2nd Season 1981

  1. _"Hearts and Minds"
    gs: Danny Glover [ Jesse John Hudson ], Teddi Siddall [ Susan Downey ], Sandy McPeak [ Mac Macallister ], Nathan Cook [ Virgil Brooks ], Barbara Babcock [ Grace Gardiner ], Trinidad Silva [ Jesus Martinez ]

    A prostitute accuses a detective of blackmailing her for sex; Goldblume searches for a missing child; a former gang leader returns to the Hill as crusading social reformer; Belker busts a purse snatching orangutan and keeps in touch with an undercover rookie planted inside a volatile street gang; and Furillo and Esterhaus question their current romantic involvements.

    b: 29 Oct 81 pc: 1401 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich d: Gregory Hoblit
  2. _"Blood Money"
    gs: John Dennis Johnston [ Freddy ], Danny Glover [ Jesse John Hudson ], Karen Austin [ Lonely Woman ], Sandy McPeak [ Mac MacAllister ], Nathan Cook [ Virgil Brooks ], Sandra McCabe [ unknown ], Barbara Babcock [ Grace Gardiner ]

    Goldblume meets a lonely woman while driving a cab undercover; LaRue and Washington use a desperate snitch to solve a prostitute murder; Virgil reports on Hudson's takeover of the Black Arrow gang; and Furillo and Joyce meet socially after splitting up.

    b: 5 Nov 81 pc: 1402 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich d: Gregory Hoblit
  3. _"The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue"
    gs: Danny Glover [ Jesse John Hudson ], Jose Flores [ Unknown ], Sandy McPeak [ Mac MacAllister ], Nathan Cook [ Virgil Brooks ], Reuven Bar-Yotam [ Mr. Popovich ]

    Hill and Renko handle a domestic call involving an old man threatening his neighbors with a shotgun; Hudson looks for the informer in his gang; and Joyce asks Furillo for advice about the Downey case.

    b: 12 Nov 81 pc: 1403 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Robert Crais s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich d: David Anspaugh
  4. _"The Second Oldest Profession"
    gs: Danny Glover [ Jesse John Hudson ], Sandy McPeak [ Mac MacAllister ], Rosanna Huffman [ Rachel Goldblume ], M.E. Loree [ Unknown ], Cindy Fisher [ Samantha MacBride ]

    Bates loses a junkie prostitute through an error in judgement; Hudson beats up his lawyer after his release on bail; Furillo and Joyce reconsider their separation; and Esterhaus ends his friendship with Mac.

    b: 19 Nov 81 pc: 1404 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony yerkovich and Robert Crais s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich d: Robert Butler
  5. _"Fruits of the Poisonous Tree"
    gs: Allan Rich [ Judge Maurice Schiller ], Mickey Morton [ Unknown ], Ralph Manza [ Unknown ], Essex Smith [ Unknown ], Barbara Babcock [ Grace Gardiner ], Jeffrey Tambor [ Alan Wachtel ]

    Night court interferes with Monday night football as LaRue and Washington are accused of entrapping a mugger, Bates and Coffey look for gang members responsible for the drive-by shooting of a child, and Fay announces that she's getting married again.

    b: 3 Dec 81 pc: 1409 w: Jeffrey Lewis d: Rod Holcomb
  6. _"Cranky Streets"
    gs: Livia Genise [ Officer Estella Sanchez ], Robert Sampson [ Hal Massey ], Stephen McHattie [ Officer Jerry Nash ], Eddie Zammit [ Unknown ], Tony Perez [ Perez ], Steven Apostle'Pec [ Guido Barbari ]

    Hill covers for an old friend with personal problems who uses excessive force on an arrest; Coffey arrests an old family friend during a visit to his old neighborhood; Fay introduces her fiance; and negotiations breakdown between the police union and the city.

    b: 10 Dec 81 pc: 1405 w: Robert Crais s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco d: Randa Haines
  7. _"Chipped Beef"
    gs: Stephen McHattie [ Off. Jerry Nash ], Robert Sampson [ Hal Massey ], Lynn Whitfield [ Jill Thomas ], Art Evans [ William Teacher ], Daphne Maxwell [ Unknown ], Dori Brenner [ Luana Belker ], Nick Savage [ Pickpocket ]

    Furillo pushes Hill about his support of Nash; Belker goes under to catch a gang preying on automatic bank tellers; Fay's engagement ends abruptly; and a good samaritan faces arrest on old out of town warrants.

