Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Hill Street Blues' from 1970-1982:
- Betty Thomas as Sgt. Lucy Bates (1981-1987)
- Bruce Weitz as Sgt. Mick Belker (1981-1987)
- Charles Haid as Officer Andrew Renko (1981-1987)
- Daniel J. Travanti as Capt. Frank Furillo (1981-1987)
- James B. Sikking as Lt. Howard Hunter (1981-1987)
- Joe Spano as Lt. Henry Goldblume (1981-1987)
- Kiel Martin as Officer J.D. LaRue (1981-1987)
- Michael Warren as Officer Bobby Hill (1981-1987)
- Rene Enriquez as Lt. Ray Calletano (1981-1987)
- Taurean Blacque as Det. Neal Washington (1981-1987)
- Veronica Hamel as Joyce Davenport (1981-1987)
- Barbara Bosson as Fay Furillo (1981-1986)
- Ed Marinaro as Officer Joe Coffey (1981-1986)
- Robert Hirschfeld as Officer Leo Schnitz (1981-1985)
- Michael Conrad as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus (1981-1984)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Hill Street Blues':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco D: Robert Butler
With Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz), Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Gary Grubbs (Earps), Gary Van Ormand (Sneed), Jonathan Dasteel (Lamonica), Ron Godines (Contreras), Heshimu Cumbuka (Pimp), Andy Garcia (Street Kid). Premiere of a series about life in a big-city ghetto police department, starring Daniel J. Travanti. For openers, Capt. Frank Furillo must deal with an overzealous SWAT team commander, a police psychologist, and two juvenile gang members who have taken hostages after being interrupted during a liquor-store robbery.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco D: Robert Butler
With Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), David Caruso (Shamrock), Bobby F. Ellerbee (Blood), George Dickerson (Commander Swanson), Mark Metcalf (Officer Harris), Charles Seaverns (Parker), Danny Mora (Huerta), Jonathan Dasteel (Lamonica), Gary Van Ormand (Sneed), Richard Marion (Browning), Jake Mitchell (Hingle), Steven Bauer (Officer Fuentes). The President of the United States wants to visit the Hill, and Capt. Furillo must arrange a truce among the warring teenage gangs in order to ensure the President's security.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco D: Robert Butler
With Dan Hedaya (Ralph Macafee), David Caruso (Shamrock), Bobby F. Ellerbee (Blood), Jonathan Dasteel (Lamonica), Gary Van Ormand (Sneed), John Brandon (Lt. Walsh), Bob Harders (Unger), Lou Joffred (DiCostanza). Things heat up between the gangs on the Hill as the president plans his walking tour; LaRue is tricked into accepting a cash payoff from a crooked narcotics officer.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco D: Robert Butler
With Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Dan Hedaya (Ralph Macafee), Louis Giambalvo (Rob Nelson), David Caruso (Shamrock), Bobby F. Ellerbee (Blood), Charles Seaverns (Parker), Charles Fleischer (Malibu), Lynn Whitfield (Jill Thomas), Robert DoQui (Mullenex). The precinct finds itself under siege when the gangs react to the President canceling his walking tour, a blackout hits the area, and a large number of guns are stolen from a store; Hill and Renko arrest a car thief who has a knack for fixing things around the station; Frank asks Joyce to represent LaRue who is facing bribery charges.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco D: Robert Butler
With Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Dan Hedaya (Ralph Macafee), Louis Giambalvo (Rob Nelson), Tony Perez (Officer Perez), A. C. Weary (Bruce Warnick), Jonathan Dasteel (Lamonica), Gary Van Ormand (Sneed), Gela Jacobson (Debbie Kaplan), Gilme McCormick (Maureen Macafee), Jake Mitchell (Hingle), Marilyn Tokuda (Mrs. Macafee). Neal Washington 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; Goldblume questions his ability after losing a jumper.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Anthony Yerkovich D: Georg Stanford Brown
With Andrea Marcovicci (Cynthia Chase), Mark Metcalf (Officer Harris), Joseph R. Sicari (DiCarlo), Tony Plana (Kevin Herman Dracula), Robert Bryan Berger (Eddie Hoban), Luisa Leschin (Rita), Karole Selmon (Billie), Donna LaBrie (Wilma), Gregory Cruz (Chico), Jake Mitchell (Hingle). A television reporter rides with Hill and Renko; Washington and LaRue find the gun that was used in the shooting of Hill and Renko; a man is arrested for biting a prostitute and then claims he's Dracula.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Lee David Zlotoff D: Arnold Laven
With Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz), Dana Gladstone (Marv Box), Charlene Jones (Lily), Andrea Marcovicci (Cynthia Chase), Kent Williams (Bernard), Karole Selmon (Billie), Donna LaBrie (Wilma), Linda Shayne (Sherry Marie), Bob Tzudiker (Irv Kresky), Ilka Tanya Payan (Teresa), Jay Moreno (Juan). 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; Cynthia Chase uses the hostage scene to stir up the local merchants.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich D: Georg Stanford Brown
With George Dickerson (Dave Swanson), Andrea Marcovicci (Cynthia Chase), Mark Metcalf (Officer Harris), Ron Feinberg (Kermit Trench), Luis Avalos (Mr. Viatoro), Kent Williams (Bernard), Jeff Seymour (Santini), Gela Jacobson (Debbie Kaplan), David Byrd (Krinsky), Juliana McCarthy (Dr. Davis), Dottie Adkins (Hooker), Paul Michael (Mr. Arcanian), Constance Caulfield (Daphne), Dharvi Darrelle (Mrs. Miles). Furillo gets orders to deal with a neighborhood merchants association after they take things into their own hands and become vigilantes; Esterhaus goes out to meet a criminal he helped put away; Harris and Santini get into trouble with the deadly black van; Hoban's lie detector results are inconclusive.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich D: Arnold Laven
With Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz), Charlene Jones (Rena), Andrea Marcovicci (Cynthia Chase), Robert Bryan Berger (Eddie Hoban), Jeff Seymour (Santini), Kent Williams (Bernard), Luis Avalos (Mr. Viatoro), Gela Jacobson (Debbie Kaplan), Paul Michael (Mr. Arcanian), Odette Mitchell (Biffy), Mark Casella (Marty). 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 do; LaRue asks Cynthia Chase along on a dull stakeout that suddenly heats up.
Season 1, episode 10
W: E. Jack Kaplan D: Georg Stanford Brown
With George Dickerson (Dave Swanson), Dana Gladstone (Marv Box), Jim Tartan (Metzger), Dolph Sweet (Lt. Emil Schneider), Jordan Charney (Ed Chapel), Don Cervantes (Nemo Rodriguez), Carl Weintraub (Dewey Brownfield), Lawrence Benedict (Frank Alexander), Tim Daly (Dann). Renko gets angry 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 have a surprise for Hunter during his annual alligator hunt in the city sewers; Fay asks Furillo's help with an obscene phone caller.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Gregory Hoblit, Lee David Zlotoff D: Jack Starrett
With Dana Gladstone (Marv Box), George Dickerson (Commander Swanson), Dolph Sweet (Lt. Schneider), Jordan Charney (Ed Chapel), George McDaniel (Ludwig), Dwight Schultz (Carmichael), Dennis Holahan (Councilman McAuley), Don Cervantes (Nemo Rodriguez), Jake Mitchell (Hingle). 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; Belker confronts an anti-Semitic cop just transferred to the Hill.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Anthony Yerkovich D: Robert C. Thompson
With George Dickerson (Dave Swanson), Dolph Sweet (Lt. Schneider), Don Cervantes (Nemo Rodrigues), Dennis Holahan (Councilman McCauley), George McDaniel (Ludwig), Jordan Charney (Ed Chapel), Philip G. Schultz (Harvey), Robert Kino (Mr. O'Kino), Thomas Babson (Webster), Jerry Loo (Mr. Mifune). Furillo endangers his chances for promotion when he pushes the investigation of Councilman McCauley's role in the death of a teenage call girl; LaRue's business dream comes to a bitter end; Lt. Hunter gets his chance to test out an "urban tank" in sniper alley.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Alan Rachins D: Gregory Hoblit
With Dan Hedaya (Ralph Macafee), Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), George Dickerson (Dave Swanson), Lisa Lindgren (Cindy Spooner), Michael Tucker (Mr. Heidel), Tom Calloway (Skip Fitzgerald), Gela Jacobson (Debbie Kaplan), Allen Case (Mr. Spooner), Peter White (Minister), Lynn Whitfield (Jill Thomas), Thomas Callaway (Skip Fitzgerald), Irena Du Barry (Rosa Calletano), Philip G. Schultz (Harvey), John Brandon (Detective Walsh). Esterhaus faces immense pressure as his wedding to Cindy dawns and Grace shows him what he's giving up; Furillo resents providing protection for crooked former cop Ralph Macafee, who's now a state witness; Belker busts an entertaining professional cat burglar; everyone scrambles to get ready for the wedding ceremony.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich D: Gregory Hoblit
