Season Six

Season Six - 1985-1986
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The sixth season gets under way with a look at the night life of the Hill Street day shift. Goldblume goes to check out a noise disturbance at S.O.I.L. House and gets taken hostage by a militant leader on the edge of sanity. Furillo is called in to negotiate - fortunately for he, Joyce and Bernstein who were dinning with a one of Joyce's fellow PDs whose wife began airing the kinky details of his liasons with a prostitute. As the hostage situation deteriorates, Furillo is forced to give in to Chief Daniels and Hunter's pressures to take the delusional leader out.
The other blues must handle a dispute between two men which escalates into a stabbing, and also watch the hostage situation unfold from their local hangout. Renko schemes to see his favorite singer but is heartbroken when he has to bust his hero for drug possession. Jablonski spends an evening at home with his three-legged dog, Blackie. Bates meets a nice pottery instructor. Belker hangs out in a dumpster to catch a burglar, and later is informed of his mother's death. After the hostage situation is resolved, Furillo offers condolences to Belker then goes home where Joyce lightens his mood with news of a dinner invitation. After making a bet, LaRue and Renko take pains to prove who has the fastest route to work.

guest stars: Yaphet Kotto (Calvin Matthias), Eric Pierpoint (Tom Hopper), Billy Green Bush (Bobby Angel), Debi Richter (Daryl Ann), Dan Lauria (Jim), Rita Taggart (Rosie), Lawrence Tierney (Sgt. Jenkins), Anne Ramsay (Mrs. Scalisi), Sue Giosa (Unknown), Lynn Tufeld (Unknown), Alan Blumenfeld (Unknown), Joe Higgins (Unknown)
story: Steven Bochco, David Milch & Barry Jay Kaplan; teleplay: David Milch, Walon Green & Jacob Epstein; director: Ben Bolt

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104. "Hacked to Pieces"

Furillo agrees to lead a crusade against police corruption by investigating the death of Joe Keenan.
Lt. Norman Buntz arrives on the Hill. The ambitious Capt. Calletano has a few moments of terror as he prepares to take over at Polk Avenue when the current captain reconsiders his retirement. Goldblume goes on special assignment with the state lottery office. Bates and Coffey stumble into the mayor's private life when they bust his son for car theft and drug possession. Joyce and Frank find themselves caught between Cleveland and his wife, Leona, who disagree on how to handle the situation. Tragedy isn't far behind as Garibaldi gets in deep with shylocks and considers an illegal act to get out from under the debt. Belker learns that Tattaglia is pregnant. Belker, LaRue and Washington go undercover in a very volatile cab war. Hill and Renko try to cool down the resentment between a Korean grocer and his black neighbors. Hunter meets an attractive woman at the Kubiak.

guest stars: Stuart Margolin (Andy Sedita), Rosalind Cash (Leona Cleveland), Stan Shaw (Louis Russ), Hilly Hicks (Lee Cleveland), Soon-Teck Oh (Pak), Norm Alden (Art Eastland), J.A. Preston (Ozzie Cleveland), Lee Garlington (Maura), Lance Slaughter (Trenton Moore), Charles Bouvier (Unknown)
story: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: David Milch; director: Rick Wallace

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105. "Seoul on Ice"

Garibaldi's stabbing stuns the blues and Mayo lends emotional support her former partner's father. Sid gives LaRue and Washington's investigation into the assault a nudge in the right direction and Goldblume and Division detectives lend a hand.
After being at the hospital all night, Furillo begins forming his police corruption commission and enlists Capts. Calletano and Scapizi and ADA Bernstein. Fay pesters Chief Daniels to reinstate the Victims' Aid program. Belker anxiously awaits confirmation of Tattaglia's pregnancy. Jablonski is left in lurch after khaki officers Schnitz and DeRoy elope and move to New Zealand. Howard gets a shock from his latest love - she used to be a man. Coffey and Bates are forced to gun down the mayor's son, Lee Cleveland, after he turns a gun on them. A one-legged runner trying to raise money for cancer research is victimized by his manager. After a stressful day, Frank and Joyce arrive at the hospital in time to hear tragic news about Garibaldi.

guest stars: Stuart Margolin (Andy Sedita), Greg Mullavey (Jerry McDonoghue), J.A. Preston (Ozzie Cleveland), Joe Dorsey (Anthony Garibaldi), Marc Alaimo (Gene Scapizzi), Hilly Hicks (Lee Cleveland), Lee Garlington (Maura), Lance Slaughter (Trenton Moore)
writers: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; director: John Patterson

