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* CallBack: In "[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS3E1NearerMyGodToThee Nearer My God to Thee]]", Munch talked at the beginning of the episode how technology and television were going to change. In a {{Flashback}}, the younger John Munch says the same thing.

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In "[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS3E1NearerMyGodToThee Nearer My God to Thee]]", Munch talked at the beginning of the episode how technology and television were going to change. In a {{Flashback}}, the younger John Munch says the same thing.



* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: When Dr. Cox mentions she knows about getting Helen ready for the Jewish burial ceremony, Munch wonders how she knows more about that than he does, to which she responds, "What can I say? I'm no ordinary ''shiksa''."

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When Dr. Cox mentions she knows about getting Helen ready for the Jewish burial ceremony, Munch wonders how she knows more about that than he does, to which she responds, "What can I say? I'm no ordinary ''shiksa''."
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** Munch needles Kellerman until he says, "''Oy vey'', ''schmear'', I'm so ''meshuga'' I could ''plotz''."

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** Munch needles Kellerman until he says, "''Oy vey'', ''schmear'', vey iz mir''[[note]]Oh, woe is me[[/note]], I'm so ''meshuga'' ''meshuga''[[note]]crazy[[/note]] I could ''plotz''.''plotz''[[note]]faint[[/note]]."
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* CallBack: In "[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS3E1NearerMyGodToThee Nearer My God to Thee]]", Munch talked at the beginning of the episode how technology and television were going to change. In a {{Flashback]], the younger John Munch says the same thing.

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* CallBack: In "[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS3E1NearerMyGodToThee Nearer My God to Thee]]", Munch talked at the beginning of the episode how technology and television were going to change. In a {{Flashback]], {{Flashback}}, the younger John Munch says the same thing.

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** Pembleton ends up talking again with [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS3E1NearerMyGodToThee Sister Magdalena Weber]].



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* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp:MirrorCharacter: Munch and Pembleton in this episode, as both of them reflect on having lost their faith - Munch in Judaism, Pembleton in Catholicism - and both deciding whether to go back, though the parallel ends when Munch decides to join in the religious ritual for Helen's death, while Pembleton walks out of church.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: George Young (Robert Riggs), who was Helen's boyfriend, was like this as far as Munch is concerned, along with being a JerkJock, but Munch has to concede George did love Helen.
* SerialKiller: A serial rapist/killer turns out to be responsible for Helen's death, much as Munch would like someone he disliked as intensely as George Young to be the one who killed her.
* ShoutOut: Watching the show ''Johnny Staccato'' (starring Creator/JohnCassavetes) is apparently what made Munch want to be a police detective in the first place.
* TerminologyTitle: Kaddish is a Hebrew word that refers to a prayer proclaiming the greatness of God. The most well-known of these is the Mourner's Kaddish, which gets said over someone who dies.
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: When Dr. Cox mentions she knows about getting Helen ready for the Jewish burial ceremony, Munch wonders how she knows more about that than he does, to which she responds, "What can I say? I'm no ordinary ''shiksa''."
** Munch needles Kellerman until he says, "''Oy vey'', ''schmear'', I'm so ''meshuga'' I could ''plotz''."
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!Kaddish
->Directed By: Jean de Segonzac
->Story By: Ron Goldstein, Julie Martin, and James Yoshimura
->Teleplay By: Linda [=McGibney=]

Helen Rosenthal, Munch's teenage crush, is found murdered in a parking lot, which brings up painful memories for him as he and Kellerman investigate her death. Pembleton tries to deal with Mary leaving him.

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* CallBack: In "[[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS3E1NearerMyGodToThee Nearer My God to Thee]]", Munch talked at the beginning of the episode how technology and television were going to change. In a {{Flashback]], the younger John Munch says the same thing.
* {{Flashback}}: Munch flashes back to his teenage self (Joe Perrino) when he knew Helen (Kennen Sisco). Also, Pembleton flashes back to when [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS3E1NearerMyGodToThee when he was]] [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS3E2FitsLikeAGlove investigating a]] SerialKiller, [[Recap/HomicideLifeOnTheStreetS3E3ExtremeUnction causing him to lose his faith]].
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp:

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