The fifth season of Homicide: Life on the Street aired in the United States on the NBC television network from 20 September 1996 to 16 May 1997 and contained 22 episodes. A new opening sequence debuted with the start of this season, including elements of a police investigation and a growing chatter of radio transmissions behind the theme music. In addition, pictures of the actors were displayed alongside their names for the first time. The sequence ends with the ringing of the squadroom phone and a voice answering, "Homicide."
Two new characters appeared during this season: Chief Medical Examiner Julianna Cox; and Detective Terri Stivers, a Narcotics officer who works with Homicide to bring down local drug kingpin Luther Mahoney.
The season finale introduced Detective Paul Falsone, a member of the Auto Squad briefly on loan to Homicide, and re-introduced Stuart Gharty, now a detective assigned to Internal Investigations. It also marked the departures of regular characters Megan Russert, Kay Howard and J.H. Brodie.
Release Date
Sep 20, 1996
Episodes
22 episodes
CAST
Richard Belzer
John Munch
Andre Braugher
Frank Pembleton
Clark Johnson
Meldrick Lewis
Reed Diamond
Mike Kellerman
EPISODES
1
Hostage, Part 1
Sep 20, 1996
2
Hostage, Part 2
Sep 27, 1996
3
Prison Riot
Oct 18, 1996
4
Bad Medicine
Oct 25, 1996
5
M.E., Myself and I
Nov 1, 1996
6
White Lies
Nov 8, 1996
7
The Heart of a Saturday Night
Nov 15, 1996
8
The True Test
Nov 22, 1996
9
Control
Dec 6, 1996
10
Blood Wedding
Dec 13, 1996
11
The Documentary
Jan 3, 1997
12
Betrayal
Jan 10, 1997
13
Have a Conscience
Jan 17, 1997
14
Diener
Jan 31, 1997
15
Wu's on First?
Feb 7, 1997
16
Valentine's Day
Feb 14, 1997
17
Kaddish
Feb 21, 1997
18
Double Blind
Apr 11, 1997
19
Deception
Apr 25, 1997
20
Narcissus
May 2, 1997
21
Partners and Other Strangers (1)
May 9, 1997
22
Strangers and Other Partners (2)
May 16, 1997
Details
Language
English
Country
Production
Network
Metadata
TMDB ID
13363