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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 1 - Hill Street Station
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    #1 - Hill Street Station

    S1:E1

    Precinct Captain Furillo tries to defuse a hostage situation despite the advice of his gung-ho Emergency Action Team leader and the temperament of a self-absorbed gang leader; public defender Joyce Davenport tries to find a client who has been lost in the bureaucratic maze; Detective LaRue gets a lapful of coffee; Sgt. Esterhaus confides to Fay about his teenage sweetheart; Officers Hill and Renko are shot in the line of duty.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  2. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 2 - Presidential Fever
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    #2 - 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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  3. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 3 - Politics as Usual
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    #3 - Politics as Usual

    S1:E3

    Hill and Renko decide to split up as a team; LaRue is offered a bribe by a drug dealer who turns out to be a cop; Furillo tries to negotiate with the gangs to ensure a peaceful Presidential tour; Belker agrees to a blind date; and Fay is arrested in a hot tub.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  4. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 4 - Can World War III Be An Attitude?
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    #4 - Can World War III Be An Attitude?

    S1:E4

    Furillo backs LaRue in the bribery case brought by Macafee; Hill and Renko bust a car thief who's a mechanical whiz; and Esterhaus sees Grace in a new light when they share a crisis at the station house when the Presidential visit is cancelled and gang revenge is feared.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  5. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 5 - Double Jeopardy
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    #5 - Double Jeopardy

    S1:E5

    Neal continues to investigate Macafee's life as a way of clearing LaRue; Belker and several others go undercover dressed as women to catch a rapist; Esterhaus broods over his two women; and Goldblume questions his ability after losing a jumper.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Steven Bochco

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  6. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 6 - Film at Eleven
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    #6 - Film at Eleven

    S1:E6

    A television reporter rides with Hill and Renko; Washington and LaRue find the gun that shot Hill and Renko; and Belker busts Kevin Herman Dracula for biting a prostitute.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writer:Anthony Yerkovich

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  7. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 7 - Choice Cut
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    #7 - 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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  8. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 8 - Up in Arms
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    #8 - Up in Arms

    S1:E8

    Furillo gets orders to deal with a neighborhood merchants association; Esterhaus goes out to meet a criminal he helped put away; Harris and Santini get into trouble with the deadly black van; and Hoban's lie detector results are inconclusive.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  9. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 9 - Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind
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    #9 - 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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  10. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 10 - Gatorbait
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    #10 - Gatorbait

    S1:E10

    Renko gets put out when a Division homicide detective ridicules his efforts to learn who killed a 15-year-old prostitute; Furillo learns that he may be in line for a promotion to commander; LaRue and Washington have a surprise for Hunter during his annual Alligator hunt in the city sewers; and Fay asks Furillo's help with an obscene phone caller.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 11 - Life, Death, Eternity
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    #11 - Life, Death, Eternity

    S1:E11

    Furillo's chances for promotion are threatened when a city councilman is implicated in the murder of the teenage prostitute; LaRue continues to look for money for his ""saloondramat""; Fay's obscene caller breaks into her home; and Belker confronts an anti-Semitic cop just transferred to the Hill.

    Director:Jack Starrett
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 12 - I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin
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    #12 - I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin

    S1:E12

    Furillo pushes the investigation of Councilman McAuley; LaRue's business dream comes to a bitter end; Lt. Hunter gets his chance to test out an ""urban tank"" in sniper alley.

    Director:Robert C. Thompson
    Writer:Anthony Yerkovich

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  13. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 13 - Fecund Hand Rose
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    #13 - Fecund Hand Rose

    S1:E13

    Esterhaus faces immense pressure as his wedding day to Cindy dawns and Grace shows him what he's giving up; Furillo resents providing protection for Ralph Macafee, who's now a state witness; Belker busts an entertaining professional cat burglar; and everyone scrambles to get ready for the wedding ceremony.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writer:Alan Rachins

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  14. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 14 - Rites of Spring (1)
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    #14 - Rites of Spring (1)

    S1:E14

    Furillo and Neal go out of their way to help clear an obnoxious, racist narcotics detective accused of shooting an unarmed black man; LaRue's drinking gets really out of hand; and Hill and Renko try to help a young black woman accused of neglecting her children.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  15. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 15 - Rites of Spring (2)
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    #15 - Rites of Spring (2)

    S1:E15

    Furillo and Neal go out of their way to help clear an obnoxious, racist narcotics detective accused of shooting an unarmed black man; LaRue's drinking gets really out of hand; and Hill and Renko try to help a young black woman accused of neglecting her children.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  16. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 16 - Jungle Madness (1)
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    #16 - 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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  17. Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episode 17 - Jungle Madness (2)
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    #17 - 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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  18. Hill Street Blues Season 2 Episode 1 - Hearts and Minds
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    #18 - Hearts and Minds

    S2:E1

    A prostitute accuses a detective of blackmailing her for sex; Goldblume searches for a missing child; a former gang leader returns to the Hill as crusading social reformer; Belker busts a purse snatching orangutan and keeps in touch with an undercover rookie planted inside a volatile street gang; and Furillo and Esterhaus question their current romantic involvements.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  19. Hill Street Blues Season 2 Episode 2 - Blood Money
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    #19 - Blood Money

    S2:E2

    Goldblume meets a lonely woman while driving a cab undercover; LaRue and Washington use a desperate snitch to solve a prostitute murder; Virgil reports on Hudson's takeover of the Black Arrow gang; and Furillo and Joyce meet socially after splitting up.

    Director:Gregory Hoblit
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  20. Hill Street Blues Season 2 Episode 3 - The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue
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    #20 - 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.

    Director:David Anspaugh
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  21. Hill Street Blues Season 2 Episode 4 - The Second Oldest Profession
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    #21 - 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.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writers:Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco

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  22. Hill Street Blues Season 2 Episode 5 - Fruits of the Poisonous Tree
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    #22 - 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.

    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Hill Street Blues Season 2 Episode 6 - Cranky Streets
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    #23 - 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.

    Director:Randa Haines
    Writer:Robert Crais

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  24. Hill Street Blues Season 2 Episode 7 - Chipped Beef
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    #24 - 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.

    Director:Georg Stanford Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Hill Street Blues Season 2 Episode 8 - The World According to Freedom
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    #25 - 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.

    Director:Jeff Bleckner
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Hill Street Station" is the worst rated episode of "Hill Street Blues". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Robert Butler and written by Steven Bochco, it aired on 1/15/1981. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Presidential Fever".