A prostitute accuses a detective of blackmailing her for sex; Goldblume searches for a missing child; a former gang leader returns to the Hill as crusading social reformer; Belker busts a purse snatching orangutan and keeps in touch with an undercover rookie planted inside a volatile street gang; and Furillo and Esterhaus question their current romantic involvements.
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Directed by Gregory HoblitWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven BochcoGuest stars Teddi Siddall, Danny Glover, Nathan Cook, Trinidad Silva, Leonard Lightfoot, Helen Rubio
Goldblume meets a lonely woman while driving a cab undercover; LaRue and Washington use a desperate snitch to solve a prostitute murder; Virgil reports on Hudson's takeover of the Black Arrow gang; and Furillo and Joyce meet socially after splitting up.
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Directed by Gregory HoblitWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven BochcoGuest stars Eugene Robert Glazer, Karen Austin, Danny Glover, Nathan Cook
Hill and Renko handle a domestic call involving an old man threatening his neighbors with a shotgun; Hudson looks for the informer in his gang; and Joyce asks Furillo for advice about the Downey case.
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Directed by David AnspaughWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven BochcoGuest stars Lupe Ontiveros, Lawrence Mandley, Danny Glover, Nathan Cook, Jose Flores
Bates loses a junkie prostitute through an error in judgement; Hudson beats up his lawyer after his release on bail; Furillo and Joyce reconsider their separation; and Esterhaus ends his friendship with Mac.
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Directed by Robert ButlerWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven BochcoGuest stars CCH Pounder, Danny Glover, Rosanna Huffman, Cindy Fisher
Night court interferes with ""Monday Night Football"" as LaRue and Washington are accused of entrapping a mugger; Bates and Coffey look for gang members responsible for the drive-by shooting of a child; Fay announces that she's getting married again.
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Directed by Rod HolcombGuest stars Tony Perez, Allan Rich, Michael Leon, Jeffrey Tambor, Ralph Manza, Ismael 'East' Carlo
Hill covers for an old friend with personal problems who uses excessive force on an arrest; Coffey arrests an old family friend during a visit to his old neighborhood; Fay introduces her fiance; and negotiations breakdown between the police union and the city.
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Directed by Randa HainesWritten by Robert CraisGuest stars Clayton Rohner, Stephen McHattie, Richard Marcus, Leonard Lightfoot
Furillo pushes Hill about his support of Nash; Belker goes under to catch a gang preying on automatic bank tellers; Fay's engagement ends abruptly; and a good samaritan faces arrest on old out of town warrants.
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Directed by Georg Stanford BrownGuest stars Robert Hirschfeld, Stephen McHattie, John Diehl, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Hal Hawkins, Lynn Whitfield, Robert Sampson, Art Evans
Belker meets an eccentric calling himself ""Captain Freedom"" while on a stakeout; LaRue gets more than he bargained for as a cell plant when he overhears an arson suspect taunting an accused child molester; and Furillo issues an ultimatum to the gangs after a savage massacre in a local tavern.
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Directed by Jeff BlecknerGuest stars Daniel Zacapa, Dennis Dugan, Dan Gilvezan, Trinidad Silva, Leonard Lightfoot, Jesse D. Goins, Tony Perez
The Captain meets LaRue and Washington when he returns from a purse snatching; Renko (who has lost his service revolver) and Hill are rear-ended by a wedding party; Bates gets mad at Coffey when he stands her up for a breakfast date; Lou threatens again to remove his vending machines from the precinct house; Daniels tells Furillo to initiate a scam saloon in the South Ferry Precinct as a preemptive move against the corruption-seeking Sullivan Commission.
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Directed by Randa HainesWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Michael I. WagnerGuest stars Nancy Lenehan, Dennis Dugan, James O'Sullivan, David Carlile
Hunter uses pedigreed hounds to track wild city dogs; the scam saloon begins producing results, despite Captain Freedom's help; Fay fixates on cemetery plots; Frank becomes incresingly disgusted with his lawyer and Chief Daniels over the actions of the Sullivan Commission; and a suspicious Calletano learns the truth about a gorgeous new khaki officer.
