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The Best Episodes of Hill Street Blues Season 3

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 1 - Trial by Fury
    8.6/10(130 votes)

    #1 - Trial by Fury

    S3:E1

    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; and Joyce feels helpless as public opinion works to destroy her client.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writer:David Milch

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  2. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 2 - Domestic Beef
    8.0/10(108 votes)

    #2 - Domestic Beef

    S3:E2

    Belker forgets his mother's birthday; Hill and Renko look into urban cattle rustling; LaRue and Washington apply for jobs in the Bahamas; and Furillo sits on a board of rights for a fellow captain accused of neglecting his duties.

    Director:Jeff Bleckner
    Writer:Anthony Yerkovich

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  3. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 3 - Heat Rash
    7.7/10(113 votes)

    #3 - Heat Rash

    S3:E3

    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; and Furillo looks into the charges made against his men by a bitter Lou Hogan.

    Director:David Anspaugh
    Writer:Anthony Yerkovich

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  4. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 4 - Rain of Terror
    8.0/10(111 votes)

    #4 - Rain of Terror

    S3:E4

    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; and Furillo uses his favor to Detweiler to save Goldblume's job when Hogan's accusations prove partially correct.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Anthony Yerkovich

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  5. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 5 - Officer of the Year
    8.0/10(109 votes)

    #5 - Officer of the Year

    S3:E5

    Joyce humiliates an unprepared Bates on the witness stand; Renko pushes an assault victim to press charges; Furillo's son is missing; and Calletano expresses his true feelings at a luncheon honoring him as the Hispanic Officer of the Year.

    Director:David Anspaugh
    Writer:Karen Hall

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  6. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 6 - Stan the Man
    7.9/10(102 votes)

    #6 - Stan the Man

    S3:E6

    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; and LaRue and Washington butt heads with a special narcotics undercover cop dealing with the same cocaine peddler.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:David Milch

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  7. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 7 - Little Boil Blue
    8.0/10(104 votes)

    #7 - Little Boil Blue

    S3:E7

    Belker goes undercover to investigate a scam using bums to collect injury insurance benefits; Coffey tries to relate to a Vietnam vet suffering from traumatic stress; and Daniels orders Furillo to cut off Fuchs from the Maizel homicide investigation.

    Director:David Anspaugh
    Writer:Robert Earll

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  8. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 8 - Requiem For a Hairbag
    8.2/10(137 votes)

    #8 - Requiem For a Hairbag

    S3:E8

    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; and Daniels pressures Furillo to keep quiet about Maizel.

    Director:Bob Kelljan
    Writer:Mark Frost

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  9. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 9 - A Hair of the Dog
    7.8/10(118 votes)

    #9 - A Hair of the Dog

    S3:E9

    The governor's dog is stolen; Renko and Theresa quarrel at a party; six rookies face hazing; LaRue and Washington try to chase down an autopsy report; and Eddie Gregg becomes Belker's snitch.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  10. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 10 - Phantom of the Hill
    7.8/10(107 votes)

    #10 - Phantom of the Hill

    S3:E10

    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; and a terrified Eddie implicates his lover in a vicious drug murder.

    Director:David Anspaugh
    Writers:David Milch, Michael I. Wagner

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  11. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 11 - No Body's Perfect
    7.9/10(109 votes)

    #11 - No Body's Perfect

    S3:E11

    The governor's dog is found; Eddie's role as an informant leaks out; Furillo tries to stop coroner Nydorf from testifying; and Crawford decides on his future course as a policeman.

    Director:Randa Haines
    Writers:David Milch, Michael I. Wagner

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  12. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 12 - Santaclaustraphobia
    8.0/10(113 votes)

    #12 - Santaclaustraphobia

    S3:E12

    Washington's guilt over shooting a bystander resurfaces; Hill's vagabond father pays a visit; Belker goes undercover as Santa Claus; and Bates spends the holiday in the hospital.

    Director:Jeff Bleckner
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  13. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 13 - Gung Ho
    7.8/10(97 votes)

    #13 - Gung Ho

    S3:E13

    An armored-car robbery nets a long sought political radical and everyone tries a new takeout Chinese restaurant.

