7 Season
122 Episode
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 5 Episode 2 Hostage (2)
Homicide: our day begins when yours ends.
Night has fallen and the crisis is no closer to being resolved. Gee demands that Barnfather make a decision. Frank continues to trying to adjust. Frank insists on going to the hostage scene. The identity of the hostage-taker is made when he demands that his pig be brought to the school. When the pig doesn't arrive in time, he sets a fire and seriously wounds a hostage (who later dies) and then becomes badly burned. Brodie takes issue with Munch's treatment of Pembleton. The paperwork gets completed and the hostage-taker is formally charged. Frank makes a decision regarding his recovery.
- Year: 1999
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Mystery, Drama, Crime
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: based on novel or book, baltimore, usa, police, murder, police detective, homicide detective, police department, police protagonist
- Director: Paul Attanasio
- Cast: Richard Belzer, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Gerety, Clark Johnson, Yaphet Kotto, Michael Michele