Hill Street Blues: Season 5
20th Century Fox (1984)
Drama
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IMDB   7.8
22 hr 0 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Dennis Franz
Jeffrey Tambor
Ed Marinaro
Peter Jurasik
James Sikking
Mimi Kuzyk
Joe Spano
Veronica Hamel
Charles Haid
Daniel J. Travanti
Kiel Martin
Jon Cypher
Megan Gallagher
Robert Hirschfeld
Barbara Bosson
Director
Steven Bochco
David Milch
Writer Jeffrey Lewis
Mark Frost (I)

This groundbreaking and award-winning NBC crime drama provided a very realistic view into the lives of the dedicated cops and detectives of an urban police station. From January 1981 to August 1986, the show ran on Thursdays at 10/9 Central, with occasional repeats on Saturdays at 10/9 Central. From August 1986 to August 1987 first-run episodes aired Tuesdays at 10/9 Central.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    9/27/1984  1.  Mayo, Hold the Pickle
New roll call sergeant Jablonski is called out by a woman; Mayo handles a messy assault case against an elderly couple; the impending execution of Celestine Grey upsets Furillo and Goldblume; Fay tries to help an out of town couple who've lost everything to muggers; and Laura Ann Renko is born.
Director:  Steven Bochco  / David Milch  Writer:  Jeffrey Lewis  / Mark Frost (I) 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    10/4/1984  2.  Watt a Way to Go
Goldblume takes the law into his own hands when his ex-wife Rachel is raped and refuses to press charges; Belker's undercover at the Stratford Hotel ends with Calletano and the Fimpels taken hostage; Hunter tries to defend an EATer's callous remarks during the taking of a sniper; and Joyce continues to work for Celestine's life.
Director:  Steven Bochco  / David Milch  Writer:  David Milch  / Roger Director 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    10/18/1984  3.  Rookie Nookie
Furillo calls Goldblume off the murder investigation of his wife's rapist; Bates has problems with an insolent rookie; Mayo and Garibaldi bust a bogus cable TV installer; Belker goes undercover in a chicken suit and is plagued by a mime; and Hunter insults a female khaki officer, who barricades herself in the john.
Director:  Gregory Hoblit  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  Steven Bochco  / David Milch 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    10/25/1984  4.  Fowl Play
Rookie Swann kills himself after the initiation party at the Kubiak Lodge; LaRue tells Furillo about his night with a murder victim's wife; another hooker is killed by a copycat murderer; and the lieutenants quarrel over a government study grant.
Director:  Gregory Hoblit  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  Mark Frost (I) 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/1/1984  5.  Bangladesh Slowly
Jablonski deals with a woman who has lost her cat; Renko suffers after a TV newswoman exposes his fondness for doughnuts; LaRue looks very bad to IAD after shooting Caroline Reynolds' former lover; Goldblume pushes to tie Buttman to the hooker killing; Washington fumes over the firing of Garfield; everyone tries a new Bengali restaurant.
Director:  Steven Bochco  / David Milch  Writer:  Steven Bochco  / David Milch 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/8/1984  6.  Ewe and Me, Babe
Furillo feels pressure from the press and Chief Daniels to clear up the shooting death of the Reverend Booker Simons; Joe Keenan interferes on the Hill in pursuit of some renegade Colombian drug dealers; Joyce tries to help a very young hooker straighten out; LaRue and Washington are forced to move early on a chop shop where Belker is undercover; Fay endangers the Simons investigation by revealing information to the victim's wife; Hill and Renko find a dead man and a live sheep in a compromising position; and Jesus (Martinez) rises again.
Director:  Jeff Bleckner  / Floyd Byars  Writer:  David Stenn 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/15/1984  7.  Blues for Mr. Green
Belker plans to accompany a prisoner to Las Vegas; Mayo and Garibaldi follow a juvenile murder suspect who has threatened witnesses; Hill faces an IRS audit, with tips from Ray; LaRue and Washington catch a guy with stolen airline ticket forms; Joyce works with a burned out P.D. on the defense of Escobedo and Munoz on assault charges; and Coffey and Bates bust a young black boy for shoplifting.
Director:  Bill Duke  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  Elia Katz 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/22/1984  8.  Fuched Again
An assassination attempt against Mayor Cleveland during the rededication of the Monarch Theater opens up a nest of corruption in Daniels' office; several officers catch the ""blue flu"" and head for Las Vegas with Belker, who wins $5000 on a free spin; Vera Horvath continues to hound Stan; and Hill and Renko try to settle a dispute involving a stolen lottery ticket.
Director:  Scott Brazil  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  Mark Frost  / Steven Bochco 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/29/1984  9.  Low Blow
Jablonski's female nemesis comes to the Hill for a final showdown; the vacationers are stranded in Las Vegas with Myrna Schnitz; Furillo has to persuade Biff Lowe to help incriminate the Berlettas; and the Cisco Kid returns as an Indian and takes Fay hostage.
Director:  Steven Bochco  / David Milch  Writer:  David Milch  / Jacob Epstein 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    12/6/1984  10.  The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall
Mayo and Garibaldi investigate when Councilman Detweiler's mother shoots an intruder; Hill and Renko catch a notorious loan shark with over $300 in outstanding parking fines; a distraught man threatens to set fire to his wife and child; and Belker is kidnapped and abused by a group of winos.
