7 Season
122 Episode
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 7 Episode 18 Self Defense
Homicide: our day begins when yours ends.
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 over their FBI liaison, so they don't experience the same problems they had with the Janine McBride case. Barnfather lets Gee know that there is Captain's position opening up and he should be inline for it with no catches. Lewis lets Ballard accompany him on a bar stabbing, when she accuses him of being afraid to work with a female, since the incident with Sheppard. While she does get to help him with the initial investigation, Lewis manages to work the rest of the case on his own, leaving her to handle the details. Meanwhile, Ballard's usual partner Gharty spends a ""mental health day"" at the Waterfront Bar, drinking and proposing to Billie Lou. Stivers and Falsone discover their victim had a bad breakup with his ex-wife Eleanor Burke, and she admits to committing the crime; however, as an assistant US attorne
- 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