Story: Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Karen Hall
Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & John Romano

A woman manipulates an airline by murdering the family members of victims of a plane crash in order to get a larger payout for herself. Watson decides to take over the brownstone's basement as her workspace.

The Gung Ho Chinese takeaway supplies lunch to a busy Hill Street station, resulting in multiple upset stomachs. Two terrorists from the "Uhuru" movement are questioned in the station following the armed robbery of a security van, in which two guards were killed. Meanwhile the same group shoots dead Officer Dorsey while he is collecting coffee for himself, Tataglia, and Belker who are undercover in a games arcade. The group's headquarters is later discovered, and all those inside are killed in a shoot-out with the Hill Street officers.
Negotiations continue with the gangs over the Presidential visit. Hill and Renko split as partners. Corrupt detective Sergeant Ralph Macafee is introduced, and LaRue is challenged by a massive bribe. When LaRue attempts to return the bribe money back to Macafee, he is immediately busted by IAD agents. Faye is also busted for being at the wrong place at the wrong time, but Furillo gets her out of jail on the condition they talk about an alimony arrangement they can both live with.
Centered on a condemned building, in one storyline Goldblume contends with an elderly resident determined to jump from the roof, while in another storyline Hill and Renko deal with a family who will not leave without grandma . The grandmother predicts that God will deal with the situation, and promptly dies. Detective Mizell clashes with Washington and LaRue during a meeting with "Sid the Snitch" , and later also with Furillo. Out of control, he later smashes up LaRue's car and finally is found dead - causing suspicion to fall on LaRue. Hunter continues to get closer to Nurse Wulfawitz. Belker's father's condition deteriorates. Determined to fund a home nurse, he seeks a loan at his bank, which is firstly refused, but then granted after Belker deals with an armed robbery.
Story: Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch

Story by: Bob Goodman & Jeffrey Paul King

Hill and Renko capture the "Emily Post Bandit", though Renko is turned green by the explosion of dye packets in the money. The Bandit escapes custody and takes a woman hostage in her own home, demanding Dilaudid for her safe release. In court, the prosecution of Mrs. Robson for felony child endangerment is thrown out, with a severe reprimand from Judge Oberman to the city authorities for ever pursuing it. At the Wonderland operation, LaRue meets attorney Wachtel in a dress, exploring his sexual identity. Murray, the owner of Wonderland, is shot and killed during an attempt to arrest narcotics traffickers, who engage in a shoot-out with police.

Holmes and Watson investigate the murders of two illegitimate children of a wealthy businessman, but matters are complicated when a witness identifies a woman in a coma—and the man's legitimate daughter—as the murderer. The first break in the case was the recognition of a corneal disease in the two victims. Holmes races to find other potential victims while under suspect of harassing witnesses and watched by police. Holmes is also introduced to and begins working with NYPD Detective Marcus Bell .

Grace Gardner, a character from the early seasons who dated Sergeant Esterhaus, returns as a nun planning outreach work on the Hill; Flaherty is assigned as liaison. Councilman Wade, out for personal glory, repeatedly jeopardizes the precinct's battle against drugs; he ends up shooting an unarmed juvenile dealer, claiming self-defense, and is arrested by Washington. Belker and Buntz are working on drug busts; Buntz is forced to delay his bust due to a lack of supporting officers and has his finger cut off in retaliation by the loan shark who bankrolled his buy. Jablonski is hoping to return to police work, but experiences a flare of his chest pain and is not cleared by the police surgeon. Goldblume has a new lady in his life: the producer of a TV talk show.

Rene Enriquez is removed from the opening credits.

Story: Michael Kozoll & Steven Bochco & Anthony Yerkovich
Teleplay: Michael Kozoll & Steven Bochco & Anthony Yerkovich

Sherlock and Watson were handed a case of a woman who had disappeared. She had left behind only a video addressing her husband and the video reflects on life after the news of a woman killed by an oncoming train. Sherlock thinks this case would suit Watson to start her first solo investigation. Meanwhile, Sherlock starts the investigation of the murdered woman at the railway, where an unidentified male hands her a bouquet of flowers and then comes back to push her off the platform.
Watson questions the husband of the disappeared woman, and when her instincts tell her he is suspicious, starts her investigation. Watson follows the husband and when she saw that he possessed a wooden box which he claimed his wife took along with her, breaks in to his car. But that didn't reveal anything and Watson was arrested by the Police.
After the failure and remarks from her friends, Watson start doubting her decision to become a detective. But later she found evidence that links both cases of the murdered woman at railway station and the missing woman whom now they know have been murdered.

Hill and Renko rescue a suspected multiple murderer and rapist, Albert Sawyer , from a mob. A media and political circus ensues. The arrest brings out the worst in a lot of people. Belker is called away as Robin goes into labor; she delivers a healthy baby boy .
Teleplay: Michael Wagner & David Milch & Mark Frost & Roger Director
When Lieutenant Hunter upsets clerk-typist Rhonda Kimmel, she barricades herself in the male toilet. Belker goes undercover dressed as a chicken, and loses a suspect due to the well-intentioned interference of a mime artist. LaRue spends the night with Cathleen McConnell, the victim of a car-jacking, but during the night she receives news of the murder of her husband - LaRue wonders if he has been set up as an alibi. An illegal cable TV installer is arrested, and Davenport turns out to be one of his customers; she is unwittingly involved, but Furillo uses the situation to engineer an end to their separation. Rachel Goldblume's rapist is released on bail, murders his girlfriend, and is re-arrested. Two new rookie officers cause trouble; Laurence "Larry" Swann by his timidness, and Randall "Randy" Buttman by his arrogance and insubordination, leading to first day reprimands from Sergeant Bates and Captain Furillo. At an end-of-shift gathering of rookies from across the precincts, Swann is tied up and stripped, and forced to engage in sexual activity with a prostitute in front of the other rookies.
Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Mark Frost & Elia Katz

Holmes and Watson delve into the background of the murdered woman Holmes was alerted to whose premortum injuries resemble Kitty's conditions during captivity. She had gone missing and her parents suspected her fiance. Watson retrieves a burner phone from a bar the woman was at previously, leading the NYPD to a suspect, Simon DeMerville . Simon is found to be a working for a brothel that kidnaps illegal immigrants, and inspection of his property yields the discovery of the body of one of the brothel's suppliers, among numerous women. The detectives suspect Simon was injured during the confrontation and went to his sister Violet for medical assistance. Suspecting Violet of knowing more than she claims to know, Kitty visits her house and beats her into cooperating with the NYPD, resulting in Violet making a call to Simon to allow the NYPD to triangulate the call. Holmes deduces that Simon is aboard a boat, which the NYPD learns is owned by a local bartender who is an old acquaintance of Simon. However, the bartender's house is found scorched with Simon's body inside. At the morgue, Kitty inspects the body and learns that Simon was not her rapist, as she had broken her captor's fingers in her escape, and Simon's fingers are intact. Later, Watson, who has successfully settled into her new job at the insurance firm, makes a call to her new boss, Del Gruner . Kitty, overhearing the conversation, becomes distraught when she recognizes Gruner's voice, and names him as her tormentor.

Teleplay: Michael Wagner & David Milch & Karen Hall & Mark Frost

Belker's recurring pickpocket is shot and killed - his real name finally emerging as James Logan. Belker reacts badly, and breaks up with Robin. Fay and Goldblume also break up. Deputy Chief Briscoe proves an annoyance to Furillo. Mayor Cleveland is an even greater annoyance, after Furillo is misquoted in the press over "Operation Stop and Cop", an operation Cleveland personally backed. The Mullins brothers appear - William is arrested and brother Timothy murders the key witness. Joyce Davenport witnesses this murder, but refuses to identify Mullins, fearing for her own life. Alan Wachtel becomes a judge, much to everyone's surprise. Bates is missing the streets - Furillo encourages her, and tells her it is time she put on her sergeant's stripes.

For the first time, Michael Conrad does not appear in the opening credits.

Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Roger Director & Elia Katz
Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Duncan Smith

Lieutenant Calletano is nominated to be Captain of the Polk Avenue Precinct; Lieutenant Buntz is transferred from the Heights to take his place, and he facilitates the departure of the current Captain at Polk Avenue to ensure he keeps his position. Furillo must mediate between Mayor Cleveland and his wife when their son is arrested on a narcotics charge, and is also placed in charge of a special corruption taskforce by Chief Daniels. Hill and Renko try to mediate tensions between a Korean storeowner and his Black clientele. Belker's car is destroyed by a car bomb on the day his girlfriend, Robin Tataglia, discovers that she's pregnant. Garibaldi, deep in debt to a loan shark, considers going bad to cover his debts; he decides not to do the bidding of his new loan shark and is fatally stabbed.

Beginning with this episode, the majority of episodes no longer begin in Roll Call.

Six newly qualified officers start their first shift, including Robin Tataglia . The Governor pays a visit, during which his wife's dog is stolen and held for ransom; on Chief Daniels' orders disproportionate police resources are assigned to the search. Fay's big mouth lands her in jail on a Contempt of Court charge. A missing autopsy report highlights drastic failings on the part of the coroner and his staff; Furillo tries to help. Eddie Gregg becomes an informant for Belker.
The previous episode's murdered call girl may yet be avenged thanks to the evidence of her "manager", until he too is executed in the station, by an assassin dressed as a police officer. The police chaplain leads a memorial service for Phil Esterhaus. Bates' promotion is announced, but her first roll call goes badly, particularly as she reacts to the stealing of the podium; nonetheless, she gains respect during the episode. Renko develops what may have been a hernia, lifting a heavy woman stuck in a bath. The overcrowding of cells continues. Esterhaus' ashes are scattered on the road, at the very center of the Hill, as he requested, by a nocturnal gathering of officers; a street sweeper then sweeps them away. Natalie DeRoy arrives - a new khaki officer to assist Leo Schnitz.
Calletano takes over command while Furillo attends an encounter group for precinct captains and their superiors; Hill and Renko get hold of some suspicious tea; Hunter's RV is stolen by a fugitive father and son; Goldblume is bemused by his new relationship with Gina Srignoli.
Teleplay: Steven Bochco & Anthony Yerkovich
Teleplay: George Goldsmith & Jeff Melvoin
Story: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Dick Wolf

Jablonski, Renko and Hill go on a deer-hunting weekend; after being accosted by state troopers, breaking into the wrong cabin, and recalling war-time experiences, the weekend is cut short when Hill steps on a spike during the hunt. Henry Goldblume, who had planned to join them, is sidetracked by a speech to the Boy Scouts, an unstable woman who accuses him of raping her in the Captain's office, and a lack of money; he is then kidnapped by a serial robber who, upon learning that Goldblume is a police officer, forces him to dig his own grave before leaving in Goldblume's car. Officer McBride voices uncertainty and regret after shooting an armed robber, until Buntz mentors her.

Unusually, this episode starts with the opening credits - no Roll Call or other pre-credits footage. The episode was playwright David Mamet's first script ever accepted for television, which included the recurring character played by his wife, Lindsay Crouse.

Story: Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner

Holmes and Watson investigate a child abduction case which involves a serial killer known as the "Balloon Man", whose name comes from the fact that balloons are left at each of his crime scenes. Matters get complicated when the Balloon Man's first victim from 2005, Adam Kemper is caught by the police—Holmes deduces that Adam has Stockholm Syndrome, and sympathizes with him to help find the killer. The Balloon Man is identified as Samuel Abbott, but Abbott commits suicide, allowing for the release of his most recent victim. Holmes investigates Abbott's home and finds evidence leading to his realization that Adam is in fact the Balloon Man. Following a brief confrontation with Holmes, Adam gets an immunity deal clearing him from all charges on crimes committed "in consort with Samuel Abbott aka the Balloon Man", but Holmes is able to arrange for Adam's arrest when he determines that one of the crimes had to have been committed by Adam alone as Abbott was in hospital when the abduction occurred.
Sherlock's first anniversary of being sober is approaching, an event Watson thinks Sherlock should celebrate. Uninterested in giving the day any special recognition he spends it doing business as usual as he and Joan hunt for the accomplice of a murdered blackmailer who targeted families of rape victims. Note: the blackmailer is based on the villain in the Conan Doyle story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton".

The title is a comment by Renko as Coffey walks out on a date with twin mud-wrestlers, arrested earlier in the day at a fracas in a mud-wrestling bar. Hill wins $100,000 on the lottery and promptly sets about losing it through gambling. Gang trouble flares on the eve of mayoral candidate Ben Fisk moving into a rough part of the Hill, the Dante Projects. The other candidate, Chief Daniels, attempts to engage the support of Furillo. Furillo and Goldblume fall out over the issue of gang leadership as Jesus Martinez returns from prison, undermining Goldblume's plan to promote Hector Ruiz. Deputy Chief Mahoney, who has a dislike of Hill Street, suspends Belker unjustly.
Teleplay: David Milch & Jacob Epstein & Dick Wolf & Robert Ward
William Teacher, a friendly and helpful black father and husband, saves Renko from a serious assault and Washington and LaRue from a mob - yet is arrested due to an outstanding warrant, five years old, from a different state. The officers are indignant and demand his release - something Furillo initially refuses, but finally arranges. In the initial scene with Teacher Hill uses an early example of the techno-intransigent catchphrase "Computer says no". Furillo talks to the officers covering for Nash and persuades them to change their statements and tell the truth; this leads Nash to resign. Belker has an undercover encounter with the new phenomenon of ATM cash machines - and catches the culprits involved. On the personal front Washington and his girlfriend Jill have a hiccup and a reconciliation. Fay's new fiancé collapses and dies at a public lunch, in front of Furillo and Hunter. She is comforted by Davenport - their first formal meeting.
Hector takes hostages after an armed robbery; Furillo talks the situation to an end, preventing Hunter from deploying a massive arsenal of high-powered weaponry. Renko and Hill steal a large piece of meat, only to have it stolen from them by LaRue and Washington ... only for them to lose it in a bizarre switch. The TV crew continues to cause trouble. There are questions about whether Renko has correctly identified his shooter. Men are still being kidnapped, stripped naked and robbed by three prostitutes in a black van.
Martinez is hiding out following Attorney Brown's death. He is trying to broker a meeting with Furillo, who is hoping to get him to incriminate Judge Hardin. LaRue and Washington bust Martinez and endanger the deal. Belker is undercover at a building site aiming to catch a loan shark. A new officer, Kate McBride , is partnered with Bates. A man claiming to be Prunella's husband asks Hunter to arrange a meeting. Buntz's ex-partner asks him to smooth over a colleague, who is later found dead.

Sherlock and Joan investigate the disappearance of a lawyer who had, unbeknown to his wife, become a debt merchant. Joan, dissatisfied with her relationship with Andrew, has her break-up conversation tragically interrupted.

Teleplay: Steven Bochco & Anthony Yerkovich & Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner

At roll call, the entire cast appears to have been replaced; it is revealed that this is roll call of the night shift, while the program then follows the nocturnal activities of the day shift officers. Henry Goldblume, while trying to mediate a dispute with militant group S.O.I.L., is taken captive at the command of their leader; tensions quickly mount until the leader is killed by a EAT sharpshooter. Renko bets LaRue that he has a better driving route to the stationhouse, but the race ends in a "no contest" when Renko disables his car driving through a flooded underpass and LaRue is ticketed for speeding. Renko also meets his favorite musician, Bobby Angel, but then must arrange Angel's arrest for narcotics possession. Belker spends the night in a dumpster while undercover, but his stakeout ends when his mother dies of heart failure at the age of 84. Joyce and Frank enjoy a crazy dinner party, while Jablonski spends the night at home alone .

The credits no longer feature a freeze-frame of each lead actor; additionally, the footage of the police cars in the credits appears color-faded for the entire season. Dennis Franz is added to the credits, while Barbara Bosson , Robert Hirschfeld , Mimi Kuzyk , and Ken Olin are removed.

