This is New Orleans - 1985. A burning man stumbles in front of Det. Dino LaStanza's police car. Doused with gasoline, the victim had been set afire with a flare gun. How did this homeless man manage to get murdered along the manicured lawns of the Garden District? Who was he? And who would commit such a vicious crime?
In every profession there's a big show
In the army it's the Special Forces
In the navy it's the Seals
In baseball it's the Major Leagues
In football it's the NFL
In police work it's the Homicide Division
Homicide - The big pressure cooker. The big cases. The big show.