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The Best Episodes of Hill Street Blues Season 5

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 1 - Mayo, Hold the Pickle
    7.8/10(100 votes)

    #1 - Mayo, Hold the Pickle

    S5:E1

    New roll call sergeant Jablonski is called out by a woman; Mayo handles a messy assault case against an elderly couple; the impending execution of Celestine Grey upsets Furillo and Goldblume; Fay tries to help an out of town couple who've lost everything to muggers; and Laura Ann Renko is born.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writer:Mark Frost

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  2. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 2 - Watt a Way to Go
    7.9/10(102 votes)

    #2 - Watt a Way to Go

    S5:E2

    Goldblume takes the law into his own hands when his ex-wife Rachel is raped and refuses to press charges; Belker's undercover at the Stratford Hotel ends with Calletano and the Fimpels taken hostage; Hunter tries to defend an EATer's callous remarks during the taking of a sniper; and Joyce continues to work for Celestine's life.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writer:David Milch

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  3. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 3 - Rookie Nookie
    7.5/10(118 votes)

    #3 - Rookie Nookie

    S5:E3

    Furillo calls Goldblume off the murder investigation of his wife's rapist; Bates has problems with an insolent rookie; Mayo and Garibaldi bust a bogus cable TV installer; Belker goes undercover in a chicken suit and is plagued by a mime; and Hunter insults a female khaki officer, who barricades herself in the john.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writers:David Milch, Steven Bochco

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  4. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 4 - Fowl Play
    7.8/10(101 votes)

    #4 - Fowl Play

    S5:E4

    Rookie Swann kills himself after the initiation party at the Kubiak Lodge; LaRue tells Furillo about his night with a murder victim's wife; another hooker is killed by a copycat murderer; and the lieutenants quarrel over a government study grant.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writer:Mark Frost

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  5. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 5 - Bangladesh Slowly
    7.4/10(107 votes)

    #5 - Bangladesh Slowly

    S5:E5

    Jablonski deals with a woman who has lost her cat; Renko suffers after a TV newswoman exposes his fondness for doughnuts; LaRue looks very bad to IAD after shooting Caroline Reynolds' former lover; Goldblume pushes to tie Buttman to the hooker killing; Washington fumes over the firing of Garfield; everyone tries a new Bengali restaurant.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writers:David Milch, Steven Bochco

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  6. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 6 - Ewe and Me, Babe
    7.9/10(105 votes)

    #6 - Ewe and Me, Babe

    S5:E6

    Furillo feels pressure from the press and Chief Daniels to clear up the shooting death of the Reverend Booker Simons; Joe Keenan interferes on the Hill in pursuit of some renegade Colombian drug dealers; Joyce tries to help a very young hooker straighten out; LaRue and Washington are forced to move early on a chop shop where Belker is undercover; Fay endangers the Simons investigation by revealing information to the victim's wife; Hill and Renko find a dead man and a live sheep in a compromising position; and Jesus (Martinez) rises again.

    Director:Jeff Bleckner
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 7 - Blues for Mr. Green
    7.9/10(98 votes)

    #7 - Blues for Mr. Green

    S5:E7

    Belker plans to accompany a prisoner to Las Vegas. Mayo and Garibaldi follow a juvenile murder suspect who has threatened witnesses. Bobby Hill faces an IRS audit and gets tips from Ray Calletano. LaRue and Washington catch a guy with stolen airline ticket forms. Joyce works with a burned out P.D. on the defense of Escobedo and Munoz on assault charges. Coffey and Bates bust a young black boy for shoplifting.

    Director:Bill Duke
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 8 - Fuched Again
    7.6/10(90 votes)

    #8 - Fuched Again

    S5:E8

    An assassination attempt against Mayor Cleveland during the rededication of the Monarch Theater opens up a nest of corruption in Daniels' office; several officers catch the ""blue flu"" and head for Las Vegas with Belker, who wins $5000 on a free spin; Vera Horvath continues to hound Stan; and Hill and Renko try to settle a dispute involving a stolen lottery ticket.

    Director:Scott Brazil
    Writers:David Milch, Mark Frost, Steven Bochco

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  9. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 9 - Low Blow
    7.7/10(99 votes)

    #9 - Low Blow

    S5:E9

    Jablonski's female nemesis comes to the Hill for a final showdown; the vacationers are stranded in Las Vegas with Myrna Schnitz; Furillo has to persuade Biff Lowe to help incriminate the Berlettas; and the Cisco Kid returns as an Indian and takes Fay hostage.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writers:David Milch, Mark Frost

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  10. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 10 - The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall
    7.8/10(112 votes)

    #10 - The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall

    S5:E10

    Mayo and Garibaldi investigate when Councilman Detweiler's mother shoots an intruder; Hill and Renko catch a notorious loan shark with over $300 in outstanding parking fines; a distraught man threatens to set fire to his wife and child; and Belker is kidnapped and abused by a group of winos.