The Gilliam murder suspects are released on a legal technicality. LaRue drinks and almost ruins a major drugs bust. Goldblume loses his patience with the corrupt landlord and for the first time uses force to make his point. Renko has a temporary partner who lets him down badly, while Hill is busy with BOC work. Esterhaus discovers more about Grace's prolific sex life.
Teleplay: Michael Wagner & David Milch & Karen Hall
An anti-abortion agitator sends a woman into premature labor; Jablonski can't get his 300 game sanctioned by the Bowling Congress; LaRue and Washington tape a home security video; Fay and Garibaldi resent Goldblume's relationship with Gina Srignoli.
The investigation of Councilman McAuley is successful, and he is charged; but given his influential friends, Furillo loses any chance of promotion to Commander. Esterhaus reveals that Cindy is only just 18. His other girlfriend is considerably more mature, but he needs both. Hunter receives his PANDA , but while lunching with a squad of EAT officers and two Japanese businessmen it is stolen, stripped, gutted, and dumped in the East River. Fay's telephone stalker is caught - a patient of Harvey. Transfer requests had topped 75, and everyone at the Hill is relieved that their Captain will not be promoted away from them.

The double murder of two paramedics, and the subsequent abduction of their injured patient leads Holmes and Watson to investigate a drug cartel. Meanwhile, Sherlock also handles a crisis involving his AA sponsor, Alfredo.

Part 2: While everyone pursues Weeks, he finds an unlikely ally in Washington, who believes his story. LaRue's drinking problem intensifies, and Furillo puts him on notice. Fay is mugged in the street.

The murder of a pyramid schemer ostensibly is the work of a vengeful investor, but after a reporter connected to him is also found dead, the trail leads to a charity being used as a front. Watson encounters a former client of hers at the victim's home, while Alfredo attempts to convince Holmes to take on a sponsee. Deputy Commissioner Da Silva offers Bell a transfer to another unit.

Story: Philip Combest & Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis

Teleplay by: Corinne Brinkerhoff & Liz Friedman

The theme of unpaid police wages, raised over the previous two episodes, reaches a climax when the pay-roll is sent in cash, but the courier is robbed by the Diabalos gang en route. Their leader, Jesus Martinez, is jailed and the cash recovered at the close of the episode. The background rejoicing is poignantly overwritten by the cameras focusing on Rico, who has returned to drugs and is high, and Leo, deeply grieved that Rico's "rescue" has failed. "Iggie", a corrupt property clerk at the Midtown precinct, is arrested and surrenders the name of Benedetto as being behind the hold-up which left Washington wounded in hospital. Benedetto is cornered, and takes his own life. In two other storylines of the close of the season, Esterhaus is deeply moved when Fay asks him to be Godfather to her unborn daughter; and the TK4600 robot, after featuring in several episodes with its English inventor, is finally put to practical use while Benedetto is temporarily holding a hostage. The robot's inventor asks Bates and Coffey for a farewell encounter, with clear sexual overtones - the officers turn him down, and withdraw.
Coffey tries to mediate between an irate landlord and a tenant who insists an image on his water stained wall is that of the Virgin Mary; the Furillos try to renew a family relationship with his parents; Buntz uses "Officer Giblet" to make a drug bust; and the guys compete in a benefit tug of war competition.
The Presidential visit is canceled, leading to gang warfare, and a tense moment as the station house appears to be besieged. LaRue, under suspension, is investigated for corruption and referred to the DA for prosecution. Grace Gardner begins her efforts to win over Sergeant Esterhaus. "Malibu" is arrested by Hill and Renko, but released after mending most of the patrol cars and the station plumbing and electrics.

When a nurse Watson used to work with asks for her help finding their missing acquaintance, the woman's trail leads Watson and Holmes to another person who has disappeared. Further investigation uncovers evidence of an ongoing illegal drug trial of a novel substance known as EZM-77. Despite his sponsor's concerns, Sherlock struggles with his sobriety, finding the recovery process monotonous .

Ray Calletano is Hispanic Officer of the Year, but unexpectedly uses his presentation dinner to attack the Police Department for institutional racism. Belker is undercover in a massage parlor, while Washington accidentally shoots dead the shop keeper rather than the robber in the confused aftermath of a robbery in the massage parlor's neighboring store. Bates has her first court appearance and is made to look foolish by Davenport. Renko chases a mugger and subsequently dates the female victim. Frank Junior is missing throughout the episode, but is found in a tearful final scene.
The Young, the Beautiful and the Degraded

Sherlock and Watson investigate a missing lab technician who works in the fertility clinic of the hospital where Watson used to work. The woman's skeleton is found stripped and assembled as an educational tool for medical students. Meanwhile, Watson meets with an old friend and finds out that a Detective Cortez has been asking questions about her. It turns out that the victim was in a group marriage with two doctors who reveal that she was dying of pancreatic cancer. It is then revealed that one of her husbands had been misdiagnosing people with cancer. She noticed when she was receiving chemo in his clinic, so he murdered her. When Watson confronts Cortez, the woman voices a dislike of consultants investigating cops and suspicions about Sherlock and Watson's sudden return to the force. Watson has a boxing match with her as a way of approaching her as an equal.

Goldblume has to protect a parade by neo-fascists. Bobby's dad visits to tell Bobby he is dying. Furillo is under pressure to accept a plea bargain from a drug baron to prevent mayhem on the streets where the supply is being withheld.
Mayo and Garibaldi investigate when Councilman Detweiler's mother shoots an intruder; Hill and Renko catch a notorious loan shark with over $300 in outstanding parking fines; a distraught man threatens to set fire to his wife and child; and Belker is kidnapped and abused by a group of winos.

A security guard is shot dead during a robbery of unreleased mobile phones. Sherlock and Watson work out that the robbery is a smokescreen to steal blueprints and head to New Jersey where to prevent the East Rutherford Operations Center from being burglarized during the middle of a snowstorm. They meet a woman named Pam who drives the pair around New Jersey in a snowplow. Ms. Hudson , an old friend of Sherlock's, is dealing with a break-up and stays in the house with them. The visiting FEMA official helping out with the city's emergency response to the snowstorm is revealed to be involved with the multi-million dollar heist.

The title comes from Judge Wachtel's wig as he wears a wire to help the DA's office convict a group of Mafia-connected loan sharks. The Hill Street precinct are also targeting them , as is the State Liquor Authority, leading to considerable confusion and a SLA bust that nearly collapses the entire operation. Garibaldi does some unofficial investigation to avoid being sued after he crashed without insurance - Washington assists him, successfully. Marcus Peabody, a former gang member, proves corrupt and embarrasses his new employer, the Mayor, who fires him. Natalie continues to admire Leo, and discourages his attempts to regain the affections of his wife. Hunter's proposed "Equine Rapid Development Force" is rejected under budget cuts, even though he had bought his own horse to save the city money. The Furillos separate, at Joyce's suggestion.

Kiel Martin not appear in this episode.

Sgt. Jablonski risks his own money to catch a pair of confidence men; Sgt. Belker acts as a courier for a pair of devious Hasidic jewelry merchants; and Captain Calletano reacts badly when Buntz accuses a lazy Polk Avenue officer of dumping vagrants in Hill Street precinct.

