Poetic Television Review: A Many Splendored Thing (Homicide: Life on the Street, S2X04, 1994)

In streets of gray, where darkness reigns
A season's brevity, a test of pains
Four episodes brief, a fleeting glance
At the darkness that humanity can dance

A Many Splendored Thing, a title so grand
Conceals the pain, of love's dark hand
Detective Munch, lost in heartache's sea
While Bolander's love, a reckless glee

In shadows of lust, a killer's design
Angela's fate, a tragic, fatal line
Bayliss's discomfort, a troubled mind
A victim of love, a story left behind

In libraries of the soul, a shooting's cry
Crosetti's final bow, a life cut short in time
Forman's obsession, a pen's deadly might
A life saved, a tale of dark delight

The episode's flaws, a shadow on its frame
A direction that's competent, but lacks its claim
To elevated heights, that fans have known
A season's finale, that falls short, alone

Adrienne Shelley's legacy, a shining light
A performance that echoes, through the dark of night
A victim of violence, a life cut short in prime
A tragic irony, that haunts this episode's crime

Yet still it stands, a glimpse into the soul
A season's brief, a story that's whole
A Many Splendored Thing, a title that's a test
Of love's dark power, and humanity's unrest.

(Note: The review in its original form can be read here.)

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