Here's Adventure, Here's Romance
Season 4, Episode 1 Unrated
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A multiple slaying in a gay bar has the homosexual community clamoring to furillo for more protection. And an off-Duty cop who was an eye witness is afraid to identify the psychopath responsible since it will expose his private life. With six slain victims, furillo casts about for any shred of evidence. Meanwhile, bates and coffey try to lasso a caballero who thinks he's duncan renaldo before the galloping hotspur harms someone on his stolen pinto, diablo. However, when a power blackout brings traffic to a halt and the two officers are surrounded by a crowd of hostile looters, cisco rides to their rescue. Fay searches for a surrogate father for her unborn child; A testy calletano waits to pass a kidney stone and doesn't take kindly to cisco's insistence that calletano is his long-Lost acting partner, leo carillo; And the power outage has hill and renko soothing frayed tempers and relieving a drunk of his voluntary traffic-Direction duties.
Ba-Bing, Ba-Bing
Season 4, Episode 2 Unrated
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In the absence of former cheiftain jesus martinez (Now incarcerated), a power vacuum develops in the ranks of los diablos. Into the breach steps goldblume, who's anxious to intervene on behalf of a more favorable gang leader and thereby end the deadly civil war -- Until he's outmaneuvered by an unlikely source. Also concerned about the infighting is chief daniels. The arch politico's campaign for mayor may be jeopardized if he can't provide for the security of his publicity-Seeking opponent who has decided to move into the hellish dante projects -- Located right in the middle of the disputed turf. Meanwhile, it's business as usual for belker, who reels in a notorious waterfront armbreaker, only to incur the wrath of the pompous deputy chief, who demands the detective's badge. In other tales of the city: Hill is stupefied when his lottery ticket pays off in 100,000 smackeroos and he soon becomes the most popular buddy in the precinct; Coffey and bates hose down the ba-Bing sisters, a pair of slippery mud wrestlers suspected of filching a patron's wallet; And a beaming esterhaus is the proud godfather-To-Be of fay's expected child as he continues to assemble a "Progressive ensemble" of clothes.
The Long Law of the Arm
Season 4, Episode 3 Unrated
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Sweltering temperatures intensify the already sticky situation facing the blues when hector, a diablo member who was promised the leadership of the gang by goldblume (And inadvertently betrayed), seizes fisk, a prime mayoral candidate, as a hostage. Hector means business unless the cops can produce jesus martinez, the former chieftain who was reinstated after furillo arranged his early release from prison. Hill arranges a benefit for a cash-Poor cop at the infamous club como and begins a self-Destructive course of gambling and giving away his $100,000 lottery windfall. Other items of interest: Davenport sympathizes with a panicky nigerian college student who fears he may be deported for defending himself; Washington and larue gingerly lend more than a hand to an injured man; The buxom ba-Bing sisters show their appreciation to the male cops; And goldblume and a pregnant fay try to re-Define their relationship.
Death By Kiki
Season 4, Episode 4 Unrated
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The hill street force sees the dark side of the normally controlled hill. Captain furillo notices hill's downward path as he and a dogged renko try to offer help before the street cop is canned for good. After a hostage siege in which daniels' principal opponent is taken prisoner and rescued, the chief sees his own lead in the polls evaporate overnight. However, the top cop could take solace in the old proverb, "Whenever god closes one door, he leaves another open..." davenport is almost at wit's end as she tries to represent kiki, a bewildered and fearful nigerian student, who insists on proving his self-Defense in an assault case by conducting his own clumsy investigation. In other tales of the city: Fay finally delivers a bouncing baby girl via natural childbirth, assisted by her new intimate friend, goldblume, and makes esterhaus a happy godfather; A rabid belker chafes under the confines of an internal affairs investigation as he yearns to leave his desk assignment and be unleashed on the street; A jealous coffey resents bates' higher placement on the sergeant's exam, and furillo deftly maneuvers while hoping to get the petty deputy chief off his precinct's collective back.
