Season Four

Episode No./Title

58. "Here's Adventure, Here's Romance"

The only witness to a massacre at a gay bar is an off-duty cop, Det. Art Bradley, who is reluctant to come forward for fear of losing his job and family. LaRue and Washington antics to catch the killer endanger the case. And Furillo forces Bradley to make a difficult choice.
A major power outage strikes the Hill during hot weather and officers are overburned with problems resulting from the blackout. Calletano has a kidney stone. The Cisco Kid creates trouble on the Hill and Davenport has the honor of defending him. Goldblume offers to be Fay's natural childbirth coach.

guest stars: Martin Ferrero (Alan "Cisco Kid" Branford), Lawrence Pressman (Art Bradley), Eugene Butler (Vincent Kirby), Tracey Walter (Willie Laporter), George D. Wallace (Judge Milton Cole), Nick Savage (pickpocket), Lee Weaver (William "Buck Naked" Tully), Bill Watson (Comstock), Rudy Ramos (night lieutenant)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Michael Wagner, David Milch, Karen Hall & Mark Frost; director: Christian I. Nyby II

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59. "Ba-bing, Ba-bing"

The mayoral campaign is in full swing: candidate Chief Daniels is duking it out in the public opinion polls with his opponent, Benjamin Fisk. Fisk moves into a crime-ridden housing project despite Furillo's warnings of a gang power struggle. In efforts to curb the escalating gang violence and keep Fisk safe, the precinct captain lays down "Furillo's Law" with the gang leaders and plays an ace, angering Goldblume and Hector Ruiz in the process.
Belker goes undercover in a fish market that's being harassed to sign a protection contract. Hill's gambling problem surfaces after he wins $100,000 in the lottery. Belker has a run-in with Deputy Chief Mahoney, who's trying to ride herd on Furillo's precinct. Coffey and Bates bust a couple of lady mud wrestlers. Esterhaus fusses over Fay, who's in her final days of pregnancy. Joyce and Frank's evening is interrupted when a 9-year-old kid is killed in a drive-by shooting.

guest stars: Ron Parady (Dennis Mahoney), George Coe (Benjamin Fisk), Kale Browne (Byron Whitcamp), Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz), Harrison Page (John Fox), Diane Gallup (Bunny Babing), Denise Gallup (Babette Babing), William Schilling (Andrew Lane), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), John Medici (Feinstein)
writer: Karen Hall; director: David Anspaugh

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60. "The Long Law of the Arm"

Furillo is forced to make a difficult decision after Hector Ruiz takes Fisk hostage.
A Midtown vice cop warns Furillo of Hill's gambling problem. LaRue and Washington salvage a man's severed arm. Still on desk duty, Belker makes a food run and ends up capturing a robber. Davenport defends a frantic West Indian cabbie who shot a man he thought was a robber. Hill's gambling habit gets worse and his attitude alienates many of his friends. A joke involving an obscene gesture lands Furillo on Mahoney's list with Belker, Renko, Washington and LaRue. Goldblume and Fay grow closer as her due date nears.

guest stars: George Coe (Benjamin Fisk), Clinton Derricks-Carroll (Kiki Chabundi), Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz), William Schilling (Andrew Lane), Harrison Page (John Fox), Kale Browne (Byron Whitcamp), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), Ron Parady (Dennis Mahoney), Peter Fox (Jay Eldridge)
writer: Michael Wagner; director: Alexander Savage

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61. "Death by Kiki"

Fisk's return to the housing project ends in disaster - much to Daniels morbid delight.
Kiki finds the knife and tries to persuade Eldridge to change his story with tragic results. Put on desk duty, Belker lectures merchants recently victimized by crime and loses his temper when the attendees voice their complaints about the police. Hill's behavior gets worse and Renko tries to stop his partner's downward spiral. Furillo and Goldblume talk things out. Shooter of 9-year-old kid becomes victim of gang violence. Coffey sulks after Bates scores higher on the sergeant's exam. Daniels has Mahoney drop the charges against Furillo and his officers. Fay has her baby.

guest stars: George Coe (Benjamin Fisk), Clinton Derricks-Carroll (Kiki Chabundi), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), William Schilling (Andrew Lane), Ron Parady (Dennis Mahoney), Kale Browne (Byron Whitcamp), Peter Fox (Jay Eldridge)
writers: David Milch & Mark Frost; director:Bill Duke

