Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV Series · TV-14 · 49 min · ★ 7.6
A busy urban police station faces constant pressure as officers and detectives juggle crime, bureaucracy, and their own messy personal lives. The series blends tense cases with ongoing workplace dynamics, showing how hard it is to keep order when the precinct itself feels close to the edge.
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Details
- Years
- 1981–1987
- Release date
- 1981-01-15
- Network
- NBC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 49 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (123 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a grounded, ensemble police drama with ongoing personal storylines and a mix of tension and dark humor, similar to NYPD Blue or Homicide: Life on the Street; Not for you if you prefer clean-cut heroes and simple cases.
Pros: gritty, realistic tone; strong ensemble drama; mix of action, humor | Cons: bleak, cynical view; soap-opera tangents; some characters irritating
Themes
- police
- cops
Cast & crew
Daniel J. Travanti
as Frank Furillo
Michael Warren
as Robert Hill
Dwight Schultz
Bruce Weitz
as Mick Belker
- MC
Michael Conrad
as Phil Esterhaus
Robert Prosky
as Stan Jablonski
James B. Sikking
as Howard Hunter
Joe Spano
as Henry Goldblume
Taurean Blacque
as Neal Washington
Kiel Martin
as J.D. LaRue
Directed by Jack Starrett, Thomas Carter, Randa Haines +25 more
Created by Steven Bochco
Episodes7 seasons · 146 episodes
Season 117 episodes
- S1E1Hill Street Station49m
- S1E2Presidential Fever50m
- S1E3Politics as Usual50m
- S1E4Can World War III Be an Attitude?49m
- S1E5Double Jeopardy49m
- S1E6Film at Eleven49m
- S1E7Choice Cut50m
- S1E8Up in Arms49m
- S1E9Your Kind, My Kind, Humankind50m
- S1E10Gatorbait49m
- S1E11Life, Death, Eternity49m
- S1E12I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin49m
- S1E13Fecund Hand Rose49m
- S1E14Rites of Spring (1)48m
- S1E15Rites of Spring (2)49m
- S1E16Jungle Madness (1)48m
- S1E17Jungle Madness (2)48m
Season 218 episodes
- S2E1Hearts and Minds49m
- S2E2Blood Money48m
- S2E3The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue48m
- S2E4The Second Oldest Profession48m
- S2E5Fruits of the Poisonous Tree49m
- S2E6Cranky Streets49m
- S2E7Chipped Beef48m
- S2E8The World According to Freedom48m
- S2E9Pestolozzi's Revenge48m
- S2E10The Spy Who Came in from Delgado48m
- S2E11Freedom's Last Stand48m
- S2E12Of Mouse and Man49m
- S2E13Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement48m
- S2E14The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded48m
- S2E15Some Like It Hot-Wired47m
- S2E16Personal Foul48m
- S2E17The Shooter48m
- S2E18Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers48m
Season 322 episodes
- S3E1Trial by Fury
- S3E2Domestic Beef
- S3E3Heat Rash
- S3E4Rain of Terror
- S3E5Officer of the Year
- S3E6Stan the Man
- S3E7Little Boil Blue
- S3E8Requiem for a Hairbag
- S3E9A Hair of the Dog
- S3E10Phantom of the Hill
- S3E11No Body's Perfect
- S3E12Santaclaustraphobia
- S3E13Gung Ho
- S3E14Moon Over Uranus
- S3E15Moon Over Uranus: the Sequel
- S3E16Moon Over Uranus: the Final Legacy
- S3E17The Belles of St. Marys
- S3E18Life in the Minors
- S3E19Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back
- S3E20Spotlight on Rico
- S3E21Buddy, Can You Spare a Heart?
- S3E22A Hill of Beans
Season 422 episodes
- S4E1Here's Adventure, Here's Romance
- S4E2Ba-bing, Ba-bing
- S4E3The Long Law of the Arm
- S4E4Death by Kiki
- S4E5Doris in Wonderland
- S4E6Praise Dilaudid
- S4E7Goodbye, Mr. Scripps
- S4E8Midway to What?
- S4E9Honk if You're a Goose
- S4E10The Russians Are Coming
- S4E11Ratman and Bobbin
- S4E12Nichols from Heaven
- S4E13Fuchs Me? Fuchs You!
- S4E14Grace Under Pressure
- S4E15The Other Side of Oneness
- S4E16Parting is Such Sweep Sorrow
- S4E17The End of Logan's Run
- S4E18The Count of Monty Tasco
- S4E19Nutcracker Suite
- S4E20Hair Apparent
- S4E21Lucky Ducks
- S4E22Eva's Brawn
Season 523 episodes
- S5E1Mayo, Hold the Pickle
- S5E2Watt a Way to Go
- S5E3Rookie Nookie
- S5E4Fowl Play
- S5E5Bangladesh Slowly
- S5E6Ewe and Me, Babe
- S5E7Blues for Mr. Green
- S5E8Fuched Again
- S5E9Low Blow
- S5E10The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall
- S5E11Last Chance Salon
- S5E12Intestinal Fortitude
- S5E13Of Human Garbage
- S5E14Dr. Hoof and Mouth
- S5E15Davenport in a Storm
- S5E16Washington Deceased
- S5E17Passage to Libya
- S5E18El Capitan
- S5E19The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr.
- S5E20G.Q.
- S5E21Queen for a Day
- S5E22You're in Alice's
- S5E23Grin and Bear It
Season 622 episodes
- S6E1Blues in the Night
- S6E2Hacked to Pieces
- S6E3Seoul on Ice
- S6E4In the Belly of the Bus
- S6E5Somewhere Over the Rambo
- S6E6Oh, You Kid
- S6E7An Oy for an Oy
- S6E8Fathers and Huns
- S6E9What Are Friends For?
- S6E10The Virgin and the Turkey
- S6E11Two Easy Pieces
- S6E12Say It as It Plays
- S6E13Das Blues
- S6E14Scales of Justice
- S6E15I Want My Hill Street Blues
- S6E16Remembrance of Hits Past
- S6E17Larry of Arabia
- S6E18Iced Coffey
- S6E19Jagga the Hunk
- S6E20Look Homeward, Ninja
- S6E21Slum Enchanted Evening
- S6E22Come and Get It
Season 722 episodes
- S7E1Suitcase
- S7E2A Case of Klapp
- S7E3The Best Defense
- S7E4Bald Ambition
- S7E5I Come on My Knees
- S7E6Say Uncle
- S7E7Amazing Grace
- S7E8Falling from Grace
- S7E9Fathers and Guns
- S7E10More Skinned Against than Skinning
- S7E11She's So Fein
- S7E12A Wasted Weekend
- S7E13City of Refuse
- S7E14Der Roachenkavalier
- S7E15Norman Conquest
- S7E16Sorry, Wrong Number
- S7E17The Cookie Crumbles
- S7E18Dogsbreath Afternoon
- S7E19Days of Swine and Roses
- S7E20The Runner Falls on His Kisser
- S7E21A Pound of Flesh
- S7E22It Ain't Over Till It's Over