Hill Street Blues

A multiple slaying in a gay bar has the homosexual community clamoring to Furillo for more protection.

In the absence of former Cheiftain Jesus Martinez (now incarcerated), a power vacuum develops in the ranks of Los Diablos.

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.

The Hill Street force sees the dark side of the normally controlled hill.

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.

Relying on a useful tip, the Hill Street Blues finally name Nicky Casner, a notorious bandit whose courteous modus operandi earns him their gruding admiration and the name "Emily Post Bandit."

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.

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.

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.

Three touring Russian journalists -- two men and a woman -- are very curious to observe the law-and-order procedures as practiced on the Hill.

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.

A maniacal cop killer continues to reap more victims as paranoia slowly creeps in among the shaken Blues.

Furillo does some house cleaning when he orders the arrest of fellow cops for running a ring of corruption.

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.

The two teenage Diablos that Furillo recently set free -- in exchange for information from their leader, Jesus Martinez -- rob and slay an old man.

Hill Street station's zoo-like conditions are even more chaotic when extra prisoners are temporarily transferred to the precinct.

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.

A horrendous day has Capt. Furillo slowly caving in to pressure when the Mayor relieves him of his command.

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.

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.

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.

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.