With Tony Perez (Perez), Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Terry Alexander (Theo Monroe), Jim Tartan (Metzger), Charles Hallahan (Charlie Weeks), James Remar (Beau Gregory), Van Nessa Clarke (Shirret Anders), Mimi Rogers (Sandra Paully), Freddye Chapman (Denise Thompson), Jack Andreozzi (John 'Sal' Amico), Sam Scarber (Dr. Redman), Frantz Turner (Ralph Prentiss), Neil Brooks Cunningham (John Hurley), Jan Stratton (Dr. Rogatz). 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; Hill and Renko try to help a young black woman accused of neglecting her children.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll, Anthony Yerkovich D: Corey Allen
With Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Terry Alexander (Monroe), Charles Hallahan (Charlie Weeks), Tony Carbone (George 'Pinky' Reiner), Eddie Barth (Tanner), Van Nessa Clarke (Shirret Anders), Lionel Smith (Montel Gifford), Freddye Chapman (Denise Thompson), Mimi Rogers (Sandra Paully), Jeanetta Arnette (Jennifer Cross), Opelene Bartley (Montel's Mother), Frantz Turner (Prentiss), Eddie Ryder (Wheelchair Salesman), Susan Harney (Bee Gee), Ray Oliver (Leon), Luke Andreas (Busy Baker Man), Chip Luca (Lt. Digby), Jack Andreozzi (Sal Amico). 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 sham fence operation nets a surprise; Shirrett Anders leaves her children again; Furillo warns LaRue to get help for his drinking problem after he ruins a drug bust; Joe Coffey, Lucy's new partner, is shot.
October 29, 1981: Hearts And Minds
Season 2, episode 1
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich D: Gregory Hoblit
With Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Sandy McPeak (Mac MacAllister), Danny Glover (Jesse John Hudson), Teddi Siddall (Susan Downey), Nathan Cook (Virgil Brooks), Charles Guardino (Ben Lambert). A prostitute accuses a detective of blackmailing her for sex; Goldblume searches for a missing child; a former gang leader returns to the Hill as crusading social reformer; Belker busts a purse snatching orangutan and keeps in touch with an undercover rookie planted inside a volatile street gang; Furillo and Esterhaus question their current romantic involvements.
Season 2, episode 2
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich D: Gregory Hoblit
With Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Sandy McPeak (Mac MacAllister), Jim Tartan (Calloway), John Dennis Johnston (Freddy), Danny Glover (Jesse John Hudson), Karen Austin (Lonely Woman), Nathan Cook (Virgil Brooks), Sandra McCabe (Adrianna Furth), Charles Guardino (Ben Lambert), Lew Hopson (Billy the Monk), M.E. Loree (Samantha McBride). Goldblume meets a lonely woman while driving a cab undercover; LaRue and Washington use a desperate snitch to solve a prostitute murder; Virgil reports on Hudson's takeover of the Black Arrow gang; Furillo and Joyce meet socially after splitting up.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Robert Crais D: David Anspaugh
With Sandy McPeak (Mac MacAllister), Danny Glover (Jesse John Hudson), Nathan Cook (Virgil Brooks), Reuven Bar-Yotam (Mr. Popovich), Lupe Ontiveros (Mrs. Uribe), Jose Flores (Arturo). Hill and Renko handle a domestic call involving a barricaded old man who is threatening his neighbors with a shotgun; Hudson looks for the informer in his gang; Joyce asks Furillo for advice about the Downey case.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Robert Crais D: Robert Butler
With Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Sandy McPeak (Mac MacAllister), Charlene Jones (Buffy), Danny Glover (Jesse John Hudson), Rosanna Huffman (Rachel Goldblume), M.E. Loree (Samantha McBride), Cindy Fisher (Lorie), Barbara Jane Edelman (Vera), Odette Mitchell (Tamara), Steven Kavner (Dobbs), Bill Gentry (Obradovitch). Bates feels responsible for a junkie-prostitute's nearly fatal drug overdose; Hudson beats up his lawyer after his release on bail; Furillo and Joyce reconsider their separation; Esterhaus ends his friendship with Mac.