Holmes and Watson investigate the death by anthrax poisoning of a man in a holding cell at Gregson's station. Holmes learns that his old friend Alistair has died.
Teleplay by: Craig Sweeny & Steve Gottfried

The city is full of stunts after a radio station challenges citizens to commit "outrageous acts"; this includes gang members releasing a live piglet into the Hill Street squad room. With Hunter resuming command of the EAT, Bates resumes Desk Sergeant duties. Hill and Renko are assigned a new unit , state of the art, and computer-controlled - with disastrous results, which include Renko inadvertently winning the radio competition when he accidentally uses the unit's computer to disrupt traffic lights along a fifty-block length of Dekker Avenue. Renko forgives Darryl Ann, who is still uncertain about forgiving Renko. Jablonski's badge is found on an arrested prostitute; Belker gives it back to Jablonski, who voices frustration that he could not prevent the theft. While investigating a possible Indian burial mound in a house's basement, Hunter and a friend are caught in a cave-in.
Coroner Nydorf is humiliated in court, despite Furillo's warning that the authorities wish to get rid of him. Officer Crawford is partnered with Hill, his third partner is three days. Despite assuming a reputation for cowardice, he bravely stands up to an armed murderer, winning the respect of his colleagues. Renko and Coffey fight over a woman, but make up. Sid the Snitch is arrested. Belker's relationship with Eddie Gregg becomes more complex. The Governor's wife's dog is found - but promptly lost again by Hunter. Ray Calletano attempts to set up Esterhaus with the Esperanza, the cousin of his wife , whose US visa is close to expiring. Big Bertha, the station furnace, misbehaves throughout the episode, causing extremes of heat in the building.
Honk, the "guard goose on the loose", is caught by Bates and Coffey, but executed in the station by its owner. Calletano and Schnitz make arrangements to salvage the "dark meat". Hunter appears at the stationhouse with powder burns, having failed to commit suicide; LaRue, seeing his depression, had put blanks in Hunter's revolver. Furillo uses a favor from Daniels to avoid an Internal Affairs investigation of Hunter, then confronts Hunter about his state of mind. Belker is devastated and blames himself when a wheelchair-bound man he had arrested previously is killed while helping him to go undercover as a disabled person. In the middleweight boxing finals, Hill falls prey to a rope-a-dope and is felled with one punch. Judge Cole is arrested for corruption as it becomes clear that the corruption runs deep, possibly including the entire vice squad of Midtown Precinct. Esterhaus again appears only at roll call.

Despite being ill Holmes works with Bell to try and figure out who murdered a professor from a local university. A Thai string bracelet on the victim's wrist contributes to characterization of the victim. An acute observation of Joan's leads to the discovery that the victim had uveal melanoma, which suggests a theory that explains the crime. Meanwhile, Watson deals with a man from her past who asks for assistance when he is arrested for a crime he does not remember committing.

Teleplay: Anthony Yerkovich & David Milch & Karen Hall
Invasion of the Third World Body Snatchers

In a busy pre-titles opening sequence, the viewer is introduced to Sergeant Stan Jablonski , a 22-year veteran from the Polk Avenue Precinct; he has transferred after an altercation with female Lieutenant Vera Horvath , in which the latter was struck a blow, alleged by Jablonski to have been self-defence. Sergeant Bates returns to motor patrol as a street sergeant, explained by Jablosnski as being an extra sergeant post created by "adding the Jefferson renewal to the Hill Street Precinct". The new Sergeant's catchphrase is heard for the first time: "Let's do it to them, before they do it to us". The sequence ends with Jablonski being knocked down by his nemesis from Polk Avenue, she having turned up at Hill street, despite being subject to psychological assessment and treatment. In the rest of the episode: Celestine Grey is to be executed for raping and murdering a nun , resulting in much consternation; Goldblume's opposition is reported in the press. An all-night ordeal of robbery and torture leads to a war hero, Mr. Parsons, dying in hospital, while police comfort his widow. Belker is undercover at a seedy hotel. Fay Furillo starts full time at the station as a Victim Aid Counselor . An unfortunate couple from New York are repeatedly robbed, but rescued by Bates and Coffey. An unusual man stealing ice is found to be preserving the body of his dead mother. Detective Mayo goes on a date with Furillo, though he turns down a proposed night together - luckily, as Joyce Davenport elects to return after their four-month separation. Laura Ann Renko is born.

The opening credits feature new pictures for all main characters except Barbara Bosson and Veronica Hamel ; added to the credits are Prosky, Robert Hirschfeld , Mimi Kuzyk , and Ken Olin .

Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Walon Green & Jacob Epstein
Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Jacob Epstein & John William Sel
Bates and Coffey both pass the Sergeant's Examination and hope for forthcoming vacancies in that rank. Kiki finds the knife used to attack him, but in his anxiety over his immigration status he visits his attacker to plead with him, and in the ensuing fight, kills him. Hill becomes insufferable until he loses all his money in gambling. Fay is delivered of a healthy baby girl. At the Dante Projects, Ben Fisk returns and is accidentally killed as he falls from a rotten window. At a gang killing across the street from Diablo headquarters, Jesus Martinez predicts it will be the last. Chief Daniels intervenes for Furillo and makes Deputy Chief Mahoney drop all charges against Hill Street officers.

Sherlock, Kitty, and Joan investigate the murder of a Highway Patrol officer, whose sidearm has been replaced with an airsoft gun, and uncover a connection to a wanted arms dealer.

Sergeant Esterhaus appears only at roll call; it is explained that he will be spending each daytime training cadets . Officer Jock Buchanan appears for the first time promoted to Corporal. The murder of shopkeeper Rodriguez is overshadowed by the rape and murder of a nun by two black men. They are caught and finally confess, chiefly to avoid being released uncharged into the angry mob awaiting them. Calletano faces up to an IRS tax audit. Belker arrests Eddie Gregg - his first encounter with the young male prostitute, destined to have a profound effect upon the detective.
A mobster mentioned in previous seasons is extradited from Italy to stand trial locally. Before he can testify at the trial, Furillo is gunned down on courthouse steps. The entire department mobilizes as Furillo fights for his life in the ICU. As she waits, Joyce remembers how she and Frank first met seven years before, at a trial connected to the same mobster, and how their romance developed. The shooter turns out to be unconnected to the mobster, proving instead to be a deranged man with a grudge against mayoral candidates. He infiltrates the hospital disguised as a police officer, but is spotted by Buntz and killed in a shootout in the stairwell.
Teleplay: Anthony Yerkovich & David Milch & Mark Frost
Officers Gerry Nash and Estella Sanchez, transferring from other precincts, are assigned to Hill and Renko for local training. Hill and Nash formerly served together at Jefferson Heights Precinct, and Nash starts well, rescuing two people from a burning car. Later at a violent incident, Nash uses excessive force and seriously wounds a suspect, for which Hill later covers, also persuading Renko, Bates, and Coffey to do likewise. Coffey encounters childhood friends, while patrolling his old neighborhood, and arrests one of them. A strike looms as the City Council fails to meet police pay and conditions demands.

A hostage situation arises in Captain Furillo's precinct. Public defender Joyce Davenport is looking for her client, lost due to bureaucratic mismanagement. Officers Hill and Renko are shot in the line of duty. The audience is introduced to Belker's growling, and his mother.
This episode was awarded an Edgar for Best Teleplay from a Series.
In 1996, TV Guide included this episode as part of its "100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History", ranking it # 63.

A prominent member of Everyone, an internet activist hacker group, is murdered shortly after another member tells Sherlock about the "civil war" state that the group is currently in. Sherlock and Watson delve deep into discovering many activists' hidden identities, beginning with the identification of one hacker's "fist", a distinctive style used to identify individual telegraph operators in a bygone era. Sherlock becomes concerned for Joan after she loses interest in a social life and wants to isolate herself.

Belker temporarily moves into Hunter's RV; Joyce introduces a new PD to the Hill before leaving to become an ADA; LaRue gloats over the videotape evidence of Mayo's undercover visit to Dr. Ted Rose; Fabian's mother reclaims him; and Hill and Renko deal with a man who has several outstanding warrants and who has just lost his whole family to a hit and run driver.

A renowned mobster, Uncle John Petruzzi, is expected to be assassinated prior to going to jail; Russo is beaten and raped by her mobster "boyfriend" while trying to discover the location and time of the hit. Belker counsels Russo on how to be an undercover cop. LaRue and Washington arrest a purse snatcher who then confesses to several high-profile murders; further research reveals that he has not committed the crimes. Furillo has to intervene to help Ray Calletano, who is testing Chief Daniels' patience to the limit; Calletano decides to resign. Jablonski assists Belker on an arrest.

