Homicide: Life on the Street, Season 5

Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-1999) was a television drama about a police homicide unit that investigates violent crimes in the city of Baltimore. more »

Bayliss:
Have you ever been in prison, Meldrick?

Lewis:
What? You mean as a prisoner?

Bayliss:
Yeah.

Lewis:
No.

Bayliss:
I have.

Lewis:
How come the more I know about you Bayliss, the less I wanna know? So 'fess up. What were you in the pokey for? Drunk driving, date rape, pedophilia?

Bayliss:
No.

Lewis:
So, what?

Bayliss:
I protested human rights violations in El Salvador.

Lewis:
Of course.

Bayliss:
I was 18, 19.

Lewis:
So how much time did you spend in jail for protesting human rights violations in El Salvador?

Bayliss:
I was in the holding cell for two nights.

Lewis:
Two nights? That don't exactly count as hard time.

Bayliss:
They were very long nights.

Lewis:
So why didn't you post bail?

Bayliss:
My dad refused to come get me.

Lewis:
Okay, that's harsh.

Bayliss:
Yeah, my dad had very set ideas about life.

Lewis:
Well at least I hope you stiffed him on Father's Day.

Bayliss:
Every chance I got.

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