Small blue and brass dice rest on a dark reflective surface beneath a pale moon.

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Det. John Munch

Every evening is as random as the next, death doesn't follow a schedule.

— Homicide: Life on the Street  ·  1993

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Nights don't come with a pattern, and neither does death. This says you can't count on tomorrow evening resembling today's, because mortality ignores any timetable. The joke-like phrasing, 'every evening is as random as the next', makes unpredictability the only reliable thing about it.

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