    Director:Thomas Carter
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 11 - Last Chance Salon
    7.9/10(93 votes)

    #11 - Last Chance Salon

    S5:E11

    Renewed gang feuding involves a small local grocery store and its owners; Belker takes his anger about Robin's decision to stop seeing him out on his frightened informant during a beauty parlor undercover; Garibaldi cuts corners to help a young hooker and in his night school class; and Furillo must work against Daniels to head off a major gang battle.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 12 - Intestinal Fortitude
    7.8/10(88 votes)

    #12 - Intestinal Fortitude

    S5:E12

    Belker, LaRue and Washington go undercover as garbagemen to investigate a protection racket; Fay tries to help an elderly rape victim identify her assailants; Hill runs for PBA representative; and Mayo gets proof that the hispanic rape suspect can speak English.

    Director:Scott Brazil
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 13 - Of Human Garbage
    7.6/10(87 votes)

    #13 - Of Human Garbage

    S5:E13

    The garbage business undercover continues; Officer Perez rescues a family from a burning building; a Federal witness is kidnapped; and Fay reports the suspicious chairside technique of dentist Ted Rose.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writers:David Milch, Mark Frost

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  14. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 14 - Dr. Hoof and Mouth
    7.6/10(101 votes)

    #14 - Dr. Hoof and Mouth

    S5:E14

    Belker temporarily moves into Hunter's RV; Joyce introduces a new PD to the Hill before leaving to become an ADA; LaRue gloats over the videotape evidence of Mayo's undercover visit to Dr. Ted Rose; Fabian's mother reclaims him; and Hill and Renko deal with a man who has several outstanding warrants and who has just lost his whole family to a hit and run driver.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 15 - Davenport in a Storm
    7.4/10(90 votes)

    #15 - Davenport in a Storm

    S5:E15

    New ADA Davenport faces opposition when she decides to prosecute three white teens for the death of a young black athlete; Furillo's car accident starts an investigation into illegal gun sales by Al DiPiano; and Mayo has a date with Chief Daniels.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writers:David Milch, Mark Frost

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  16. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 16 - Washington Deceased
    8.0/10(95 votes)

    #16 - Washington Deceased

    S5:E16

    LaRue moonlights on a low budget horror picture and ""borrows"" one of the props for a joke on an obnoxious detective; a department accountant dogs Furillo; and Chief Daniels uses his position to punish Mayo for refusing his advances the night before.

    Director:Mark Frost
    Writer:Frank South

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  17. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 17 - Passage to Libya
    7.7/10(105 votes)

    #17 - Passage to Libya

    S5:E17

    Belker keeps running up against a bitter one man band; Gina Srignoli agrees to wear a wire in an effort to incriminate Al DiPiano; Fay goes a little too far to help a welfare mother assaulted by her abusive boyfriend; and Howard tries to sell his RV only to have it stolen by the first interested party.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:David Milch

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  18. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 18 - El Capitan
    7.6/10(101 votes)

    #18 - El Capitan

    S5:E18

    Calletano takes over command while Furillo attends an encounter group for precinct captains and their superiors; Hill and Renko get hold of some suspicious tea; Hunter's RV is stolen by a fugitive father and son; Goldblume is bemused by his new relationship with Gina Srignoli.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writer:David Milch

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  19. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 19 - The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr.
    7.4/10(101 votes)

    #19 - The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr.

    S5:E19

    An anti-abortion agitator sends a woman into premature labor; Jablonski can't get his 300 game sanctioned by the Bowling Congress; LaRue and Washington tape a home security video; Fay and Garibaldi resent Goldblume's relationship with Gina Srignoli.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writers:David Milch, Mark Frost

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  20. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 20 - G.Q.
    7.6/10(98 votes)

    #20 - G.Q.

    S5:E20

    The arson squad questions Jablonski about the fire at BowlMor Lanes; Hill remains angry at Renko over his hesitation under pressure; Bates and Coffey are assigned to make a wino presentable for his appearance in court; Furillo gets a copy of LaRue's slightly altered home security video; and Davenport puts her job on the line when she refuses to accept the security cops' version of an alleged window smashing at the volatile O'Neil Projects.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 21 - Queen for a Day
    7.7/10(99 votes)

    #21 - Queen for a Day

    S5:E21

    A hooker sweep for gays and straights attracts Coffey's former high school coach; Renko joins Belker on his drug undercover, which is interrupted by Hunter and his tank; Davenport rejoins the Public Defenders office as Connie Chapman leaves; and Goldblume's happiness with Gina Srignoli ends.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writers:David Milch, Mark Frost

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  22. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 22 - You're in Alice's
    7.8/10(92 votes)

    #22 - You're in Alice's

    S5:E22

    Detective Phil Dugan cuts some corners to catch an elusive mobster; Goldblume pursues a solitary investigation into Gina's death; Hill and Renko try to help a homeless family caught up in red tape; Coffey gets to ride with Jablonski; Calletano and Hunter test for the captain's position; and everyone faces a random drug screening.

    Director:Scott Brazil
    Writer:David Milch

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  23. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 23 - Grin and Bear It
    7.2/10(92 votes)

    #23 - Grin and Bear It

    S5:E23

    Belker's drycleaners undercover catches Dugan, who offers them Joe Keenan and a major ring of police corruption; Furillo copes with the results of the random drug test; Goldblume wrestles with Gina's estate; Hill and Renko spend the day escorting Officer McBear.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writers:David Milch, Mark Frost

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Mayo, Hold the Pickle" is the best rated episode of "Hill Street Blues" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 100 votes. Directed by Rick Wallace and written by Mark Frost, it aired on 9/27/1984. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Watt a Way to Go".