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Hill Street Blues Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 1981 - 1982
Episode 1
Hearts and Minds
Thu, Oct 29, 198149 mins
Furillo has mixed feelings about Jesse John Hudson, a powerful ex-gang leader who's just been released from jail who claims he wants to do good for his old community. However, word on the street is that Hudson is out to reclaim his old turf. Meanwhile, various police officers search the neighborhood for a missing seven-year-old boy and Belker arrests an orangutan purse snatcher.
Episode 2
Blood Money
Thu, Nov 5, 198148 mins
Furillo suspects that Jesse John Hudson is behind the theft of a cache of weapons. Washington investigates the murder of a prostitute. Belker and Goldblume work undercover as cab drivers. Hunter takes Grace Gardner on a date to an art gallery exhibit.
Episode 3
The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue
Thu, Nov 12, 198148 mins
Goldblume does his best to maintain order after angry old man Mr. Popovich shoots a local boy dead and barricades himself in his home. Belker demands that Furillo pull the gung-go Virgil Brooks from his current assignment before Jesse John Hudson discovers that he's really an undercover cop.
Episode 4
The Second Oldest Profession
Thu, Nov 19, 198148 mins
Bates makes an error in judgment when she allows a junkie prostitute to shoot up prior to arresting her only to have the hooker nearly die from an overdose. Furillo demands that Davenport become more open about their romantic relationship.
Episode 5
Fruits of the Poisonous Tree
Thu, Dec 3, 198149 mins
LaRue and Washington are accused of entrapment. A ten-year-old girl gets shot and killed by a fourteen-year-old street gang member. Grace Gardner informs Esterhaus that she might be pregnant.
Episode 6
Cranky Streets
Thu, Dec 10, 198149 mins
Coffey has to arrest a guy who was a longtime friend of his family. Hill has to cover for an old friend who has a tendency for using excessive force. Renko gets in hot water after playing a tasteless practical joke on a female officer in training.
Episode 7
Chipped Beef
Thu, Dec 17, 198148 mins
Frank decides to attend a dinner for Fay's new love interest. Renko stands up for a guy who has a warrant out for his arrest after the guy saves his life. Belker goes undercover to catch ATM robbers. Hill and the other cops' account of what happened with Nash are questioned.
Episode 8
The World According to Freedom
Thu, Jan 7, 198248 mins
Following a gruesome murder perpetrated by a gang at a night club, Furillo is determined to take any means necessary to find the people responsible. Belker runs in a guy who thinks that he is a superhero. LaRue goes undercover inside a holding cell to try and get a confession.
Episode 9
Pestolozzi's Revenge
Thu, Jan 14, 198248 mins
Furillo risks perjury after he's subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating police corruption. Renko gets upset when his service revolver is stolen. Captain Freedom reappears to thwart a robbery.
Episode 10
The Spy Who Came in from Delgado
Thu, Jan 21, 198248 mins
Hill, Renko, and Belker work undercover at a seedy downtown salon. Calletano becomes suspicious about a new attractive office assistant who is less than qualified for the position. Davenport recommends a lawyer for Frank in the corruption-seeking Sullivan Commission. Hunter uses hounds to try and find wild dogs running around in the city.
Episode 11
Freedom's Last Stand
Thu, Jan 28, 198248 mins
An angry Furillo testifies a second time before a grand jury for the Sullivan Commission on police corruption. Goldblume goes undercover in drag to catch a purse snatcher. Bates represents the Hill in a high stakes poker game against rival departments. Captain Freedom meets an untimely end when he attempts to stop a gang of armed robbers.
Episode 12
Of Mouse and Man
Thu, Feb 11, 198249 mins
A public defender is brutally murdered. Hill is elected as VP of the Black Officers' Coalition. LaRue and Washington nab a cocaine dealer who has knowledge of a large PCP lab.
Episode 13
Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement
Thu, Feb 18, 198248 mins
Renko gets upset at Hill for temporarily leaving him to head up the Black Officer's Coalition. On the eve of a huge PCP lab bust, LaRue turns to the bottle. Furillo learns that a suspect in the murder of a district attorney may go free due to a technicality.
Episode 14
The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded
Thu, Feb 25, 198248 mins
Goldblume finds a witness in the DA murder cases who is too good to be true. Furillo moves to kick LaRue off the force after he almost ruined a major bust by showing up drunk. Hill quits the Black Officers Coalition. Belker feels over the hill after being outrun by a suspect. Esterhaus is angry with Grace after learning of her liaison with an obnoxious neighbor whom he would never have met if not for Grace having complained about the man's dog's barking all night and asked for help.
Episode 15
Some Like It Hot-Wired
Thu, Mar 18, 198248 mins
Esterhaus is up in arms after his car is stolen. Washington believes that LaRue has changed after seeing him for the first time since his demotion. Hill, Renko, and Goldblume go undercover to catch a scheme perpetrated by prostitutes and phony cops. Davenport has a meltdown in court.
Episode 16
Personal Foul
Thu, Mar 25, 198248 mins
Belker and Washington go undercover at an adult movie theater. A man who recently lost his job holds his wife and son hostage inside their apartment. Goldblume's wife asks him for a divorce. The precinct plans an exhibition basketball game between the officers and the gang members.
Episode 17
The Shooter
Thu, May 6, 198248 mins
Furillo, Goldblume, and Washington try to track down the owner of a gun that killed one officer and seriously injured another. Renko learns that his father only has days to live.
Episode 18
Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers
Thu, May 13, 198249 mins
Belker goes undercover as a wino to nab a killer. Davenport puts her and Frank's vacation on hold to defend a man accused of rape who she believes is innocent. After Renko's dad dies, the car with his body is stolen and chased in hot pursuit around the city. Washington pleads to Furillo to get LaRue back as a partner.
