Hill Street Blues - The Complete First Season
20th Century Fox (1981)
Crime, Drama
In Collection
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IMDB   7.8
14 hr 11 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Daniel J. Travanti Capt. Frank Furillo
Bruce Weitz Sgt. Mick Belker
Betty Thomas Officer Lucy Bates  / ...
Michael Warren Officer Robert 'Bobby' Hill
Taurean Blacque Det. Neal Washington
Kiel Martin Officer John 'J.D.' LaRue
Charles Haid Officer Andrew 'Andy' Renko
Veronica Hamel Joyce Davenport
James Sikking Lt. Howard Hunter
Joe Spano Det. Henry Goldblume  / ...
Barbara Bosson Fay Furillo
Lisa Sutton
Lindsay Crouse
Michael Conrad Sgt. Phil Esterhaus
Director
Edwin Sherin
Don Weis
Jack Starrett
Lawrence Levy
Gregory Hoblit
David Anspaugh
Producer Gregory Hoblit
David Anspaugh
Writer Steven Bochco
Jeffrey Lewis
Cinematography John C. Flinn III
Musician Mike Post


3 Disc Set

Before NYPD Blue and The Shield came Hill Street Blues, the series that revolutionized the TV cop by giving television viewers a realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station. Earning 98 Emmy nominations over its seven year run, Hill Street Blues was one of the most innovative and critically acclaimed shows of the 1980s.

"Let's be careful out there."
So ends each roll call session at the Hill Street station house. As the cops and detectives head out to the streets, Captain Frank Furillo begins the delicate balancing act of providing enough protection for the law-abiding citizens without inciting the neighborhood gangs and local criminal elements who are openly hostile towards any police presence. Yet as dangerous as his inner city precinct can be, Furillo's biggest battles often involve protecting his own cops from the Public Defender's office, self-serving bureaucrats, and even each other.

