Gone for Goode (31 Jan. 1993)

The team investigate a woman who appears to be murdering her husbands for the insurance money.

Director:

Barry Levinson

Writers:

Paul Attanasio, Paul Attanasio (creator),

Stars:

Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Baldwin	...	Det. Beau Felton
Richard Belzer	...	Det. John Munch
Andre Braugher	...	Det. Frank Pembleton
Clark Johnson	...	Det. Meldrick Lewis
Yaphet Kotto	...	Lt. Al Giardello
Melissa Leo	...	Det. Kay Howard
Jon Polito	...	Det. Steve Crosetti
Kyle Secor	...	Det. Tim Bayliss
Ned Beatty	...	Det. Stanley 'The Big Man' Bolander
Wendy Hughes	...	Dr. Carol Blythe, M.E.
Leonard Jackson	...	Cemetery Manager
Steve Harris	...	Bernard (as Steve J. Harris)
Mary Joy	...	Jerry Jempsen's Ex-wife
Beverly Brigham	...	Mrs. Goode
Alexander Chaplin	...	Johnny (as Alexander Gaberman)

Storyline

The team investigate a woman who appears to be murdering her husbands for the insurance money.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 January 1993 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Baltimore Pictures, Reeves Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

48 min 50 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Joe Hansard, who plays gearhead suspect "Jimmy Lee Shields" in the first episode of the first season of Homicide: Life on the Street, also portrays transient "Nathan Levi Boston" in the fifth episode of the fifth season of David Simon's sister show The Wire (entitled "React Quotes"). Both episodes of both shows aired after The Superbowl.

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Goofs

Detective Crosetti claims that at the moment of Abraham Lincoln's fatal gunshot wound, the only other people in the theater box were John Wilkes Booth and Major Rathbone. He omits mention of Mary Todd Lincoln and Clara Harris.

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Quotes

Det. Steve Crosetti: That's the problem with this job. It's got nothin' to do with life.

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Connections

References The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

User Reviews

Dallas Cowboys 52,Buffalo Bills 17

The afore-mentioned final score was from Super Bowl XXVII,which was the event that this,the premiere episode of this awesome and ground-breaking show piggy-backed on,the evening of January 31,1993.That would add this show to a select(and perhaps infamous)fraternity of shows that have gotten their christening voyage on that un-official American holiday("The A*Team", "Airwolf" and "The Wonder Years" would count among them). A little trivia for ya there.

I recall watching this show on that evening as somewhat of a curiosity,since I was more into the game that night and knew only a token amount of info about the show itself. I recall watching the first half and half-time show(featuring a bizarre lip-synching that occurred halfway through Michael JAckson's halftime show)at a local bar--The Dugout I believe was the name if I recall correctly--which was something for me because I just reached legal drinking age earlier that month,before going back to my college campus apartment to finish the game. The game was a blow-out,but I figured I'd stick around to catch the show on after it,primarily due to the small amount of knowledge about the show I'd had coming in(i.e. produced by Barry Levinson,co-stars Belzer and Beatty)was positive. When I did,I recall that while I wasn't enraptured with it,it was intriguing enough for me to want to catch the next show,which was run the following Tuesday.

I stayed with the initial run of the show for as long as I could that winter. I was impressed with the crispness of the dialog and the dry humor incorporated,but I believe the network's reticence to hold onto the show pretty much caused me to believe that the network was giving up on it(The four episode abortive mid-season filling shows the following year wouldn't inspire much confidence where that was concerned,either). Thankfully,that would SO NOT be the case.