Lucy (Betty Thomas) discovers the affair going on between Russo (Megan Gallagher) and Flaherty (Robert Clohessy) and that’s just the beginning of the melodrama this time out in The Cookie Crumbles. Written by Robert Ward, this episode debuted on 10 March, 1987. While Renko (Charles Haid) worries over the fact that his wife may be…
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Hill Street Blues (1986) – Slum Enchanted Evening, and Come and Get It
Slum Enchanted Evening, the penultimate episode of the sixth season of Hill Street Blues first aired 27 March, 1986 and was written by Walon Green and Robert Ward from a story by Jonathan Lemkin and Micheal Wagner. There’s a lot (A LOT) of melodrama but there’s also some nice character beats. Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti)…
Hill Street Blues (1986) – Jagga the Hunk, and Look Homeward, Ninja
Robin (Lisa Sutton) is due in a few weeks, and Belker (Bruce Weitz) is working undercover at a food truck in an effort to bust some loansharks working a construction site. Oh! And Lucy (Betty Thomas) gets a new partner in Kathryn McBride (Lindsay Crouse). Jagga the Hunk was written by David Milch, Walon Green,…
Hill Street Blues (1986) – Das Blues, and Scales of Justice
Belker (Bruce Weitz) and Robin (Lisa Sutton) finally tie the knot at city hall, and Howard (James Sikking) suffers a fall, and believes he’s a prisoner on a Russian ship, one that has been spotted in the harbor, when in actuality he’s in the basement of the precinct, and causing a number of problems in…
Hill Street Blues (1986) – Two Easy Pieces, and Say It as It Plays
Belker (Bruce Weitz) is working undercover and things go unexpectedly on the night he and Robin (Lisa Sutton) are supposed to get married. Two Easy Pieces was written by Jacob Epstein, Dick Wolf, and Robert Ward from a story by Jeffrey Lewis, Walon Green, and David Milch. It was first broadcast on 9 January, 1986….
Hill Street Blues (1985) – What Are Friends For?, and The Virgin and the Turkey
Norman Buntz (Dennis Franz) has a tough day on the hill, one that will shake him to his core, whether he admits it or not in What Are Friends For? With an original airdate of 5 December, 1985, this episode was written by Dick Wolf. Buntz and Rodriguez (Del Zamora) are running down a lead…
Hill Street Blues (1985) – An Oy for an Oy, and Fathers and Huns
Belker (Bruce Weitz) is worrying about Robin’s (Lisa Sutton) pregnancy, and where their relationship is going. He’s thinking about marriage. But he’s also having a problem with a pair of brothers (Michael Lerner and Alex Henteloff) who seem to be screwing one another over for some diamonds, and Belker is caught in the middle. An…
Hill Street Blues (1985) – Seoul on Ice, and In the Belly of the Bus
There’s a lot going on in Seoul on Ice. LaRue (Kiel Martin) and Washington (Taurean Blacque) are attempting to run down leads to solve the vicious attack on Garibaldi (Ken Olin) that landed him in critical condition in the hospital – can you say debts owing to loan sharks? And that’s just the tip of…
Hill Street Blues (1985) – Blues in the Night, and Hacked to Pieces
Season six of Hill Street Blues starts completely differently. In fact, viewers may think they are in the wrong place, Jablonski (Robert Prosky) isn’t running roll call, it’s Jenkins (Lawrence Tierney) and we don’t recognize anyone around the precinct, though someone is looking for Belker (Bruce Weitz). Where are we? We’re on the hill, but…
Hill Street Blues (1985) – El Capitan, and The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr.
Garibaldi (Ken Olin) is less than thrilled to discover that Gina (Jennifer Tilly) is now interested in Goldblume (Joe Spano) after he saved her life, Hunter’s (James Sikking) stolen RV (Belker (Bruce Weitz) has moved in with Robin(Lisa Sutton)) causes a problem when it’s used in a hostage situation, and with Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti)…
The Mind Reels 