5th episode of the 1st season of Homicide: Life on the Street
"Three Men and Adena"
Homicide: Life on the Street episode
Tucker is interrogated by Pembleton and Bayliss
Episode no.
Season 1 Episode 5
Directed by
Martin Campbell
Written by
Tom Fontana
Cinematography by
Wayne Ewing
Production code
106
Original air date
March 3, 1993 (1993-03-03)
Guest appearance
Moses Gunn as Risley Tucker
Episode chronology
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"Three Men and Adena" is the fifth episode of the first season of the American police drama television series Homicide: Life on the Street. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on March 3, 1993. The episode was written by executive producer Tom Fontana and directed by Martin Campbell. In the episode, Pembleton and Bayliss have a 12-hour limit to elicit a confession from Risley Tucker for the murder of 11-year-old Adena Watson. The episode takes place almost entirely within the confines of the police interrogation room with the three actors.
Tucker was played by actor Moses Gunn, in his final acting role before his death in December 1993. "Three Men and Adena" was seen by 7.08 million households in its original broadcast, which was among the lowest-rated network shows on that evening. However, the episode received positive reviews; it is considered one of the classic Homicide episodes, and ranked number 74 in an Entertainment Weekly list of the 100 greatest television moments. Tom Fontana won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the episode's script.
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