Hill Street Blues: Season 1
Episodes
Hill Street Station
Jan 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; publ
Presidential Fever
Jan 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 troub
Politics as Usual
Jan 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 a peaceful Pre
Can World War III Be an Attitude?
Jan 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 crisi
Double Jeopardy
Jan 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 w
Film at Eleven
Feb 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
Feb 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 t
Up in Arms
Feb 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
Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind
Feb 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
Gatorbait
Mar 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 c
Life, Death, Eternity
Mar 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 ""saloondrama
I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin
Mar 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
Mar 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 stat
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
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
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
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