each focuses on a different suspect: an angry talented art student from the projects and the woman's brother. A diamond ring with great sentimental value has disappeared from the victim's finger AFTER the body was found, which proves pivotal to the case.
Episode 15
Wu's on First?
Fri, Feb 7, 199745 mins
When a police officer is found shot to death, Elizabeth Wu writes an article praising his dedication to the job. An informer calls her with a contradiction: the cop was shot when he demanded his money back in a dope deal. Her source later reveals that he was the shooter but claims self-defense. Meanwhile, Kellerman's rogue brothers show up, and he winds up in a jail cell with them. Lewis and Julianna to the rescue.
Episode 16
Valentine's Day
Fri, Feb 14, 199745 mins
Two bombings near Valentine's Day result in two deaths with no apparent connections. Brodie finds a way to get a confession from a drug dealer who conned a victim into playing Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun. The Pembletons' marriage seems to be disintegrating in spite of therapy. Lewis and Cox wait outside an office where a third bomb has been delivered.
Episode 17
Kaddish
Fri, Feb 21, 199745 mins
Munch and Kellerman investigate the murder of a woman that Munch had a crush on in high school. Kellerman learns a lot about Jewish customs through the experience, and Munch has poignant reminiscences. The culprit is caught when he commits a similar offense. Pembleton begins a renewal of faith after experiencing his own vulnerability when he is mistaken about a shooting suspect.
Episode 18
Double Blind
Fri, Apr 11, 199746 mins
Chris Thormann must confront the fact that the assailant who shot and blinded him is up for parole, and he might get it. Pembleton and Bayliss investigate the murder of a chef, and the family's background of abuse triggers bad memories for Bayliss.
Episode 19
Deception
Fri, Apr 25, 199744 mins
An autopsy reveals that the death of a recent arrival from Europe was caused by a burst baggie he had swallowed - one of over 70 bags of heroin found in his stomach. Luther Mahoney MUST be involved somehow! Munch gets a tip from a con that a body is buried under the track at Pimlico but eventually finds the "dead" man. The Mahoney problem is solved.
Episode 20
Narcissus
Fri, May 2, 199745 mins
Just another midnight shift for the Homicide squad with yet another shooting in West Baltimore. However, this time there is a witness who is naming names. Also, at 4:00 a.m., why are Col. Barnfather and Capt. Gaffney taking such an active interest in the investigation?
Episode 21
Partners and Other Strangers
Fri, May 9, 199745 mins
Bayliss has disappeared again as Pembleton and Brodie make their way to the scene of a shotgun suicide. Meanwhile, the information gleaned in the Burundi case begins to have repercussions in the highest echelons of the department.
Episode 22
Strangers and Other Partners
Fri, May 16, 199745 mins
Felton's murder investigation involves the whole squad plus Falsone from Auto and Gharty from IID (Felton had been undercover). Actually, Howard and Russert are shut out because of their personal involvement with Felton. Gharty and Falsone discover they have both had the same snitch and hone in on his possible role in the murder.
