Hill Street Blues

S01E03: Politics as Usual

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 Presidential tour; Belker agrees to a blind date; and Fay is arrested in a hot tub.

Overview

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

Episodes

Hill Street Station

S01E01 Hill Street Station

January 15, 1981 49 min
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; public defender Joyce Davenport tries to find a...
Presidential Fever

S01E02 Presidential Fever

January 17, 1981 50 min
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 trouble; Belker pursues rapists in the park;...
Politics as Usual

S01E03 Politics as Usual

January 22, 1981 50 min
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...
Can World War III Be An Attitude?

S01E04 Can World War III Be An Attitude?

January 24, 1981 49 min
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 crisis at...
Double Jeopardy

S01E05 Double Jeopardy

January 31, 1981 49 min
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 women; and Goldblume questions his...
Film at Eleven

S01E06 Film at Eleven

February 7, 1981 49 min
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

S01E07 Choice Cut

February 14, 1981 50 min
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 the hostage scene to...
Up in Arms

S01E08 Up in Arms

February 21, 1981 49 min
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 black van; and Hoban's lie...
Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind

S01E09 Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind

February 28, 1981 50 min
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 help a confused Santini decide what to...
Gatorbait

S01E10 Gatorbait

March 7, 1981 49 min
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 commander; LaRue and Washington...
Life, Death, Eternity

S01E11 Life, Death, Eternity

March 14, 1981 49 min
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 ""saloondramat""; Fay's obscene caller breaks into her home;...
I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin

S01E12 I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin

March 21, 1981 49 min
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

S01E13 Fecund Hand Rose

March 25, 1981 49 min
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 state witness; Belker busts an entertaining...
Rites of Spring (1)

S01E14 Rites of Spring (1)

May 19, 1981 48 min
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 Hill and Renko try...
Rites of Spring (2)

S01E15 Rites of Spring (2)

May 19, 1981 49 min
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 Hill and Renko try...
Jungle Madness (1)

S01E16 Jungle Madness (1)

May 26, 1981 48 min
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 raise money; Belker's...
Jungle Madness (2)

S01E17 Jungle Madness (2)

May 26, 1981 48 min
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 raise money; Belker's...

Cast

Daniel J. Travanti
Daniel J. Travanti
Frank Furillo
Michael Warren
Michael Warren
Robert Hill
Bruce Weitz
Bruce Weitz
Mick Belker
Robert Prosky
Robert Prosky
Stan Jablonski
James B. Sikking
James B. Sikking
Howard Hunter
Joe Spano
Joe Spano
Henry Goldblume
Taurean Blacque
Taurean Blacque
Neal Washington
Kiel Martin
Kiel Martin
J.D. LaRue
Betty Thomas
Betty Thomas
Lucille Bates
Dennis Franz
Dennis Franz
Norman Buntz
Charles Haid
Charles Haid
Andy Renko
Veronica Hamel
Veronica Hamel
Joyce Davenport

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