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106. "In the Belly of the Bus"

Furillo's investigation into Keenan's death and police corruption hits pay dirt when Sid turns over Louis Russ who demands full immunity in exchange for what he knows. Russ' testimony not only unravels the details of Keenan's death, including who killed him, but also contains a surprise confession to the brutal stabbing of Garibaldi. Although Russ' deal throws a wrench into prosecuting him for Garibaldi's death, the detective's father ultimately effects a little justice of his own.
Belker takes an unexpected bus ride to Springfield. Jablonski tries to deal with an incompetent khaki officer. Hunter makes a canine investment. Hill continues to counsel a young black youth, Trenton Moore, who's now employed by the Korean grocer he used to harass.

guest stars: Soon-Teck Oh (Pak), Stan Shaw (Louis Russ), Marc Alaimo (Gene Scapizzi), Joe Dorsey (Anthony Garibaldi), Joan Sweeney (Maureen Dolan), Lance Slaughter (Trenton Moore)
story: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch & Walon Green; teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch, Walon Green & Jacob Epstein; director: Alexander Singer

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107. "Somewhere Over the Rambo"

Furillo's corruption commission delivers its findings which cast Chief Daniels in a somewhat favorable light. The spiteful chief sets his sights on getting even with Furillo by sacrificing a Hill Street night shift cop, David Bauer, who shot a young black man under questionable circumstances. Furillo watches helplessly as Daniels pushes the troubled officer over the edge, precipitating a somber visit to Bauer's estranged wife.
As the khaki officer crisis continues, Buntz explores his duties as personnel officer and gets more than he bargained for. Rambo, a k a Alan Branford, creates much mayhem when he storms the Hill. Hunter finds out the true nature of his canine investment and also meets an ardent dog lover, Prunella Ashton-Wilkes, who shares his passion for firearms. LaRue fixes dinner for Washington and his girlfriend, Lynette.

guest stars: Frank McCarthy (Off. David Bauer), Martin Ferrero (Alan "Rambo" Branford), Elizabeth Huddle (Prunella Ashton-Wilkes), Shirley Jo Finney (Lynnetta), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), Arthur Taxier (IAD Shipman), Joan Sweeney (Maureen Dolan), Judith Hansen (Celeste Patterson), Marco Rodriguez (Rico), Todd Hollowell (Derrick Yarborough), Robert Riesel (Fred Pearson)
writers: Jacob Epstein, Walon Green & Dick Wolf; director: Stan Lathan

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108. "Oh, You Kid"

On the way back from the dentist, Buntz stops an assault on a bakery truck driver and roughs up the assailant who resists arrest. He later locks horns with Davenport when her obnoxious client wants to press a brutality complaint. Legal wrangling and a victim reluctant to press charges let the jerk walk, but he soons finds trouble and Buntz is waiting in the wings. The lieutenant's attitude and actions put him in hot water with Furillo.
Goldblume deals with the IRS to keep some of the money Gina left him. Renko visits a hypnotherapist to find out about his past lives. Coffey and Bates must contend with an eccentric scupltor who refuses to let his obscene work, a phallic symbol, be removed. Belker goes undercover to investigate an increase in vagrant "suicides." Lynnetta pushes Washington about commitment to her and her son with tragic results.

guest stars: Felton Perry (Bobby Castro), Alex MacArthur (Brent), Shirley Jo Finney (Lynnetta), Paul Drake (Wendell Morrison), Basil Hoffman (Ed Greenglass), Larry D. Mann (Judge Lee Oberman), Tegan West (Teddy), Ken Letner (Unknown), Peter Van Norden (Unknown)
writer: Robert Ward; director: John Hancock

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109. "An Oy For an Oy"

Capt. Calletano doesn't react well when Furillo tells him Buntz saw a Polk Avenue officer dumping vagrants on the Hill instead of ferrying them to the assigned shelter. Hill and Renko later confront the lazy officer at a diner and again as he passes through the precinct and stops to unload the bums. Renko, Hill and Coffey try to help a slow-witted bum, finding him a place to stay for the night - it doesn't have a pleasant smell but its warm and free.
Hunter's bad luck with the station house plumbing resurfaces much to Renko's displeasure. Bates has her first encounter with Sal the plumber. Things go badly when Jablonski risks his own money to catch a pair of con men targeting senior citizens, but Sid comes to the rescue. Hunter enrolls his dog in Prunella's obedience school. Belker is caught in the middle of a family squabble when he acts as a courier for a pair of devious Hasidic jewelry merchants. Furillo bolsters Calletano's command confidence. Belker asks Tattaglia to marry him.

