Monday, August 04, 2008

Homicide And Class Warfare

So season five of Homicide is turning out to be just as awesome as season four. And I really like the attitudes of the detectives when dealing with the rich folk. In one episode, Elijah Wood plays a smarmy prep-school kid. Bayliss calls him a "punk" to his face and later damn near slaps him up in the box.

In a later episode, Lewis and Pembleton get some richie in the box. He's one of those Eastern bluebloods, you know the type: Talks like he's a freakin' Brit and not an American, says "cannot" instead of "can't", "had forgotten" instead of "forgot", and pronounces "happen" like "hoppin'." His voice to me was like fingernails on a chalkboard, but then we had the ever-eloquent Frank Pembleton sounding like a real person when he said "drawin' blood, checkin' for scratches." And the soothing sounds of Meldrick Lewis's voice was amazing - dropping his g's and saying things like "She didn't tell ya?" and "See if dat diamond ring don't turn up, huh?"

And the ever-likeable Clark Johnson as Lewis is stealing scenes left and right this season with his one-liners. In this episode where he's teamed up with Pembleton, he says: "Cut me some poetic slack, won't ya Frank?"