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MIButterfly

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37. Homicide: Life on the Street, what a great choice

Reply to tonkatoy8888 (Reply #29)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 02:21 PM

21 hrs ago

I loved Pembleton; who didn't? Andre Braugher was such a phenomenal actor. But my favorites were Munch and Meldrick. The only character I didn't really like was the medical examiner played by Michelle Forbes. The show had such good stories and such a talented cast. I thought the last couple years, when a lot of the main cast left, were not as good as the earlier ones. But all in all, a great series.

Barney Fife! What a hoot! He thought he was so cool and he really wasn't. I don’t think anybody on earth could have played him as well as Don Knotts did.

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