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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 16 - Jungle Madness (1)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Jungle Madness (1)

    S1:E16

    Neal continues to investigate the Weeks shooting, despite pressure from the Chief to drop it because of the bad publicity; LaRue goes from one shady scam to another as he tries to raise money; Belker's sham fence operation nets a surprise; Shirrett Anders leaves her children again; Furillo warns LaRue to get help for his drinking problem after he ruins a drug bust; and Joe Coffey, Lucy's new partner, is shot.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  2. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 17 - Jungle Madness (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Jungle Madness (2)

    S1:E17

    Neal continues to investigate the Weeks shooting, despite pressure from the Chief to drop it because of the bad publicity; LaRue goes from one shady scam to another as he tries to raise money; Belker's sham fence operation nets a surprise; Shirrett Anders leaves her children again; Furillo warns LaRue to get help for his drinking problem after he ruins a drug bust; and Joe Coffey, Lucy's new partner, is shot.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  3. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 23 - Grin and Bear It
    7.2/10(94 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Hill Street Blues Season 6 Episode 8 - Fathers and Huns
    7.2/10(87 votes)

    #4 - Fathers and Huns

    S6:E8

    Belker's undercover at a bookie joint gets him involved in a protest against Nazis parading through the precinct; Furillo angers the chief and many others with his hard line pursuit of a senile drug king on trial for a relatively minor sale; Hill's father drifts into town claiming to be dying; and Jablonski tries to mediate between a priest and a scrap metal dealer.

    Director:Stan Lathan
    Writer:Walon Green

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  5. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 5 - Bangladesh Slowly
    7.4/10(108 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 15 - Davenport in a Storm
    7.4/10(93 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 19 - The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr.
    7.4/10(104 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Hill Street Blues Season 7 Episode 3 - The Best Defense
    7.4/10(87 votes)

    #8 - The Best Defense

    S7:E3

    Chaos reigns as the P.D.'s job action continues; Hunter faces his demotion and takes over as roll call sergeant for the ailing Jablonski; the detective LaRue tried to bust as a fence transfers to the Hill; Flaherty and Bates try to defuse a man who promises to blow himself up for money; and Joyce walks a tightrope as she tries to end the job action and cut a deal for her client that would put away the violent mugger.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Robert Ward

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  9. Hill Street Blues Season 7 Episode 9 - Fathers and Guns
    7.4/10(92 votes)

    #9 - Fathers and Guns

    S7:E9

    Furillo faces a moral and emotional dilemma when his father is shot. LaRue sets the health department on a restaurant owner. Belker has nightmares about nuclear destruction and helps a father find his child. A cemetery plot salesman solicits business at the station.

    Director:Edwin Sherin
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 3 - Rookie Nookie
    7.5/10(119 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Hill Street Blues Season 7 Episode 1 - Suitcase
    7.5/10(99 votes)

    #11 - Suitcase

    S7:E1

    Sid and Buntz wrestle with 80 lbs. of cocaine found in a suitcase at the site of a small plane crash; Goldblume looks into a suspected case of aspirin tampering; Belker goes under to look into a hotel owner scamming city housing chits from vagrants; Hill and Renko handle a domestic call concerning a woman abusing her invalid grandparents.

    Director:Stan Lathan
    Writers:David Milch, John Romano

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  12. Hill Street Blues Season 7 Episode 14 - Der Roachenkavalier
    7.5/10(80 votes)

    #12 - Der Roachenkavalier

    S7:E14

    Buntz worries over the state of Furillo's marriage; LaRue and Washington get lots of help in their quest for a prize winning cockroach; Belker chases down a purse snatching dog; and Goldblume continues to buck the system when he releases a felon in direct contradiction of city council guidelines.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Christian Williams

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  13. Hill Street Blues Season 4 Episode 21 - Lucky Ducks
    7.6/10(92 votes)

    #13 - Lucky Ducks

    S4:E21

    Calletano prepares for a game show appearance; Renko tries to organize his wedding attendants; Peabody goes to the loan sharks Belker has infiltrated; and Furillo has to deal with renewed gang violence and Joyce's decision to take some time alone.

