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Katherine "Kay" Howard is a fictional character in the American TV series Homicide: Life on the Street.She was played by actress Melissa Leo. [1] In the first two seasons of the show her character was the only female detective or member of the main cast.
Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons and 122 episodes on NBC from January 31, 1993, to May 21, 1999, and was succeeded by Homicide: The Movie (2000), which served as the series finale.
"End Game" is the 14th episode of the third season of the American police drama television series Homicide: Life on the Street. It originally aired on NBC on February 10, 1995. The episode was written by Rogers Turrentine and directed by Lee Bonner. The episode continues a storyline about the shooting of Beau Felton, Kay Howard, and Stanley ...
Due to the political volatility of the case, Lieutenant Al Giardello and his shift are called in to assist the investigation. Detective Beau Felton and his wife separate, leaving Detective Kay Howard to deal with the fallout. Detectives Meldrick Lewis and John Munch look within their ranks for a third person to buy a local tavern.
Her breakthrough role came in 1993 as detective and later sergeant Kay Howard on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1997). Leo received critical acclaim for her performance as Ray Eddy in the 2008 film Frozen River, earning her several nominations and awards, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
Kay Howard was based in part on the female Detective Bert Silver, and in part on the male Detective Rich Garvey, who experienced a real-life string of good luck in solving consecutive cases, just as Howard did in the first season. [32] NBC ordered a full season of Homicide: Life on the Street before a pilot episode was even produced. [33]
Because he responded to the call about the murder of Gordon Pratt—the prime suspect in the shooting of Bolander, Felton and Howard—Bayliss is given the unpleasant task of investigating the murder. Despite his protests, Gee orders Bayliss to question the other officers in the homicide unit, which makes him highly unpopular among his ...
Detective Beau Felton (Daniel Baldwin) hesitates to take a new murder case because he fears it will be too difficult to solve, so it is taken on by his partner, Kay Howard (Melissa Leo), who has recently experienced a perfect streak of solving eleven consecutive cases. They investigate the body of a man dead in a basement, and much to Felton's ...