Taurean Blacque's credit is re-shot to reflect his shaving off his beard.

Shortly after Watson is kidnapped, Mycroft receives a call from the kidnapper and informs Sherlock of the situation, which enrages him. Mycroft explains to a disgusted Sherlock that Le Milieu offered him money to open up a Diogenes joint in New York to serve as their headquarters, followed by a series of requests. The two learn of one Pierce Norman, a Swiss bank executive who plans to sell a list of thousands of the bank executives' names and info to the black market. They investigate the bank and also learn that the NSA is onto Norman, with Sherlock intent on getting to him first. Norman's boyfriend points them to a remote home his lover owned, but the Holmes brothers find Norman's corpse buried in the yard. Mycroft is distraught until Sherlock finds an insect pupa, which he knows had to have grown over the course of eight days. He realizes that Norman was killed before the list was downloaded, and was framed. That night, they track down the real perpetrator, Norman's head of security Kurt Yoder . Yoder is interrogated that night at the brownstone and eventually tells them of the hard drive the list is on. After recovering it, Sherlock decides to call the NSA, fearing that Le Milieu will betray them, but Mycroft, who is under orders from an unnamed British contact, incapacitates Sherlock with a taser and heads out to meet with the dealers, while the NSA later refuses Sherlock's requests to save Watson. Mycroft, meanwhile, gives Yoder and the list to the dealers, but de Soto orders them killed. Mycroft suddenly calls in a team of hitmen, who gun down the dealers. He apologizes to a shocked Watson and says they have a lot to talk about.

Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner & David Milch & Mark Frost
For the first time, Lieutenant Goldblume conducts Roll Call, filling in for Sergeant Esterhaus who is said to be "in for a check-up". Rats have infested the station house, but a man wearing evening dress and playing an accordion seems to lure them away, just as he promised. A cop killer is at large, causing anxiety. Belker goes undercover as a bag lady, and is slashed with a knife. Coffey and Bates staff an experimental police office within a housing project. Drawing on his recent suicide attempt, Hunter talks a woman out of suicide when Goldblume has failed to do so. Witnessing an armed robbery on his way home, Captain Furillo shoots the robber dead. Joyce Davenport learns that she is unable to have children.
The spirit of Monday Night Football is everywhere, even in the courthouse. When LaRue and Washington arrest Maxwell Jenkins , a suspected serial mugger preying on elderly people, a cat and mouse game begins between police and Joyce Davenport, resulting in Jenkins being released due to a legal concept known as "Fruit of the poisonous tree". Grace briefly thinks she is pregnant, much to the delight of Esterhaus - and his dismay when it proves untrue. Bates shoots and kills a 14-year-old boy who had first fired on her and is himself the murderer of a ten-year-old girl, leading many officers to reflective contemplation.

A bomb explodes in the office building of several young and unassuming business ventures. The first suspect is the person who called the number that triggered the bomb, but when he is quickly cleared the case turns more intriguing. Holmes learns that the bomb actually went off four years after it was supposed to. Watson encourages Holmes to consider the sponsor who will replace her when she leaves him. Holmes decides to go with Alfredo , a car thief who he chooses at random during a meeting. Alfredo decides to train Holmes on breaking into cars as an addition to his lock-picking hobby.

Teleplay: Anthony Yerkovich & Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner & David Milch
Hunter shoots a boy caught robbing a convenience store; Internal Affairs finds that neither his firearm nor the bullets used were department-issue, leaving Hunter subject to dismissal from the force. Belker struggles to protect senior citizens from a violent mugger. The public defenders are engaging in a work slow-down to protest recent cuts in their workforce; Judge Wachtel insults Davenport repeatedly from the bench, leading Davenport to slap him across the face and Wachtel to have her arrested for battery. The public defenders elect to strike. Jablonski takes voluntary retirement in the face of upcoming coronary artery bypass surgery.
Story: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Jerry Patrick Brown
Floyd Green , convicted for murder as a child, is released from custody having completed his sentence. Now 18, he is monitored by Hill Street officers who find him rapidly getting into trouble again. Later, during an armed hostage taking in court by another prisoner, Green tries to escape in the confusion, but is instead shot dead, accidentally, in crossfire. Fabian De Witt, a regular character for the remainder of the show's history, is introduced in this episode; one sister is dead, another is an under-age prostitute, and their prostitute mother is absent. Fabian goes to live with Sergeant Bates, who was later to adopt the boy. Belker is sent to Las Vegas to escort a prisoner home. A large number of the other male officers also go, after LaRue secures a block of cheap airline tickets from a grateful travel agent whose robbery LaRue has solved. All these officers report themselves sick to avoid duty.
The arson squad questions Jablonski about the fire at BowlMor Lanes; Hill remains angry at Renko over his hesitation under pressure; Bates and Coffey are assigned to make a wino presentable for his appearance in court; Furillo gets a copy of LaRue's slightly altered home security video; and Davenport puts her job on the line when she refuses to accept the security cops' version of an alleged window smashing at the volatile O'Neil Projects.
Commander Swanson has been promoted to Deputy Chief of Police. Furillo and Ed Chappell are the two Captains competing to be the new Commander. Hunter and the EAT are in the sewers on the annual alligator hunt when LaRue and Washington play a joke on them. Fay Furillo is receiving obscene and abusive telephone calls.
Wonderland is a sex shop and peep show in Midtown Precinct, where Furillo's officers undertake an anti-vice operation on the orders of Daniels, as the Chief seeks points in the mayoral election race against his new opponent, Commander Ozzie Cleveland. Mike Perez accidentally shoots a small boy, Jimmy Robson, who was armed with a toy gun . To deflect attention during the election campaign, pressure is brought to bear on Furillo to arrest the child's mother, Mrs. Doris Robson, for abandonment . The emotionally charged episode ends with Perez attempting to take his own life. Bates is injured in a brawl and is invited on a date by the doctor who re-inflates her collapsed lung.
Furillo's corruption commission delivers its findings and antagonizes Daniels, who is willing to sacrifice a night shift cop involved in an off duty shooting that has incited public opinion; Alan Branford returns as Rambo; and Buntz explores his duties as personnel officer.
Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Jacob Epstein & Dick Wolf

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Belker and Robin are getting married after work, but first he has undercover work infiltrating drug dealers. Rookie officer Ron Garfield shoots a criminal threatening him with a gun, but things get complicated. A coolbox containing a transplant heart is stolen from a crashed ambulance, and had to be recovered within four hours.

Holmes and Watson investigate the murder of the general manager of a high-end Manhattan hotel whose body is found inside an industrial laundry machine. The woman's background and family seems clean, but a call girl soon reveals that their victim may be in some illegal business. Holmes cracks the case by uncovering use of steganography, and discovers just what business the woman is involved in, prompting almost the full mobilization of the police force. Meanwhile, since Joan's time with Holmes is almost up, he offers her an apprenticeship, but she refuses.

David Milch & Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner
Story: Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Barry Jay Kaplan
Teleplay: Steven Bochco & Anthony Yerkovich & Robert Crais

A woman by the name of Ellen Jacobs, two months pregnant, is found suffocated in her car by a plastic bag. When the detectives discover that her husband could not have been the father, they begin a search for Ellen's lover. Meanwhile, Watson is helping Detective Bell study for the sergeant's exam. Sherlock takes over Bell's tutelage and finds out that he doesn't want the promotion, but needs the pay raise. Sherlock and Watson discover that Ellen is the daughter of an imprisoned killer whose M.O. matches her death. Her lover is identified as the realtor selling the Jacobs' house, whose mother was killed by Ellen's father; he is the prime suspect until he is attacked and ends up in the hospital. Ellen's husband is arrested, but Sherlock identifies her brother Nolan as the true killer. Nolan admits that they had an agreement not to pass on their father's genes and he killed her when he found out she was pregnant. Watson gives Bell a "case study" that leads to him receiving most of a $40,000 bounty for locating a wanted fugitive.