    Director:David Anspaugh
    Writer:David Milch

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  14. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 14 - Moon Over Uranus
    7.8/10(113 votes)

    #14 - Moon Over Uranus

    S3:E14

    A veteran cop's daughter is raped; a terrified woman asks Goldblume for help with her vindictive ex-boyfriend; Hunter looks for the rat that bit Daniels; Bates and Coffey answer a call about a survivalist; and Renko gets busted down to a moped and traffic ticket duty.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writers:David Milch, Anthony Yerkovich, Michael I. Wagner

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  15. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 15 - Moon Over Uranus: the Sequel
    7.9/10(110 votes)

    #15 - Moon Over Uranus: the Sequel

    S3:E15

    Furillo clashes with Daniels over a new crime sweep; Renko rescues people from a burning building; Goldblume feels helpless to help the sad young woman threatened by her boyfriend; Hill puts Benedetto in his place; and Joyce has an interview with the Justice Department.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Mark Frost

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  16. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 16 - Moon Over Uranus: the Final Legacy
    8.1/10(113 votes)

    #16 - Moon Over Uranus: the Final Legacy

    S3:E16

    The courts settle Daniels' crime operation; a jealous Furillo questions Joyce about her interview at the Justice Department; LaRue imports a surplus tank; Fay gets herself arrested so she can confront Judge Grogan about the paternity of her expected child; and Goldblume outthinks some gang members threatening a stand up young man who turned in their friends.

    Director:David Anspaugh
    Writers:David Milch, Anthony Yerkovich, Michael I. Wagner

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  17. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 17 - The Belles of St. Marys
    8.0/10(161 votes)

    #17 - The Belles of St. Marys

    S3:E17

    LaRue makes a fool of himself with some high school girls; Belker endangers his relationship with Robin by trying to protect her; a talkative comic is brought in on numerous parking tickets; Goldblume and Calletano clash over seniority and rank; Coffey is forced to deal roughly with a man tripping on PCP.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:David Milch, Anthony Yerkovich, Michael I. Wagner

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  18. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 18 - Life in the Minors
    7.9/10(109 votes)

    #18 - Life in the Minors

    S3:E18

    Coroner Nydorf offers to fix things when Coffey is accused of killing a prisoner in custody; LaRue develops another scheme to make money out of a comic named Vic Hitler; Joyce decides her future.

    Director:Jeff Bleckner
    Writers:David Milch, Michael I. Wagner

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  19. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 19 - Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back
    8.3/10(116 votes)

    #19 - Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back

    S3:E19

    Bates poses as a bus driver; LaRue continues to groom Vic Hitler for his debut; Daniels is ready to sacrifice Coffey to quiet public opinion; and Furillo and Davenport take a major step in their lives.

    Director:David Anspaugh
    Writers:David Milch, Anthony Yerkovich

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  20. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 20 - Spotlight on Rico
    8.1/10(112 votes)

    #20 - Spotlight on Rico

    S3:E20

    The brutal Benedetto comes to the Hill on a loan sharking assignment; Furillo and Goldblume question a murder suspect who may have multiple personalities.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writers:David Milch, Michael I. Wagner

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  21. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 21 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Heart?
    7.9/10(104 votes)

    #21 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Heart?

    S3:E21

    Washington goes undercover on Benedetto's loan shark scheme; Hill and Renko, desperate for cash since the payroll talks are stalled, find a bag full of temptation; and LaRue tries to clean up in the body parts pool for the missing Buddy Genett.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writers:David Milch, Michael I. Wagner

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  22. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 22 - A Hill of Beans
    8.2/10(110 votes)

    #22 - A Hill of Beans

    S3:E22

    Belker and LaRue learn that Washington was set up by someone in the station house; the long overdue cash payroll is hijacked; Joyce meets a really nice purse snatcher; and Furillo finds Jesus Martinez behind bars.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writers:David Milch, Anthony Yerkovich, Mark Frost

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Trial by Fury" is the best rated episode of "Hill Street Blues" season 3. It scored 8.6/10 based on 130 votes. Directed by Gregory Hoblit and written by David Milch, it aired on 9/30/1982. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Domestic Beef".