Season 2, episode 5
W: Jeffrey Lewis D: Rod Holcomb
With Jeffrey Tambor (Alan Wachtel), Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Allan Rich (Judge Schilling), Mickey Morton (Stanley Phelps), Ralph Manza (Morris), Essex Smith (Maxwell Jenkins). Night court interferes with "Monday Night Football" as LaRue and Washington are accused of entrapping a mugger; Bates and Coffey look for gang members responsible for the drive-by shooting of a child; Fay announces that she's getting married again; Sgt. Esterhaus learns that he may soon be a father.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Robert Crais D: Randa Haines
With Tony Perez (Perez), Vanna Salviati (Mrs. Amico), Leonard Lightfoot (Ellis), Livia Genise (Officer Sanchez), Robert Sampson (Hal Massey), Stephen McHattie (Officer Nash), Steve Peck (Guido Barbari). Hill covers for a rookie cop with personal problems who uses excessive force during an arrest; Coffey arrests a family friend during a visit to his old neighborhood; Fay introduces her fiancee; negotiations break down between the police union and the city.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Jeffrey Lewis D: Georg Stanford Brown
With Nick Savage (Pickpocket), Stephen McHattie (Officer Nash), Robert Sampson (Hal Massey), Lynn Whitfield (Jill Thomas), Art Evans (William Teacher), Dori Brenner (Luana Belker), John Diehl (Tom), Daphne Maxwell Reid (Sheila Roberts), Fred Pinkard (Toastmaster). Furillo pushes Hill about his support of Nash; Belker goes undercover to catch a gang preying on automatic bank tellers; Fay's engagement ends abruptly; a good samaritan faces arrest on old warrants.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Michael Wagner D: Jeff Bleckner
With Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Jesse D. Goins (Cookie), Bobby F. Ellerbee (Blood), Tony Perez (Perez), Troy Curvey (Dudley R. Hicks), Victor Campos (Investigator), Richard Foronjy (Murray the Torch), Dennis Dugan (Captain Freedom), Julia Calderon (Alice), Fritz Turner (Monroe), Andy Winner (Wallace Parks), Leonard Lightfoot (Ellis), John Dewey-Caret (Investigator), Dan Chambers (Investigator). Belker meets an eccentric calling himself "Captain Freedom" while on a stakeout; LaRue gets more than he bargained for as a cell plant when he overhears an arson suspect taunting an accused child molester; Furillo issues an ultimatum to the gangs after a savage massacre in a local tavern.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: Randa Haines
With Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Robin Coleman (Coley), James O'Sullivan (Donald Peck), Charles Robinson (Roy), Dennis Dugan (Captain Freedom), Pamela Hayden (Ms. Jackson), Nancy Lenehan (Katy Moore), Peter Iacangelo (Bruno Heverman), Marcelino Sanchez (Jimmy Aguirrez), Bernadette Cologne (Trina), Luke Andreas (Lou). Furillo risks perjury after he's subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating police corruption; Renko gets upset when his service revolver is stolen; Captain Freedom reappears to thwart a robbery.