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62. "Doris in Wonderland"

The shooting of a little boy by officer Perez becomes political fodder when Mahoney tries to make capital for Chief Daniels out of the tragedy by forcing Furillo to arrest the boy's mother on child-endangerment charges. Frank and Joyce (and Bernstein) seem the only ones aware that two lives are being destroyed for political gain.
Police Cmdr. Ozzie Cleveland enters the mayoral race - much to Daniels displeasure. On Daniels' order, LaRue, Washington, Belker and Hunter launch "Operation Tenderloin" out of Murray's Wonderland, a sexual cafeteria in Cleveland's precinct. Bates scuffles with a junkie and ends up in the hospital where she meets a nice doctor.

guest stars: Alfre Woodard (Doris Robson), Sam Groom (Dr. Stuart), Milton Seltzer (Murray Kaplan), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), Ron Parady (Dennis Mahoney), J.A. Preston (Ozzie Cleveland)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Peter Silvaman; director: Arthur Alan Seidelman

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63. "Praise Dilaudid"

Hill and Renko nab the "Emily Post bandit" - with the help of his junkie girlfriend - and the dye packs leave Renko a little green. The bandit escapees and takes a hostage and Goldblume must negotiate a peaceful surrender.
Fay's timely arrival at the station house puts the shaft to Chief Daniels in front of press corps. Judge dismisses charges against Mrs. Robson and Davenport advises her to file a civil suit. Ozzie Cleveland filets Daniels on TV over the Robson arrest. Wachtel shows up - in drag - at Murray's Wonderland just before the owner, his client, is killed in a shootout.

guest stars: Michael Horton (Nicky Kasner), Sam Groom (Dr. Stuart), Alfre Woodard (Doris Robson), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), George D. Wallace (Judge Milton Cole), Kale Browne (Byron Whitcamp), Marilyn Jones (Desiree Handel), J.A. Preston (Ozzie Cleveland), Ron Parady (Dennis Mahoney), Milton Seltzer (Murray Kaplan)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Michael Wagner; director: Gabrielle Beaumont

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64. "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps"

Election day proves trying for everyone: Frank and Joyce are among those who attend the Robson boy's funeral; Mahoney turns on Daniels and tries to burn Furillo in the process; Hunter meets a nice lady who steals his wallet; Goldblume tries to keep a last-minute candidate clear of the polling places and later must foil the man's attempt to injure the mayoral-race victor, Ozzie Cleveland.
Funeral plots up for bid arouse morbid thoughts for Coffey, but Bates and Hunter seize the opportunity to invest in their futures, so to speak. Wachtel returns to the Hill - his attire proves a major source of amusement for Frank and Joyce - to report gangsters threatening to torch Murray's Wonderland. Hill and Renko deliver money collected from Hill Street officers to Mrs. Robson. Furillo tries to help Perez' family and Joyce tags along when Frank goes to visit his troubled officer.

guest stars: Kenneth Tigar (Randolph Scripps), Ron Parady (Dennis Mahoney), Alfre Woodard (Doris Robson), J.A. Preston (Ozzie Cleveland), Stack Pierce (Rev. Banks)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Mark Frost; director: Corey Allen

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65. "Midway to What?"

The vice squad ignores Furillo's report on a bookie joint operating out of a candy story and the captain decides to take it down with his men. The busted bookie, Seltzer, turns over several tapes incriminating cops on the take, including a rookie Hunter, and the EATer leader later attempts suicide.
Bates and Coffey clean up "Buck Naked" for a court appearance at the trial of cab company owner and driver - the judge vacates the guilty verdict and Joyce confesses suspicions to Frank. Belker pursues a paraplegic who spray painted his car, which was parked in a handicapped zone. Hill boxes for the precinct against Al Simmons. Fay and Goldblume take their relationship in a more intimate direction.

guest stars: Gary Frank (Gerry Gaffney), Guy Boyd ("Irish" Bobby Shields), Michael Durrell (Irv Luboff), Barney Martin (Ben Seltzer), Al Ruscio (Bernard Heiser), George D. Wallace (Judge Milton Cole), Lee Weaver (William "Buck Naked" Tully), Jack Murdock (Mr. Gilbert), Michael Ironside (Schrader), Debi Richter (Daryl Ann), Jane Alden (Myrna Schnitz), Biff Yeager (referee), Bruno Ragnucci (man), Milt Jamin (jury foreman)
story: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch (based in part on an unpublished story by Darrell Ray and Alan Toy); teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, Karen Hall & Mark Frost; director: Thomas Carter