guest stars: Michael Lerner (Meyer Rabinowitz), Alex Henteloff (Israel Rabinowitz), Jeffrey Alan Chandler (Toby), Judith Hansen (Celeste Patterson), Michael Richards (Special Agent Dupre), Shirley Jo Finney (Lynnetta), Matthew Faison (Whitsun), Elizabeth Huddle (Prunella Ashton-Wilkes), Jack Andreozzi (Sal Benaci), Duke Stroud (Earl Garrity)
story: Elia Katz; teleplay: Jacob Epstein; director: Ben Bolt

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110. "Fathers and Huns"

Furillo's relentless pursuit of a senile drug kingpin angers his superiors (they won't return his calls and pressure him to deal), his wife (whose client is caught in the middle), and the kingpin's syndicate (who are keeping drugs off the street). The resulting drug drought has the blues swamped with crimes by desperate junkies, but the captain stands his ground against all his foes and, with some help from Buntz and Sid, it pays off. Frank and Joyce cut a deal for her client after he gets what he wanted.
Goldblume must protect a group of neo-Nazis determined to march through minority neighborhoods. Belker's undercover at a bookie joint gets him involved in a protest against the neo-Nazis. Hill's father drifts into town and claims to be dying. Jablonski mediates a dispute between a priest and a scrap metal dealer. Tattaglia suffers a slight injury while trying to make an arrest.

guest stars: James McEachin (Reggie Hill), Michael Alldredge (Edsel), Richard Kuss (Glen), Andy Romano (Warren Briscoe), Larry Gelman (Corso), Robert Pastorelli (Bobby Stellin), David Froman (O'Dwyer), Judith Hansen (Celeste Patterson), Peter Maclean (Unknown), Ray Reinhardt (Unknown)
writer: Walon Green; director: Stan Lathan

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111. "What Are Friends For?"

Frank and Joyce close in on buying a house, but the rug is pulled out from under them when they are denied mortgage insurance. An angry Furillo sets out to find out why and the resulting red tape causes them to lose the house.
While on their way to work, LaRue and Washington bust a baseball star for drunken driving and drug posession when cocaine is found in the trunk of his car during an impound search. The obnoxious slugger is resistant to the detectives and Davenport's advice to set up his friends, the true owners of the drugs. Buntz asks new khaki officer out. The "Warrior Review" taps Hunter as their "Urban Warrior of the Month." Several blues are out with the flu. A vicious parolee holds Buntz and Det. Rodriguez hostage with tragic results. Opportunity knocks for Buntz as the climax is witnessed by the "Warrior Review" reporter, nudging out Hunter as "Urban Warrior of the Month." Belker goes undercover at the pound and busts the shelter foreman for selling dogs to research labs. Belker and Tattaglia later have a scare with the baby.

guest stars: James Whitmore Jr. (Tony Catina), Will Nye (Tommy Joe Page), Steve Eastin (Harry Steel), Del Zamora (Rodriguez), Elizabeth Huddle (Prunella Ashton-Wilkes), Ernie Sabella (Pauli), Judith Hansen (Celeste Patterson), Richard Reicheg (Martin Sallow), Tom Tarpey (Ralph Eeley), Paul Sylvan (Unknown)
writer: Dick Wolf; director: John Patterson

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112. "The Virgin and the Turkey"

Goldblume takes command of the station as Frank and Joyce get a jump on the Christmas weekend. Joyce gets a somewhat cool reception when she and Frank make an effort to renew the relationship with his parents who are still upset over his divorce from Fay.
Buntz' use of "Officer Giblet," a turkey, to make a drug bust backfires. Coffey tries to mediate between an irate landlord and a tenant who insists the water stain on his wall is an image of the Virgin Mary. When the dispute flares up again, Buntz and Goldblume make a housecall. Bates bumps into the nice pottery teache while doing her Christmas shopping. The Hill Street officers compete in the police/firefighters olympics to benefit needy children: Renko's hernia acts up again and Sid locates a guest athlete for the blues. Belker and Tattaglia move up their wedding date.

