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Homicide: Life on the Street

The Damage Done

Season 4, Episode 20, Aired May 03, 1996

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- Drak: I ain't innocent of a whole lot of things, yo, but I ain't guilty of what you're after.
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- Bayliss: Frank, what is this, some sort of smoking competition you're in? Pembleton: It helps me relax. It picks me up, calms me down. Bayliss: No, no. You smoke because you're an addict. Pembleton: Yes, I'm a junkie, Tim. Bayliss: No, you're no junkie. I don't think you'd kill anyone for a pack of cigarettes. Pembleton: (quietly) Wouldn't I?
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- Giardello: You know, I could never live in California, like my daughter Cherise. No seasons. I need seasons. I need change. You know what I mean, Mike? That warm, happy feeling that arrives when the May sun touches your face, lets you know that everything will be okay…You know that feeling, Mike? Kellerman: Yeah. Giardello: Good! That's good. (laughs, walking away) Lewis: Damn. I ain't never seen him that pissed off before. Kellerman: I know.
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- Kellerman (Preparing for an irate Giardello): Any advice? Lewis: Yeah. He tends to spit when he yells - just step back.
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- Kellerman: All this overtime - I'll never get shtupped.
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- " Happy hunting, guys." -- Luther Mahoney to Kellerman and Lewis
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- "It's pretty isn't it.... The way the board just stands here, a silent sentry to the dead and gone. I love the way the red and black meld together in harmony, a haiku of color and vengeance. Uh-oh. Look here. You're upsetting the balance. You see, Mike, you need just a *little* red. This is too much. I'd do something about that. Maybe some more black." -- Al Giardello to Mike Kellerman
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- Richard Belzer and Isabella Hofmann do not appear in this episode.
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- Music in this episode: Dawn Penn "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" alb: No No No; Garbage "Vow" alb: Garbage; Heather Nova "Walking Higher" alb: Oyster.
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- The title is probably taken from Neil Young's song The Needle and the Damage Done from his 1972 Harvest album. Its theme is a band mate's decline and death from addiction. It is said to have been played by prison guards in Nebraska for death-row inmates on their way to lethal injection. The song has been given cover recording by Our Lady Peace, Green River, Duran Duran, Lior and The Pretenders. The lyrics include the lines: I've seen the needle and the damage done A little part of it in everyone But every junkie's like a settin' sun. The damage in this episode refers not only to the effects of the drugs, but also the violence of the drug trade.
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