Season 2, episode 10
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: Georg Stanford Brown
With Arnold Johnson (Drunk), Gary Miller (Ballantine), Robin Gammell (Douglas Comstock), John Karlen (Inspector Pearson), Janet DeMay (Emily Williams), Dennis Dugan (Captain Freedom), Harry Moses (Reagan), Dwayne McGee (Webster), Jerome Thor (Art Delgado), Wayne Heffley (Gerson). Hunter uses pedigreed hounds to track wild city dogs; the scam saloon begins producing results, despite Captain Freedom's help; Fay fixates on cemetery plots; Frank becomes increasingly disgusted with his lawyer and Chief Daniels over the actions of the Sullivan Commission; a suspicious Calletano learns the truth about a gorgeous new officer.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Mchael Wagner D: Gregory Hoblit
With Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Robin Coleman (Coley), Troy Evans (Dunello), Howard George (Grebey), James O'Sullivan (Donald Peck), Scott Paulin (Steve), John Karlen (Inspector Pearson), Dennis Dugan (Captain Freedom), Pamela Hayden (Ms. Jackson), Scott Paulin (Cleary), Jerome Thor (Art Delgado), Harry Moses (Reagan). Bates plays in the interdepartmental poker finals; Fuchs refuses to help out one of his own men caught forging prescriptions; Henry goes undercover on a purse snatching detail; Delgado admits he's afraid of testifying before the commission; Joyce chides Furillo for being naive about his supposed innocence protecting him against the commission; the scam saloon closes down after a gun battle; a furious Furillo testifies before the commission and offers his resignation to Chief Daniels.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: Thomas Carter
With Jeffrey Tambor (Alan Wachtel), J.A. Preston (Ozzie Cleveland), Jim Tartan (Coroner), Edward James Olmos (Joe Gustimonte), Kene Holliday (Vernon Lee), Al Ruscio (Sosa), Jonathan Frakes (Eddie Sims), Howard Witt (Bragg), Michael Collins (Wendel Zeiger), Karen Ragland (Pam Gilliam), Eric Laneuville (Wilbur Harmon), Rico Ross (Tyler Bragg), Gerry Miller (Webster), Mark Jordan (Wasserman), Mickey Cherney (Green). Joyce's fellow public defender Pam Gilliam is gunned down; Hill's position as VP for the Black Officers' Coalition puts a strain on both him and Renko; Goldblume tries to deal with an abusive landlord; LaRue and Washington trade up from a cocaine dealer to a PCP lab; Fay becomes an ardent feminist.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: Arnold Laven
With George Wyner (Irwin Bernstein), Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Morgan Woodward (John Renko), Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Edward James Olmos (Joe Gustimonte), Alley Mills (Tracy Renko), Al Ruscio (Sosa), Kene Holliday (Vernon Lee), William Schilling (Stan Grebe), Hamilton Camp (Buck Mullins), Howard Witt (Bragg), Nancy Lenehan (Katy Moore). Grace asks Esterhaus for help with a barking dog; LaRue suffers a crisis of confidence about the PCP lab bust and starts drinking; Renko's family problems hurt his performance at work; Hill antagonizes everyone in his efforts to recruit for the BOC; Goldblume resorts to force to deal with landlord Sosa; Furillo tries in vain to hold Walter Harmon for the death of Pam Gilliam.
Season 2, episode 14
W: Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: Lawrence Levy
With Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), J.A. Preston (Ozzie Cleveland), Dennis Lipscomb (Mr. Vosca), Kene Holliday (Vernon Lee), Eric Laneuville (Wilbur Harmon), Howard Witt (Tyler Bragg), John Brandon (Lt. Walsh), Rico Ross (Tyler Bragg), Peter Iacangelo (Bruno Heverman), Barbara Brownell (Heather Heverman), Richard Marion (Public Defender), Milt Tarver (Duncan). Hill has had enough of the BOC pressures; Goldblume finds a witness in the Gilliam case who seems too good to be true; Furillo demotes LaRue to the police motor pool; Joyce grows bitter when Wilbur Harmon is released and kills again.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: Thomas Carter
