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The Best Episodes of Hill Street Blues

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The Best Episodes of Hill Street Blues

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

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  1. Background image for The World According to Freedom
    8.6/10(173 votes)

    #1 - The World According to Freedom

    S2:E8

    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; and Furillo issues an ultimatum to the gangs after a savage massacre in a local tavern.

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    Director:Jeff Bleckner
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Freedom's Last Stand
    8.6/10(161 votes)

    #2 - Freedom's Last Stand

    S2:E11

    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 smash-and-grab 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; and a furious Furillo testifies before the commission and offers his resignation to Chief Daniels.

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  3. Background image for Grace Under Pressure
    8.6/10(142 votes)

    #3 - Grace Under Pressure

    S4:E14

    Sergeant Esterhaus dies unexpectedly and the whole station house tries to deal with their grief as they eulogize the man. Meanwhile, Leo finds out his wife is cheating on him; Bates may get a unique promotion; Mrs. Furillo is mistakenly arrested for soliciting by a rookie; Sandy is raped.

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  4. Background image for The Second Oldest Profession
    8.3/10(143 votes)

    #4 - The Second Oldest Profession

    S2:E4

    Bates loses a junkie prostitute through an error in judgement; Hudson beats up his lawyer after his release on bail; Furillo and Joyce reconsider their separation; and Esterhaus ends his friendship with Mac.

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  5. Background image for The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue
    8.1/10(127 votes)

    #5 - The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue

    S2:E3

    Hill and Renko handle a domestic call involving an old man threatening his neighbors with a shotgun; Hudson looks for the informer in his gang; and Joyce asks Furillo for advice about the Downey case.

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  6. Background image for The Shooter
    8.1/10(108 votes)

    #6 - The Shooter

    S2:E17

    Belker tries to renew his expired driver's license; Renko tries to take his father home from the hospital; LaRue rehabilitates himself with Furillo; and everyone follows the trail of the gun used to kill two officers during a burglary.

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  8. Background image for Doris in Wonderland
    8.1/10(113 votes)

    #7 - Doris in Wonderland

    S4:E5

    Commander Ozzie Cleveland enters the mayoral race; Officer Perez accidentally shoots a little boy; Daniels begins ""Operation Tenderloin"" out of a sexual cafeteria; and Mahoney tries to make political capitol for Daniels out of a shooting.

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  9. Background image for Midway to What?
    8.1/10(108 votes)

    #8 - Midway to What?

    S4:E8

    Bates and Coffey clean up ""Buck Naked"" for a court appearance; a busted bookie turns over several tapes incriminating cops on the take, including a rookie Hunter; Belker pursues a paraplegic who spray painted his car; and Hill boxes for the precinct.

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  10. Background image for The End of Logan's Run
    8.1/10(102 votes)

    #9 - The End of Logan's Run

    S4:E17

    Belker has a final run in with his bald headed pickpocket with many names; Joyce defends a man whose brother plans to threaten the prosecution witness into silence; and Operation Stop 'N Cop begins.

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  11. Background image for What Are Friends For?
    8.1/10(125 votes)

    #10 - What Are Friends For?

    S6:E9

    Belker goes to the dogs working undercover at the pound; Furillo chases down the reason he's been denied mortgage insurance; LaRue and Washington bust a former baseball star for drunken driving; and Buntz is held hostage by a vicious parolee.

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    Writer:Dick Wolf
  12. Background image for Fruits of the Poisonous Tree
    8.0/10(128 votes)

    #11 - Fruits of the Poisonous Tree

    S2:E5

    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.

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    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Cranky Streets
    8.0/10(140 votes)

    #12 - Cranky Streets

    S2:E6

    Hill covers for an old friend with personal problems who uses excessive force on an arrest; Coffey arrests an old family friend during a visit to his old neighborhood; Fay introduces her fiance; and negotiations breakdown between the police union and the city.

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    Director:Randa Haines
  14. Background image for Chipped Beef
    8.0/10(123 votes)

    #13 - Chipped Beef

    S2:E7

    Furillo pushes Hill about his support of Nash; Belker goes under to catch a gang preying on automatic bank tellers; Fay's engagement ends abruptly; and a good samaritan faces arrest on old out of town warrants.

