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The Best Episodes of Hill Street Blues

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    Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 1 - Hill Street Station
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    #1 - Hill Street Station

    S1:E1

    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 client who has been lost in the bureaucratic maze; Detective LaRue gets a lapful of coffee; Sgt. Esterhaus confides to Fay about his teenage sweetheart; Officers Hill and Renko are shot in the line of duty.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  2. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 2 - Presidential Fever
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    #2 - Presidential Fever

    S1:E2

    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; and Furillo must deal with Fay's demands for more money and an impending Presidential visit.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  3. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 3 - Politics as Usual
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    #3 - Politics as Usual

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  4. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 4 - Can World War III Be An Attitude?
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    #4 - Can World War III Be An Attitude?

    S1:E4

    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 the station house when the Presidential visit is cancelled and gang revenge is feared.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  5. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 5 - Double Jeopardy
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    #5 - Double Jeopardy

    S1:E5

    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 ability after losing a jumper.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  6. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 6 - Film at Eleven
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    #6 - Film at Eleven

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writer:Anthony Yerkovich

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  7. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 7 - Choice Cut
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    #7 - Choice Cut

    S1:E7

    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 stir up the local merchants.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 8 - Up in Arms
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    #8 - Up in Arms

    S1:E8

    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 detector results are inconclusive.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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