Review

by Adam K

Christmas, ho-ho-Homicide style

Christmas themed episodes are most commonly done on sitcoms. Drama’s rarely do it because the holiday feelings of good cheer conflict with the serious stories that they are trying to tell. Occasionally, we will see Christmas decorations around the office (like at NYPD Blue or The Practice) but that’s all that we get. There are some exceptions (‘ER’ and ‘The West Wing’ have done excellent holiday themed episodes without compromising the integrity of the drama) but mostly it doesn’t quite mesh. ‘Homicide’ didn’t get a chance to do its first Christmas-themed show until its third season (not surprising, because both season began in January))Though the show would run four more years, they would only do one more Christmas episode. It is hard to figure out why because ‘All Through The House’ features some truly brilliant and entertaining moments.