In , the conspiracy-obsessed cop made a bizarre yet perfect appearance in an episode of The X-Files that featured the fan-favorite Lone Gunmen. With Homicide's showrunner Tom Fontana at the helm, it wasn't a surprise cameo, but the show's short life span was.
Uncredited for a quick shot infiltrating the Bluth's party in "S. His appearance here is a multi-layered gag, as the episode also features the real-life Munch, Jay Landsman.
It's done specifically to make his guest appearance count as one of Munch's many cameos, and it's a charming bit, too. Though these are the meatiest and most specific roles Munch has played across the TV universe, he still keeps popping up.
With a Muppet homage during a "Special Letters Unit" segment of Sesame Street and Idris Elba, another veteran of The Wire , giving him a shoutout during an episode of Luther , the strange yet enduring cultural legacy of Detective John Munch is a bit of harmless charm.
His insight is invaluable on many occasions, especially with witnesses and general knowledge about a lot of different things. Over the years, fans have learned that Munch has four ex-wives. However, he never had any children with them or anyone else. Despite that, Munch has always been fond of kids, and he knows how to talk to them, especially in difficult cases. Munch left SVU in season 15 in He retires from the department and becomes a DA investigator. However, by late , the couple had broken up after Billie Lou supposedly slept with another officer from the Baltimore P.
Sometime before his fourth marriage, he and his fellow officers met Lennie Briscoe and Reynaldo Curtis , who had come to investigate a murder that had happened in New York, but whose roots appeared to trace back to Baltimore. However, in time, they became good friends and would team up several more times. During a raid on a suspected child molester and murderer, he witnesses three of his fellow detectives - Stanley Bolander, Beau Felton, and Kay Howard - get shot while the criminal escaped without a scratch.
It was originally assumed the child molester shot them, but he was eventually cleared. The real shooter, Gordon Pratt, was eventually found and Munch's colleagues interrogated him but were forced to let him go. When Pratt was murdered, Tim Bayliss was assigned to find his killer, much to the chagrin of his colleagues.
Everyone gave alibis for the time of the murder, including Munch, but Munch's alibi was later proven to be false. Munch dared Bayliss to check his service weapon for ballistics, but Bayliss covered for Munch and let the case go unsolved.
It is left ambiguous whether Munch had anything to do with Pratt's death. While in the Baltimore Homicide Unit, on three crossover episodes with Homicide , he and Lennie Briscoe got along well.
Russert quit because she moved in with a French diplomat because she was carrying his baby. Mike Kellerman killed a drug lord out of revenge and he quit so other officers involved could keep their jobs. Tim Bayliss killed a serial killer and took a leave of absence; it was implied he killed himself in Homicide: The Movie. In that film, Munch's former boss, Lt.
Al Giardello, is shot and killed, so Munch comes back to aid into the investigation. He has a minor role in the movie. Munch took early retirement from the Baltimore P. Munch retires from the squad in season 15 in , and he becomes a DA investigator.
Over the years, Munch has developed a pretty impressive fan following, and some fans have taken to Reddit to talk about the beloved character. One fan made a hilarious comment that Munch would probably make.
Where does it end?! All in favor of having Munch fans be called Munchkins?
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