You are Falsone hater number !!!!

At the end of season 5, Jon Seda joined the "HOMICIDE:Life on the Street" ensemble cast as Detective Paul Falsone.

"HOMICIDE", never a ratings MONSTER, but always a CRITICAL success -- gets beaten ratings-wise by other more traditional cop shows like NYPD Blue. Even LAME-O cop shows like NASH BRIDGES ( it's direct competition ) slam H:LotS so often it's almost sickening. Never underestimate the North American's taste for the mediocre I guess.

Feeling a need to do something, NBC ( in my humble opinion )decided that the thing to make H:LotS a "better show", was to make it a lot more like other shows that did better in terms of ratings ( never mind whether or not they were better shows in term of quality ). One of those "improvements" was the addition of the character Det. Paul Falsone. Falsone is a more traditional "cliche" cop character -- a la "NYPD Blue", which is not a bash against that show, which does what it does well, but it just isn't H:LotS. The character is also more plot driven and one-dimensional, as opposed to "Homicide"'s usual character-driven bent and is a "Teen Beat Poster Boy" in a show where the cast members are almost proudly ugly. Put simply he doesn't fit, and his addition to the cast has resulted in the show itself to slowly unravel in terms of quality and entertainment value.

NBC must've said "It's about RATINGS, who cares about characters, it's a TV show !!"

So, NBC cast young Jon Seda, in the role of Detective Paul Falsone, and rammed him quickly into the role.

There are many reasons why people DO NOT like this character ( and one only needs to glimpse at alt.tv.homicide to see a few of them ), but the main reason is that, he's a cliche character in a non-cliche show. "HOMICIDE:Life On The Street" is without a doubt, one of the best shows on TV - in all ways, from acting and writing to production. Falsone just doesn't fit with the show, and his character, should be gotten rid of, before he drags the show down to cliche that he is, in the hopes of boosting ratings, at the expense of ruining a show that we love.

Put simply, to us LOYAL "Homicide:Life On The Street" viewers, Det. Paul Falsone is to "Homicide" what Brenda was to "90210" fans, someone that we despise on the show.

Images on this page, are borrowed from the fine "HOMICIDE" page on NBC's homepage at http://www.nbc.com, you should check it out.

Just below, is the HATE-Mail that I have received for this page, both anti-Falsone and anti-"THIS Page" rants are included !! WILL be updated on a regular basis, come by and check it regularily, if for no other reason than to hear someone else vent and complain!!!

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The NEWEST Hate-Mail !!

Due to the UNBELIEVEABLE amount of HATE-Mail, both PRO and CON, that I have received -- I have decided to partially automate the process a bit using a bulletin board system.

So, use this instead of contacting me directly and I will check it often and correspond that way. Hopefully this will correct the lag in response/posting that a lot of you have complained about. I'll try this for now, to see what happens.

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Stolen from alt.tv.homicide ( and forwarded by "Friend of the Hate-page for LIFE" Dave Locke ) is the:

The Top 10 Uses for a Dead Detective Paul Falsone

10. Lay him on his stomach, pull his pants down, and use him as a bicycle rack

9. Star of future WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S movies

8. Strap him into the passenger seat of your car to use the HOV lane

7. Tapeworm ranch

6. Seven-eighths-scale Erik Estrada doll

5. Scheiner's teaching cadaver

4. Auxiliary grease pencil for "The Board"

3. Yardstick for "you must be this tall" kiddie rides

2. Auxiliary anchor for Kellerman's boat

and the Number 1 Use for a Dead Detective Paul Falsone...

1. Vice-President in charge of Programming at NBC

Thanks go out to all the alt.tv.homicider's who voted !!

Even more horrific, I swear!!!!

Some links:

Unofficial Homicide:Life on the Street Homepage

Another great page devoted to the show that we are junkies for.

Homicide:LotS Episode Guide

An episode by episode recap of the show. Updated regularily. A treasure for Homicide fans.

Homicide Drinking Game

Come over and see !! Being drunk may enable you to somehow blot out Falsone if you're lucky in this game. Also good for re-runs.

NBC's HOMICIDE:LotS Homepage

NBC's official Homicide Page. Not bad, but still not half as good as the "unofficial" ones.

Dave's HOMICIDE Homepage Extraordinaire !!

If you can link to only one site, then this is the one because it links to all the others.ON TOP OF THIS - you get links to articles, chat transcripts, bulletin boards, mailing lists, and "all things H:LotS". Thanks to Dave for writing his own blurb :)

Land of Schlock: Homicide Sounds

Some great wavs from the HOMICIDE show, none of which are of Falsone.

Homicide: Life on the Street Homepage

A great ( unofficial ) H:LotS Homepage. Check it out.

Brian Michael Bendis may be the best crime noir comics author of them all. On top of producing such great works such as JINX and AKA Goldfish - he is also a HUGE H:LotS fan. If anyone could adapt Homicide to the 4-color medium, it would definitely have to be him. Check it out.

My MAIN Homepage

See my main homepage, as well as the many links to my other pages right here.

Do you hate Det. Paul Falsone ?

If so then TELL NBC by sending them a letter telling them so.

homicide@nbc.com

If you just want to contact ME

Drop me a line !

Rob Postuma

spindr@microtec.net