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66. "Honk if You're a Goose"

The frightened bookie Ben Seltzer gives up a payoff drop point which nets a corrupt judge. Furillo tells chief of corruption at Midtown vice and ADA Bernstein unites with precinct captain to launch a covert investigation.
Belker gets some unexpected help when he goes undercover in a wheelchair - but tragedy is just around the corner. Fay and Goldblume plan a weekend getaway. Bates and Coffey apprehend Honky the Goose and is literally choked up by his reunion with his owner. Furillo pulls favor from Daniels to spare Hunter, who refuses to admit he attempted suicide or needs any help, an IAD hearing. Hill gets his bell rung in his last fight for the precinct. Frank expresses his fears about the possiblity of corruption in the ranks to Joyce.

guest stars: Gary Frank (Gerry Gaffney), Guy Boyd ("Irish" Bobby Shields), Michael Durrell (Irv Luboff), Barney Martin (Ben Seltzer), George D. Wallace (Judge Milton Cole), Crispin Glover (space cadet), T.J. Castronova (Morrisey), Ralph Drischell (Shorter), Debi Richter (Daryl Ann), Jane Alden (Myrna Schnitz), Alan Blumenfled (driver), Biff Yeager (cop referee), Will Gill Jr. (store owner #1), Dean Wein (bailiff), Rick Goldman (cop), Larry Marko (store owner #2), Richard Warwick (paramedic), Gus Corrado (civilian)
story: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch (based in part on an unpublished story by Darrell Ray and Alan Toy); teleplay: Michael Wagner, David Milch & Karen Hall; director: Arthur Alan Seidelman

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67. "The Russians are Coming"

Three visiting Russians bring their personal problems to the Hill.
Marty Nichols returns to the Hill. Joyce's mother is coming for a holiday visit, putting the Furillos in a lodging quandary. Belker finds a glut of action while working undercover as an ambulance attendant to stop a recent rash of pharmaceutical robberies. After his brother-in-law is busted for soliciting a police officer, LaRue uses situation to help his transportation woes. Joyce seeks comfort from Frank after her efforts to keep a mentally troubled young man out of jail result in tragedy. Fay and Goldblume worry about how to tell Furillo about their relationship, but the observant police captain figures it out for himself.

guest stars: Bruno Kirby (Louis), Lynne Moody (Marty Nichols), Louis Giambalvo (Rob Nelson), Allan Kolman (Mischa Cherchenko), Natasha Schneider (Ludmilla Moros), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), Richard Brooks (Tyrone Crane), Stanley Kamel (Agent Ramsey), Bill Henderson (Maynard), Janet Caroll (Peggy LaRue Nelson), Charles Penland (Curtis), Betty Cole (Mrs. Randolph), Martin West (ADA), Adam Gregor (Konstantin), Dorothy Meyer (cook), Ezekiel Moss (street kid), Ron Recanser (bailiff), Charles Lyles (old man), Tony O'Neil (Bolino), Richard Chaves (doctor)
story: Jeffrey Lewis & Dennis Cooper (based in part on an unpublished story by Stanley N. Wellborn); teleplay: Dennis Cooper; director: Randa Haines

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68. "Ratman and Bobbin"

The cop killer raises his tally to four by gunning down two officers on patrol.
Daniels tries to short circuit Cleveland's corruption task force by exposing a network within the special vice detail - Furillo and Bernstein's six-week-old investigation leads them to three men. Belker goes undercover as a bag lady to catch a slasher. Bates and Coffey take over a storefront police/ommunity relations project and encounter a double-parking pimp and a volatile domestic situation. Daryl Ann buys the wrong motorcycle for Renko at a police auction. Leo employs an odd exterminator after rats invade the station house. Henry and Fay separately confront Furillo about his behavior toward them. Hunter helps keep suicidal woman from jumping off building with her son. Joyce behaves oddly about buying a house and later reveals the source of her demeanor to Frank - she's unable to have children. While on the way home, Frank encounters an armed robbery and is forced to shoot the perpetrator while Joyce watches from the car.

