10 TV Shows You Didn't Realise Were Set In The Same Universe
3. Law & Order, The X-Files, The Wire And Arrested Development
Wait, what? That's a pretty strange pairing of shows to take place in the same universe. But they actually are all loosely, sort of connected due to the presence of John Munch.
John Munch is a character played by Richard Belzer who originally appeared in the show Homicide: Life on the Street and then would never stop showing up on TV for the rest of time. Belzer has appeared on 10 different shows spanning over 20 years, every time in character as Munch.
He was a series regular on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but Munch also been on four episodes of the original Law & Order. He also popped up in The Wire and The X-Files, and he made a cameo on Arrested Development, cementing that in this weird universe.
Hell, Munch even made an appearance on Sesame Street, although there it's a puppet version of him. So does that mean that The Wire and Sesame Street are set in the same universe?
It might sound like a bit of a stretch, but screw it, yes, that's exactly what it means. Let's start calling this the Munchverse from now on.