With Morgan Woodward (Mr. Renko), Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Robin Coleman (Coley), Talia Balsam (Sally), Meg Tilly (Hooker), Allan Rich (Judge Schilling), Rosanna Huffman (Rachel Goldblume), Debi Richter (Hooker), John Ratzenberger (Phony Cop), Michael Carmine (Car Thief), William Bogert (Carillo), William Bronder (Pete Rusco), Mace (Rene Pagano), Eric Server (Phony Cop), Ken Hill (Doctor). Goldblume is bitter over losing a promotion; Joyce walks out of court while defending a repeat offender; Renko learns his father is dying; a stakeout to find a con team shaking down johns proves dangerous; Esterhaus' prize car is taken by a team of car thieves; Belker and Washington meet up with LaRue, who is driving a police tow truck.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: David Anspaugh
With Morgan Woodward (Mr. Renko), Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), David Caruso (Shamrock), Bobby F. Ellerbee (Blood), Troy Curvey (Dudley R. Hicks), Lee Kessler (Roseanna Morgenstern), Hope Clarke (Mrs. Reese), Alley Mills (Tracy), Felton Perry (Carter Reese), David Haid (Tommy Renko), Judith Marie Bergen (Nancy), Jessie D. Goins (Cookie Marcel), Wolfe Perry (Pearl), B.J. Lewis (William). Belker and Washington go undercover at a porno theater; Hill and Renko answer a domestic call concerning a suicidal man holding his wife and child hostage; a pickup basketball game between the cops and the gangs calls for full-scale negotiations.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: Thomas Carter
With Morgan Woodward (Mr. Renko), Tracey Walter (Sammy), Alley Mills (Tracy), Alan North (Wallins), George Murdock (Lt. Remington), Robert Phalen (Mr. Santos), Chip Hurd (Mrs. Halloran), J.J. Barry (Brother-in-law), Laurence Haddon (Public Defender), Ben Slack (Wallins), Richard Beauchamps (Santos), Susan Krebs (Saleswoman), Barry Pearl (Salesman), Robert Denison (Braverman), Ken Hill (Doctor). Belker tries to renew his expired driver's license; Renko tries to take his father home from the hospital; LaRue rehabilitates himself with Furillo; everyone follows the trail of the gun used to kill two officers during a burglary.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: Gregory Hoblit
With Morgan Woodward (Mr. Renko), Thomas Carter (Donald Lilly), Gail Strickland (Gail Kennedy), Alley Mills (Tracy), Michael C. Gwynne (Farley), Richard Roat (Mr. Farnsworth), Joanelle Nadine Romero (Maria Hernandez), Hector Elias (Mr. Hernandez), Terry Wills (Medical Examiner), J. Patrick McNamara (Commander Lakeland), Lynn Chaplin (Vivian Walkerman), Angus Duncan (Marshal Paxton), Eleanor McCoy (Coretta), Heshimu Cumbuka (Pimp). Renko's father takes a final trip around the city; Belker goes undercover to find out who has been knifing winos; Joyce finds her faith restored as she defends a nice young man accused of rape whose alibi is reluctant to testify.
September 30, 1982: Trial By Fury
Season 3, episode 1
W: David Milch D: Gregory Hoblit
With Charles Levin (Eddie Gregg), Juney Smith (Celestine Grey), Silvana Gallardo (Mrs. Rodriguez), Alex Colon (Ramon Hernandez), Allan Rich (Judge Schilling), Paul Willson (IRS Agent), Ruth Silveira (Sister Agnes), Maurice Sneed (Gerald Chapman), John O'Connell (Mancuso), Martin Garner (Pawnbroker), Allan Lurie (Carl). Furillo throws away the rule book when two young men rape and murder a nun during a church robbery; Belker befriends gay prostitute Eddie Gregg; Calletano faces a tax audit; Joyce feels helpless as public opinion works to destroy her client; Hill and Renko encounter an adulterous lover trapped by bathroom plumbing.
Season 3, episode 2
W: Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: Jeff Bleckner
With Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Arthur Taxier (Briles), Arnold Johnson (Tubbs), Robin Coleman (Officer Coley), Robert Hogan (Lou Hogan), Andy Romano (Captain MacPherson), Leo Rossi (Jon Gennaro), Stephanie Braxton (Miss Fowler), Robert Moloney (M.C.), Earl Billings (Mr. Stephens), Rusdi Lane (Schiffman). Belker forgets his mother's birthday; Hill and Renko look into urban cattle rustling; LaRue and Washington apply for jobs in the Bahamas; Furillo sits on a board of rights for a fellow captain accused of neglecting his duties.