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  15. Background image for Some Like it Hot-Wired
    8.0/10(116 votes)

    #14 - Some Like it Hot-Wired

    S2:E15

    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; and Esterhaus' prize car is taken by a team of car thieves.

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  16. Background image for Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers
    8.0/10(103 votes)

    #15 - Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers

    S2:E18

    Renko's father takes a final trip around the city; Belker goes undercover to find out who has been knifing winos; and Joyce finds her faith restored as she defends a nice young man accused of rape whose alibi is reluctant to testify.

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  17. Background image for Here's Adventure, Here's Romance
    8.0/10(113 votes)

    #16 - Here's Adventure, Here's Romance

    S4:E1

    The only witness to a massacre in a gay bar is an off duty cop; the Cisco Kid ties up traffic; and Goldblume offers to be Fay's natural childbirth coach.

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  18. Background image for Goodbye, Mr. Scripps
    8.0/10(102 votes)

    #17 - Goodbye, Mr. Scripps

    S4:E7

    On election day, Goldblume tries to keep a last minute candidate clear of the polling places; Mahoney turns on Daniels; Wachtel reports gangsters threatening to torch Murray's Wonderland; and Furillo tries to help Perez' family.

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    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Mark Frost
  19. Background image for Nichols from Heaven
    8.0/10(94 votes)

    #18 - Nichols from Heaven

    S4:E12

    The rats return; Esterhaus is hospitalized for tests; Bates, Coffey and Joyce try to protect a woman and her children from her abusive husband; the latest cop killing looks to be a hired gun copying the random killer; and the corruption investigation strikes close to Hill Street; Hill Street gets word of the murder of Marty Nichols.

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    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Come and Get It
    8.0/10(82 votes)

    #19 - Come and Get It

    S6:E22

    The Hill reaches a crisis point of outraged citizenry and stampeding press coverage when Hill and Renko rescue an escaped mass murderer captured by a vigilante mob, and Belker can't stop being a cop even as he coaches Robin through labor.

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  21. Background image for The Spy Who Came in From Delgado
    7.9/10(122 votes)

    #20 - The Spy Who Came in From Delgado

    S2:E10

    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 incresingly disgusted with his lawyer and Chief Daniels over the actions of the Sullivan Commission; and a suspicious Calletano learns the truth about a gorgeous new khaki officer.

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  22. Background image for Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement
    7.9/10(117 votes)

    #21 - Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement

    S2:E13

    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; and Furillo tries in vain to hold onto Walter Harmon for the death of Pam Gilliam.

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  23. Background image for Personal Foul
    7.9/10(128 votes)

    #22 - Personal Foul

    S2:E16

    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.

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  24. Background image for Honk if You're a Goose
    7.9/10(118 votes)

    #23 - Honk if You're a Goose

    S4:E9

    Hill has one last fight; Coffey and Bates take on Honky, the guard goose; Belker gets some unexpected help when he goes undercover in a wheelchair; bookie Ben Seltzer gives up a pay off drop point for a judge on the take; and Hunter refuses to admit he attempted suicide or needs any help.

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  25. Background image for Ratman and Bobbin
    7.9/10(103 votes)

    #24 - Ratman and Bobbin

    S4:E11

    Bates and Coffey take over a storefront police/community relations project; a cop killer seems to be roaming the streets; Daryl Ann buys the wrong motorcycle for Renko; Joyce behaves oddly about buying a house; Leo and Ray try out an unorthodox method to get rid of the rats; and Daniels tries to short circuit Cleveland's corruption task force by exposing a network within the special Vice detail.

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  26. Background image for Fuchs Me? Fuchs You!
    7.9/10(106 votes)

    #25 - Fuchs Me? Fuchs You!

    S4:E13

    Furillo loses an old friend as the corruption investigation winds up; a romantic triangle transfers to the Hill and comes to a boil; and Coffey gets shot by the cop killer.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The World According to Freedom" is the best rated episode of "Hill Street Blues". It scored 8.6/10 based on 173 votes. Directed by Jeff Bleckner and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/7/1982. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Freedom's Last Stand".