guest stars: Daniel Faraldo (Pinzon), Penny Santon (Barbara Furillo), Michael Durrell (Joseph Furillo), Richard Bull (Mr. Furillo/Frank's dad), Eric Pierpoint (Tom Hopper), Sal Bisoglia (Landlord), Mickey Morton (Leonard), Judith Hansen (Celeste Patterson), Renny Roker (Attorney Brown), Catherine Paolone (Sophie Furillo), Tim Russ (Germaine Burton), Eloy Casados (Unknown)
story: Jeffrey Lewis, Walon Green& Robert Ward; teleplay: David Milch, Walon Green & Robert Ward; director: John Hancock

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113. "Two Easy Pieces"

Officer Ron Garfield finds himself in trouble again when he shoots a pimp fleeing a hooker sweep. When the rookie can't locate the perp's gun, his partner, veteran patrolman Jack Steger, sends him to call in the shooting and then plants a weapon at the scene. Goldblume's investigation turns up a second gun (the perp's gun) and questions abound.
LaRue's practical joke on Renko backfires. Hill, Renko and Buntz look like heroes when they retrieve a stolen heart needed for a transplant. LaRue acquires a wedding gift for Tattaglia and Belker from his brother-in-law who's branched out into appliances. Belker misses his wedding ceremony when his undercover as a cocaine cooker heats up. The hooker sweep nets Fabian's mother who's back to her old tricks. Bates is upset over her affair with the pottery instructor and calls Fabian.

guest stars: Mykel T. Williamson (Off. Ron Garfield), Sandy Ward (Jack Steger), Miguel Fernandez (Philip), Victor Mohica (Theodore Chato), Louis Giambalvo (Rob Nelson), Beverly Hope Atkinson (Vivian DeWitt), Arthur Taxier (IAD Shipman), Patti Johns (Off. Wiley), Judith Hansen (Celeste Patterson), Justin Lord (Gomez), Val de Varga (Suarez)
story: Jeffrey Lewis, Walon Green & David Milch; teleplay: Jacob Epstein, Dick Wolf & Robert Ward; director: Gabrielle Beaumont

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114. "Say It as It Plays"

IAD continues its investigation into the Garfield shooting. After listening to statements from Garfield and Steger, Furillo must convince the outside captain and the IAD investigator of Garfield's innocence. A statement from a delivery truck driver pushes into the spotlight Officer Riley, who witnessed Steger planting the gun, but omitted it in her report to hide the fact she didn't follow procedure.
The Health Department drivers go on strike and the blues have to pick up dead bodies and ferry them to the morgue. Hill and Renko get a few nasty surprises while delivering the corpses, including one of a personal nature. Bates confronts the pottery teacher and Fabian returns to cheer up the forlorn policewoman. Belker is kidnapped on the eve of his second scheduled wedding and Buntz, LaRue and Washington scramble to find him. Belker narrowly escapes harm when the two dealers try to rob a store.

guest stars: Mykel T. Williamson (Off. Ron Garfield), Sandy Ward (Jack Steger), Miguel Fernandez (Philip), Victor Mohica (Theodore Chato), Arthur Taxier (IAD Shipman), John Lehne (Captain Barry Gleason), Eric Pierpoint (Tom Hopper), Pat Corley (Wally Nydorf), Val de Varga (Suarez), James McEachin (Reggie Hill), Patti Johns (Wiley), Zero Hubbard (Fabian DeWitt)
story: Jeffrey Lewis, Dick Wolf & David Milch; teleplay: Walon Green, Dick Wolf, Walon Green & Robert Ward; director: Stan Lathan

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115. "Das Blues"

Furillo is confronted by a political power broker, Graham Wells, who wants to help him further his career - all the way to the mayor's office. Wells begins working by the scene and has Frank tapped to speak at a benefit dinner and a proud Joyce tags along.
After nearly sparking an international incident, Hunter has an accident in the station house boiler room and hallucinates that he's aboard a Russian submarine. His resulting hijinks wreack havoc on the upstairs climate and Ballentine and Sal the plumber fall become his prey. Belker and Tattaglia finally get married. Buntz' old partner comes asking for help with a loan shark. Bates decides to fight for custody of Fabian. Renko busts Bobby Angel again, but trouble ensues when he and Daryl Ann host the singer for dinner. Hill takes his daddy home to St. Louis for his burial. LaRue and Washington use a tatto artist/fence to help them find a guy robbing pharmacies.