Season 3, episode 3
W: Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: David Anspaugh
With Michael Fairman (Arnold Detweiler), Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Jesse D. Goins (Cookie Marcel), David Caruso (Shamrock), Troy Curvey (Dudley R. Hicks), Gary Miller (Ballantine), Robin Coleman (Officer Coley), Leo Rossi (Jon Gennaro), Robert Gray (Mr. Smith), Margot Rose (Katy Bambridge), Floyd Levine (Tom Petowski), Mario Gallo (Superintendent), Phil Peters (Officer Lyle). Hill and Renko arrest Councilman Detweiler for drunken driving; Belker is joined by actor Jon Gennaro on his undercover job; Fay goes to work as a crime reporter for an advertising weekly; Furillo looks into the charges made against his men by a bitter Lou Hogan; Bates and Coffey arrest a bizarre man who thinks he's an alien.
Season 3, episode 4
W: Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner D: Thomas Carter
With Michael Fairman (Arnold Detweiler), Robin Coleman (Officer Coley), Leo Rossi (Jon Gennaro), Kathleen Lloyd (Linda Wulfawitz), Lori Lethin (Diane Koslow), Francine Lembi (Cheryl Bradford), J.D. Hall (Woodley), Phil Peters (Officer Lyle), Milt Tarver (Internal Affairs Man), Robert Darnell (Doctor). Gennaro accompanies Belker on a drug buy; LaRue and Washington set up two patrolmen accused by Hogan of stealing from burglary victims; Renko's birthday is less than happy; Furillo uses his favor to Detweiler to save Goldblume's job when Hogan's accusations prove partially correct.
Season 3, episode 5
W: Karen Hall D: David Anspaugh
With Tony Perez (Officer Perez), Gary Miller (Ballantine), Helen Shaver (Teresa), Jesse Bochco (Frank Jr.), Royce D. Applegate (Roy), Anna Mathias (Jeannie), Malcolm Groome (David Bittan), Marty Zagon (Hermie), Bob Tzudiker (Max). Joyce humiliates an unprepared Bates on the witness stand; Renko pushes an assault victim to press charges; Furillo's son is missing; Calletano expresses his true feelings at a luncheon honoring him as the Hispanic Officer of the Year.
Season 3, episode 6
W: David Milch D: Thomas Carter
With Michael Fairman (Arnold Detweiler), Louis Giambalvo (Rob Nelson), Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Robert Davi (Stan Maizel), Kathleen Lloyd (Linda Wulfawitz), Peter Hobbs (Dr. Lehman), Bernard Behrens (Bank Manager), Peter Jurasik (Sid the Snitch), Peter Brocco (Mr. Seligman), Bob Larkin (Marshall), Tony Shultz (Officer Geraci), Henry G. Sanders (Jerome), Meshach Taylor (Officer Sloan), Marco Rodriguez (Doper), Robert Darnell (Doctor), Eda Reiss Merin (Mrs. Kramer), Judy Baldwin (Arlene). At a condemned building site, Hill and Renko try to persuade a black grandmother that she has to move, while Goldblume tries to keep an old man afraid of his new living arrangements from jumping off; Belker thwarts a robbery while applying for a bank loan; LaRue and Washington butt heads with an undercover narcotics cop dealing with the same cocaine peddler.
Season 3, episode 7
W: Robert Earll D: David Anspaugh
With Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Garret Pearson (Ballantine), Jeffrey Tambor (Alan Wachtel), Michael Fairman (Detweiler), Larry Riley (Vernon Tucker), John Hancock (Ray Saunders), Rae Allen (Gloria Kern), Martin Ferrero (Mr. Sybert), Cotter Smith (Dr. Sweeney), Charles Parks (Doctor), Bob Maroff (James Feeny), Joseph Chapman (Leon Freede). Belker goes undercover to investigate a scam which uses bums to collect injury insurance benefits; Coffey deals with a Vietnam vet who is suffering from traumatic stress and has taken hostages; Daniels orders Furillo to cut off Fuchs from the Maizel homicide investigation.