Doris in Wonderland
Season 4, Episode 5 Unrated
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Furillo is caught in the middle when chief daniels tries to put the squeeze on a new rival mayoral candidate, a black commander in another precinct. Meanwhile, a distraught officer perez accidentally kills a child when he mistakes his toy pistol in the dark for a real weapon during a search for prowlers. His abject dispair runs so deep that his fellow cops fear that, if left alone, he will harm himself. Heaping more grief on the dead boy's single mother is deputy chief mahoney, who malevolently seeks to divert public attention away from the police shooting by charging her with felony endangerment and welfare violations -- Much to everyone else's disgust. Calletano must come to grips with his conscience when daniels dangles a tantalizing captaincy before him; And an angel-Dusted suspect delivers a painful blow to bates' ribs, resulting in a trip to the hospital, where she is tended by an appreciative, handsome doctor.
Praise Dilaudid
Season 4, Episode 6 Unrated
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Relying on a useful tip, the hill street blues finally nam nicky casner, a notorious bandit whose courteous modus operandi earns him their gruding admiration and the name "Emily post bandit." although mindful of his primary challenger's recent rise in the polls, an unctuous daniels breezes through his television debate with ozzie cleveland until he must explain why his department pressed charges against the mother of a boy mistakenly slain by a cop. Bates is pleased when her partner, coffey, approves of her new boyfriend, a young doctor who tends to her broken ribs; And renko turns green with frenzy when he opens a cash-Filled, booby-Trapped attache case and receives a haphazard dye job.
Goodbye, Mr. Scripps
Season 4, Episode 7 Unrated
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Early trends indicate a bustling election day on the hill as a confident chief daniels dangles before captain furillo the prospect of making him the new chief. Meanwhile, scripps -- A seemingly harmless chap in a boater -- Draws police attention all day as he persists in buttonholing prospective voters in front of polling areas while spewing forth rambling political rhetoric. However, his earnestness only cloaks a more disturbing side of his view of the democratic process. The formerly sleazy attorney alan wachtel continues on his gender-Bender while representing the interests of a late porno parlor purveyor. Furillo has more personal problems as he tries to console the young, withdrawn son of perez, a cop who mistakenly killed a child armed with a toy pistol. His task is not made easier by the father who is hospitalized with serious physical and psychological wounds. On other beats, a vulnerable, samaritan-Like hunter gets his comeuppance when he does a good deed; And hill and renko have the unsettling task of delivering the trust fund money collected from their fellow blues to the mother of the boy who was slain by officer perez.
Midway to What
Season 4, Episode 8 Unrated
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Officers bates and coffey do their best to help a vengeful man whose brother was killed in a taxi operated by the seedy top hat cab company. Gaffney, a bitter man in a wheelchair, gives belker all he can handle when he exacts justice by brazenly spray-Painting non-Stickered cars parked in handicapped spaces, nimbly speeding away. A shamed hunter must confront some private demons stemming from a 15-Year-Old incident involving some cops on the take, and he becomes deeply depressed. In lighter news: The two-Fisted hill goes crusin' for a bruisin' when he is set to fight the pride of the police athletic league during the annual bouts, and despite renko's coaching, his buddies ponder how much they'll win if they bet against him; And fay and henry try to keep their increasingly passionate romance under wraps.
Honk if You're a Goose
Season 4, Episode 9 Unrated
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Detective belker tries to go undercover as a disabled person to snag an automatic bank teller thief, but his every move is dogged by a gritty wheelchair hotshot. Detectives larue and washington must avoid entrapment as they try to set up "Heads'll roll" cole, a tough judge they suspect of receiving payoffs that could involve widespread police corrpution. Hill, buoyed by his previous pugilistic encounter, enters the square circle again to take on vince "Butt ugly" stafford in the p.A.L. Finals. As renko helps him train, they are saddened by the pitiful sight of a punch-Drunk fighter and ex-Con who has lost too many marbles to stay in the game. Also, goldblume and fay make plans for a private weekend -- With her new baby -- At the shore; And an all-Points bulletin goes out for honky, a mean-Spirited guard goose that's loose and continues to terrorize local merchants as the cops struggle to reunite him with his vengeful master.
