Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
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Hill Street Blues

Let's be careful out there.

7.6 / 10
1981
7 seasons
146 episodes
DramaCrime

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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Hill Street Blues Opening 1985

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Seasons

  • Hill Street Station

    1.Hill Street Station

    15-01-198149m

    Precinct Captain Furillo tries to defuse a hostage situation despite the advice of his gung-ho Emergency Action Team leader and the temperament of a self-absorbed gang leader; publ...

  • Presidential Fever

    2.Presidential Fever

    17-01-198150m

    Hill and Renko meet again for the first time since their shooting; Esterhaus tries to avoid Grace Gardner, the new police decorator; two transfer officers get themselves into troub...

  • Politics as Usual

    3.Politics as Usual

    22-01-198150m

    Hill and Renko decide to split up as a team; LaRue is offered a bribe by a drug dealer who turns out to be a cop; Furillo tries to negotiate with the gangs to ensure a peaceful Pre...

  • Can World War III Be An Attitude?

    4.Can World War III Be An Attitude?

    24-01-198149m

    Furillo backs LaRue in the bribery case brought by Macafee; Hill and Renko bust a car thief who's a mechanical whiz; and Esterhaus sees Grace in a new light when they share a crisi...

  • Double Jeopardy

    5.Double Jeopardy

    31-01-198149m

    Neal continues to investigate Macafee's life as a way of clearing LaRue; Belker and several others go undercover dressed as women to catch a rapist; Esterhaus broods over his two w...

  • Film at Eleven

    6.Film at Eleven

    07-02-198149m

    A television reporter rides with Hill and Renko; Washington and LaRue find the gun that shot Hill and Renko; and Belker busts Kevin Herman Dracula for biting a prostitute.

  • Choice Cut

    7.Choice Cut

    14-02-198150m

    Hector Ruiz takes hostages again, this time at a supermarket; LaRue and Washington try to connect the gun that shot Hill and Renko with addict Eddie Hoban; and Cynthia Chase uses t...

  • Up in Arms

    8.Up in Arms

    21-02-198149m

    Furillo gets orders to deal with a neighborhood merchants association; Esterhaus goes out to meet a criminal he helped put away; Harris and Santini get into trouble with the deadly...

  • Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind

    9.Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind

    28-02-198150m

    The Dekker Avenue Merchants Association continues helping the police; Eddie Hoban finds himself out in the cold; Hill, Renko and Belker all have personal problems; Furillo tries to...

  • Gatorbait

    10.Gatorbait

    07-03-198149m

    Renko gets put out when a Division homicide detective ridicules his efforts to learn who killed a 15-year-old prostitute; Furillo learns that he may be in line for a promotion to c...

  • Life, Death, Eternity

    11.Life, Death, Eternity

    14-03-198149m

    Furillo's chances for promotion are threatened when a city councilman is implicated in the murder of the teenage prostitute; LaRue continues to look for money for his ""saloondrama...

  • I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin

    12.I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin

    21-03-198149m

    Furillo pushes the investigation of Councilman McAuley; LaRue's business dream comes to a bitter end; Lt. Hunter gets his chance to test out an ""urban tank"" in sniper alley.

  • Fecund Hand Rose

    13.Fecund Hand Rose

    25-03-198149m

    Esterhaus faces immense pressure as his wedding day to Cindy dawns and Grace shows him what he's giving up; Furillo resents providing protection for Ralph Macafee, who's now a stat...

  • Rites of Spring (1)

    14.Rites of Spring (1)

    19-05-198148m

    Furillo and Neal go out of their way to help clear an obnoxious, racist narcotics detective accused of shooting an unarmed black man; LaRue's drinking gets really out of hand; and...

  • Rites of Spring (2)

    15.Rites of Spring (2)

    19-05-198149m

    Furillo and Neal go out of their way to help clear an obnoxious, racist narcotics detective accused of shooting an unarmed black man; LaRue's drinking gets really out of hand; and...

  • Jungle Madness (1)

    16.Jungle Madness (1)

    26-05-198148m

    Neal continues to investigate the Weeks shooting, despite pressure from the Chief to drop it because of the bad publicity; LaRue goes from one shady scam to another as he tries to...

  • Jungle Madness (2)

    17.Jungle Madness (2)

    26-05-198148m

    Neal continues to investigate the Weeks shooting, despite pressure from the Chief to drop it because of the bad publicity; LaRue goes from one shady scam to another as he tries to...

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