Season 3, episode 8
W: Mark Frost D: Bob Kelljan
With Michael Fairman (Arnold Detweiler), Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Charles Levin (Eddie Gregg), Lynne Moody (Marty Nichols), Lee Kessler (Mrs. Morgenstern), Kathleen Lloyd (Linda Wulfawitz), Dominique Dunne (Cindy), Sheldon Feldner (Wisniewski), David McKnight (Sergeant at Arms), John Brandon (Detective Walsh), Brandon Goldstein (Brandon Mizell), Sandy Martin (Abigail Mizell), Melissa Bochco (Melissa Mizell). LaRue and Washington open Maizel's safety deposit box and find evidence of his corruption; Bates and Coffey try to help an abused child with her baby; Belker ends his insurance scam investigation with a visit to Hill's doctor; Daniels pressures Furillo to keep quiet about Maizel.
Season 3, episode 9
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Michael Wagner D: Gregory Hoblit
With Charles Levin (Eddie Gregg), Pat Corley (Wally Nydorf), Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Lynne Moody (Marty Nichols), David Caruso (Shamrock), Marco Rodriguez (Rico), Troy Curvey (Dudley R. Hicks), Lisa Sutton (Robin Tattaglia), Kenneth Kimmins (Mr. Anderson), Helen Shaver (Teresa), Franklyn Seales (Crawford), Donnelly Rhodes (Paul Grogan), Fausto Bara (Tom Hernandez), Ken Foree (Bubba Edwards), Betty McGuire (Trudy Sandler), Martin Garner (Pawnbroker), Peter Lownds (Pete Dorsey), Eric Whitman (Doug), Barry Cutler (Kosich), Andy Goldberg (Gradsky), Donald Carter (Governor Sandler). The governor's dog is stolen during a visit to the Hill Street station and held for ransom; Renko and Theresa quarrel at a party; six rookies face hazing; LaRue and Washington try to chase down an autopsy report; Eddie Gregg becomes Belker's snitch.
Season 3, episode 10
W: Michael Wagner, David Milch D: David Anspaugh
With Pat Corley (Wally Nydorf), Charles Levin (Eddie Gregg), Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Lynne Moody (Marty Nichols), Lisa Sutton (Robin Tattaglia), George Wyner (Irwin Bernstein), Kenneth Kimmins (Mr. Anderson), Helen Shaver (Teresa), Franklyn Seales (Crawford), Donnelly Rhodes (Paul Grogan), Betty McGuire (Trudy Sandler), Peter Lownds (Pete Dorsey), Peter Jurasik (Sid the Snitch), Andy Goldberg (Gradsky). Belker makes a bust while picking up a ring at a jewelry store; Furillo tries to make a murder case without a body or autopsy report; Renko gets dumped; the Phantom strikes one final time; a terrified Eddie implicates his lover in a vicious drug murder.
Season 3, episode 11
W: Michael Wagner, David Milch D: Randa Haines
With Pat Corley (Wally Nydorf), Charles Levin (Eddie Gregg), Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Lynne Moody (Marty Nichols), Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), George Wyner (Irwin Bernstein), Kenneth Kimmins (Mr. Anderson), Lisa Sutton (Robin Tattaglia), Helen Shaver (Teresa), Franklyn Seales (Crawford), Peter Jurasik (Sid the Snitch), Irene de Bari (Rosa Calletano), Peter Lownds (Pete Dorsey), Walter Janowitz (Old Man), Bette Raya (Esperanza), Betty McGuire (Trudy Sandler), Roy Pinkard (Judge), Gary Cervantes (Jose). The governor's dog is found; Eddie's role as an informant is revealed; Furillo tries to stop Nydorf the coroner from testifying; Crawford decides on his future course as a policeman.
Season 3, episode 12
W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis D: Jeff Bleckner
With Lee Weaver (Buck Naked), Gary Miller (Ballantine), James McEachin (Reggie Hill), Khalif Bobatoon (Herman), Gina Gallego (Carmen), Micole Mercurio (Mrs. Moldonaldo), Earl Billings (Harv), Julia Calderon (Mrs. Grady), Bill Jenkins (Hurley). The Christmas eve festivities are interrupted by a destructive gang; Washington's guilt over shooting a bystander resurfaces; Hill's vagabond father pays a visit; Belker goes undercover as Santa Claus; Bates spends the holiday in the hospital.