Hill Street Blues

Name: Hill Street Blues
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1981-01-15
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, Robert Prosky, James B. Sikking

ENDED7 Seasons146 Episodes★ 7.6

Hill Street Blues is a drama and crime series on NBC that ran from 1981 to 1987, ending after 7 seasons and 146 episodes.

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NetworkNBC

First AiredJan 15, 1981

Last AiredMay 12, 1987

GenreDrama, Crime

Runtime49 min

Created BySteven Bochco

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionMTM Enterprises

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

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Cast

Daniel J. Travanti

Frank Furillo

Michael Warren

Robert Hill

Bruce Weitz

Mick Belker

Robert Prosky

Stan Jablonski

James B. Sikking

Howard Hunter

Joe Spano

Henry Goldblume

Taurean Blacque

Neal Washington

Kiel Martin

J.D. LaRue

Betty Thomas

Lucille Bates

Dennis Franz

Norman Buntz

Charles Haid

Andy Renko

Veronica Hamel

Joyce Davenport

Seasons & Episodes7 seasons · 146 episodes

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E1Suitcase

Oct 2, 1986

Sid and Buntz wrestle with 80 lbs. of cocaine found in a suitcase at the site of a small plane crash; Goldblume looks into a suspected case of aspirin tampering; Belker goes under to look into a hotel owner scamming city housing chits from vagrants; Hill and Renko handle a domestic call concerning a woman abusing her invalid grandparents.

E2A Case of Klapp

Oct 9, 1986

On his way to work, Hunter shoots a boy robbing a convenience store; Jablonski refuses to follow his doctor's orders about heart surgery ; the P.D.'s go on strike over job cuts by the city council; Belker struggles to protect senior citizens victimized by a violent mugger; and LaRue and Washington stake out a luscious young woman suspected of being a fence.

E3The Best Defense

Oct 16, 1986

Chaos reigns as the P.D.'s job action continues; Hunter faces his demotion and takes over as roll call sergeant for the ailing Jablonski; the detective LaRue tried to bust as a fence transfers to the Hill; Flaherty and Bates try to defuse a man who promises to blow himself up for money; and Joyce walks a tightrope as she tries to end the job action and cut a deal for her client that would put away the violent mugger.

E4Bald Ambition

Oct 30, 1986

Goldblume is visited by an old friend, who is mugged and rejected by a publisher; Bernstein saves Joyce from an escaped prisoner and confesses he has a tremendous crush on her; Daniels warns Furillo that Calletano's station house is on the edge of a racial meltdown; and Russo loses an arrest in her undercover assignment because she slept with the subject.

E5I Come on My Knees

Nov 6, 1986

Goldblume's friend freaks out and shoots a mugger and a cop; Calletano loses his command and threatens to take his story to the press; Sid moves in with Buntz for protection; and a premature vice cop spoils a massage parlor sweep.

E6Say Uncle

Nov 13, 1986

Buntz is in charge of efforts to protect a convicted mobster on his way to jail from a killer hired by his nephew; Russo's undercover places her in another sexually fraught position; LaRue and Washington bust a guy who confesses to several unsolved murders; Jablonski helps Belker bust a bus bandit; and Calletano resigns from the force.

E7Amazing Grace

Nov 27, 1986

Councilman Wade spends the day exposing and exploiting the crack problem on the Hill; Grace Gardiner returns as Sister Charity and recruits Flaherty; Belker goes under in a seafood joint serving soul food to locate drug traffickers; Goldblume receives an offer to publish Steve Merkur's book; and the manpower shortage delays Buntz' loan shark arrest and costs him part of his finger.

E8Falling from Grace

Dec 2, 1986

Daniels pushes Furillo to drop the Wade investigation; a literary agent offers Goldblume a chance to write his memoirs; Sister Charity works her old magic on Flaherty; and Buntz ties up his loan sharking sting by busting the shylock that cut off his finger.

E9Fathers and Guns

Dec 9, 1986

Furillo faces a moral and emotional dilemma when his father is shot. LaRue sets the health department on a restaurant owner. Belker has nightmares about nuclear destruction and helps a father find his child. A cemetery plot salesman solicits business at the station.

