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* TakeThat: When Munch mentions Brodie won an [[UsefulNotes/EmmyAward Emmy]] for [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E11TheDocumentary the documentary Brodie shot about the homicide unit]], he says, "They give them to anybody."

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* TakeThat: When Munch mentions Brodie won an [[UsefulNotes/EmmyAward [[MediaNotes/EmmyAward Emmy]] for [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E11TheDocumentary the documentary Brodie shot about the homicide unit]], he says, "They give them to anybody."
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* SerialEscalation: ''Homicide'' began as a naturalistic cop show that avoided over-the-top action and gunplay. This episode includes a running gun battle and the heroes chasing a private jet aircraft in helicopters.

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* SerialEscalation: ''Homicide'' began as a naturalistic cop show that avoided over-the-top action and gunplay. This episode includes a running gun battle CarChaseShootOut and the heroes chasing a private jet aircraft in helicopters.

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* GangsterDriveBy: Junior Bunk opens fire on Lewis's and Falsone's car from a motorcycle while both are moving.

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* GangsterDriveBy: GanglandDriveBy: Junior Bunk opens fire on Lewis's and Falsone's car from a motorcycle while both are moving.


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* SerialEscalation: ''Homicide'' began as a naturalistic cop show that avoided over-the-top action and gunplay. This episode includes a running gun battle and the heroes chasing a private jet aircraft in helicopters.
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* GangsterDriveBy: Junior Bunk opens fire on Lewis's and Falsone's car from a motorcycle while both are moving.


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* LawOfInverseRecoil: In real life, a .50 calibre pistol would have such violent recoil that it would be impossible to fire one from a moving motorcycle without losing balance.


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* MurderByMistake: When Junior Bunk shoots at Stivers, he accidentally kills a witness to a burglary that she was questioning on the street.

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* BackStory: Giardello is not only a close friend of Felix Wilson, he was a romantic rival with Wilson for his wife Regina (Creator/LynneThigpen).

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* BackStory: Giardello is not only a close friend of Felix Wilson, he was also a romantic rival with Wilson for his wife Regina (Creator/LynneThigpen).(Creator/LynneThigpen).
* CallBack: When Kellerman thinks Munch is being paranoid about the noises he heard, Munch tells him [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS3E12TheCityThatBleeds he knows what it's like to be shot at]].


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* PetTheDog: Barnfather shows up at the scene where Falsone and Lewis have been shot at, and immediately orders them to put on a vest so they don't get killed.
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[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E22StrangersAndOtherPartners After getting reassigned to Robbery for three months]], Bayliss and Pembleton return to Homicide, only to catch the murder of Malia Briere (at a hotel), who happens to be maid to Felix Wilson (Creator/JamesEarlJones), a snack food magnate, a philanthropist for the African-American community, and a close friend of Giardello's. Pembleton immediately butts heads with Gharty and Detective Laura Ballard (Creator/CallieThorne), newly arrived from Seattle. Kellerman, Lewis, and Stivers get targeted by a gunman, who turns out to be [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E9Control Junior Bunk, Luther's nephew]], and who's working on behalf Luther's sister Georgia (Creator/HazelleGoodman).

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[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E22StrangersAndOtherPartners After getting reassigned to Robbery for three months]], Bayliss and Pembleton return to Homicide, only to catch the murder of Malia Briere (at a hotel), who happens to be maid to Felix Wilson (Creator/JamesEarlJones), a snack food magnate, a philanthropist for the African-American community, and a close friend of Giardello's. Pembleton immediately butts heads with Gharty and Detective Laura Ballard (Creator/CallieThorne), newly arrived from Seattle. Kellerman, Lewis, and Stivers get targeted by a gunman, who turns out to be [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E9Control Junior Bunk, Luther's nephew]], and who's working on behalf of Luther's sister Georgia (Creator/HazelleGoodman).

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[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E22StrangersAndOtherPartners After getting reassigned to Robbery for three months]], Bayliss and Pembleton return to Homicide, only to catch the case of a murdered woman at a hotel who happens to be maid to Felix Wilson (Creator/JamesEarlJones), a snack food magnate, a philanthropist for the African-American community, and a close friend of Giardello's. Pembleton immediately butts heads with Gharty and Detective Laura Ballard (Creator/CallieThorne), newly arrived from Seattle. Kellerman, Lewis, and Stivers get targeted by a gunman, who turns out to be [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E9Control Junior Bunk, Luther's nephew]], and who's working on behalf Luther's sister Georgia (Creator/HazelleGoodman).