Teleplay: David Milch & Walon Green & Robert Ward
Part 2: At the eleventh hour Washington finds the evidence to save Weeks, proving him innocent. Chief Daniels, who had already written off Weeks, is greatly displeased, and tempers flare between him and Captain Furillo. LaRue reaches rock bottom and finally walks into his first meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous - only to find Furillo also in attendance . Coffey is shot during a vehicle stop. In the original version he dies instantly. In the remade version he is gravely injured, but recovers to return to the second season.

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The Phantom strikes. Played by LaRue, he strikes terror into the four new officers in a storm drain until one of them panics and opens fire - happily missing his target. Eddie Gregg informs on his boyfriend, who has committed a multiple murder. Belker allow Gregg to sleep at his house. Belker also arrests a suspect during a robbery at a jeweler, where he is collecting a ring for Esterhaus. Esterhaus proposes to Grace Gardner, but is rejected. The coroner's incompetence intensifies as it transpires that a corpse essential as evidence has been cremated.

A young woman, Samantha Wabash, commits suicide by shooting herself while on a bridge, staging her death to look like murder in order to implicate Lucas Bundsch as her killer. Samantha believes that Lucas is responsible for her sister’s death and that by framing him for her own "murder" the police will arrest him. Her plan fails when Holmes easily deduces that her death was a suicide. Lucas is exonerated further still when he manages to pass a polygraph test. What started out as one woman's desperate attempt to get justice for her murdered sister quickly escalates into a battle of wits with a serial killer who has managed to stay under the radar for years.
As Joan mourns Andrew's death, Sherlock enlists Detective Bell to help him find two missing zebras...with surprise pregnancies—a previously extinct subspecies known as quagga. A trademarked color provides the first clue that leads to the thief, an employee of the zoo. Later, Watson receives a letter from Moriarty, and tells Holmes that she wants to move back into the Brownstone.

A famous American football player is arrested for soliciting, but his high-powered attorney and Chief Daniels intervene to reduce the charges and protect his reputation. Given 20-1 odds against beating the department's four-time marksmanship champion, LaRue's syndicate bets $400 on Buntz; Buntz loses by two points in the final round of competition. Furillo backs a loan for his brother, whose construction company is in debt after missing a completion date on a project. Fears grow as Lieutenant Hunter fails to report for duty; his paramour Prunella returns from Samoa to search for him.

Unusually, this episode begins without the usual on-screen opening time check, though Furillo quotes the time as 6:30 A.M. after examining his own bedside alarm clock.

Sherlock is given a hint by Sebastian Moran, aka "M". He looks into well-disguised murders and catches a serial killer named Daniel Gottlieb , who was hired by Moriarty's agents. With Gottlieb's help, Holmes finds the man who hired him who has seen Moriarty, but that man is then murdered. Moran commits suicide, after Moriarty lets him choose between his own death and his sister's death. At the end of the episode, a phone rings; it is Moriarty calling Holmes.

Many of the male officers appear in drag in an attempt to trap the serial rapist; they succeed, but Bates is hospitalized. Sergeant Esterhaus struggles with his two women, Cindy and Grace. Sergeant Macaffee's secret is finally uncovered - he has two wives and two families. His resulting corruption is uncovered and saves LaRue from prosecution.
Steven Bochco & Anthony Yerkovich & Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner
Story: Dick Wolf & Robert Ward & Robert Schlitt & Duncan Smith

A double murder appears to be revenge for the deaths of children poisoned by toy beads made with BHP. The father of one of the children confesses, but Sherlock deduces that the confession is false. Evidence against the maker of the beads has gone missing, which complicates understanding of the motivation for the crime. Kitty feels sidelined watching Sherlock and Joan unravel the mystery.
A typical day at the police station, a schizophrenic man wanders in with a gun and Sherlock manages to defuse the situation by noticing a scarf on the man's wrist and playing along with his delusions. The story is being told by Sherlock in a hearing. Bell is shot, protecting Holmes, by a man whom Holmes annoyed during an investigation. Holmes and Watson are now to testify at a hearing formed to recommend whether or not the pair should be kept on as consultants to the NYPD. Bell ultimately saves their careers but, resentful of Holmes, refuses to talk to him.

The Internal Affairs investigation of officer Garfield continues. Belker's wedding to Robin has been set for this evening, but he is still undercover. Hill and Renko get a shock when delivering a corpse at the morgue - one of the corpses is Hill's father.

Sherlock's past comes back to haunt him as he is accused of murdering an innocent woman during a drug-induced blackout a few years ago.

A runner trying to raise money for cancer research is victimized; Daniels asks Furillo to head up an internal investigation of corruption arising out of Keenan's death; Garibaldi's death shakes the station house; Lee Cleveland comes to the end of his rope; and Howard gets a shock from his latest love.
The eponymous hero of the episode is a widower defending his property from immigrant neighbors who have already killed his dog; unfortunately, carried away, he produces a shotgun and kills a teenage boy, leading to a siege, ended by Goldblume's brave intervention. In the other main storyline, Detective Brooks is murdered by the Black Arrow, leading to the arrest of Jesse John Hudson, their leader, posing as a respectable politician. Goldblume's affair is discovered by his wife, who throws him out and ends their marriage. Hunter is forced to admit failure in his proposed night of passion with Grace Gardner, due to what Furillo calls "an equipment failure". Esterhaus spends the night with Margaret, his estranged wife "just sleeping".

Lieutenant Calletano appears on the TV game show Lucky Ducks and does very well until he freezes on the question that would have guaranteed his winnings; he loses everything. Peabody, in charge of the Blood and seeking quick money to finance a gang war, approaches the group of Mafia-connected loan sharks which Belker has infiltrated. Peabody becomes too aggressive with the loan sharks, and they arrange to have him killed, leading to their arrests. Renko tries to marshal his wedding attendants - Hill , Washington, Coffey, and Davis. At the rehearsal dinner, Darryl Ann's father is belittling of his daughter, the police, and especially Hill, who he addresses by the epithet "boy". Lieutenant Hunter is increasingly worried about Apollo, his horse, who is seriously ill; the episode ends with Hunter settling down to a night in the stable with Apollo.

Kiel Martin does not appear in this episode.

During a murder dry spell, one of Joan's friends asks her to ascertain the identity of a year-old one night stand. Meanwhile, Sherlock wheedles his and Joan's way into a morgue to dig through corpses for an interesting case. The victim of a motorcycle accident leads the detectives on a chase for another victim, Sherlock recognizing that someone else was killed before the man himself died in the accident. The investigation takes a more interesting turn when they uncover a connection to the Russian mafia.
All parties' suspicions rouse when Del Gruner abruptly fires Watson from her job. His questioning at the NYPD proves unsuccessful, so Holmes begins exploring the backgrounds of various kidnapped women subject to Gruner's M.O. They track down a woman named Tabitha Laird, a coworker of Gruner's at a charity he donates to. Watson attends a gala for the charity in which both Laird and Gruner are present, and the latter grabs her arm and threatens her as she leaves. After Watson suspects a deeper connection between Gruner and Laird, Holmes learns that Laird's adoptive son is in fact the biological child of Gruner and one of his rape victims on Holmes' list. Though the NYPD has something to incriminate Gruner with, Kitty lies to Holmes about leaving New York and captures Gruner. She prepares to kill him and dissolve his body using a recreation of the nutmeg concoction featured in "The Adventure of the Nutmeg Concoction", but Holmes arrives - rather than talking her out of killing Gruner, he compares her situation with his, and tells her that she will always be his friend. Kitty becomes emotional and relents from killing Gruner, but instead burns his face off using the concoction and leaves him to be found by the NYPD. She later leaves for an unknown location. Throughout the episodes, flashbacks chronicle the origin of Holmes and Kitty's partnership in London eight months ago. Holmes becomes emotional after Kitty leaves in anger , but she returns, relieving Holmes and prompting him to discard the packet of heroin he stole from before.

