Episode
Homicide: Life on the Street: Pit Bull Sessions
Overview
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 tell stories about stupid criminals they have met. The judge in the wrongful death suit of Luther Mahoney decides there is enough evidence to turn the suit into a jury trial. Kellerman suspects there might be something up, so he tries to go and see the judge.
Details
- Series
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1998-03-13
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Pit Bull Sessions is Episode 15 in Season 6 of Homicide: Life on the Street. It aired on 1998-03-13. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 14: Lies and Other Truths
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 collision where both drivers die. The man's wife is in serious condition. Kellerman and Munch investigate this case. Falsone gets prepared for the final hearing in his bid for custody of his son. Meanwhile, the other detectives investigate the death of a man who made a mobile phone call from the coffin in which he had been buried alive. The coffin was buried in the parade ground of an old spy school. The victim might have remained alive if the lid hadn't been sabotaged to collapse. In the car / truck collision case, Cox's boss wants her to ""verify"" the results of the car driver's blood alcohol level to help protect the state from serious litigation. An old Russian friend of Gee's furnishes them with information that leads the detectives to the discovery of a group of men who couldn't make it as spies. (They cal
Episode 16: Mercy
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