Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 7
The seventh season of the American police procedural television series Homicide: Life on the Street aired on the NBC television network from September 25, 1998, to May 21, 1999, and consisted of 22 episodes. Prior to the seventh season, NBC had considered canceling the show during the sixth season due to consistently low ratings. However, network factors such as the loss of Seinfeld and a large financial deal to keep
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series chronicles the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
- The show aired on the NBC television network and previously completed six seasons before entering its seventh season.
- During the sixth season, the show faced the possibility of cancellation due to consistently low ratings.
- Changes in NBC's lineup and business deals, including the loss of Seinfeld and the retention of ER, ultimately increased the show's value and secured a 22-episode seventh season.
Season overview
The seventh season of the American police procedural television series Homicide: Life on the Street aired on the NBC television network from September 25, 1998, to May 21, 1999, and consisted of 22 episodes. Prior to the seventh season, NBC had considered canceling the show during the sixth season due to consistently low ratings. However, network factors such as the loss of Seinfeld and a large financial deal to keep ER increased the value of Homicide, leading to the approval of a 22-episode seventh season. The Region 1 DVD box set for season seven was released on June 28, 2005, containing all 22 episodes across six discs. The seventh season marked the debut of FBI Agent Michael Giardello and Detective Rene Sheppard, while recurring character Detective Terri Stivers became a regular cast member. The series chronicles the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit, running for a total of seven seasons and 122 episodes on NBC before concluding and eventually being succeeded by Homicide: The Movie.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
La Famiglia
Sep 25, 1998 · 45 min
Bayliss returns to duty to discover the bosses have renovated the squad room in an attempt to make everyone forget the tragedy of last May. Gharty and Ballard have also returned an
Brotherly Love
Oct 16, 1998 · 45 min
Sheppard and Lewis investigate the death of a man who has a twin brother. Gharty talks about wanting to live his life; he and Ballard go to the hospital to investigate the death of
Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
Oct 23, 1998 · 45 min
MGee (Mike Giardello) and Ballard investigate a double shooting at the home of a prominent sports doctor and his wife, a dermatologist. The doctor (who was wounded) did not realize
The Twenty Percent Solution
Oct 30, 1998 · 45 min
A woman brings to the homicide unit her mystery-writer husband's videotaped declaration that his literary agent is responsible for his murder. Ballard and Gharty catch the case --
Red, Red Wine
Nov 6, 1998 · 45 min
Ballard is annoyed when she finds out that the fact that she had a date with Falsone is around the squad room. Munch has a doctor's appointment and he's not talking about it. Dr. G
Wanted Dead or Alive (1)
Nov 13, 1998 · 45 min
Bounty hunters shoot, killing the wrong man, as they enter a building where their fugitive---a man named Joe Errico---has shot at them (and subsequently gotten away). Gharty has va
Wanted Dead or Alive (2)
Nov 20, 1998 · 45 min
Lewis is transported to the hospital, as is the passenger of the car that MGee hit. Gharty is worked up about women and finances, because he and Flora and their lawyers are going t
Kellerman, P.I. (1)
Dec 4, 1998 · 45 min
Mike Kellerman's new vocation is private investigation, where the majority of the work involves catching cheating spouses. Falsone and Stivers catch a case where a newborn baby's b
Kellerman, P.I. (2)
Dec 11, 1998 · 45 min
Debbie Straub signs the plea agreement, pointing to Craig as the killer of the baby. Falsone wants more time to work on the case. Danvers reminds Kellerman there was a time when th
Shades of Gray
Jan 8, 1999 · 45 min
A white bus driver striking a black female pedestrian sparks a riot. The driver is killed, and some distance away from the riot another body is found. MGee and Gharty look into the
Bones of Contention
Jan 15, 1999 · 45 min
A body buried for 6 - 20 years is uncovered at a construction site. Munch and Lewis begin the process of trying to solve this old crime. Falsone and Ballard's relationship has heat
The Same Coin
Jan 29, 1999 · 45 min
Gharty has a Vietnam flashback. Sheppard is placed back into rotation. Lewis asks Falsone to switch cases, as Lewis is still unsure about Sheppard's ability to be back on the stree
Homicide.com
Feb 5, 1999 · 45 min
The Internet is stage for a ritual murder, which was staged -- which was staged, or was it? The body is found the following morning and Sheppard takes the call, her first since the
A Case of Do or Die
Feb 12, 1999 · 45 min
Ballard and Bayliss are called to the scene of the mysterious death of a woman, whose body is found at the bottom of a forty-foot cliff. This victim was to be married the following
Sideshow (II)
Feb 19, 1999 · 45 min
Danvers brings news of his appointment to the District Court bench as the investigation of a government official named Janine McBride continues in New York. Their prime suspect Che
Truth Will Out
Mar 26, 1999 · 45 min
A woman comes looking for Falsone, knowing that he solved a real old case, wants him to look into a case for her from 1972. Her parents told her that she was responsible for her yo
Zen and the Art of Murder
Apr 2, 1999 · 45 min
Lewis and Munch begin to investigate the death of a Buddhist monk beaten to death. Lewis isn't interested in working the case with Bayliss, whom he feels, may become too emotionall
Self Defense
Apr 9, 1999 · 45 min
In Stivers and Falsone's case, a man is found shot dead in his bed, with no signs of a struggle. Gee lobbies Barnfather to find a way to get them the ability to have some control o
Identity Crisis
Apr 30, 1999 · 45 min
Falsone and Lewis investigate the murder of a man in his own backyard. The victim's nose was removed from his body. Ballard and Gharty investigate the murder of a bartender at a st
Lines of Fire
May 7, 1999 · 45 min
Emmet Carey is holding his two children hostage in the apartment of his wife's sister. He sees MGee on television and decides that he will talk only to him and occasionally Gharty
The Why Chromosome
May 14, 1999 · 45 min
When the men are nowhere to be found, Sheppard and Ballard team up to investigate the death of young girl, who's a teenage gang member. With the wedding one week away, Billie Lou a
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
May 21, 1999 · 45 min
Sheppard and Bayliss await the trial of Luke Ryland, the Internet killer. A number of delays keep the hearing from being held; the last time it is because Danvers can't make it due