I recognized Andre Braugher immediately when I saw him on a Sunday afternoon walking out of the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore. Dressed in a suit and topcoat, he was holding the hand of his young son, also dressed in church clothes.

Ordinarily, I would’ve greeted the two of them as we approached one another on North Charles Street and told Braugher how much I enjoyed his memorable portrayal of Baltimore Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC drama, “Homicide: Life on the Street,” which was set in Baltimore and filmed all around the city.