 " A Dog and Pony Show " is the sixth episode of the first season of the American police drama television series Homicide : Life on the Street . It originally aired on NBC in the United States on March 10 , 1993 . In the episode , Pembleton and Bayliss investigate the murder of a police dog , Crosetti helps his friend adjust to his new life as a paraplegic , and Munch is caught in the middle of a dispute between two cops and a judge . The episode was written by David Simon and directed by Ed Sherin .

## Plot

A police dog is shot dead in the line of duty. Pemble