dog pony homicide life street dog pony sixth episode season american police drama television series homicide life street originally aired nbc united_states march episode investigate murder police dog helps friend adjust injury howard suspect drug dealer brutal murder episode written based story executive producer directed homicide executive director chose impressed taylor short film burning question elements episode including shooting adapted non fiction crime book homicide year killing streets dog pony included guest appearances actors ratings homicide gradually declined season nbc announced decision series renewed depend nielsen ratings final episodes starting dog pony aired appeared commercial making direct appeal viewers watch seen million household viewers considered relatively low improvement previous episode men plot summary continues despair murder case year old failed solve orders new cases assigned solve murder jake police dog thinks waste time according municipal law death city owned animal treated official investigation decides case seriously dog extremely red believes poisoned question local dog pound employee penny admits accidentally killed jake carbon mixing dog dumped body panic jake human partner jake ashes lake reminded emotionally respond murder young woman named found cut tortured death bedroom determine victim likely knew killer day question drug dealer having affair johnson denies killing johnson girlfriend tells detectives johnson abruptly left party fellow drug named night murder later lewis reports william mother killed way confesses sat car johnson killed mother taking drugs away william medical leaves visiting son boyfriend day hopes know better rides murder investigations acts wild constantly asks inappropriate questions dinner later asks sex life mother making extremely uncomfortable later tells believes son crazy spends lot time friend officer recovering recent shooting left blind point helps clean wife tells pregnant husband reacted angrily news tells died hospital good father encourages attends retirement party best friend fellow shift commander police brass possible replacement secret returning drunk party old times warns police brass end forcing retirement production dog pony written based story executive producer directed executive producer hand picked taylor direct episode watching taylor half hour film burning question taylor thesis taught film director episode establishes vacancy homicide unit second shift commander position offered season episode rockets dead ultimately given beginning season taylor said directing homicide hadn learned rules filmmaking matter position supposed break shooting adapted true life events chronicled homicide year killing streets non fiction book adapted homicide series homicide writers added twist taking case personally based close friendship victim season homicide progressed nbc officials complained producers large number protracted interwoven going given episode dog pony particular refers murder featured previous episodes resolved men romance progressing season additionally pony johnson subplot started dog pony resolved episode rockets dead beginning second season homicide producers network pressure forced reduce number episode dog pony included guest appearances actors cast wife watching performance said actress simplicity honesty breathtaking struggling actor time said salary homicide episode paid month worth rent cast regular hbo series based work homicide episodes later starred leading role drug dealer wire baltimore police drama created homicide producer writer later starred legal drama practice making second future practice star appear homicide gone hamilton later starred comedy drama series men certain age screen wife character played homicide star reception ratings ratings homicide life street gradually declined series premiered response nbc announced fans decision homicide renewed canceled depend episodes season fared ratings starting dog pony week episode aired network started airing television commercial making direct appeal viewers watch said wondering remember michael_jackson special opposite president spoke pre got opposite exactly called soon quickly switch nbc original american broadcast march dog pony watched million households according nielsen_media_research earning episode rating constituted increase viewership compared previous week episode men seen million household viewers received rating homicide ranked relatively low nielsen ratings compared shows ranking week march abc comedy series home improvement ranking number million household viewers reviews howard news service praised episode calling strongest television recommendations week declaring homicide best new drama season dog pony rest second season episodes included dvd box set homicide life street complete seasons released
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