 Barry Levinson won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for his direction in " Gone for Goode " . It was one of two Emmys Homicide : Life on the Streets received during the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards season , with Tom Fontana also winning an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the episode " Three Men and Adena " . Levinson was also nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction in a Drama Series for the episode , but lost to Gregory Hoblit for his direction of the pilot episode of the police drama NYPD Blue . Paul Attanasio was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for his " Gone for Goode " script . It competed in that same category with Fontana 's Homicide script " Night of the Dead Living " , which eventually won the award . 
