 The episode was filmed over the course of seven days in Baltimore . The scene in which Pembleton and Felton try to find the correct police car in a large garage was filmed in a rundown early 20th @-@ century ballroom . The scene features dozens of white unmarked Cavaliers . Shortly before " Gone for Goode " was filmed , the Baltimore Police Department stopped using Cavaliers as their regular brand of police car , and agreed to sell their collection of leftover Cavaliers to the Homicide show for $ 1 . Although the cars were used as props in the episode , only two of the cars were actually drivable . The scenes set in the medical examiner 's office were filmed in the actual Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore . The actors , particularly Jon Polito , hated performing in the morgue because they found the atmosphere unsettling . Ned Beatty said of filming there , " The one thing you can 't get on camera is , oh boy , it smells . " The identification pictures of suspects that Munch looks through were all pictures of photos of members of the Homicide crew . One of the final scenes in the episode , featuring Polito , Johnson and Belzer speaking in an alley at night , was conceived , written and shot in one night simply because it was raining outside , and the Homicide crew wanted to take advantage of the location during a rainy night . 
