A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes aired
- 146
- Latest aired
- S07E22
- Total runtime
- 1d 4h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 January 1981 – May 1981 17 episodes
- Season 2 October 1981 – May 1982 18 episodes
- Season 3 September 1982 – May 1983 22 episodes
- Season 4 October 1983 – May 1984 22 episodes
- Season 5 September 1984 – May 1985 23 episodes
- Season 6 September 1985 – April 1986 22 episodes
- Season 7 October 1986 – May 1987 22 episodes
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S01E01 Hill Street Station
January 15 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E02 Presidential Fever
January 17 · 50min find the promo
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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.
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S01E03 Politics as Usual
January 22 · 50min find the promo
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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.
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S01E04 Can World War III Be an Attitude?
January 24 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E05 Double Jeopardy
January 31 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E06 Film at Eleven
February 7 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E07 Choice Cut
February 14 · 50min find the promo
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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.
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S01E08 Up in Arms
February 21 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E09 Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind
February 28 · 50min find the promo
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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.
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S01E10 Gatorbait
March 7 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E11 Life, Death, Eternity
March 14 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E12 I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin
March 21 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E13 Fecund Hand Rose
March 25 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E14 Rites of Spring (1)
May 19 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S01E15 Rites of Spring (2)
May 19 · 49min find the promo
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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.
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S01E16 Jungle Madness (1)
May 26 · 48min find the promo
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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.
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S01E17 Jungle Madness (2)
May 26 · 48min find the promo
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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.