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"A Dog and Pony Show" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American police drama television series ''Homicide: Life on the Street''. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on March 10, 1993. In the episode, Pembleton and Bayliss investigate the murder of a police dog, Crosetti helps his friend adjust after a serious injury, and Felton and Howard suspect a drug dealer for a brutal murder. The episode was written James Yoshimura based on a story by executive producer Tom Fontana, and was directed by Alan Taylor, who ''Homicide'' executive director Barry Levinson chose after being impressed by Taylor's short film ''That Burning Question'' (1988). Elements of the episode, including the shooting of patrolman Chris Thormann, were adapted from David Simon's non-fiction crime book, ''Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets''. "A Dog and Pony Show" included guest appearances by actors Michael Constantine, Larry Gilliard, Jr., Lisa Gay Hamilton and Edie Falco. Since ratings for ''Homicide'' had gradually declined throughout the season, NBC announced a decision about whether the series would be renewed would depend on the Nielsen ratings of the final four episodes, starting with "A Dog and Pony Show". Before it aired, Barry Levinson appeared in a commercial making a direct appeal to viewers to watch. Nevertheless, it was seen by 8.47 million household viewers, which was considered relatively low, although it was an improvement over the previous episode "Three Men and Adena". ==Plot summary== Bayliss (Kyle Secor) continues to despair over the murder case of 11-year-old Adena Watson, which he failed to solve. When Gee (Yaphet Kotto) orders Bayliss and Pembleton to move on and take new cases, they are assigned to solve the murder of Jake, a police dog. Bayliss thinks it is a waste of time, but according to municipal law, the death of a city-owned animal is treated as an official investigation, and Pembleton decides to take the case seriously. The dog's gums are extremely red, and Pembleton believes he may have been poisoned or gassed. They question local dog pound employee Penny (Joy Ehrlich),who admits she accidentally killed Jake with carbon monoxide after mixing him up with another dog, then dumped the body in a panic. John Kuehn (Nick Olcott), Jake's human "partner", scatters Jake's ashes in a lake and Bayliss, reminded of Adena Watson, reacts emotionally. Felton (Daniel Baldwin) and Howard (Melissa Leo) respond to the murder of a young woman named Idamae Keene, who is found cut and tortured to death in a bedroom. They determine the victim likely knew her killer, and the next day they question "Pony" Johnson (Geoffrey Ewing), a drug dealer who was having an affair with Keene. Johnson denies killing Keene, but Johnson's other girlfriend (Lisa Gay Hamilton) tells the detectives Johnson abruptly left a party with a fellow drug pusher named William Lyness (Larry Gilliard, Jr.) the night of the murder. Later, Lewis (Clark Johnson) reports William's mother, Alexandra Lyness, was killed the same way as Keene. Felton, Howard and Lewis interrogate William Lyness, who confesses he sat in the car while Johnson killed his mother for taking drugs away from William. Medical examiner Blythe (Wendy Hughes) leaves her visiting son Danny (Stivi Paskoski) with her boyfriend Bolander (Ned Beatty) for the day, with the hopes they will get to know each other better. Danny rides along with Bolander and Munch (Richard Belzer) on their murder investigations, but acts very wild and constantly asks inappropriate questions. At dinner later, Danny asks Bolander about his sex life with Danny's mother, making Bolander extremely uncomfortable. Bolander later tells Blythe he believes her son is crazy. Meanwhile, Crosetti (Jon Polito) spends a lot of time with his friend Officer Chris Thormann (Lee Tergesen), who is recovering from a recent shooting that has left him blind. At one point, Thormann defecates on himself and is humiliated, but Crosetti helps him clean up. Thormann's wife, Eva (Edie Falco), tells Crosetti she is pregnant, but that her husband reacted angrily to the news. Thormann tells Crosetti he should have died at the hospital and can never be a good father, but Crosetti encourages him. Gee attends a retirement party for his best friend and fellow shift commander, Lt. John Scinta (Michael Constantine). Police brass keep Scinta's possible replacement a secret from Gee. After returning drunk from the party, the two reminisce about old times, but Scinta also warns Gee that police brass could end up forcing him into retirement, just as they did to Scinta. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Dog and Pony Show (Homicide: Life on the Street)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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