The Russians Are Coming
Season 4, Episode 10 Unrated
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Three touring russian journalists -- Two men and a woman -- Are very curious to observe the law-And-Order procedures as practiced on the hill. However, when the female comrade is unfaithful to him, tcherchenko decides to break up the cozy troika by defecting at the station and occupying a cell. Davenport does her job only too well when she prevails upon a judge's pre-Holiday good cheer to arrange the discharge of a mentally disturbed young man who seems bent on revenge for imagined slights against his mongrel dog. Belker, undercover as an ambulance attendant to lure out a gang of teenagers who have been stealing drugs from the vehicle, gets and gives a lesson in pedal-To-The-Metal motoring. In other tales of the precinct: A delighted larue, savoring the moment as his despised brother-In-Law rob is arrested for soliciting, seizes the chance to score a set of fine wheels from rob's auto-Lease fleet; Bates' progression to sergeant is dealt a temporary setback; And davenport's mother makes an early yuletide descent on the furillo household.
Ratman and Bobbin
Season 4, Episode 11 Unrated
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A quiet fear grips the police as one by one -- And sometimes by twos -- Cops are gunned down on the street with no apparent motive. Even so, furillo's attention is focused on the ongoing but tight-Lipped departmental probe into what seems to be a widespread network of cops on the take -- And no one is necessarily considered innocent. Furillo is confronted by a persistent goldblume concerning the captain's subtle resentment over the lieutenant's new romance with his ex-Wife, fay. Meanwhile, furillo and joyce (His current wife) go househunting, but she reveals a regrettable secret that may change their lives forever. In other action: An accordion-Playing, tuxedo-Clad exterminator is asked to rid the station of its increasingly restless rodent invaders; An unshaven belker becomes an unlikely bag lady as he tries to lure out a murderous back-Alley slasher; Hunter surprises himself and his colleagues when he volunteers to help a potential suicide victim; And renko is crushed when he entrusts his newly purchased motorcycle to his well-Intentioned but dim-Witted girlfriend.
Nichols from Heaven
Season 4, Episode 12 Unrated
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A maniacal cop killer continues to reap more victims as paranoia slowly creeps in among the shaken blues. A pensive goldblume, who fills in at roll call for sergeant esterhaus while he undergoes some hospital tests, instructs the troops to guard their backs while on patrol in the wake of the indiscriminate kililngs. Meanwhile, larue and washington coerce orsini -- A slimy associate of a trio of cops they suspect of heading the secret organization -- Into setting up a meeting with the renegade officers. Their mission is to get the hard-Nosed marino and his henchmen, fox and goldblum, recorded on tape for prosecution. Joyce tries to get a battered mother who fears for the safety of herself and her child to sign a complaint against her abusive husband; And a typically irate fay jousts with a drug-Addled pimp when his vehicle blocks her car.
Fuchs Me? Fuchs You!
Season 4, Episode 13 Unrated
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Furillo does some house cleaning when he orders the arrest of fellow cops for running a ring of corruption. He reveals a secret investigation into byzantine departmental corruption by hauling in marino and some other cops on the take. Other happenings: Two male cops draw guns over the love of a female officer who has fallen hard for the younger of the pair; Coffey becomes the latest target for the city's cop-Hating assassin when he tries to help an injured child; A pimp with a penchant for illegally parking his cruiser is busted on more substantial charges; Hunter looks death in the face and earns furillo's admiration for "Grace under pressure."
