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Season 7 – Hill Street Blues

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A gritty, realistic look at the life of cops in a large (and unnamed) metropolitan city. Led by Capt. Frank Furillo, the cops of the Hill Street Station kept the peace - though there were plenty of casualties along the way. Focusing more on those within the precinct than on the cases they were trying to solve, "Hill Street Blues" cast of characters featured public defender Joyce Davenport (who later married Furillo), gruff Sgt. Phil Esterhaus (who always cautioned his charges to "be careful out there"), eccentric Lt. Howard Hunter, Officer Lucy Bates and Sgt. Mick Belker (who sometimes resorted to injuring the felons he apprehended).
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Hill Street Blues — Season 7

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Hill Street Blues ends in an appropriately unfussy fashion, letting the rhythms of life have the last word for a series that brought television closer to reality.

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David Friedman Philadelphia Inquirer 01/15/2021
"Hill Street" goes out with neither a bang nor a whimper, which is only fitting, it seems to me. Go to Full Review David Bianculli Philadelphia Inquirer 01/15/2021
The best thing about tonight's finale is that it doesn't strain to be different, or special, or to highlight every cast-member as a gesture of farewell... A brilliant, important series. Go to Full Review Eric Mink St. Louis Post-Dispatch 01/15/2021
Hill Street Blues ends its seven-season career tonight, retiring, as it were, at the top of Its game. To the end, it has remained a creative success, delighting viewers with multidimensional characters and adroitly constructed episodes. Go to Full Review Diane Holloway Austin American-Statesman 01/15/2021
After seven years and an unprecedented 26 Emmy Awards, the ground-breaking series leaves with the dignity befitting a show that launched NBC on its high road to quality and paved the way for other fine network series. Go to Full Review Ron Weiskind Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 01/15/2021
Hill Street Blues is over, but it's easy to imagine that life in this precinct house will continue forever. We just won't have the privilege of peeking in. Go to Full Review Bill Carter Baltimore Sun 01/15/2021
The series goes out after seven years of consistent brilliance with no attempt to play some kind of climactic endgame. Hill Street Blues ends tonight not with an exclamation point but with an ellipsis. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/14/2022 LOL, the funniest Michael Warren series ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Read all reviews
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Daniel J. Travanti

Frank Furillo

Michael Warren

Bobby Hill

Bruce Weitz

Mick Belker

Robert Prosky

Stan Jablonski

James B. Sikking

Howard Hunter

Joe Spano

Henry Goldblume

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 2, 1986 Suitcase Sid the Snitch proposes a cocaine deal to Buntz; Belker probes a flophouse scam; a poisoned-aspirin scare worries merchants. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 9, 1986 A Case of Klapp Hunter faces condemnation for the off-duty shooting of an armed boy; Davenport is held in contempt for protesting budget cuts. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 16, 1986 The Best Defense Suspects remain in jail as the public defenders' strike continues; Jablonski undergoes heart surgery; Sgt. Hunter calls roll. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 30, 1986 Bald Ambition Furillo is requested to help Calletano avert a police race-war; Russo's undercover tactics cause a major criminal to be freed. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 6, 1986 I Come to My Knees Snitch Sid bunks with Buntz to hide from a vengeful ex-convict; Hill resents a bigoted partner; Goldblume aids a writer friend. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 13, 1986 Say Uncle The blues guard a prison-bound mobster; LaRue's suspect admits to several murders; Goldblume is asked to speak on television. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 27, 1986 Amazing Grace Grace Gardner returns as a nun, upsetting Flaherty; a showboating councilman ruins a drug bust; Buntz faces a loan shark. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 2, 1986 Falling From Grace Buntz pursues the loan shark who clipped his finger; Wade escalates his feud with Furillo; Grace's behavior horrifies Flaherty. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 9, 1986 Fathers and Guns Furillo discovers his father's death was suicide; dreams of a nuclear holocaust prompt Belker to phone the president. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 23, 1986 More Skinned Against Than Skinning Furillo tries to ease tensions after a white patrolman kills his black partner while both were under investigation. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 6, 1987 She's So Fein A client takes Davenport hostage with her assistant's gun; suspect-chasing Belker wrecks a car he was test-driving. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 13, 1987 A Wasted Weekend Jablonski leads a hunting trip in the mountains; kidnapped Goldblume is forced to dig his own grave. Written by David Mamet. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 20, 1987 City of Refuse Hill and Renko help during a sanitation strike; Hill loses control at a drug dealer's funeral; ex-EATer Ballantine explodes. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 3, 1987 Der Roachenkavalier The press labels Goldblume a subversive after he publicly blasts the department; Buntz checks rumors of unfaithful Davenport. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 10, 1987 Norman Conquest With Furillo absent, acting commander Buntz sends the blues out on a drug-bust spree in hope of securing future overtime pay. Details Episode 16 Aired Mar 3, 1987 Sorry, Wrong Number Goldblume sets a trap for the gang member believed responsible for the mass murder of a sleeping family; guest Eddie Velez. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 10, 1987 The Cookie Crumbles Backups Flaherty and Russo nuzzle while Bates is knifed; Calletano's Hispanic coalition threatens to sue the police department. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 17, 1987 Dogbreath Afternoon Buntz's brutal tactics in finding wounded Belker's assailant get him removed from the case; a prostitute blackmails Renko. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 31, 1987 Days of Swine and Roses Belker returns; Renko's attempt to reconcile with Daryl Ann only worsens matters; lonely Jablonski yields to sexual temptation. Details Episode 20 Aired Apr 7, 1987 The Runner Falls on His Kisser A pro football star (Keenen Ivory Wayans) is arrested for soliciting; Buntz enters a marksmanship contest; Hunter is missing. Details Episode 21 Aired May 5, 1987 A Pound of Flesh Having been buried alive with a dead buddy for 11 days, Hunter admits resorting to cannibalism; Buntz is in trouble. Details Episode 22 Aired May 12, 1987 It Ain't Over Till It's Over A nighttime fire guts the station; Buntz faces suspension for cocaine theft; Goldblume probes a series of prostitute murders. Details

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Hill Street Blues — Season 7

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Season Info

Network
NBC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 2, 1986