Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Homicide: Life on the Street Season 5.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Blood Ties (1)
Oct 17, 1997 · 45 min
Their rotation in robbery is up, Frank and Tim return to the homicide unit. They find that citations are being handed out to the unit and a delighted Gee, whose clearance rate is t
Blood Ties (2)
Oct 24, 1997 · 45 min
While Pembleton is still interested in the housekeeper's ex-boyfriend, Ballard still thinks that the Wilson family needs to be looked at more closely. Also, a body is found at Camd
Blood Ties (3)
Oct 31, 1997 · 45 min
The Wilsons go on television to offer a reward. The newspapers are making the Homicide unit look bad and Barnfather wants quick resolution to the case. The man (and his wife) who g
Birthday
Nov 7, 1997 · 45 min
A young woman is viciously attacked. Falsone and Lewis are called to the scene because the victim wasn't expected to make it. Stivers is working in Sex Crimes and is second to the
Baby, It's You (II)
Nov 14, 1997 · 45 min
Brittany's stalker in Baltimore is interviewed and says that he saw her being attacked by someone. When going to question the parents, the detectives discover that the Janaways hav
Saigon Rose
Nov 21, 1997 · 45 min
Two Vietnamese teenagers witness the shooting of their parents and some friends. One of the friends was a cop and one of the shooters they say was another cop. That cop they discov
Subway
Dec 5, 1997 · 45 min
A man falls between the cars of a subway train in front of horrified witnesses. Was he pushed? While the man is still alive, the prognosis is he will be dead the moment they extrac
All is Bright
Dec 12, 1997 · 45 min
Ballard and Gharty investigate the death of a man at a laundromat. The Waterfront Bar gets ready for the Christmas holiday. Munch's ex-wife, Gwen, shows up; her mother (a literary
Closet Cases
Jan 2, 1998 · 45 min
The semi-nude body of a man is found in a dumpster outside of a restaurant. Bayliss returns Cox a pair of her earrings that she'd left at his place the night before. Disturbed by h
Sins of the Father
Jan 9, 1998 · 45 min
A white man is found lynched in a historic black section of the city; Falsone and Lewis investigate. The day after Tim's dinner date with the male restaurant owner that Tim was pos
Shaggy Dog, City Goat
Jan 16, 1998 · 45 min
Julianna wins the recognition of her peers. At dinner, Julianna and her colleagues swap stories about how they've cracked cases. Julianna relates a story that happened a few weeks
Something Sacred (1)
Jan 30, 1998 · 45 min
Kellerman is trying to find Lewis, who's disappeared since his suspension. Bayliss is on vacation. Stivers rotates into homicide and Kellerman isn't happy to see her. A priest is f
Something Sacred (2)
Jan 30, 1998 · 45 min
With the addition of the latest murder, the ""red ball"" investigation continues full force. The detectives and the returning Bayliss pose as priests in an attempt to flush out any
Lies and Other Truths
Mar 6, 1998 · 45 min
A slightly intoxicated man (driving with his wife) aggressively whips his car around a state-owned truck; the offended truck driver rams their car; their aggression results in a co
Pit Bull Sessions
Mar 13, 1998 · 45 min
Pembleton and Falsone look into the death of an elderly man who might have been killed by the pit bulls owned by his grandson. The other detectives hang out at the Waterfront and t
Mercy
Mar 20, 1998 · 45 min
Homicide is called in when a woman is distressed at the fact the Dr. Turner helped her brother stop suffering from his colon cancer by injecting him with a lethal dose of morphine.
Abduction
Mar 27, 1998 · 45 min
A four-year-old boy is abducted while riding a merry-go-round in the park under the supervision of his mother. The Homicide unit, which helps in the investigation of all child abdu
Full Court Press
Apr 3, 1998 · 45 min
Munch and Gharty probe the death of a high-school athlete who appeared to have everything going for him. Pembleton and Bayliss have only one lead to a potential suspect, a pager nu
Strangled, Not Stirred
Apr 10, 1998 · 45 min
Ballard and Gharty investigate the deaths of two single women who were bought drinks by a married couple. The victims were stunned and then strangled. The other detectives receive
Secrets
Apr 17, 1998 · 45 min
Ballard and Munch catch a case involving the death of a prominent businesswoman. Pembleton and Bayliss catch a similar case. Both deaths might be the suicides they appear to be, bu
Finnegan's Wake
Apr 24, 1998 · 45 min
Bayliss suffers from a recurring dream about the Adena Watson, his first homicide case and one that remains unsolved. An elderly man comes to the Homicide unit to confess to Baylis
Fallen Heroes (1)
May 1, 1998 · 45 min
Judge Gibbons has been stabbed. On their way to the crime scene, Bayliss and Pembleton talk about a book that Bayliss is reading, then Pembleton wonders if anyone would ever write
Fallen Heroes (2)
May 8, 1998 · 45 min
The search for Georgia Rae and the war against her organization begin. Stivers, uncomfortable with the whole situation tells Gee about the Luther Mahoney shooting. Ballard and Ghar