Grace Under Pressure
Season 4, Episode 14 Unrated
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Sergeant esterhaus dies suddenly in the arms of grace gardner and the entire station is grief stricken, with each officer trying to cope with the death by remembering good times. Furillo is named executor of esterhaus' death, and the sarge's legend grows as rumors abound about who will take his position. One likely candidate is lucy bates, who recently qualified on her sergeant's exam, but she is reluctant to accept furillo's offer to move up to roll-Call officer. Meanwhile, life goes on: Diablo gang warlord jesus martinez strikes a deal with furillo to release two young diablos in exchange for a tip on the next in a series of truck hijackings. Belker is dispatched to pose as the driver of a refrigerated rig, but his career as a trucker comes to a halt with chaotic results. Also in the post-Esterhaus era: A standoffish coffey is chastised by his emotional girlfriend for his lack of comfort after she is raped; A sobbing leo, the khaki booking officer, doesn't want any sympathy from those who think his tears are for the fallen sarge; Bates and other female cops slip undercover as hookers during a street sweep; And fay is arrested for soliciting by a neophyte cop.
The Other Side of Oneness
Season 4, Episode 15 Unrated
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The two teenage diablos that furillo recently set free -- In exchange for information from their leader, jesus martinez -- Rob and slay an old man. The captain is aghast and well aware of the approaching firestorm of controversy. Not only is he angry with himself, but also with martinez, with whom he struck a fruitless deal. Whitney barnes, a prostitute held on murder charges, intrigues goldblume when videotapes surface showing her in compromising clutches with government and business big shots. One with a special interest is chief daniels, who temporarily confiscates the tapes. Also: Bates finally takes furillo's offer of roll-Call sergeant, thereby sending partner coffey into a blue funk; Coffey tries to resume his romantic relationship with his recently raped girlfriend, sandy; A saffron-Robed religious fanatic is busted for forcing his beliefs on others; And a mousy bureaucrat from general accounting investigates the petty thefts of office supplies at the station, leveling his finger at one officer.
Parting Is Such Sweep Sorrow
Season 4, Episode 16 Unrated
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Hill street station's zoo-Like conditions are even more chaotic when extra prisoners are temporarily transferred to the precinct. A tense sergeant bates has a rocky start in her first roll call and finds that she must earn new respect among her fellow cops. The murder of a call girl -- Whose sexual escapades with prominent figures were videotaped -- Leads to another professional slaying, a hit made right in front of the stunned hill streeters. In other tales of the city: A weary furillo must find the best way to follow esterhaus' instructions to have his ashes scattered at the hill's epicenter; Coffey arrests a suspect wanted for kililng a 14-Year-Old prostitute who lived wtih other youths in the seedy hotel hell; And fay and a dispassionate goldblume drift apart.
The End of Logan's Run
Season 4, Episode 17 Unrated
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When joyce is assigned to defend william mullins for murder, she notices the effect that his threatening brother timothy has on the prosecution's witness. Later, after seeing timothy leave the scene of another slaying, she is so rattled that she proves worthless in a police lineup. Belker and others begin undercover surveillance of the stop 'n cop, a major drug emporium, to fulfill mayor cleveland's campaign promise -- Though a world-Weary furillo sounds off to a reporter to underscore the futility of the gesture. Elsewhere: Belker withdraws even further when an old but amiable adversary dies pathetically; After her promotion, bates feels unintentionally excluded by her former patrol mates; Goldblume and gay agree to remain friends; And the passionate former attorney wachtel returns in an elevated position of authority.
