Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 5 (1996-1997)

Fifth season and still as strong as ever. A really tough year for Kellerman (arson department scandal, the Luther Mahony saga.) , but the Bayliss/Pembelton dynamic remains at the series core. I was very impressed by the revelations we got about Bayliss’s childhood this season, they make total sense, they explain Bayliss; yet we didn’t get them until season 5, which just made them that much more powerful, looking back and retroactively seeing them simmering all this time. Plus the way the stroke changed Frank Pembelton‘s life forever, and in ways not expected, very well handled. Two episodes from this season I would most like to show others: "The Documentary" and "Kaddish". 5 out of 5 for 5.