Review

by Adam K

bit of a filler episode

Homicide was a great show but on rare occasions the writers would have problems utilizing characters who weren’t detectives. They managed to do a good job with Al Giardello, but they dropped the ball on a few other supporting characters - a shame because the actors involved were usually better than the material they got. The most obvious examples of this were videographer J.H. Brodie and Chief Medical Examiner Juliana Cox. Though there were interesting aspects to their personalities, it was often a struggle to have them have more than token appearances on the show. This is not to say that this can’t be the stuff of great drama. (Indeed, two years later Homicide would do an exceptional job in an episode with a similar story.) But we don’t really see that here. There are possibilities here but they mostly go unrealized.