The Count of Monty Tasco
Season 4, Episode 18 Unrated
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A horrendous day has capt. Furillo slowly caving in to pressure when the mayor relieves him of his command. The mounting problems begin when furillo blows his chance to square things with an angry mayor cleveland by refusing to eat his words, spoken at a press conference, concerning drug enforcement. He is stunned when chief daniels is compelled to reassign him to a meaningless federal task force pending further notice. In addition, furillo's personal life is rocked when joyce's conscience motivates her to come forward as the sole witness in the slaying of a man who was to testify against one of the dangerous mullins brothers, and the other brother brazenly promises furillo that joyce will die. With all this and more, the shaken captain considers an old crutch he swore he'd never use again. In other activities: Davenport can't convince another witness to clear her client in a stabbing case; Renko is blue when a pregnant daryl ann asks him to marry her; An amiable census taker goes down for the count; Hunter stalks a new female prey -- Fay; And coffey and his new female partner, pilsky, break up a domestic spat when a disappointed husband folds up his wife in a murphy bed.
Nutcracker Suite
Season 4, Episode 19 Unrated
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The disgruntled blues try to sort things out in the wake of furillo's departure, while the harried captain is tempted to take his first drink in seven years. Meanwhile, calletano resorts to a daring strategy to restore furillo to the hill. Goldblume quietly improvises a team of detectives to dog william mullins, hoping to provoke the junkie who threatened to slay davenport into making one false step. Upset over his girlfriend daryl ann's pregnancy and the possibility of unheralded matrimony, renko makes an unlikely ally of gang leader jesus martinez, who presses charges against his pregnant girlfriend for "Shooting up my place of business." also, an edgy davenport tries to occupy her mind with the bizarre case of a man who struck out in anger when he suffered damage to a sensitive area.
Hair Apparent
Season 4, Episode 20 Unrated
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The mayor's handpicked head of the youth corps summer job program is marcus peabody, an ex-Member of the blood gang. His style and administration draw more than just resentment from the other gangs. One particular diablo swears to kill peabody, and even diablo kingpin jesus martinez cannot stop what follows. Washington's temporary pairing with garibaldi (An ambitious but inexperienced detective) gets sticky when the latter tries to help out a man whose car he struck in exchange for a dismissal of the accident claim. Joyce knocks the wind out of furillo when she disappears for a day and reluctantly asks for a few weeks to herself to sort things out after she has been threatened with murder. Also: In operation straight flush, belker is dealt an undercover assignment to gain the confidence of thugs who strong-Arm bar owners to install electronic gambling devices; And hunter, hoping to save the police equine unit, mounst a noble discourse on the history of the horse to the bored city council.
Lucky Ducks
Season 4, Episode 21 Unrated
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The biggest gang war in six years threatens to explode on the hill. Death is in the air when the rival diablo and blood gangs -- The latter headed by recent mayoral appointee marcus peabody -- Stage pitched battles and count their casualties. Their struggle affects belker's undercover gig as a loan shark when peabody pops in asking for $25,000 to finance the conflict. Renko and some of his hill street friends meet the cowboy's future in-Laws after a fracas with some disgruntled youths has left the prospective groom with a few extra vents in his tuxedo. Other happenings: The recently separated furillo and davenport meet to discuss her growing disaffection for both career and the man she loves; The nervous calletano takes aim at winning the big duck blind on the game show "Lucky ducks"; And hunter is shaken when apollo, his noble steed, is striken with a serious illness.
Eva's Brawn
Season 4, Episode 22 Unrated
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Renko thinks that open window in church looks mighty good just minutes before his wedding to daryl ann, especially after a day that's seen him and partner hill lose their patrol car with its expensive fitted computer. On the other hand, the cowboy's wedding bells afford furillo and joyce a chance to show off solidarity in the wake of their amicable separation just before she jets off to paris. Coffee feels lucky enough to place all of renko's wedding gift on the nose of a nag that will mean instant cash or crash. Three murderous loan sharks that belker buster commandeer a jail bus and demand belker in exchange for their prisoners. Other blues work feverishly to stall them until they can find out who hired the cons and what the rest of their plan entails. Other happenings on the hill: When diablo gang leader jesus martinez resigns, furillo tries to install him as a police / Gang liaison, with painful results for jesus; And goldblume's reluctant fling at video-Dating becomes an arresting experience when he encounters a teutonic terror.