Marvin Box, the station handyman, aged 32, dies suddenly, leaving no relatives and causing much reflection by the other characters. Fay's stalker becomes bolder, entering her home. Furillo takes on a possibly corrupt City Councilman, despite the potential to damage his promotion to Commander. Esterhaus informs Furillo that in the light of his possible promotion out of the Precinct, certain other officers have requested to leave: one retirement, plus transfer requests from 17 detectives and 28 uniformed officers. Lieutenant Hunter produces a model of the PANDA with relish, while Furillo is upset by its proposed used in "Sniper Alley"; however, Chief Daniels has already authorized the deployment. A new patrol officer who has a past history with Belker harasses him due to his Jewish heritage, eventually resulting in a fight between the two.

Belker survives the shooting and is rushed to the hospital with a bullet near his spine; after two complicated surgeries, the bullet is removed, and Belker is not paralyzed. Buntz brutalizes Belker's snitch to get the name of Belker's contact, who refuses to provide any information and is later found dead. Furillo, who is blaming himself for Belker's injury, takes Buntz off the case. Buntz continues investigating anyway and finds a District Attorney's investigator with connections to the stolen credit cards, Belker's contact, and Belker himself; the investigator kills himself when Buntz, LaRue, and Washington arrive to question him. Renko and his wife part company after he confesses to sleeping with another woman, and his wife responds by confessing her on-going affair with her business partner. Flaherty and Russo also part company after a drugged Russo calls for another man. Sergeant Hunter is restored to his former rank of Lieutenant, and resumes command of the EAT.

Robert Prosky returns to the opening credits for this episode and the next.

The boil of the title is on Hill's bottom. A suspect is found in the Mizell murder; Daniels asks Furillo to investigate and keep Fuchs informed - then behind Captain Fuchs' back indicates that he wants Fuchs hung out to dry. Belker is undercover investigating insurance fraud, which requires him to get knocked down by Goldblume in a car. Bates and Coffey try to deal with a disturbed Vietnam veteran, but the encounter ends in disaster. Fay's first newspaper article is twisted by the editors, prompting her to accept the advances of Wachtel the lawyer, in order to secure some free legal advice.

Sherlock and Kitty are called in when a severed hand is found in the street; this leads them into a case involving smuggled diamonds and murder. Also, Sherlock has Kitty sign a non-disclosure agreement because he'd discovered that Joan had written a book titled The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. Meanwhile, tensions are high between Gregson and his police officer daughter because he had punched a male officer who had hit her.

Captain Calletano loses command of Polk Avenue and is reassigned to Division; he threatens to go to the press. Several Polk Avenue officers are fired outright or reassigned; Officer James Sanders is transferred to Hill Street and is treated as a pariah. A college friend of Goldblume turns vigilante, with fatal consequences for criminals, police, and ultimately himself. Renko's damaged car is stolen by a hood who offers to get him full replacement cost from his insurance; Renko backs out, and the hood returns his car. Buntz explains his hostility for Flaherty - Flaherty turned in his partner, an old friend of Buntz's. A hit man attempts to kill Sid; Buntz kills the hit man instead. Jablonski asks to return to the police force.

Megan Gallagher is added to the opening credits; Betty Thomas takes over Robert Prosky's spot, while Prosky now appears not wearing a police uniform. Added to the guest star credits is "Also Starring Jon Cypher as Chief Daniels".

Teleplay: David Milch & Mark Frost & Jacob Epstein & Elia Katz
Story: Mark Frost & Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis

Teleplay by: Jeffrey Paul King & Jason Tracey

Hunter is demoted to Sergeant as a result of the Internal Affairs investigation; Furillo convinces him to take over the Desk Sergeant position. With the public defenders on strike, the officers must use discretion in making borderline arrests as the station overflows with suspects. Belker finds the storeowner cashing the checks of the mugged senior citizens; while Belker tries to get the name of the criminal from the shopowner, LaRue reopens the store - acting as the storeowner - and catches the criminal when he comes in to cash another stolen check. The public defenders return to work after the cuts are rescinded. Jablonski undergoes successful bypass surgery.

Robert Clohessy joins the opening credits.

Holmes's former drug dealer comes from London to seek his help to find his kidnapped daughter, which Watson is concerned is a powerful trigger to Holmes relapsing.

LaRue makes a fool of himself when a group of schoolgirls visit the station - revealing his fantasies about schoolgirls, which recur in later episodes . Vic Hitler, a penniless comedian with multiple outstanding traffic tickets, is arrested, and causes much amusement. The death-in-custody of a young black man leaves Coffey under suspicion. Lieutenant Calletano and newly promoted Lieutenant Goldblume argue over seniority - technically Goldblume is senior as he is a "Detective Lieutenant", while Calletano believes he has seniority, having been a Lieutenant for several years. Furillo takes them out to lunch to solve the problem, but relationships remain tense. Belker and Tataglia develop their relationship further. Davenport is offered the job in Washington.
Michael Kozoll & Steven Bochco & Anthony Yerkovich
Chief Daniels is concerned about corruption in the South Ferry Precinct and asks Furillo to set up a fake saloon there; Furillo is dismayed that when he appears before the politically motivated corruption commission, plans appear to be known. As just part of a very bad day, Renko crashes two patrol cars and has to confess to having his police revolver stolen while he was engaged in illegal gambling. Coffey is discovered to have had sex with a married woman while standing up Bates - she is unforgiving. "Captain Freedom" continues his anti-crime campaign.

Holmes and Watson investigate how someone could have broken into a seemingly impregnable bank vault called the Leviathan. Holmes' methods try the patience of many bystanders, including Watson herself. His realization of the use of Malbolge in the crime leads to a major break in solving the case. Meanwhile, Watson's mother visits her daughter, and questions her decision to give up her career in surgery.

Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & Roger Director & Jacob Epstein & Elia Katz
To catch a thief Belker is one of three detectives undercover as street Santas in this Christmas episode. Later Belker distributes toys at the Children's Hospital, assisted by several cast members dressed as elves or reindeer. Thus attired, they make a significant arrest on their way home in a police van. Hill's father visits, but is not welcome. He borrows money and leaves again. Washington suffers guilt following his shooting of an innocent shopkeeper three months earlier.
Crockett, the biker, continues to cause trouble. Furillo and Davenport surprise themselves, and everyone else, by getting married during their lunch break. Fay Furillo is distressed, and admits she had hoped that she and Frank would get back together eventually. Tataglia transfers to a different precinct, maintaining her relationship with Belker, but no longer working with him. Bates goes undercover as a bus driver, and successfully arrests armed robbers. Vic Hitler begins a comedy routine on stage, arranged by LaRue, but then falls asleep - later admitting he has narcolepsy.
Bates agonizes over identifying a man suspected of killing Joe Coffey. Belker is harassed by an overzealous security guard. Hunter is told to uncover a petty thief within the station - with surprising results. A prostitute sells out Jesus Martinez and Attorney Brown in a bribery scandal.
Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Karen Hall & Mark Frost
Belker meets an old informant, Eddie Gregg , who is dying of AIDS. Judge Wachtel sentences a slumlord to live in one of his own buildings. Hill and Renko have a difficult time keeping him there. Internal Affairs are investigating Buntz, unconvinced that he shot Donahue in self-defense. His ex-captain seems out to get him.
Furillo questions Davenport about why she never checked into her hotel while away on interview; their relationship becomes strained. Lieutenant Calletano sports a wig before confessing a fear that he will never be promoted to Captain . Sergeant Esterhaus confides that he once took, and passed, the Lieutenant's Examination, but was still passed over for promotion to that rank.
Racial tensions escalate when a white undercover officer shoots his black partner. Buntz has temporarily lost his sight and goes undercover with Belker, posing as a beggar. A store-owner causes disturbance by displaying Nazi artefacts in his store.

The murder of a mathematician seems to revolve around the mathematical problem P versus NP. On the walls of the victim's home, Sherlock discovers the critical equations, which are only visible under illumination by black light. One of his irregulars, a mathematical professor, provides information that cracks the case. The solution is worth not only $1 million, but has implications for digital encryption and national security. Meanwhile, Watson is conflicted when the son of a former patient approaches her for a loan.