Director:  Thomas Carter  / Michael Wagner  Writer:  Jacob Epstein 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    12/13/1984  11.  Last Chance Salon
Renewed gang feuding involves a small local grocery store and its owners; Belker takes his anger about Robin's decision to stop seeing him out on his frightened informant during a beauty parlor undercover; Garibaldi cuts corners to help a young hooker and in his night school class; and Furillo must work against Daniels to head off a major gang battle.
Director:  Christian I. Nyby II  Writer:  Roger Director 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/10/1985  12.  Intestinal Fortitude
Belker, LaRue and Washington go undercover as garbagemen to investigate a protection racket; Fay tries to help an elderly rape victim identify her assailants; Hill runs for PBA representative; and Mayo gets proof that the hispanic rape suspect can speak English.
Director:  Scott Brazil  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  David Stenn  / Elias Katz 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/17/1985  13.  Of Human Garbage
The garbage business undercover continues; Officer Perez rescues a family from a burning building; a Federal witness is kidnapped; and Fay reports the suspicious chairside technique of dentist Ted Rose.
Director:  Steven Bochco  / David Milch  Writer:  David Milch  / Jacob Epstein 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/24/1985  14.  Dr. Hoof and Mouth
Belker temporarily moves into Hunter's RV; Joyce introduces a new PD to the Hill before leaving to become an ADA; LaRue gloats over the videotape evidence of Mayo's undercover visit to Dr. Ted Rose; Fabian's mother reclaims him; and Hill and Renko deal with a man who has several outstanding warrants and who has just lost his whole family to a hit and run driver.
Director:  John Patterson  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  David Stenn  / Elia Katz 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/31/1985  15.  Davenport in a Storm
New ADA Davenport faces opposition when she decides to prosecute three white teens for the death of a young black athlete; Furillo's car accident starts an investigation into illegal gun sales by Al DiPiano; and Mayo has a date with Chief Daniels.
Director:  Gabrielle Beaumont  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  David Milch  / Roger Director 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/7/1985  16.  Washington Deceased
LaRue moonlights on a low budget horror picture and ""borrows"" one of the props for a joke on an obnoxious detective; a department accountant dogs Furillo; and Chief Daniels uses his position to punish Mayo for refusing his advances the night before.
Director:  Mark Frost (I)  Writer:  Frank South 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/14/1985  17.  Passage to Libya
Belker keeps running up against a bitter one man band; Gina Srignoli agrees to wear a wire in an effort to incriminate Al DiPiano; Fay goes a little too far to help a welfare mother assaulted by her abusive boyfriend; and Howard tries to sell his RV only to have it stolen by the first interested party.
Director:  Steven Bochco  / David Milch  Writer:  David Milch  / Jacob Epstein 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/21/1985  18.  El Capitan
Calletano takes over command while Furillo attends an encounter group for precinct captains and their superiors; Hill and Renko get hold of some suspicious tea; Hunter's RV is stolen by a fugitive father and son; Goldblume is bemused by his new relationship with Gina Srignoli.
Director:  Georg Stanford Brown  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  David Milch  / Roger Director 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/21/1985  19.  The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr.
An anti-abortion agitator sends a woman into premature labor; Jablonski can't get his 300 game sanctioned by the Bowling Congress; LaRue and Washington tape a home security video; Fay and Garibaldi resent Goldblume's relationship with Gina Srignoli.
Director:  John Patterson  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  David Milch  / Jacob Epstein 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/28/1985  20.  G.Q.
The arson squad questions Jablonski about the fire at BowlMor Lanes; Hill remains angry at Renko over his hesitation under pressure; Bates and Coffey are assigned to make a wino presentable for his appearance in court; Furillo gets a copy of LaRue's slightly altered home security video; and Davenport puts her job on the line when she refuses to accept the security cops' version of an alleged window smashing at the volatile O'Neil Projects.
Director:  Gabrielle Beaumont  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  Jacob Epstein  / Roger Director 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    4/11/1985  21.  Queen for a Day
A hooker sweep for gays and straights attracts Coffey's former high school coach; Renko joins Belker on his drug undercover, which is interrupted by Hunter and his tank; Davenport rejoins the Public Defenders office as Connie Chapman leaves; and Goldblume's happiness with Gina Srignoli dies.
Director:  Gregory Hoblit  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  David Milch  / Jacob Epstein 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/9/1985  22.  You're in Alice's
Detective Phil Dugan cuts some corners to catch an elusive mobster; Goldblume pursues a solitary investigation into Gina's death; Hill and Renko try to help a homeless family caught up in red tape; Coffey gets to ride with Jablonski; Calletano and Hunter test for the captain's position; and everyone faces a random drug screening.
Director:  Scott Brazil  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  David Milch  / Jacob Epstein 
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/16/1985  23.  Grin and Bear It
Belker's drycleaners undercover catches Dugan, who offers them Joe Keenan and a major ring of police corruption; Furillo copes with the results of the random drug test; Goldblume wrestles with Gina's estate; Hill and Renko spend the day escorting Officer McBear.
Director:  Gregory Hoblit  /  Steven Bochco  Writer:  David Milch  / Jeffrey Lewis 
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