guest stars: Vincent Baggetta (Dave Marino), Lynne Moody (Marty Nichols), Ron Rifkin (Monty DiMair), Harrison Page (Fox), Dana Gladstone (Goldblum), Fred McCarren (Stuart Casey), Debi Richter (Daryl Ann), Ted Gehring (Eddie Bobbin), Joe Pantoliano (Sonny Orsini), Richard Kuss (Lou), Barbara Alston (Mrs. Rutledge), Don Blakely (Mr. Rutledge), Bumper Robinson (kid), Mike Gomez (pimp), Arthur Taxier (IAD Shipman), Zero Hubbard (Rutledge kid), James Avery (Tolliver), Connie Sawyer (bag lady), Ronald Carter (deaf child), Nick de Mauro (man), Rick Goldman (cop), Paco Vek (man), Judith Weston (waitress), Jeff Silverman (landlord)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, Karen Hall & Mark Frost; director: Richard Compton

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69. "Nichols From Heaven"

Furillo struggles through what he is believes it the worst 24 hours ever on the Hill: A cop killer roams the precinct; the corruption investigation into the vice squad strikes close to home when officer Marty Nichols is gunned down; and the emotional fallout from the knowledge Joyce can't have children and the fact he killed a man weigh heavily on the precinct captain.
Joyce rebuffs Fay's attempt to reach out to her. The rats return to the station house and the exterminator tries bagpipes this time. Esterhaus is hospitalized for tests. Goldblume and Davenport try to protect a woman and her children from her abusive husband, but tragedy strikes. Double-parking pimp gets just desserts in an encounter with Fay. Joyce and Frank have a heart-to-heart after a trying couple of days.

guest stars: Lynne Moody (Marty Nichols), Vincent Baggetta (Dave Marino), Dana Gladstone (Goldblum), Joe Pantoliano (Sonny Orsini), Fred McCarren (Stuart Casey), Richard Stahl (James Thaddeus), Harrison Page (Fox), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Dennis Cooper; director: Thomas Carter

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70. "Fuchs Me? Fuchs You!"

Furillo and Bernstein take down corrupt vice cops and reveals that Marty Nichols was corrupt. And Furillo loses his old friend Jerry Fuchs as the corruption investigation winds down.
A romantic triangle transfers to the Hill and comes to a boil. Belker goes undercover as a rabbi to catch guys robbing synagogue. Coffey meets a nice paralegal and later is shot by the cop killer. Fay and Davenport mend fences. The cop killer turns himself in, but not before he has Hunter in his sights. Still upset over not being able to have children, Davenport refuses to represent Jose the pimp. Frank promises Joyce they won't let the marriage kill their love affair.

guest stars: Linda Hamilton (Sandy Valpariso), Caroline McWilliams (Ann Schwitzer), J.A. Preston (Ozzie Cleveland), Fred McCarren (Stuart Casey), Dennis Lipscomb (unknown), Barry Tubb (Archie Peyser Jr.)
story: David Milch, Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis; teleplay: David Milch, Michael Wagner, Karen Hall & Mark Frost; director: Arthur Alan Seidelman

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71. "Grace Under Pressure"

With his own emotions barely under wrap, Furillo makes an unusual appearance during roll call to inform his officers of Sgt. Esterhaus' death and cautions the devastated lot "to be careful out there." The officers struggle to do their jobs while dealing with their grief. Furillo learns he is executor of Esterhaus' estate, comforts Grace and asks Bates to take over as roll-call sergeant.
Perez returns to duty. Coffey's girlfriend is raped. Overcrowding at the Michigan Avenue Complex prompts a judge to release a large number of criminals. Bates and Pilsky take part in "Operation: Pussycat" designed to catch early-morning johns. Jesus tries to help police catch guys robbing meat delivery trucks. Leo finds out his wife is having an affair. An unaware rookie officer busts Fay for solicitation - much to her amusement.

guest stars: Linda Hamilton (Sandy Valpariso), Jane Kaczmarek (Off. Clara Pilsky), Barry Tubb (Archie Peyser Jr.), John Hancock (unknown)
story: Jeffrey Lewis, Steven Bochco & David Milch; teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, Karen Hall & Mark Frost; director: Rick Wallace

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72. "The Other Side of Oneness"

