8.6/10120 votes#1 - Trial by Fury
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1982
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
8.0/10102 votes#2 - Domestic Beef
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1982
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
7.8/10107 votes#3 - Heat Rash
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1982
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
8.0/10105 votes#4 - Rain of Terror
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1982
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
8.0/10102 votes#5 - Officer of the Year
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1982
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
7.9/1096 votes#6 - Stan the Man
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1982
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
8.0/1099 votes#7 - Little Boil Blue
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1982
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
8.2/10131 votes#8 - Requiem For a Hairbag
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1982
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
7.8/10112 votes#9 - A Hair of the Dog
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1982
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
Writer: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich
7.8/10102 votes#10 - Phantom of the Hill
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1982
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
Writer: Michael I. Wagner, David Milch
7.9/10104 votes#11 - No Body's Perfect
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1982
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
Writer: Michael I. Wagner, David Milch
8.0/10105 votes#12 - Santaclaustraphobia
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1982
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
Writer: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich
7.8/1092 votes#13 - Gung Ho
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1983
An armored-car robbery nets a long sought political radical and everyone tries a new takeout Chinese restaurant.
Director: David Anspaugh
Writer: David Milch
7.8/10108 votes#14 - Moon Over Uranus
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1983
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
Writer: Anthony Yerkovich, Michael I. Wagner, David Milch
7.9/10106 votes#15 - Moon Over Uranus: the Sequel
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1983
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
8.1/10109 votes#16 - Moon Over Uranus: the Final Legacy
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1983
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
Writer: Anthony Yerkovich, Michael I. Wagner, David Milch
8.0/10156 votes#17 - The Belles of St. Marys
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1983
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: N/A
Writer: Anthony Yerkovich, Michael I. Wagner, David Milch
7.9/10105 votes#18 - Life in the Minors
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1983
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
Writer: Michael I. Wagner, David Milch
8.3/10111 votes#19 - Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1983
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
Writer: Anthony Yerkovich, David Milch
8.0/10109 votes#20 - Spotlight on Rico
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/1983
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
Writer: Michael I. Wagner, David Milch
7.9/10100 votes#21 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Heart?
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/1983
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
Writer: Michael I. Wagner, David Milch
8.2/10106 votes#22 - A Hill of Beans
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1983
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
Writer: Anthony Yerkovich, Mark Frost, David Milch
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A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
Genres:DramaCrime
Network:NBC
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 120 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".