guest stars: Billy Green Bush (Bobby Angel), Grace Zabriskie (Terry Sylvestri), Mykel T. Williamson (Off. Ron Garfield), Granville Van Dusen (Graham Wells), Anthony Holland (Tommy), Debi Richter (Daryl Ann), Jack Andreozzi (Sal Benaci), Beah Richards (Aunt Feeney), Zero Hubbard (Fabian DeWitt), Judith Hansen (Celeste Patterson), Alan Jordan (Ned Parsons), Carl Franklin (Unknown)
story: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch & Robert Ward; teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch, Jacob Epstein & Dick Wolf; director: Scott Brazil

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116. "Scales of Justice"

Chief Daniels shocks Furillo when he offers to endorse him as his successor. Frank discusses his career dilemma with Joyce.
Buntz gets a line on some synthetic heroin that is believed to have caused the death of several junkies, and cuts a few corners to get the drugs and dealers off the street. New smoking policy produces some friction among the blues, most notably khaki officer Patterson who gives Jablonski grief. Vivian DeWitt is busted in another hooker sweep and offers to sell Fabian to Bates for money to buy drugs. LaRue and Washington continue staking out a tattoo parlor to catch the pharmacy bandit who just upped the stakes by killing someone in his last heist. Hill meets someone special at his father's funeral.

guest stars: Fay Hauser (Renee Bethel), Billy Drago (Leo), Beverly Hope Atkinson (Vivian DeWitt), Mykel T. Williamson (Off. Ron Garfield), Byron Stewart (Otis Foster), Grace Zabriskie (Terry Sylvestri), Zero Hubbard (Fabian DeWitt), Beah Richards (Aunt Feeney), Judith Hansen (Celeste Patterson), Patricia Huston (Unknown)
story: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch; teleplay: David Milch, Jacob Epstein, Dick Wolf & Robert Ward; director: Christian I. Nyby II

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117. "I Want My Hill Street Blues"

Goldblume tries to stop the demolition of some low-rent housing in the neighborhood where he just bought a building, producing friction between him and Furillo. A stubborn tenant is killed in a fall from the building and the contractor is suspected of pushing him out of the window. Furillo and Buntz chase down the facts and rule the tenant's death a suicide. The contractor is cleared, but in his desire to break ground by 4 p.m., he makes a substantial mistake: He tries to bribe Furillo.
Jablonski must cope with the chaos produced by a film crew shooting a rock video in the station house. LaRue tries to make some extra cash by renting out Hunter's dog for the video and Renko sets his sights on being in the production. Hill and Renko bust former gang leader Dudley Hicks for extorting money from people by sitting on them. Bates makes a deal with Vivian DeWitt to get custody of Fabian.

guest stars: Hal Williams (Ken Edwards), Joseph Mascolo (Melvin Jardino), Richard Bright (Stubby), Mark Withers (Roger), Liz Sheridan (Dorothy Miskin), Beverly Hope Atkinson (Vivian DeWitt), Zero Hubbard (Fabian DeWitt), Ellen Maxted (Tamara), Troy Curvey (Dudley Hicks)
story: John Mankiewicz; teleplay: John Mankiewicz & Russ Woody; director: Gabrielle Beaumont

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118. "Remembrance of Hits Past"

Flanked by Bernstein, Goldblume and Chief Daniels, Furillo is shot on the courthouse steps just prior to testifying against a recaptured gangster who fled prosecution seven years before. While Frank fights for his life, Joyce keeps vigil at his bedside and remembers back on how their relationship began.
The Hill Street officers try to cope with their fears and many line up to donate blood. Belker's supervisor at his meat packing plant undercover thwarts his attempts to obtain a report on the captain's condition. Hunter and Jablonski try to keep the station house running while Goldblume, Buntz, LaRue and Washington pull out all the stops to catch the man who shot their captain. The assailant and motive proves to be not what everyone first suspects.

guest stars: Kenneth Tigar (Randolph Scripps), Scott Stevenson (Evan), Michael P. Keenan (Dr. Mendelsohn), Al Israel (Al Biomonte), Marc Alaimo (Gene Scapizzi), Stanley Brock (Unknown)
story: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch & Walon Green; teleplay: Walon Green; director: Ben Bolt

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119. "Larry of Arabia"