With emotion filling his voice, Furillo reads a letter from Esterhaus at roll call turning out the day shift one last time. Furillo tries to find way around the legal restrictions on scattering Esterhaus' remains on the Hill. Officers still struggle with grief over sergeant's death.
Goldblume is fascinated by a high-end call girl held on murder charges whose elite clientele has newspapers bidding for her story and her fearful clients threatening her life; his fascination puts Fay off and they are robbed as the leave a restaurant. Downtown bean-counter looks for office supply thief on the Hill. Coffey and his girlfriend continue to have problems. Bates impending assignment as roll call sergeant upsets Coffey. Belker has run-in with a religious nut while trying to catch pickpockets. Rodriguez brothers arrested again - this time for murder. Fuchs returns to Hill trying to drum up business for his private security firm.

guest stars: Kay Lenz (Whitney Barnes), Gail Strickland (Kennedy), Jane Kaczmarek (Off. Clara Pilsky), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), Barry Tubb (Archie Peyser Jr.)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Michael Wagner, David Milch, Mark Frost & Roger Director; director: Alexander Singer

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73. "Parting is Such Sweep Sorrow"

A judge intent on elevating jail conditions threatens to release more of the court's overflow back into the streets, and Furillo and Bernstein team up in an effort to stop him.
Bates gets off to a rough start as roll call sergeant. Renko pulls a hernia when he and Hill help an obese woman stuck in a bathtub. New khaki officer, Natalie DeRoy, arrives on the Hill. LaRue and Washington investigate the death of a street kid. Hill Street officers, Frank and Joyce attend Esterhaus' memorial service. Coffey and Sandy agree to make another go at it. Buck Naked is arrested again. After Whitney Barnes' pimp turns himself, a professional hitman guns him down in the station house. Fay and Goldblume split. Furillo honors Esterhaus' last wishes and scatters his ashes on the Hill, despite the fact it's illegal.

guest stars: Linda Hamilton (Sandy Valpariso), Edward James Olmos (Judge Cruz), Jane Kaczmarek (Off. Clara Pilsky), Clarence Williams III (unknown), Barry Tubb (Archie Peyser Jr.)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, David Milch & Mark Frost; director: Gregory Hoblit

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74. "The End of Logan's Run"

As "Operation: Stop 'N' Cop" begins, Furillo gets himself into hot water by criticizing the project, which was began at the mayor's urging.
Davenport finds herself looking down a gun barrel when the brother of the man she's defending silences the prosecution witness, and she ultimately is torn between her fears and her duty. Belker has a final run in with his bald-headed pickpocket with many names. Bates' new promotion leaves her feeling a little left out. Fay and Goldblume agree to remain friends.

guest stars: Nick Savage (pickpocket James Logan), Scatman Crothers (Lionel "Train" Talbot), Jane Kaczmarek (Pilsky), Jesse D. Goins (William Mullins), Andy Romano (Dept. Chief Warren Briscoe), Fritz Turner (Timothy Mullins)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch, Karen Hall & Mark Frost; director: Christian I. Nyby II

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75. "The Count of Monty Tasco"

As the pressure mounts on her to identify Timothy Mullins as Talbot's shooter, Joyce swallows her fear and comes forward. William Mullins promises Frank that Joyce will die if she testifies and Frank makes Mullins a promise of his own.
While attempting to limit the damage from his criticism of the mayor and "Operation: Stop 'N' Cop," an angry Furillo makes matters worse with the press and Chief Daniels later relieves him of command. Hunter takes Fay to lunch. A census taker disappears while working on the Hill. A pregnant Daryl Ann asks Renko to marry her. LaRue is out sick and Det. Harry Garibaldi joins Washington and Belker on stakeout. Officer Pilsky guns down a suspect while working backup on "Stop 'N' Cop." Joyce blames Frank for not being there to protect her, prompting her to start carrying a gun and he pays a visit to the liquor store.

guest stars: Barry Corbin (Monty Tasco), Jesse D. Goins (William Mullins), Jane Kaczmarek (Pilsky), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), Debi Richter (Daryl Ann), Jonelle Allen (Linda Talbot), Alex Hyde-White (Sawyer), Alan North (unknown "Earl in The Long Kiss Goodnight")
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, Mark Frost & Roger Director; director: Rick Wallace

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76. "Nutcracker Suite"