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Directed by Georg Stanford BrownWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco, Michael I. WagnerGuest stars John Karlen, Dennis Dugan, Arnold Johnson, Robin Gammell
Bates plays in the interdepartmental poker finals; Fuchs refuses to help out one of his own men caught forging prescriptions; Henry goes undercover on a smash-and-grab purse snatching detail; Delgado admits he's afraid of testifying before the commission; Joyce chides Furillo for being naive about his supposed innocence protecting him against the commission; the scam saloon closes down after a gun battle; and a furious Furillo testifies before the commission and offers his resignation to Chief Daniels.
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Directed by Gregory HoblitWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco, Michael I. WagnerGuest stars John Karlen, Dennis Dugan, Scott Paulin, Troy Evans, James O'Sullivan, Howard George
Joyce's fellow PD Pam Gilliam is gunned down; Hill's position as VP for the Black Officers' Coalition puts a strain on both him and Renko; Goldblume tries to deal with an abusive landlord; Fay threatens to bring WAD to the Hill; LaRue and Washington trade up from a cocaine dealer to a PCP lab.
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Directed by Thomas CarterWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco, Michael I. WagnerGuest stars Eric Laneuville, Ricco Ross, Al Ruscio, Dan Gilvezan, Jeffrey Tambor, Kene Holliday, Jonathan Frakes, Edward James Olmos
Grace asks Esterhaus for help with a barking dog; LaRue suffers a crisis of confidence about the PCP lab bust and starts drinking; Renko's family problems hurt his performance at work; Hill antagonizes everyone in his efforts to recruit for the BOC; Goldblume resorts to force to deal with landlord Sosa; and Furillo tries in vain to hold onto Walter Harmon for the death of Pam Gilliam.
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Written by Anthony Yerkovich, Michael I. WagnerGuest stars George Wyner, Nancy Lenehan, Al Ruscio, Morgan Woodward, Hamilton Camp, Leonard Lightfoot, Alley Mills, Kene Holliday
Hill has enough of the BOC pressures; Goldblume finds a witness in the Gilliam case who seems too good to be true; Furillo demotes LaRue to the police motor pool; and Joyce grows bitter when Walter Harmon is released and kills again.
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Written by Anthony Yerkovich, Michael I. WagnerGuest stars Robert Hirschfeld, Ricco Ross, Jed Mills, John Brandon, Kene Holliday, John Witherspoon, Hugo Stanger, George Wyner
Goldblume is bitter over losing a promotion; Joyce walks out of court while defending a repeat offender; Renko learns his father is dying; a stakeout to find a con team shaking down johns proves dangerous; and Esterhaus' prize car is taken by a team of car thieves.
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Directed by Thomas CarterWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven Bochco, Michael I. WagnerGuest stars Robert Hirschfeld, Michael Carmine, Rosanna Huffman, Meg Tilly, Talia Balsam, Allan Rich, Jon Cypher, Morgan Woodward
Belker and Washington go undercover at a porno theater; Hill and Renko answer a domestic call concerning a suicidal man holding his wife and child hostage; a pickup basketball game between the cops and the gangs calls for full-scale negotiations.
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Directed by David AnspaughWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven BochcoGuest stars Hope Clarke, Wolfe Perry, Morgan Woodward, Trinidad Silva, Felton Perry, Alley Mills, David Caruso
Belker tries to renew his expired driver's license; Renko tries to take his father home from the hospital; LaRue rehabilitates himself with Furillo; and everyone follows the trail of the gun used to kill two officers during a burglary.
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Directed by Thomas CarterWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven BochcoGuest stars Tracey Walter, Michael Carmine, Lupe Ontiveros, Morgan Woodward, Arnold Johnson, Alley Mills, Lee Weaver, George Murdock
Renko's father takes a final trip around the city; Belker goes undercover to find out who has been knifing winos; and Joyce finds her faith restored as she defends a nice young man accused of rape whose alibi is reluctant to testify.
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Directed by Gregory HoblitWritten by Anthony Yerkovich, Steven BochcoGuest stars Robert Hirschfeld, Thomas Carter, Morgan Woodward, Arnold F. Turner, Alley Mills, Terry Wills, Gail Strickland, Michael C. Gwynne