E10More Skinned Against than Skinning

Dec 23, 1986

Racial tensions rise again when a white undercover officer shoots his black partner; a temporarily blind Buntz goes undercover with Belker as a beggar; Hill and Renko find several skinned bodies; and Joyce tries to defend a shopkeeper who has adapted Nazi paraphernalia as a deterrent against robbers.

E11She's So Fein

Jan 6, 1987

Belker wrecks a car belonging to LaRue's brother-in-law; a new public defender asks Washington for a date; and a dissatisfied client takes Davenport as a hostage.

E12A Wasted Weekend

Jan 13, 1987

Buntz reassures Officer McBride about her shooting of an armed robber; Goldblume is kidnapped while trying to start a short vacation; and Hill, Renko, and Jablonski take a disaster-prone hunting trip.

E13City of Refuse

Jan 20, 1987

Hill almost starts a riot at a drug kingpin's funeral; Russo and Flaherty try to deal with an angry old deaf man; LaRue and Washington pass Sid off a chemist to keep a cocaine case from being dismissed; and Hunter gets back into action when Ballantine takes a hostage

E14Der Roachenkavalier

Feb 3, 1987

Buntz worries over the state of Furillo's marriage; LaRue and Washington get lots of help in their quest for a prize winning cockroach; Belker chases down a purse snatching dog; and Goldblume continues to buck the system when he releases a felon in direct contradiction of city council guidelines.

E15Norman Conquest

Feb 10, 1987

During his day in station command, Buntz mounts a campaign to confiscate $130,000 worth of illegal drugs; Belker busts a tough kid who bites and runs drugs; Scapizzi pushes Buntz to make time for his interior decorator girl friend; Russo and Flaherty bust a disowned snitch.

E16Sorry, Wrong Number

Mar 3, 1987

Goldblume and Furillo clash over using a former gang member to obtain evidence against a gang leader in a murder case; Renko's mounting family problems affect his work; Bates, Flaherty and Joyce try to reconcile a Latin gigolo with his lady friend.

E17The Cookie Crumbles

Mar 10, 1987

Renko erupts in jealousy over Daryl Ann's business partner; Flaherty allows his feelings for Russo to interfere in a bust; Calletano returns to Hill Street when a Spanish speaking citizen is shot by a cop unable to understand him; and Kate McBride relives her father's death at an awards ceremony.

E18Dogsbreath Afternoon

Mar 17, 1987

Buntz tracks down Belker's snitch as the whole station house works to find out who shot Mick; Renko is forced to be honest with Daryl Ann by a blackmailing hooker; and Russo and Flaherty stalk a reported lion.

E19Days of Swine and Roses

Mar 31, 1987

A radio promotion spawns trouble for everyone; Hill and Renko are assigned to a computerized patrol car; Buntz helps Sid get out of an arm-breaking assignment for a shylock; Hunter's return to action as the EATer commander fizzles; and LaRue, Washington and Joyce work on opposite sides to protect the rights of a mentally disturbed young man and his frightened mother and sister.

E20The Runner Falls on His Kisser

Apr 7, 1987

A football star gets caught in a Hill Street hooker sweep; Prunella returns to look for the missing Hunter; Furillo's brother asks for a loan; Belker has a rocky return to duty; and LaRue sets up a syndicate to bet on the departmental firearms competition.

E21A Pound of Flesh

May 5, 1987

The Hill faces renewed gang violence when Jesus' sister is apparently kidnapped on the eve of her wedding to a Gypsy Boy; LaRue experiences emotional highs and lows when a perp's gun misfires three times in his face; Hunter is found, but his survival came at a high cost; IAD Shipman pursues a case against Buntz concerning a missing kilo of cocaine.

E22It Ain't Over Till It's Over

May 12, 1987

Sid and Furillo work to find out who is setting up Buntz while Daniels publicly vilifies him; LaRue decides to beat a TV crew doing a live broadcast from a gangster's cellar to the punch; Bates agrees to go out with Sal the plumber; rumors are flying about what will happen to the station house after a three-alarm fire guts it.

About Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues is a drama, crime series on NBC. The show first aired on Jan 15, 1981 and currently has 7 seasons and 146 episodes. Hill Street Blues has ended. It has a rating of 7.6/10 based on 132 votes. The cast includes Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, Robert Prosky, James B. Sikking. Created by Steven Bochco.