Season 7 • Episode 22
LatestSid and Furillo work to find out who is setting up Buntz while Daniels publicly vilifies him; LaRue decides to beat a TV crew doing a live broadcast from a gangster's cellar to the punch; Bates agrees to go out with Sal the plumber; rumors are flying about what will happen to the station house after a three-alarm fire guts it.
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
Writing
Steven Bochco's overlapping dialogue revolutionized how TV characters actually talk.
Acting
Daniel J. Travanti's Furillo — exhausted integrity personified.
Direction
Handheld documentary style that made cops feel human, not heroes.
Creator
Steven Bochco
Daniel J. Travanti
Frank Furillo
Michael Warren
Robert Hill
Bruce Weitz
Mick Belker
Robert Prosky
Stan Jablonski
James B. Sikking
Howard Hunter
Joe Spano
Henry Goldblume
Taurean Blacque
Neal Washington
Kiel Martin
J.D. LaRue
Betty Thomas
Lucille Bates
Dennis Franz
Norman Buntz
Charles Haid
Andy Renko
Veronica Hamel
Joyce Davenport
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hill Street invented the serialized drama format that dominates streaming today — every episode ends with unresolved chaos, not closure.
The iconic roll call scene was shot in a real Chicago police station because NBC wouldn't build a set that gritty. The actors' exhaustion in those early morning scenes? Often real.
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