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A Shot in the Dark

episode of Homicide: Life on the Street (S1 E4)
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Summary

A Shot in the Dark is a television series episode[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of television series episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Bruce Paltrow[3]
  • Follows: Son of a Gun[4]
  • Followed by: Three Men and Adena[5]
  • Part of the series: Homicide: Life on the Street[6]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[7]
  • Publication date: February 24, 1993[8]
  • Title: A Shot in the Dark[9]
  • Production code: 105[10]
  • Season: Homicide: Life on the Street, season 1[11]

Why It Matters

A Shot in the Dark is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb id → tt0604333
    Publication date → +1993-02-24T00:00:00Z
    Metacritic id → tv/homicide-life-on-the-street/season-1/episode-4-a-shot-in-
    Production code → 105
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv maze episode id: 74598, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/271003|batch #271003]]"
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