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Hill Street Blues (1981 - 1983)

NR Seasons 1 - 3 Crime, Drama, Suspense

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Before "NYPD Blue" and "The Shield" came "Hill Street Blues," the series that revolutionized the TV cop show by giving television viewers a realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station. Over its seven-year run, "Hill Street Blues" was one of the most innovative and critically acclaimed shows of the 1980s.

Starring
Daniel J. Travanti
,
Taurean Blacque
,
Bruce Weitz
,
Joe Spano
,
Kiel Martin
,
Betty Thomas
,
Veronica Hamel
,
Charles M. Haid
,
Michael Warren
,
James Sikking
,
Rene Enriquez
,
Ed Marinaro
,
Barbara Bosson
,
Robert E. Hirschfeld
,
Michael Conrad

Seasons:

1 2 3

Summary

"Let's be careful out there." So ends each roll call session at the Hill Street station house. As the cops and detectives head out to the streets, Captain Frank Furillo begins the delicate balancing act of providing enough protection for the law-abiding citizens without inciting the neighborhood gangs and local criminal elements who are openly hostile towards any police presence.

Episode 1

Hill Street Blues: Hill Street Station (1981)
1 hr 37 min
Captain Frank Furillo of the Hill Street police station has his hands full handling his ex-wife, an explosive hostage standoff, and a shooting that involves two of his best cops.
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Episode 2

Hill Street Blues: Presidential Fever (1981)
50 min
Captain Furillo summons the heads of the various local gangs in an attempt to ensure their peaceful "cooperation" during a visit by the President of the United States.
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Episode 3

Hill Street Blues: Politics As Usual (1981)
50 min
As the gang negotiations continue, cop Johnny LaRue gets in trouble after accepting a bribe from a drug-dealing fellow cop, and Furillo's ex-wife is busted for possession of marijuana.
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Episode 4

Hill Street Blues: Can World War III Be an Attitude? (1981)
50 min
The cops on the Hill face the possibility of an all-out assault from the local gangs after the President cancels his visit and then the electricity goes out and the phones go dead.
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Episode 5

Hill Street Blues: Dressed to Kill (1981)
50 min
As Furillo continues to try to exonerate Johnny LaRue, Officer Hill and Officer Belker go undercover in drag in order to catch a rapist terrorizing a local park.
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Episode 6

Hill Street Blues: Film at Eleven (1981)
50 min
Furillo continues to search for the suspect who wounded Hill and Renko even as the two officers deal with a voodoo-spouting woman, and Belker confronts a man who claims he's a vampire.
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Episode 7

Hill Street Blues: Choice Cut (1981)
50 min
Furillo not only has to deal with a gang leader who has hostages, but he must also rein in the trigger-happy commander of the precinct's EATers (Emergency Action Team) squad.
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Episode 8

Hill Street Blues: Up in Arms (1981)
50 min
As Furillo tries to calm angry storeowners who feel the police haven't done enough to keep their businesses safe, Sgt. Esterhaus receives a cryptic note from a menacing ex-con.
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Episode 9

Hill Street Blues: Your Kind, My Kind, Human Kind (1981)
50 min
LaRue gets in trouble for putting the moves on a beautiful television reporter while Furillo deals with the aftermath of a deadly shootout between the vigilante storeowners and a local gang.
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Episode 10

Hill Street Blues: Gatorbait (1981)
50 min
As rumor circulates on the Hill that Furillo will be promoted to division commander, LaRue and Washington decide to liven up the precinct's annual search for alligators in the city sewers.
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Episode 11

Hill Street Blues: Life, Death, Eternity, etc. (1981)
50 min
Furillo jeopardizes his promotion with an investigation that may tie the death of a 15-year-old prostitute to a local councilman, and LaRue tries to fund his proposed "saloondromat."
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Episode 12

Hill Street Blues: I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin (1981)
50 min
Hunter finally convinces the department to purchase a new flame-throwing attack tank for his EATers squad only to have it stolen after he leaves the keys in the ignition.
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Episode 13

Hill Street Blues: Fecund Hand Rose (1981)
50 min
Furillo angrily strikes a deal with a dirty cop in order to clear LaRue while Sgt. Esterhaus has second thoughts about his upcoming marriage after his ex-girlfriend shows up.
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Episode 14

Hill Street Blues: Rites of Spring - Part I (1981)
49 min
Hill and Renko arrest a young mother who regularly abandons her two young toddlers and everyone at the station watches with interest as a brutal vice cop is investigated for a fourth time.
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Episode 15

Hill Street Blues: Rites of Spring - Part II (1981)
49 min
LaRue's excessive drinking on the job catches up with him, and Goldblume considers retiring as his son's health deteriorates and his thankless job finally gets to him.
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Episode 16

Hill Street Blues: Jungle Madness - Part I (1981)
49 min
Washington unearths evidence to clear a bigoted narcotics cop, unaware that the police brass plan to let the officer "fry" in order to placate the outraged black community.
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Episode 17

Hill Street Blues: Jungle Madness - Part II (1981)
48 min
Furillo and Davenport's plans for a romantic getaway have to be cancelled after a tragic shooting involving Officers Bates and Officer Coffey.
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Summary

Tensions are building at the Hill Street station house, and emotions are running high among the dedicated street cops and detectives who work there. Amid corruption, gang warfare, divorce and the murder of a promising young public defender, keeping the peace has never been this complicated or this chaotic for Captain Frank Furillo and Hill Street's men and women in blue.

