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Homicide: our day begins when yours ends.
— Det. John Munch · Homicide: Life on the Street
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An editorial interpretation.
The slogan makes the end of one person’s life the beginning of someone else’s work. “Homicide” gives the familiar language of a working day a grim second meaning. Its concise contrast presents investigating a death as a routine that starts where another person’s ordinary days stop.
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