Includes all 17 season one episodes.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/15/1981  1.  Hill Street Station
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:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Gary Grubbs, Gary Van Orman, Jonathan Dasteel, Ron Godines, Paul Michael, Heshimu Cumbuku, Luisa Leschin, Don Cervantes, Richard Wright, Chris Doyle
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/17/1981  2.  Presidential Fever
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:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Mark Metcalf, Charles Seaverns,  Danny Mora, Jonathan Dasteel, Gary Van Orman, George Dickerson,  Merritt Butrick, Richard Marion, Jake Mitchell, Sal Lopez, Anthony Peña, Paul Michael, Lydia Fernandez,  Steven Bauer
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/22/1981  3.  Politics as Usual
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:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Dan HedayaArt Evans, David Moody, Jonathan Dasteel, Gary Van Orman, John Brandon, Bob Harders,  Alma Beltran, Joe Rosario, Julia Calderón, Lou Joffred
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/24/1981  4.  Can World War III Be An Attitude?
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:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Dan Hedaya, Charles Seaverns,  Charles FleischerLynn Whitfield
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/31/1981  5.  Double Jeopardy
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:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Dan Hedaya, A. C. Weary, Jonathan Dasteel, Gary Van Orman, Gela Jacobson, Gilme McCormick, Darwyn Carson, Barbara Iley, Jake Mitchell, Patricia Gaul, Ezekiel Moss, Reginald T. Dorsey, Marilyn Tokuda
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/7/1981  6.  Film at Eleven
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 
Guest starring:  Andrea MarcovicciMark Metcalf, Joseph R. Sicari,  Tony Plana, Robert Bryan Berger, Luisa Leschin, Karole Selmon, Donna LaBrie, Esther Sutherland, Gregory Norman Cruz, Jake Mitchell
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/14/1981  7.  Choice Cut
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:  Arnold Laven  Writer:  Lee David Zlotoff 
Guest starring:  Andrea MarcovicciDana GladstoneKent Williams, Karole Selmon, Donna LaBrie, Linda Shayne, Bob Tzudiker, Ilka Tanya Payan, Gene Ryals, Keith Davis, Al Stevenson, Charlene Jones, Nick Savage, Jay Moreno
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/21/1981  8.  Up in Arms
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  Writer:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Andrea MarcovicciMark Metcalf, Ronald Feinberg, Luis Avalos,  Kent Williams, Jeff Seymour, Gela Jacobson, George Dickerson, David Byrd, Juliana McCarthy, Dottie Adkins, Paul Michael,  Clayton Rohner, Constance Caulfield, Dharvi Darrelle
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/28/1981  9.  Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind
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:  Arnold Laven  / Bill Taub  Writer:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Andrea Marcovicci, Robert Bryan Berger, Jeff Seymour,  Kent Williams, Luis Avalos, Gela Jacobson, Paul Michael, Charlene Jones, Odette Mitchell,  Michael O'Guinne, Preston Hanson,  Mark Casella
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/7/1981  10.  Gatorbait
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:  E. Jack Kaplan 
Guest starring:  Dolph SweetJordan Charney, Don Cervantes, George Dickerson,  Dana GladstoneCarl Weintraub, Lawrence Benedict, Jim Tartan,  Timothy Daly
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/14/1981  11.  Life, Death, Eternity
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:  Gregory Hoblit  / Lee David Zlotoff 
Guest starring:  Dolph SweetJordan Charney, George McDaniel,  Dwight SchultzDana GladstoneDennis Holahan, George Dickerson, Don Cervantes, Seth Allen, Barbara Worthington, Jake Mitchell
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/21/1981  12.  I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin
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 
Guest starring:  Dolph Sweet, Don Cervantes,  Dennis Holahan, George McDaniel,  Jordan Charney, George Dickerson, Philip G. Schultz,  Robert Kino, Thomas Babson, Jerry Loo, Angela Aames
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/25/1981  13.  Fecund Hand Rose
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 
Guest starring:  Lisa Lindgren,  Dan Hedaya, Michael Tucker, George Dickerson, Tom Calloway, Gela Jacobson, Allen Case, Peter White,  Lynn Whitfield, Thomas Callaway, Irena Du Barry, Philip G. Schultz, John Brandon
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/19/1981  14.  Rites of Spring (1)
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  Writer:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Charles HallahanJames Remar, Van Nessa Clarke,  Mimi Rogers, Tony Perez,  Charles Weldon, Freddye Chapman,  Starletta DuPois, Myrna White, Marc Casella, Rony Clanton, Terry Alexander, Jack Andreozzi,  Sam Scarber, Frantz Turner
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/19/1981  15.  Rites of Spring (2)
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  Writer:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Charles HallahanJames Remar, Van Nessa Clarke,  Mimi Rogers, Freddye Chapman,  Starletta DuPois, Tony Perez, Myrna White, Marc Casella, Vincent Lucchesi, Rony Clanton, Terry Alexander,  Charles Weldon, Jack Andreozzi,  Sam Scarber
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/26/1981  16.  Jungle Madness (1)
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  Writer:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Charles Hallahan, Tony Carbone, Eddie Barth,  Tom Bower, Van Nessa Clarke, Lionel Smith, Lenny Bari, Freddye Chapman,  Mimi RogersJeanetta Arnette, Cliff Carnell, Opelene Bartley, Terry Alexander, Frantz Turner, Eddie Ryder
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/26/1981  17.  Jungle Madness (2)
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  Writer:  Michael Kozoll  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Charles Hallahan, Tony Carbone, Eddie Barth,  Tom Bower, Van Nessa Clarke, Lionel Smith, Lenny Bari, Freddye Chapman,  Mimi RogersJeanetta Arnette
Edition Details
Series Hill Street Blues
Distributor 20th Century Fox
Release Date 1/31/2006
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 Color
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Dual Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 3

Features
Disc 01 Audio Commentary On Selected Episodes
Roll Call: Looking Back At Hill Street Blues Featurette