Bates gets to know an art teacher; Coffey, Renko, LaRue and Washington bet on who can drive to work the fastest; Renko has to bust his favorite singer for cocaine possession; Goldblume is taken hostage by a militant on the edge of sanity bombarding his neighbors with a high decibel barrage of words.
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Directed by Ben BoltWritten by David Milch, Walon GreenGuest stars Lawrence Tierney, Yaphet Kotto, Billy Green Bush, Anne Ramsay, Vernon Washington, Eric Pierpoint, Dan Lauria, Andre Rosey Brown
Belker goes undercover as a cabbie in a very volatile cab territory war; Hill and Renko try to cool down the resentment between a Korean grocer and his black neighbors; Mayor Cleveland's son is busted for drug possession; and Garibaldi is offered a deal to clear his mounting gambling debts.
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Directed by Rick WallaceWritten by David MilchGuest stars Ken Olin, Rosalind Cash, Stan Shaw, Stuart Margolin, Lee Garlington, Hilly Hicks, Dean Scofield, John Lafayette
A runner trying to raise money for cancer research is victimized; Daniels asks Furillo to head up an internal investigation of corruption arising out of Keenan's death; Garibaldi's death shakes the station house; Lee Cleveland comes to the end of his rope; and Howard gets a shock from his latest love.
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Directed by John PattersonWritten by David MilchGuest stars Stuart Margolin, Lee Garlington, Gary Armagnac, Hilly Hicks, Gregory Itzin, Rodney Saulsberry, Lisa Sutton, George Wyner
Belker takes an unexpected bus ride to Springfield; Sid turns Louis Russ over to Buntz, which begins the unravelling of Keenan and Garibaldi's deaths; Jablonski tries to deal with an incompetent khaki officer; and Hunter makes a canine investment.
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Directed by Alexander SingerWritten by David Milch, Walon GreenGuest stars Stan Shaw, Soon-Tek Oh, Marji Martin, Marc Alaimo, John Hostetter, Del Zamora, Joan Sweeny
Furillo's corruption commission delivers its findings and antagonizes Daniels, who is willing to sacrifice a night shift cop involved in an off duty shooting that has incited public opinion; Alan Branford returns as Rambo; and Buntz explores his duties as personnel officer.
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Directed by Stan LathanWritten by Dick Wolf, Walon GreenGuest stars Tyra Ferrell, Martin Ferrero, Marc Alaimo, Larry D. Mann, Dianne Turley Travis, Joe Unger, Joan Sweeny, Todd Hallowell
Buntz catches a mugger only to lose him when the victim won't press charges; a sculptor refuses to let anyone remove his obscene work of art; Lynnetta pushes Neal about commitment to her and her son with tragic results; Belker goes undercover to learn why so many vagrants have fallen from high buildings recently.
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Directed by John D. HancockWritten by Robert WardGuest stars Arnold Johnson, Buck Young, Felton Perry, Alex McArthur, Shirley Jo Finney
Sgt. Jablonski risks his own money to catch a pair of confidence men; Sgt. Belker acts as a courier for a pair of devious Hasidic jewelry merchants; and Captain Calletano reacts badly when Buntz accuses a lazy Polk Avenue officer of dumping vagrants in Hill Street precinct.
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Directed by Ben BoltGuest stars Alex Henteloff, Michael Richards, Matthew Faison, Sid Haig, Michael Lerner, Peter Jurasik, Lisa Sutton, Shirley Jo Finney
Belker's undercover at a bookie joint gets him involved in a protest against Nazis parading through the precinct; Furillo angers the chief and many others with his hard line pursuit of a senile drug king on trial for a relatively minor sale; Hill's father drifts into town claiming to be dying; and Jablonski tries to mediate between a priest and a scrap metal dealer.
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Directed by Stan LathanWritten by Walon GreenGuest stars David Froman, Ray Reinhardt, James McEachin, Peter Jurasik, Andy Romano, Robert Pastorelli, Larry Gelman, Peter MacLean
Belker goes to the dogs working undercover at the pound; Furillo chases down the reason he's been denied mortgage insurance; LaRue and Washington bust a former baseball star for drunken driving; and Buntz is held hostage by a vicious parolee.
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Directed by John PattersonWritten by Dick WolfGuest stars James Whitmore Jr., Steve Eastin, Ernie Sabella, Del Zamora, Will Nye
Coffey tries to mediate between an irate landlord and a tenant who insists an image on his water stained wall is that of the Virgin Mary; the Furillos tries to renew a family relationship with his parents; Buntz uses ""Officer Giblet"" to make a drug bust; and the guys compete in a benefit tug of war competition.
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Directed by John D. HancockWritten by Robert Ward, David Milch, Walon GreenGuest stars Richard Bull, Val Bisoglio, Trinidad Silva, Michael Durrell, Eric Pierpoint
Hill, Renko and Buntz look like heroes when they retrieve a stolen heart needed for a transplant; rookie officer Ron Garfield finds himself in trouble again when a second gun shows up at an officer involved shooting; and Belker misses his wedding ceremony when his undercover as a cocaine cooker heats up.
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Directed by Gabrielle BeaumontWritten by Dick WolfGuest stars Valentin de Vargas, Louis Giambalvo, Lisa Sutton, Jeffrey Tambor, Sandy Ward, Victor Mohica, Arthur Taxier
IAD Shipman continues investigating the Garfield shooting; Hill gets a nasty surprise when he and Renko draw duty delivering corpses to the morgue; Belker is kidnapped on the eve of his second scheduled wedding.
