follow a roughly 7 year rocky road on nbc and it be decide to do just one last super installment . the series have be on the bubble several time thanks to not have the number that would qualify it a a block buster of a tv hour . it have always have a sizable and hard core of hard corp of follower . it be almost a if the series with the full title of homicide represent life on the street ( 1993 99 ) be a sort of mr. in between of series . it be too big to just cancel and but too small to get a case of rabid rating raving over . during the precarious tenure on friday evening and they have present some of the best and most daringly artistic of hourly drama . there and i have say it artistic and artistic . but please and remember we mean artistic and but not just phony and pretentious and pedantic and politically correct preaching . when at last and it be a sure thing that it be the end of the line for homicide while this super episode be prepare a this 2 hour make for tv movie . look at all the past season happening and parade of regular character and the production team go out and give u what prove to be a super send off . our story . a we join the story and we find that baltimore homicide unit command officer and lt. al giardello have pull the pin and retire from the job and that be . but g isn not ready to really retire retire yet . so and instead of a rock chair o a fishing rod and we find that al be run for mayor of charm city . while out in the city and make some campaign stop and speech and the former detective lieutenant take an assassin bullet . alive and but in a comatose state and he be take to the hospital . news spread quickly and a if officially summon and we find all of the detective of the baltimore unit we have see on the show show up to offer their service and assistance . there be a great meeting of all of these former and present gumshoe a they pitch in and follow every lead and possibility of a lead . the producer find a way to deal with those who have die previously in bring their memory into the story . they manage to answer some long standing question and even introduce some here to unrevealed one . the whole story wind up the series in a most satisfying and original way . but at least for now and we will leave that a classify . in wrap up everything into a neat and little package and this tv movie surely get our endorsement . a for grade the homicide movie and we must give it an a or a plus and even . but and no matter the grade here and it do not score as high a a typical weekly episode .