Division and the mayor's office order all Hill Street cops to back up "Operation: Stop 'n' Cop" with both tragic (Pilsky freezes and is shot and killed) and impressive (a raid nets a heroin factory) results.
Goldblume and Calletano struggle to run the station command. Furillo tries to resist taking a drink and gets moral support from Fay. Davenport represents a man involved in a whirlpool accident/assault. Goldblume has Belker, Washington and a timid Garibaldi dog William Mullins to protect Davenport. Davenport and Fay counsel Jesus Martinez' pregnant girlfriend. Armed with a videotape of the chief with prostitute Whitney Barnes, Calletano goes to bat for Furillo. Renko pops the question to Daryl Ann. And Frank and Joyce make a trade: his bottle of booze for her gun.

guest stars: Jesse D. Goins (William Mullins), Andy Romano (Warren Briscoe), Jane Kaczmarek (Pilsky) J.A. Preston (Ozzie Cleveland), Debi Richter (Daryl Ann)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Michael Wagner, David Milch, Karen Hall & Mark Frost; director: Arthur Alan Seidelman

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77. "Hair Apparent"

Expiring treaties result in gang violence on the Hill. The mayor's gang appointee to the Youth Corps Summer Job Program comes, a former Blood, under fire for favoritism and a Diablos member threatens to kill him.
Garibaldi tries to save himself some money by doing some unofficial police work for a guy whose car he rearended. Hunter and Fay battle over city money for his equestrian unit and her unwed mother counseling program. Belker, with Hill and Renko as backup, goes undercover in "Operation: Straight Flush" to nab video poker vendors and is nearly exposed by agents from another agency. Joyce stuns Frank when she disappears for a day and then reluctantly asks for a few weeks to herself to sort out her feelings.

guest stars: J.A. Preston (Ozzie Cleveland), Randy Brooks (Marcus Peabody), Robert Costanzo (Lester Franco), Joanna Kerns (State Liquor Authority officer), Joe Santos (Jimmy LaStarza), Beau Starr (Joey DeSoto), Harold Sylvester (Officer Rudy Davis), Andy Garcia (Ernesto), Art Evans (Floyd Joyner), Michael Alldredge (unknown)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch & Mark Frost; teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner, Karen Hall & Roger Director; director: Corey Allen

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78. "Lucky Ducks"

Gang violence rips through the Hill and Furillo puts pressure on the Bloods and Diablos for a truce after he learns Jesus Martinez is no longer running Diablos. An angry Peabody rejoins the Bloods and goes to the loan sharks - sharks being the operative word - Belker has infiltrated to trade drugs from money to finance a gang war with the Diablos.
Coffey and Davis arrest a man eating his car. Fay makes a pass at Furillo. Hunter's horse takes ill. Davenport represents a gigolo who wants to rush his case to court to avoid out-of-state warrants. Calletano prepares for a game show appearance on "Lucky Ducks." A brawl erupts as Renko tries to organize his wedding attendants and his rehearsal dinners has a few glitches. Frank and Joyce have dinner and discuss their future.

guest stars: Debi Richter (Daryl Ann), Randy Brooks (Marcus Peabody), Robert Costanzo (Lester Franco), Joe Santos (Jimmy LaStarza), Beau Starr (Joey DeSoto), Harold Sylvester (Officer Rudy Davis), Hunt Block (unknown), John McCook (unknown)
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch & Karen Hall; teleplay: Michael Wagner, David Milch, Karen Hall & Mark Frost; director: Rick Wallace

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79. "Eva's Brawn"

Furillo taps Jesus Martinez to negotiate a cease fire and treaties between the gangs.
Coffey bets money for Renko's wedding present on a horse that will mean instant cash or crash. Renko and Hill test drive patrol car with new computer and it is stolen. Belker's loan sharks commandeer a prison bus and demand him in exchange for their hostages. Fay apologizes to Furillo for making a pass at him. Garabaldi talks Goldblume into trying an unusual video dating service - he hooks a dominatrix. Hunter's horse takes a turn for the worse. Renko has second thoughts as his wedding approaches. LaRue returns for the nuptials Frank and Joyce spend the night together before she leaves on her Paris vacation.

guest stars: Andy Romano (Warren Briscoe), Debi Richter (Daryl Ann), Susan Kellerman (Eva), Robert Costanzo (Lester Franco), Joe Santos (Jimmy LaStarza), Beau Starr (Joey DeSoto), Harold Sylvester (Officer Rudy Davis), Don Calfa (unknown "Howard Buckley in The Presidio")
story: Steven Bochco, Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch, Mark Frost & Roger Director; director: Gregory Hoblit

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