While making a pit stop, Renko discovers a dead courier handcuffed to a briefcase full of cash. Hill, Renko, LaRue and Washington decide to deal themselves into his action only to find they've stumbled into an FBI sting in search of an international arms dealer. Goldblume, who's in station command, and the four Hill Street cops try to cover their butts after the major snafu.
Only three weeks after being shot, Furillo considers returning to work and Daniels asks him for help in getting the consultancy job with the Crime Institute. Coffey persuades Bates to file guardianship papers for Fabian. Buntz appears on a TV small claims court. An impatient old woman messes up Belker's undercover at a pawn shop. Coffey interrupts a robbery in a smoke shop and is gunned down. With Joyce at his side, Frank pays respects to his dead officer and consoles the grief-stricken Bates.

guest stars: Frances Bay (Elizabeth Mies), Madison Arnold (Larry), Michael Pasternak (Lester Scherholtz), Beverly Hope Atkinson (Vivian DeWitt), Mark Lonow (Floor Manager), Ian Patrick Williams (William Hasselbach), Babette Props (Naomi Schipp), Stanley Grover (Jerry), Brent Jennings (Gupta), Jack Andreozzi (Sal), Tom Bower (Unknown)
story: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch & Jerry Patrick Brown; teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch, Jacob Epstein & John William Sel; director: Christian I. Nyby II

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120. "Iced Coffey"

With his blues in a funk over Coffey's death, Furillo returns to the Hill only three weeks after his own brush with death. Buntz, LaRue and Washington's investigation turns up several suspects. Bates agonizes over identifying her partner's killer and visits the department chaplain. Ballistics makes the case after the shooter wrecks a stolen car.
Davenport represents a prostitute who sells out Jesus and attorney Brown in a bribery scandal and Goldblume heads investigation. Brown and Jesus each blame the other and things look bad for Jesus after Brown turns up dead. Hunter uncovers an unexpected thief in the station - an over-the-edge Ballantine. Belker's harassed by an overzealous security guard at his grocery store undercover. Hill and Renko nearly shoot each other while looking for a burglar.

guest stars: Michael Strasser (Security Guard), Jeff Doucette (Chick Turner), Ian Patrick Williams (William Hasselbach), Renny Roker (Attorney Harold Brown), Zero Hubbard (Fabian DeWitt)
story: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch & Duncan Smith; teleplay: Dick Wolf, Robert Ward, Robert Schlitt & Duncan Smith; director: Georg Stanford Brown

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121. "Jagga the Hunk"

Wanted for questioning in attorney Brown's death, a scared Jesus hides from the cops and recruits Davenport as his counsel. Joyce discusses Jesus' predicament with Frank who urges her to have him come in voluntarily. Things get tricky when LaRue and Washington overhear the conversation through the newly installed intercom system and flush Jesus out of hiding. Joyce negotiates a deal with Frank and Bernstein and Jesus wears a wire to get evidence on the corrupt Judge Hardin.
Buntz has a bizarre day as two familiar faces visit the Hill: His former partner, Tommy Donahue, asks another favor (things turn ugly after Buntz' help doesn't have the desired results), and khaki-blast-from-the-past Maureen Dolan asks him out. Renko has a humorous mishap with some stolen Army surplus gear, namely an inflatable raft. Bates gets to know Kate McBride, her temporary partner. Sal the plumber's brother, Vito the electrician, installs the new intercom system. Belker goes undercover in a roach coach and mixes it up with his competitor, who doubles as a loan shark. Tattaglia pays a visit to Belker just as things heat up. Hunter is somewhat distressed when Prunella's large Samoan husband comes to reclaim her. Goldblume squares off with a fast-talking developer, Lionel Styles, who wants to yuppify the neighborhood.

guest stars: Lindsay Crouse (Kathryn McBride), Manu Tupou (Jagawala), Michael Delano (Vito Benaci), David L. Crowley (Tommy Donahue), Elizabeth Huddle (Prunella Ashton-Wilkes), Charles A. Watson, Jr. (Lionel Styles), Jack O'Leary (Vince Delaberto), Joan Sweeney (Maureen Dolan), Zero Hubbard (Fabian DeWitt), Andrew Masset (Healy), Nora Heflin (Mary Franken)
story: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch & Dick Wolf; teleplay: David Milch, Walon Green, Dick Wolf & Jacob Epstein; director: Gabrielle Beaumont

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122. "Look Homeward, Ninja"

