demanded further changes to the show before committing to a third season. The first and second seasons of Homicide were released together in a four-DVD box-set on May 27, 2003. Cast Main Andre Braugher as Detective Frank Pembleton Kyle Secor as Detective Tim Bayliss Melissa Leo as Detective Kay Howard Yaphet Kotto as Lieutenant Al Giardello Daniel Baldwin as Detective Beau Felton Clark Johnson as Detective Meldrick Lewis Jon Polito as Detective Steve Crosetti Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch Ned Beatty as Detective Stan Bolander Recurring Clayton LeBouef as Captain George Barnfather Gerald F. Gough as Colonel Burt Granger Julianna Margulies as Linda Michael S. Kennedy as Lieutenant Jimmy Tyron Jeff Mandon as Officer Fred Hellriegel Zeljko Ivanek as ASA Ed Danvers Guest Wilford Brimley as Harry "The Admiral" Prentiss Robin Williams as Robert Ellison Isaiah Washington as Lane Staley Adrienne Shelly as Tanya Auinn Jake Gyllenhaal as Matt Ellison Episodes When first shown on network television, Bop Gun aired out of order as the season premiere. The DVD present the episodes in the correct chronological order, restoring all storylines and character developments. Development Renewal Nielsen ratings for Homicide: Life on the Street had gradually declined throughout the first season, leaving the show at high risk of cancellation by the time the season concluded. NBC executives asked for several refinements—including fewer episode subplots and less camera movements and jump cuts—before approving a second season. Executive producer Tom Fontana said he was willing "to do anything to keep NBC from forgetting us", although executive producer Barry Levinson said the show would maintain its realistic visual style, claiming, "We want a camera that's almost a participant in the show." Homicide was ultimately renewed, but the producers slightly toned down the show's bleak visual style and hand-held photography motif, and focused more strongly on single stories rather than multiple subplots. Fontana said, "We were experimenting with our first nine episodes. Whenever you try something new, you tend to err on the side of breaking ground. But we'd rather have more people watching, so the colors and lighting are slightly brighter, and the camera movements are not as jarring." However, both Levinson and Fontana insisted the changes were not entirely due to network pressure, but rather were evolutionary developments for the series. NBC ordered a four-episode second season, which would be broadcast in January 1994 as a mid-year replacement. A decision about whether