Episode 1

Hill Street Blues: Hearts and Minds (1981)
49 min
Captain Furillo parlays with Jesse John Hudson, a powerful ex-gang leader whose dubious rhetoric of community involvement and self-help seems to mask more sinister intentions.
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Episode 2

Hill Street Blues: Blood Money (1981)
48 min
Detective Washington investigates the murder of a prostitute, and when a huge cache of weapons is stolen, Furillo suspects that Hudson is behind it.
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Episode 3

Hill Street Blues: The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue (1981)
48 min
A distraught Belker blames Furillo when an undercover cop is killed, while hostage negotiator Goldblume has his hands full with a man who has barricaded himself in his house after killing a neighborhood youth.
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Episode 4

Hill Street Blues: The Second Oldest Profession (1981)
48 min
Against her better judgment, Officer Bates allows a drug-addicted prostitute to shoot up before hauling her in, but when the prostitute overdoses and nearly dies, Bates is subject to condescension and derision from her fellow officers.
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Episode 5

Hill Street Blues: Fruits of the Poisonous Tree (1981)
49 min
Washington and La Rue are accused of entrapment, and a major gang war seems imminent when a ten-year-old girl is accidentally killed in a drive-by shooting.
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Episode 6

Hill Street Blues: Cranky Streets (1981)
49 min
Hill is caught in the middle of a cover-up when his old friend Officer Nash uses excessive force during an arrest, and emotions run high when contract negotiations between the police union and the city council come to a standstill.
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Episode 7

Hill Street Blues: Chipped Beef (1981)
49 min
Furillo confronts Hill, Coffey, and Renko about the Nash cover-up, and a good samaritan faces arrest on an out-of-state warrant after saving Renko. Meanwhile, Belker goes undercover as a Hasidic rabbi to catch a gang of ATM robbers.
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Episode 8

Hill Street Blues: The World According to Freedom (1982)
48 min
An enraged Frank rounds up a veritable rogues' gallery of gang leaders after a bloody massacre at a sleazy night club, and Belker is confounded by Captain Freedom, a self-styled superhero who unintentionally interferes with an arrest.
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Episode 9

Hill Street Blues: Pestolozzi's Revenge (1982)
48 min
Furillo risks perjury when he's subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury that is probing police corruption. Renko fumes when his service revolver is stolen, and Captain Freedom reappears to help thwart a robbery.
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Episode 10

Hill Street Blues: The Spy Who Came in from Delgado (1982)
49 min
Frank considers hiring an attorney when the grand jury investigation heats up. Renko, Hill and Belker go undercover at a popular restaurant, and Lt. Calletano is suspicious of a beautiful civilian clerk who comes to work at the station.
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Episode 11

Hill Street Blues: Freedom's Last Stand (1982)
49 min
After testifying for a second time, a fed-up Furillo threatens to resign, and Captain Freedom meets with an untimely end when he shows up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Episode 12

Hill Street Blues: Of Mouse and Men (1982)
49 min
Joyce is devastated when she learns that her friend, Public Defender Pam Gillian, has been slain, and Hill's election as vice-president of the Black Officers Coalition places a strain on his partnership with Renko.
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Episode 13

Hill Street Blues: Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement (1982)
48 min
Due to a minor technicality, the murder weapon in the Gillian case must be thrown out as evidence, and La Rue falls off the wagon, jeopardizing Washington's life by showing up drunk at a drug bust.
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Episode 14

Hill Street Blues: The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded (1982)
48 min
Bogus witnesses scurry to collect the reward offered for information leading to the arrest of Pam Gillian's killer, and Belker laments the loss of his youth after losing a suspect in a foot chase. Meanwhile, La Rue's alcoholic transgression gets him demoted to the motor pool.
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Episode 15

Hill Street Blues: Some Like it Hot-Wired (1982)
48 min
Outraged by the injustice of the Gillian case, Joyce threatens to quit the Public Defender's Office, while Belker and Washington bust a ring of car thieves.
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Episode 16

Hill Street Blues: Personal Foul (1982)
48 min
Fists, elbows, and tempers fly, both on the court and in the bleachers, when the Hill Streeters take on a team of gang bangers in a charity basketball game. Belker stakes out a seedy X-rated theater.
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Episode 17

Hill Street Blues: Shooter (1982)
49 min
An investigation reveals that the gun used to murder a street cop was stolen from the police property department, and Renko learns that his cancer-stricken father has been hospitalized.
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Episode 18

Hill Street Blues: Invasion of the Third-World Body Snatchers (1982)
49 min
The hearse containing the corpse of Renko's father is bizarrely commandeered, while Belker goes undercover as a derelict to catch a slasher. Joyce's faith in her job is renewed as she defends a young man accused of rape.
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