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[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E22StrangersAndOtherPartners After getting reassigned to Robbery for three months]], Bayliss and Pembleton return to Homicide, only to catch the case murder of Malia Briere (at a murdered woman at a hotel hotel), who happens to be maid to Felix Wilson (Creator/JamesEarlJones), a snack food magnate, a philanthropist for the African-American community, and a close friend of Giardello's. Pembleton immediately butts heads with Gharty and Detective Laura Ballard (Creator/CallieThorne), newly arrived from Seattle. Kellerman, Lewis, and Stivers get targeted by a gunman, who turns out to be [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E9Control Junior Bunk, Luther's nephew]], and who's working on behalf Luther's sister Georgia (Creator/HazelleGoodman).


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* BackStory: Giardello is not only a close friend of Felix Wilson, he was a romantic rival with Wilson for his wife Regina (Creator/LynneThigpen).
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* MultiPartEpisode: The first of three parts.



* TakeThat: When Munch mentions Brodie won an [[UsefulNotes/EmmyAward Emmy]] for [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E11TheDocumentary the documentary Brodie shot about the homicide unit]], he says, "They give them to anybody."

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* TakeThat: When Munch mentions Brodie won an [[UsefulNotes/EmmyAward Emmy]] for [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E11TheDocumentary the documentary Brodie shot about the homicide unit]], he says, "They give them to anybody.""
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: As she's being locked up, Georgia tells a guard to tell Kellerman he has no idea who he's dealing with.

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* CreatorInJoke: Two of the names under Ballard's list of cases are "Doherty" and "Stringfield", referencing the rumors that Creator/ShannenDoherty or Creator/SherryStringfield were in line to replace Creator/MelissaLeo on the show.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Wilkie Collins is a drug dealer, but he doesn't like to see cops shot at.



* OhNotNotAgain: When Junior Bunk runs away from the police, Lewis says, "Here we go again!"
* PutOnABus: Sergeant Howard has been rotated into the Fugitive Squad, Russert has gone back to France, and Brodie has gone to Hollywood (see TakeThat below)

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* OhNotNotAgain: OhNoNotAgain: When Junior Bunk runs away from the police, Lewis says, "Here we go again!"
* PutOnABus: Sergeant Howard has been rotated into the Fugitive Squad, Russert has gone back to France, and Brodie has gone to Hollywood (see TakeThat below)below).
* TakeThat: When Munch mentions Brodie won an [[UsefulNotes/EmmyAward Emmy]] for [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E11TheDocumentary the documentary Brodie shot about the homicide unit]], he says, "They give them to anybody."
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!Blood Ties: Part 1
->Directed By: Alan Taylor
->Story By: Creator/TomFontana and Julie Martin
->Teleplay By: Anya Epstein

[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E22StrangersAndOtherPartners After getting reassigned to Robbery for three months]], Bayliss and Pembleton return to Homicide, only to catch the case of a murdered woman at a hotel who happens to be maid to Felix Wilson (Creator/JamesEarlJones), a snack food magnate, a philanthropist for the African-American community, and a close friend of Giardello's. Pembleton immediately butts heads with Gharty and Detective Laura Ballard (Creator/CallieThorne), newly arrived from Seattle. Kellerman, Lewis, and Stivers get targeted by a gunman, who turns out to be [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E9Control Junior Bunk, Luther's nephew]], and who's working on behalf Luther's sister Georgia (Creator/HazelleGoodman).

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* GilliganCut: When Bayliss and Pembleton return to Homicide, they say the others will miss them and the place would have fallen apart without them. In the next scene, we see Gaffney publicly congratulating the Homicide Unit for having its highest clearance rate in years., and Giardello barely notices Bayliss and Pembleton's return.
* GroinAttack: When Kellerman introduces himself to Georgia by saying, "[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS5E19Deception I had the pleasure of shooting your brother.]]", she responds by kneeing him in the groin.
* OhNotNotAgain: When Junior Bunk runs away from the police, Lewis says, "Here we go again!"
* PutOnABus: Sergeant Howard has been rotated into the Fugitive Squad, Russert has gone back to France, and Brodie has gone to Hollywood (see TakeThat below)

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