    b: 17 Dec 81 pc: 1406 w: Jeffrey Lewis s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco d: Georg Stanford Brown
  8. _"The World According to Freedom"
    gs: Dennis Dugan [ Captain Freedom ], Victor Campos [ Unknown ], Trinidad Silva [ Jesus Martinez ], Andy Winner [ Unknown ], Richard Foronjy [ Unknown ], Julia Calderon [ Unknown ], Fritz Turner [ Unknown ]

    Belker meets an eccentric calling himself "Captain Freedom" while on a stakeout; LaRue gets more than he bargained for as a cell plant when he overhears an arson suspect taunting an accused child molester; and Furillo issues an ultimatum to the gangs after a savage massacre in a local tavern.

    b: 7 Jan 82 pc: 1407 w: Michael Wagner d: Jeff Bleckner
  9. _"Pestolozzi's Revenge"
    gs: Dennis Dugan [ Captain Freedom ], James O'Sullivan [ Donald Peck ], Charlie Robinson [ Roy ], Vincent Lucchesi [ Captain Jerry Fuchs ], Marcelino Sanchez [ Unknown ], Luke Andrews [ Unknown ], Bob Basso [ Unknown ]

    The Captain meets LaRue and Wshington when he returns for a purse snatching; Renko, who has lost his service revolver, and Hill are rearended by a wedding party; Bates gets mad at Joe when he stands her up for a breakfast date; Lou threatens to again to remove his vending machines from the precinct house; and Daniels tells Furillo to initiate a scam saloon in the South Ferry precinct as a preemptive move against the corruption seeking Sullivan commission.

    b: 14 Jan 82 pc: 1410 w: Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco d: Randa Haines
  10. _"The Spy Who Came in From Delgado"
    gs: Dennis Dugan [ Captain Freedom ], Robin Gammell [ Douglas Comstock ], John Karlen [ Inspector Pearson ], Janet Demay [ Emily Williams ], Wayne Heffly [ Unknown ], Jerome Thor [ Unknown ], Harry Moses [ Unknown ]

    Hunter uses pedigreed hounds to track wild city dogs; the scam saloon begins producing results, despite Captain Freedom's help; Fay fixates on cemetery plots; Frank becomes incresingly disgusted with his lawyer and Chief Daniels over the actions of the Sullivan Commission; and a suspicious Calletano learns the truth about a gorgeous new khaki officer.

    b: 21 Jan 82 pc: 1411 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco d: Georg Stanford Brown
  11. _"Freedom's Last Stand"
    gs: Dennis Dugan [ Captain Freedom ], James O'Sullivan [ Donald Peck ], Vincent Lucchesi [ Captain Jerry Fuchs ], Scott Paulin [ Unknown ], Jerome Thor [ Unknown ], Harry Moses [ Unknown ], Pamela Hayden [ Unknown ], Richard Marcus [ Unknown ], John Karlen [ Inspector Pearson ]

    Bates plays in the interdepartmental poker finals; Fuchs refuses to help out one of his own men caught forging prescriptions; Henry goes undercover on a smash-and-grab purse snatching detail; Delgado admits he's afraid of testifying before the commission; Joyce chides Furillo for being naive about his supposed innocence protecting him against the commission; the scam saloon closes down after a gun battle; and a furious Furillo testifies before the commission and offers his resignation to Chief Daniels.

    b: 28 Jan 82 pc: 1412 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Mchael Wagner s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco d: Gregory Hoblit
  12. _"Of Mouse and Man"
    gs: Edward James Olmos [ Joe Gustimonte ], J.A. Preston [ Ozzie Cleveland ], Kene Holliday [ Vernon Lee ], Al Ruscio [ Sosa ], Jonathan Frakes [ Eddie Sims ], Howard Witt [ Bragg ], Karen Ragland [ Unknown ]

    Joyce's fellow PD Pam Gilliam is gunned downed; Hill's position as VP for the Black Officer's Coalition puts a strain on both him and Renko; Goldblume tries to deal with an abusive landlord; Fay threatens to bring WAD yo the Hill; and LaRue and Washington trade up from a cocaine dealer to a PCP lab.

    b: 11 Feb 82 pc: 1413 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco d: Thomas Carter
  13. _"Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement"
    gs: Edward James Olmos [ Joe Gustimonte ], Barbara Babcock [ Grace Gardiner ], Alley Mills [ Tracy Renko ], Morgan Woodward [ John Renko ], Al Ruscio [ Sosa ], Kene Holliday [ Vernon Lee ], William Schilling [ Stan Grebe ], Hamilton Camp [ Buck Mullins ], Howard Witt [ Bragg ], Vincent Lucchesi [ Captain Jerry Fuchs ]

