Review

by Adam K

Not quite the climax they had in mind.

On another television show, the white-glove serial murder would not be resolved until the final act. On Homicide, we learn who the killer is before the first act is over. However, nothing is ever that simple here. Pembleton is getting more and more estranged from his faith the more people turn up dead. A memorable section of this episode occurs when Frank sits inside a church after the third body has been discovered. He asks Bayliss rhetorically why God allows such horrible things to happen to his children - even his own son. And when Bayliss tells him that he should not question his own faith, calling it a sin, he responds by saying: “the worst sin in my book? The killer who goes unpunished.” This is a man who has a very fragile faith and its probably about to be pushed over the edge.