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

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  14. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 8 - Fuched Again
    7.6/10(92 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Hill Street Blues Season 5 Episode 13 - Of Human Garbage
    7.6/10(89 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Hill Street Blues Season 6 Episode 7 - An Oy for an Oy
    7.6/10(89 votes)

    #16 - An Oy for an Oy

    S6:E7

    Sgt. Jablonski risks his own money to catch a pair of confidence men; Sgt. Belker acts as a courier for a pair of devious Hasidic jewelry merchants; and Captain Calletano reacts badly when Buntz accuses a lazy Polk Avenue officer of dumping vagrants in Hill Street precinct.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Hill Street Blues Season 6 Episode 18 - Iced Coffey
    7.6/10(98 votes)

    #17 - Iced Coffey

    S6:E18

    Bates agonizes over identifying Coffey's killer; Hunter uncovers an unexpected thief in the station; a prostitute sells out Jesus and Attorney Brown in a bribery scandal; and Belker's harassed by an overzealous security guard.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writers:Robert Ward, Robert Schlitt, Dick Wolf

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  18. Hill Street Blues Season 7 Episode 4 - Bald Ambition
    7.6/10(86 votes)

    #18 - Bald Ambition

    S7:E4

    Goldblume is visited by an old friend, who is mugged and rejected by a publisher; Bernstein saves Joyce from an escaped prisoner and confesses he has a tremendous crush on her; Daniels warns Furillo that Calletano's station house is on the edge of a racial meltdown; and Russo loses an arrest in her undercover assignment because she slept with the subject.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Hill Street Blues Season 7 Episode 12 - A Wasted Weekend
    7.6/10(96 votes)

    #19 - A Wasted Weekend

    S7:E12

    Buntz reassures Officer McBride about her shooting of an armed robber; Goldblume is kidnapped while trying to start a short vacation; and Hill, Renko, and Jablonski take a disaster-prone hunting trip.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:David Mamet

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  20. Hill Street Blues Season 7 Episode 20 - The Runner Falls on His Kisser
    7.6/10(87 votes)

    #20 - The Runner Falls on His Kisser

    S7:E20

    A football star gets caught in a Hill Street hooker sweep; Prunella returns to look for the missing Hunter; Furillo's brother asks for a loan; Belker has a rocky return to duty; and LaRue sets up a syndicate to bet on the departmental firearms competition.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 2 - Presidential Fever
    7.7/10(260 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 7 - Choice Cut
    7.7/10(195 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 9 - Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind
    7.7/10(188 votes)

    #23 - Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind

    S1:E9

    The Dekker Avenue Merchants Association continues helping the police; Eddie Hoban finds himself out in the cold; Hill, Renko and Belker all have personal problems; Furillo tries to help a confused Santini decide what to do; and LaRue asks Cynthia Chase along on a dull stakeout that suddenly heats up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  24. Hill Street Blues Season 3 Episode 3 - Heat Rash
    7.7/10(114 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Hill Street Blues Season 4 Episode 2 - Ba-bing, Ba-bing
    7.7/10(115 votes)

    #25 - Ba-bing, Ba-bing

    S4:E2

    Hill wins $100,000 in the lottery; Deputy Chief Mahoney tries to ride herd on Furillo's precinct; mayoral candidate Benjamin Fisk moves into a crime-ridden housing project; Goldblume tries to help Hector Ruiz control the Diablos; and Coffey and Bates bust a couple of lady mud wrestlers.

    Director:David Anspaugh
    Writer:Karen Hall

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Jungle Madness (1)" is the worst rated episode of "Hill Street Blues". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Corey Allen and written by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco, it aired on 5/26/1981. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Jungle Madness (2)".