    Grace asks Esterhaus for help with a barking dog; LaRue suffers a crisis of confidence about the PCP lab bust and starts drinking; Renko's family problems hurt his performance at work; Hill antagonizes everyone in his efforts to recruit for the BOC; Goldblume resorts to force to deal with landlord Sosa; and Furillo tries in vain to hold onto Walter Harmon for the death of Pam Gilliam.

    b: 18 Feb 82 pc: 1408 w: Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner s: Thom Thomas, Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco d: Arnold Laven
  14. _"The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded"
    gs: Barbara Babcock [ Grace Gardiner ], Dennis Lipscomb [ Mr. Vosca ], J.A. Preston [ Ozzie Cleveland ], Kene Holliday [ Vernon Lee ], Eric Laneuville [ Wilber Harmon ], Howard Witt [ Tyler Bragg ], Ricco Ross [ Unknown ], Peter Iacangelo [ Unknown ], Barbara Brownell [ Unknown ], Richard Marsion [ Unknown ], John Brandon [ Unknown ]

    Hill has enough of the BOC pressures; Goldblume finds a witness in the Gilliam case who seems too good to be true; Furillo demotes LaRue to the police motor pool; and Joyce grows bitter when Walter Harmon is released and kills again.

    b: 25 Feb 82 pc: 1414 w: Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner s: Michael Wagner, Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco d: Lawrence Levy
  15. _"Some Like it Hot-Wired"
    gs: Talia Balsam [ Sally ], Meg Tilly [ Hooker ], Allan Rich [ Judge Maurice Schilling ], Morgan Woodward [ Mr. Renko ], Rosanna Huffman [ Rachel Goldblume ], Debi Richter [ Hooker ], John Ratzenberger [ Phony Cop ], Vincent Lucchesi [ Captain Jerry Fuchs ], Eric Server [ Unknown ]

    Goldblume is bitter over losing a promotion; Joyce walks out of court while defending a repeat offender; Renko learns his father is dying; a stakeout to find a con team shaking down johns proves dangerous; and Esterhaus' prize car is taken by a team of car thieves.

    b: 18 Mar 82 pc: 1415 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner s: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco d: Thomas Carter
  16. _"Personal Foul"
    gs: Hope Clarke [ Mrs. Reese ], Alley Mills [ Tracy ], Morgan Woodward [ Mr. Renko ], Felton Perry [ Carter Reese ], Trinidad Silva [ Jesus Martinez ], David Caruso [ Shamrock ], Bobby Ellerbee [ Blood ], Guillermo San Juan [ Gypsy Boy ], Troy Curvey [ Dudley Hicks ], David Haid [ Tommy Renko ]

    Belker and Washington go undercover at a porno theater; Hill and Renko answer a domestic call concerning a suicidal man holding his wife and child hostage; and a basketball game between the cops and the gangs calls for full scale negotiations.

    b: 25 Mar 82 pc: 1416 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner d: David Anspaugh
  17. _"Shooter"
    gs: Tracey Walter [ Sammy ], Alley Mills [ Tracy ], Morgan Woodward [ Mr. Renko ], Alan North [ Wallins ], Karen Kondazian [ Saleswoman ], Chip Fields [ Mrs. Halloran ], George Murdock [ Lt. Remington ], Robert Phalen [ Mr. Santos ], Nick Savage [ Pickpocket ]

    Belker tries to renew his expired driver's license; Renko tries to take his father home from the hospital; LaRue rehabilitates himself with Furillo; and everyone follows the trail of the gun used to kill two officers during a burglary.

    b: 6 May 82 pc: 1417 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner d: Thomas Carter
  18. _"Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers"
    gs: Thomas Carter [ Donald Lilly ], Gail Strickland [ Gail Kennedy ], Alley Mills [ Tracy ], Morgan Woodward [ Mr. Renko ], Michael C. Gwynne [ Unknown ], Richard Roat [ Unknown ]

    Renko's father takes a final trip around the city; Belker goes undercover to find out who has been knifing winos; and Joyce finds her faith restored as she defends a nice young man accused of rape whose alibi is reluctant to testify.

    b: 13 May 82 pc: 1418 w: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Wagner d: Gregory Hoblit

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