Skitch you'll be pleased to know that I am downloading the movie as we speak.

I am happy to hear that. It gives the show a proper send off.

I haven't been watching my dvds like I should, mostly because I don't like to overload myself. Anyways, I'm just starting the s4 episode after the fallout from the sniper business (I skipped that Law and Order crossover) and man Gaffney just came out of nowhere. What a dick.

Bah, Gaffney. Has there ever been a less entertaining heel character in television?

Gaffneys resurgence gets explained later.

I finished the episode, if that's what you are referring to?

No, I don't think so. Its an explanation of WHY thatt happens

Joke's on Gaffney, I hope.

Mickey Shea post.

I'm not having very much luck promoting Homicide to my IRL friends on a board that we share. Tips?

Nag them non stop for about 4 years, then maybe if you're lucky 2 people might watch it.

What's tough is that a few things have now been spoiled for me thanks to incredibly descriptive youtube labeling while I was looking for some good scenes to post.

The good thing about homicide is it isn't so much of a whodunit that a spoiler takes away from it. In fact, i enjoy it more now (having seen most of the episodes at least a couple times) then i did when I didn't know what was coming.

I was going to add something along those lines, but I got the feeling you could have already guessed it. You're right.

switching gears, how is homocide better than the wire? keep in mind that i will reject any answer because it cannot possibly be.

For me, it's better because I have never seen The Wire.

lol@ homocide.

I don't know that it's "better." I just know that, in some respects I enjoy it more. Obviously the language is not as authentic as in the Wire, but still feels very "real." I think I just dig the characters more. The crimes and criminals are nothing more than fodder to develop the detectives, and to illustrate the dynamics between them.

The Wire could be "spoiled" in a way that Homicide can't. In the Wire the destination is just as important as the journey. In Homicide, there isn't always that closure, or that ending to a case. Instead most of the show is just the interactions, the dialogue and the development. Be it an over the top impassioned speech from Pembleton, or slightly urban gallows joke from Lewis, or a Richard Belzer style conspiracy theory from Munch... it's all part of a certain charm that the wire doesn't have.. and that doesn't take away from the Wire in the least bit. I also think Homicide brings you in a bit more emotionally, maybe because with a larger pool of crimes to choose from, its more likely one might hit home- especially because they rarely gave you the ending you were hoping for when it came to crimes involving kids.

The way I see it, if your favorite parts of Pulp Fiction are the Jules/Vincent scenes or the Vincent/Mia scenes, and you have a preference for philosophy, you'll think Homicide is great.

Also, there's plenty of unintentional humor brought on by dated production and bit characters.

Also, Shiner.

Yes. That too. I was going to add a very good reason to watch this show, but I can't find any pictures of the old man that works in the morgue anywhere.