Buntz takes a personal day and proceeds to build a case against his former parter, Donahue, whom he believes murdered another cop. A confrontation between the two ends in tragedy.
Furillo attends a lunch with the king makers and has an enlightening conversation with Mayor Cleveland's chief of staff, who tells the captain that Mayor Cleveland's being ousted by the group and that they call the shots. The Furillo Commission results torpedo Chief Daniels' hopes of getting a consultancy position with the Crime Institute. Bates defends her new partner, Kate McBride, against sexual harrassment charges made by a prostitute anxious to shield her pimp. Goldblume gets a lecture from Jablonski after he takes his frustrations out on a rookie who lost a jumper. Hunter is dealt another setback when Ballantine returns to duty dressed as a ninja. Belker is a bundle of nerves when Tattaglia has a bout with false labor.

guest stars: Lindsay Crouse (Kate McBride), Christopher Noth (Ron Lipsky), Granville Van Dusen (Graham Wells), Brian McNamara (Off. Michael Galva), Lawrence Fishburne (Maurice Haynes), Ren Woods (Jackie Lowrie), Nora Heflin (Mary Franken), David L. Crowley (Tommy Donahue), Richard Romanus (Robert Ajanian), Ron O'Neal (Stan Williams), J.C. Quinn (Unknown)
writers: Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch & Walon Green; director: John Patterson

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123. "Slum Enchanted Evening"

Graham Wells begins butting into precinct business in the wake of Buntz' shooting of his former partner. When the IAD investigation begins to look bad for him, Buntz heads straight to Furillo. Wells and Chief Daniels both warn Furillo that Mayor Cleveland stands to benefit from an investigation into Donahue's death. Furillo enters the investigation and masterfully interrogates Donahue's girlfriend Mary who finally gives up the evidence needed by Buntz. The captain kisses his mayoral bid goodbye when he refuses to use Buntz' situation as political fodder. Frank and Joyce get a surprise while watching the news: Cleveland is suspected of child molestation. Furillo believes it's a setup.
Furillo visits Chief Daniels at his new apartment and gets a surprise when Patsy Mayo shows up. Belker bumps into his old snitch Eddie Gregg who's dying of AIDS. Jablonski locks horns with an obnoxious peer when the Desk Sergeants' Rulebook Revision Committee convenes at the Hill. Humor and mayhem abound when Wachtel sentences slumlord Robert Dunlaw to time in one of his dilapidated units until it's brought up to code.

guest stars: Lindsay Crouse (Kate McBride), Christopher Noth (Off. Ron Lipsky), Granville Van Dusen (Graham Wells), Lawrence Tierney (Sgt. Jenkins), Charles Levin (Eddie Gregg), Nora Heflin (Mary Franken), Richard Romanus (Captain Bob Ajanian), Arthur Taxier (IAD Shipman), Ted Gehring (Sgt. Lou Martino), H. Richard Greene (Robert Dunlaw), Tony Frank (Sgt. Joe Hawkins), Hank Rolike (Unknown)
story: Jonahtan Lemkin & Michael Wagner; teleplay: Walon Green & Robert Ward; director: Michael Switzer

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124. "Come and Get It"

Tensions on the Hill are high when Hill and Renko rescue Albert Sawyer, a suspected mass murderer known as "The Creeper," from a vigilante mob in full view of the media. Chief Daniels creates another problem when he quickly moves to publicize the event before the media circus. Matters are made worse when citizens begin fighting over the reward money. An old pal of Jablonski's sets his sights on killing Sawyer. "The Creeper" wreaks havoc with Davenport: the usually dauntless PD is unnerved by her eerie client; a publicity agent eager to make money off the situation lures her to a meeting under false pretenses; and a high-dollar lawyer insinuates she won't do her best on the case because she's married to a police captain. Outraged, Davenport persuades Sawyer to keep her despite the fact he gives her the creeps. But Frank and Joyce ultimately breathe a sigh of relief when Sawyer suddenly decides to switch lawyers at his arraignment.
Belker can't stop being a cop even as he coaches Tattaglia through labor.

guest stars: Paul McCrane (Albert Sawyer), Christopher Noth (Off. Ron Lipsky), Eloy Casados (Manolo Sanchez), Ray Girardin (Jerry), W.K. Stratton (Frederick Spears), Jordan Charney (Marty Dignan), Elizabeth Pena (Alice), Earl Boen (Herb Elman), Brian McNamara (Michael Galva), Richard Coca (Paco Lopez)
writer: Robert Schlitt; director: Scott Brazil

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