The precinct is taken over by a music video shoot that Renko (Charles Haid) wants to be part of, and Hunter’s (James Sikking) dog gets abducted for, thanks to LaRue (Kiel Martin).

Written by John Mankiewicz and Russ Woody from a story by Mankiewicz, I Want My Hill Street Blues first aired on 6 February, 1986.

Lucy (Betty Thomas) attempts to deal with Fabian’s (Zero Hubbard) mom in her attempt to gain guardianship of the young boy. Joe (Ed Marinaro) advises some caution in getting the mother to sign off on the contract because he doesn’t think she’ll honour the agreement once the money runs out. But Fabian and Lucy are intent on looking after one another, and it makes them both happy.

Belker (Bruce Weitz) goes undercover in an auto shop to flush out a parole officer (Hal Williams) is using it as a cover for a car theft ring he runs. Belker has to infiltrate the garage before he is able to confront the officer.

Goldblume (Joe Spano) is working a neighborhood dispute with a contractor (Melvin Jardino), which involves a suicide and a bunch of bribery, a tact that finds its way to Furillo’s (Daniel J. Travanti) office, and allows Goldblume and Furillo to bust him.

It’s a little meta with all the talk of actors pretending to be police officers, and there are some nice moments throughout, especially centring around the video shoot and those that get cast, those that don’t and the reasoning for both.

Remembrance of Hits Past starts with a literal bang! Furillo is shot on the courthouse steps and is raced to the hospital while Joyce (Veronica Hamel) and the rest of the precinct wait to hear about his condition. But that’s just the beginning of the trouble coming Furillo’s way, the assassin is in the hospital, dressed as a cop, and intent on finishing the job.

Written by Walon Green from a story by Jeffrey Lewis, David Milch and Green, this episode debuted on 13 February, 1986.

The whole shooting puts a damper on a talent show that was planned, and that Jablonski (Robert Prosky) was canvassing his precinct for help.

Buntz (Dennis Franz) is at the hospital checking on Furillo and offers Joyce some comforting words. And it ends up being a very good thing that he’s on-site, because he figures out what’s going on, and begins a hunt for the assassin through the rooms, corridors and stairwells of the hospital, and it comes to a violent conclusion there.

We get a number of flashbacks that show how Furillo and Joyce’s affair began, and how it grew to the marriage they now share. That being said, I’m not sure about Joyce’s choice in glasses as seen in the flashbacks.

This was the first major episode in the series to use flashbacks, and it ends up being a very solid story filled with some great character moments that illustrate the relationship between the two characters.

Frank is going to be ok. But he’s going to need to recover, but he’s got Joyce by his side through it all.