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Directed by Stan LathanWritten by Dick Wolf, Walon GreenGuest stars Valentin de Vargas, John Lehne, Eric Pierpoint, Lisa Sutton, Sandy Ward, Victor Mohica, Arthur Taxier, Pat Corley
Hunter hallucinates he's aboard a Russian submarine; Belker finally gets married; Renko busts his favorite country singer again; Furillo meets with a political power broker about the Chief's job; Hill takes his daddy home to St. Louis for his burial; Buntz' old partner comes asking for help with a loan shark; and LaRue and Washington use a lady tattoo artist to help them find a killer.
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Directed by Scott BrazilWritten by David Milch, Dick WolfGuest stars Carl Franklin, Beah Richards, Billy Green Bush, Granville Van Dusen, Raymond O'Keefe, Grace Zabriskie
LaRue and Washington continue to stake out the tattoo parlor for a killer; Bates has a tough decision to make about Fabian; Jablonski tries to enforce a city ban on smoking in the station house; Hill meets someone special at his father's funeral; Chief Daniels surprises Furillo by offering to endorse him as his successor; Buntz cuts some corners to get a dealer selling killer synthetic heroin off the streets.
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Directed by Christian I. Nyby IIWritten by David Milch, Dick WolfGuest stars Beah Richards, Billy Drago, Byron Stewart, Grace Zabriskie, Fay Hauser, Patricia Huston
Belker goes undercover to expose a corrupt parole officer; Goldblume clashes with Furillo over the demolition of some low-rent housing in his new neighborhood; Bates makes a deal with Vivian DeWitt; Jablonski tries to cope with a crew making a music video in the station house.
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Directed by Gabrielle BeaumontWritten by John Mankiewicz, Russ WoodyGuest stars Hal Williams, Joseph Mascolo, Richard Bright, Mark Withers, Liz Sheridan
Joyce reflects on her past relationship with Furillo as she waits for him to come out of surgery after he's shot on the courthouse steps just prior to testifying against a recaptured gangster. Meanwhile, Belker is sent undercover at a meat packing plant while Buntz searches for the gunman.
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Directed by Ben BoltWritten by Walon GreenGuest stars Stanley Brock, Marc Alaimo, Kenneth Tigar, Al Israel
Coffey persuades Bates to file guardianship papers for Fabian; Furillo considers returning to work as Daniels asks him for help getting the consultancy job he wants; Buntz appears on a TV small claims court; an impatient old woman messes up Belker's undercover at a pawn shop; and Hill, Renko, LaRue, Washington and Goldblume stumble on a courier for an international arms purchaser and deal themselves into his action.
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Directed by Christian I. Nyby IIWritten by David MilchGuest stars Renee Props, Peter Jurasik, Jon Cypher, Frances Bay, Madison Arnold, Tom Bower, Stanley Grover
Bates agonizes over identifying Coffey's killer; Hunter uncovers an unexpected thief in the station; a prostitute sells out Jesus and Attorney Brown in a bribery scandal; and Belker's harassed by an overzealous security guard.
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Directed by Georg Stanford BrownWritten by Robert Ward, Robert Schlitt, Dick WolfGuest stars Ta-Tanisha, Trinidad Silva, Don Gazzaniga
Jesus, scared of being pinned with Attorney Brown's murder, agrees to go undercover against a crooked judge; Hunter loses Prunella to a large Samoan; Belker poses as a loan shark in a roach coach; and Buntz' former partner asks another favor.
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Directed by Gabrielle BeaumontWritten by David Milch, Dick Wolf, Walon GreenGuest stars Lindsay Crouse, Trinidad Silva, Manu Tupou, Michael Delano, James A. Watson, Jr, Nora Heflin, Jack O'Leary, Joan Sweeny
A prostitute anxious to shield her pimp lodges a complaint of sexual harassment against officer Kate McBride; Goldblume takes his frustrations out on a rookie who lost a jumper; Ballantine freaks out again; and Buntz confronts Donahue about the murder of Dellaberti.
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Directed by John PattersonWritten by David Milch, Walon GreenGuest stars Lindsay Crouse, Richard Romanus, Brian McNamara, Ren Woods, Granville Van Dusen, Laurence Fishburne, Nora Heflin, Chris Noth
Wachtel sentences a slumlord to time in one of his dilapidated units; Furillo is warned that Cleveland stands to benefit from an investigation into Donahue's death; and Mary finally gives up the evidence needed by Buntz.
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Directed by Michael SwitzerWritten by Robert Ward, Walon GreenGuest stars Lindsay Crouse, Lawrence Tierney, Richard Romanus, Tony Frank, Granville Van Dusen, Nora Heflin, Chris Noth, Peggy Doyle
The Hill reaches a crisis point of outraged citizenry and stampeding press coverage when Hill and Renko rescue an escaped mass murderer captured by a vigilante mob, and Belker can't stop being a cop even as he coaches Robin through labor.
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Directed by Scott BrazilWritten by Robert SchlittGuest stars Brian McNamara, Elizabeth Peña, Arnold Johnson, Ray Girardin, Jordan Charney, Chris Noth, Earl Boen, Jenny Gago
