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Hill Street Blues Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
17 Episodes 1981 - 1981
Episode 1
Hill Street Station (The Pilot)
Thu, Jan 15, 1981 60 mins
Capt. Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti) tries to free hostages taken during a liquor-store holdup. Esterhaus: Michael Conrad. Belker: Bruce Weitz. Hill: Michael Warren. Joyce: Veronica Hamel. Renko: Charles Haid. Ray: Rene Enriquez. Fay: Barbara Bosson.
Episode 2
Presidential Fever
Sat, Jan 17, 1981 60 mins
Hill and Renko (Charles Haid) meet for the first time since the shooting; and news breaks of a Presidential visit. Parker: Charles Seaverns. Belker: Bruce Weitz. Jesus Martinez: Trinidad Silva. Ray: Rene Enriquez. Fay: Barbara Bosson.
Episode 3
Politics as Usual
Thu, Jan 22, 1981 60 mins
Hill and Renko want their partnership dissolved; LaRue (Kiel Martin) is offered a payoff; Furillo continues preparations for the President's visit. Macafee: Dan Hedaya. Howard: James B. Sikking. Lucy: Betty Thomas. Dicostanzo: Lou Joffred. Hill: Michael Warren.
Episode 4
Can World War III Be an Attitude?
Sat, Jan 24, 1981 60 mins
The President cancels his tour of the Hill and the gangs break their truce; a rapist claims his 12th victim and continues to elude the police; LaRue (Kiel Martin), charged with accepting a bribe, faces an Internal Affairs hearing. Macafee: Dan Hedaya. Hill: Michael Warren. Grace: Barbara Babcock.
Episode 5
Dressed to Kill
Sat, Jan 31, 1981 60 mins
In an effort to nab a rapist, a task force is dispatched to a park---in drag; Washington (Taurean Blacque) searches for evidence against Macafee. Alf Chesley: Gerry Black. Macafee: Dan Hedaya. Grace: Barbara Babcock. LaRue: Kiel Martin. Esterhaus: Michael Conrad. Maureen: Gilmer McCormick.
Episode 6
Film at Eleven
Sat, Feb 7, 1981 60 mins
Furillo probes the shooting of Hill and Renko (Michael Warren, Charles Haid); Belker encounters a young man who thinks he's a vampire. Herman: Tony Plana. Joyce: Veronica Hamel. Belker: Bruce Weitz.
Episode 7
Choice Cut
Sat, Feb 14, 1981 60 mins
Furillo contends with a hostage-taking perpetrated by Hector Ruiz; Esterhaus is distraught over the canceling of funds for Grace's redecorating. Marv: Dana Gladstone. Hector: Panchito Gomez. Kresky: Bob Izudiker. Hill: Michael Warren. Esterhaus: Michael Conrad.
Episode 8
Up in Arms
Sat, Feb 21, 1981 60 mins
Furillo tries to calm vigilante merchants; Esterhaus (Michael Conrad) prepares for a confontation with an ex-con he helped put away; Renko senses increasing aloofness in Hill. Cynthia: Andrea Marcovicci. Hill: Michael Warren. Washington: Taurean Blacque. Kermit Trench: Ron Feinberg. Renko: Charles Haid.
Episode 9
Your Kind, My Kind, Human Kind
Sat, Feb 28, 1981 60 mins
LaRue invites Cynthia to a stakeout; Santini has doubts about his police vocation; the Dekker Avenue Protective Association sets up headquarters in the station. Santini: Jeff Seymour. Cynthia: Andrea Marcovicci. Debbie Kaplan: Gela Jacobson. Furillo: Daniel J. Travanti. Ruiz: Panchito Gomez.
Episode 10
Gatorbait
Sat, Mar 7, 1981 60 mins
Furillo may get a promotion; and LaRue and Washington play a joke on Hunter (James B. Sikking), who's patroling the city sewers for alligators. Emil Schneider: Dolph Sweet. Furillo: Daniel J. Travanti. LaRue: Kiel Martin. Commander Swanson: George Dickerson. Washington: Taurean Blacque.
Episode 11
Life, Death, Eternity, etc.
Sat, Mar 14, 1981 60 mins
Furillo risks his promotion by pushing an investigation that links a city councilman to a murder; LaRue (Kiel Martin) recruits investors for his latest business venture---a combination bar and coin laundry. Ludwig: George McDaniel. Belker: Bruce Weitz. Carmichael: Dwight Schultz.
Episode 12
I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin
Sat, Mar 21, 1981 60 mins
Furillo refuses to ignore murder evidence that incriminates a city councilman; LaRue pushes his idea for "saloondromats"; Howard wants to test an armored tank in "sniper alley." Emil Schneider: Dolph Sweet. LaRue: Kiel Martin. Harvey: Phil Schultz. Howard: James B. Sikking.
Episode 13
Fecund Hand Rose
Wed, Mar 25, 1981 60 mins
Esterhaus prepares to marry his teenage fiancée; and Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti) must provide police protection for Macafee (Dan Hedaya). Leo: Robert Hirschfeld. Belker: Bruce Weitz. Cat: Michael Tucker. Grace: Barbara Babcock.
Episode 14
Rites of Spring
Tue, May 19, 1981 60 mins
A narc faces manslaughter charges after he guns down a youth; LaRue (Kiel Martin) starts to hit the bottle on the job. Part 1 of two. Weeks: Charles Hallahan. Hill: Michael Warren. Shirret Anders: Van Nessa Clarke. Henry: Joe Spano. Coffey: Ed Marinaro. Belker: Bruce Weitz.
Episode 15
Rites of Spring
Tue, May 19, 1981 60 mins
Conclusion. Furillo continues to probe the shooting of a youth by a narc; Hill (Michael Warren) takes a protective interest in a prostitute and her children; Henry (Joe Spano) is distraught over his son's hospitalization. Charles Hallahan, Charles Haid. Shirret: Van Nessa Clarke.
Episode 16
Jungle Madness
Tue, May 26, 1981 60 mins
Problems with booze and money plague LaRue (Kiel Martin); Fay (Barbara Bosson) finds romance with her orthopedist. Part 1 of two. Furillo: Daniel J. Travanti. Joe Coffey: Ed Marinaro. Washington: Taurean Blacque. Shirret Anders: Van Nessa Clarke.
Episode 17
Jungle Madness
Tue, May 26, 1981 60 mins
Conclusion. Furillo presses an investigation that might clear a narcotics officer of manslaughter; alcoholic LaRue (Kiel Martin) hits bottom. Furillo: Daniel J. Travanti. Joe Coffey: Ed Marinaro. Washington: Taurean Blacque. Weeks: Charles Hallahan. Hill: Michael Warren. Renko: Charles Haid.
