13 Facts About Meldrick Lewis

Meldrick Lewis is a fictional character on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street, played by Clark Johnson.

Meldrick Lewis attended Lake Clifton High School from 1976 to 1980.

Stan Bolander comforted Meldrick Lewis by saying that in giving up his prized vintage yo-yo as a gift to Meldrick Lewis, Crosetti was in his own way saying goodbye.

Meldrick Lewis remained without a partner for a time until partnering with Mike Kellerman, who transferred into Homicide from the arson unit at the start of Season 4.

Meldrick Lewis nonetheless forced the Muslims' leader to answer both him and Kellerman during an attempt at turning the two against each other.

Meldrick Lewis persuaded fellow detective Paul F ne to feed him information about the organization, which he used to start an internal war that eventually led to a bloodbath for both the police and the criminals.

Meldrick Lewis refused to partner with any of the female detectives in the unit until the final episode, in which he and Sheppard achieved a reconciliation of sorts and began to work a crime scene together.

Meldrick Lewis confessed to Kellerman that he did not intervene on one of Anthony's suicide attempts, and even briefly hoped it might succeed as it would end Anthony's suffering and the hardships he put on the rest of the family.

Meldrick Lewis estimated that he last visited Anthony in 1978; he tried to do so again during this episode, but Anthony refused to see him.

Meldrick Lewis had a harshly realistic view of the job, and was openly critical of Tim Bayliss for putting so much of his emotional energy into the unforgiving field of police work.

In 1996, Meldrick Lewis married Barbara Shivers on extremely short notice.

Those who knew Meldrick Lewis were unsurprised at the breakup; in fact, up to the moment of the wedding many of his co-workers assumed the engagement was a hoax.

In October 2013, Meldrick Lewis attended a roast for Munch in New York City following his retirement from the NYPD.