Belker's drycleaners undercover catches Dugan, who offers them Joe Keenan and a major ring of police corruption; Furillo copes with the results of the random drug test; Goldblume wrestles with Gina's estate; Hill and Renko spend the day escorting Officer McBear.

Holmes tests Watson's deductive skills and then is later asked to investigate a case where a wealthy philanthropist believes he was intentionally infected with an incurable illness—cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Holmes sends Watson to a suspicious dry cleaners to teach her deductive skills.
Sherlock and Watson investigate the disappearance of the sister of a woman who frequents Sherlock's sobriety meetings. Upon arrival at the brownstone, they are surprised by Mycroft, who has returned to New York, apparently to focus on his Diogenes restaurant chain. They have dinner with him, and the following day, he proposes a relationship with Watson. While taking time to consider it, Watson meets with Sherlock at a park he found based on a clue in one of Paige's songs. Upon investigation, the pair find not one, but two bodies, one being Paige's and the other of a man, Zach Piller, who they learn manufactured UAVs for a company called McCarthy-Strauss. Sherlock visits Mycroft at Diogenes to discuss Watson, but notices a shady-looking man at a corner table who frequents the restaurant. Sherlock later identifies this man as one Guillaume de Soto, a high-ranking member of a French drug cartel called Le Milieu. He captures an insect-like drone that was spying on him in the brownstone, realizing that the two victims were killed by the drones Zach Piller manufactured. They learn from Piller's psychiatrist that he accidentally massacred ten undercover CIA agents in Afghanistan and subsequently wrote a report on it out of guilt. During the interrogating, the psychiatrist is poisoned by another drone. Formulating a plan to incriminate McCarthy-Strauss, Sherlock waits at a pier to meet with the business executive that Piller's report belongs to while Watson breaks into the executive's office and steals the report. She calls the executive and reads the report out to him, incriminating him. That night, Watson, who has taken interest in investigating Le Milieu, follows de Soto's contact outside Diogenes after he receives an envelope. She retrieves the envelope but finds a picture of her inside, right before the man knocks her out with chloroform and kidnaps her.

A prostitute accuses McBride of trying to blackmail her; in the process of discussing the false charges with Bates, McBride confides that she is a lesbian. Two new officers, Ron Lipsky and Michael Galva, are called to deal with a suicidal man. Ballantine's mental health problems continue. Furillo is courted by a group of men to run for mayor. Buntz has to decide what to do about his ex-partner, Tommy Donahue, whom he suspects of murdering a fellow officer.
Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Walon Green
Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Mark Frost & Roger Director
Two cops are transferred from Polk Avenue and are quickly joined by the third member of a love triangle, resulting in one shooting another. Coffey is shot and wounded by the cop killer. Goldblume takes his third roll call, but says Esterhaus will be "back tomorrow". The cop killer turns out to be the proprietor of the local cop hang-out cafe - he is arrested after nearly shooting Hunter. A social assembly of lieutenants and captains is interrupted by Washington, LaRue, and Goldblume as they arrest Lieutenant Tony Marino. The whole corruption ring at Midtown vice crumbles. Captain Fuchs is humiliated, and shown up as a poor manager - and his friendship with Furillo ends as they disagree over events.

In a packed episode, "Operation Stop and Cop" continues to claim victims as Pilsky is shot and killed by a fleeing suspect; her delay in returning fire was caused by her "officer-involved" shooting the previous day. Later, Bates and Briscoe argue publicly when the Deputy Chief denies that he ordered Pilsky to be deployed again; her death also affects Hunter, who had planned a date with Pilsky. Washington surrenders a video tape to Calletano showing Chief Daniels having sex with a prostitute . Calletano uses the tape as leverage with Daniels to facilitate Furillo's return to his command at Hill Street. Washington - with Garabaldi and Belker, and with Goldblume's approval - follows William Mullins all day until he slips up: when he refuses to surrender after committing an armed robbery, he is shot dead by the detectives. Renko proposes to Daryl Ann. Jesus Martinez marries his pregnant girlfriend . Furillo, narrowly avoiding drinking the alcohol he has bought, seeks out his AA sponsor - only to discover that the sponsor has returned to hard drink himself and is in denial about the consequences. The episode title comes from a minor storyline about a legal battle between a man whose genitals became caught in a whirlpool drain and the distraught therapist who didn't release the power switch until he was punched.

Kiel Martin does not appear in this episode.

The title comes from "Operation Jezebel", uniformed officers and EAT rounding up prostitutes on the Hill, during which Bates makes a terrible mistake in judgement due to compassion. Hudson arrives at court to face Furillo, but is assassinated by his former lawyer, still bearing the scars of the beating he gave her. Macallister comes out as gay to Esterhaus and makes a pass at him - ruining Esterhaus' first lunch break outside the station since he came to the Precinct "three years ago". Esterhaus and Gardner, Furillo and Davenport, and the two Goldblumes all get back together.

When Gordon Cushing receives a parcel with two severed ears in it, it seems his missing wife Sarah Cushing may still be alive and that he did not kill her four years earlier. As Holmes investigates, Watson tries to help Lestrade to no longer feel like a failure.

Story: Jeffrey Lewis & Jerry Patrick Brown

In spite of Holmes' dislike of bankers, Holmes and Watson take on a case that involves a missing Wall Street executive, who turns up dead of an heroin overdose that Holmes suspects is not accidental. Upon further examination, Holmes suspects a serial killer is on the loose when he finds he's not the only executive of the company who has suffered a mysterious death. After Holmes is captured by the killer, Watson is forced to tell Captain Gregson the truth about her job with Holmes to get Gregson to search for him. Meanwhile, Watson gets roped into a blind date by her friend, but the man has a secret.

In the opening sequence, Davenport is nearly shot when an arrested perp breaks free, grabs a gun and opens fire inside the precinct. Coffey is on his tenth day back at work after the shooting. A missing seven-year-old boy has a huge team searching throughout the episode, including Bates, Coffey, Renko, Hill, and Perez, but it is Goldblume who finally locates the child. A thieving orangutan and its owner are arrested. Esterhaus is worn out by Grace Gardner and trying to distance himself from her, without success. Detective Ben Lambert is accused of sexual assault during an arrest. Furillo celebrates his 40th birthday, and both Fay and Davenport ask to spend the night with him. He chooses Davenport , but having demanded more in their relationship, he ends the episode alone.

When Detective Bell survives a drive-by shooting while driving his car and his suspected attacker later turns up dead, all signs point to a revenge killing. Holmes and Watson work the case hoping to clear the detective of any wrongdoing. Meanwhile their relationship takes an interesting turn as Holmes again offers Watson a new position as his apprentice now that her time as his sober companion has expired. This time, she accepts.

Officers Coley and Lyle, prominent figures of early series three episodes who had looked like new regulars, are discovered to be corrupt - both are arrested and suspended. Furillo defies Chief Daniels in supporting Goldblume, and incurs the Chief's wrath. Hunter's tumor is discovered to be benign, although he has already discussed his funeral plans with Furillo. Renko meets a lovely woman on his birthday and spends an hour of passion with her - only to discover that she is a prostitute hired by his friends. Initially reacting badly, later he asks her to accompany him to the baseball, and she accepts. Actor John Gennaro is killed while on stake out with Belker. Washington turns down the job offer in the Bahamas, to stay with partner LaRue.
New ADA Davenport faces opposition when she decides to prosecute three white teens for the death of a young black athlete; Furillo's car accident starts an investigation into illegal gun sales by Al DiPiano; and Mayo has a date with Chief Daniels.
A smoking ban at the precinct causes tempers to fray. Bates faces a tough decision about Fabian. LaRue and Washington are still staking out the tattoo parlor for a murderer. Buntz is on the trail of a new drugs supply that's killing some of the users. Bobby Hill meets an old childhood friend.
Part 1: Officers Mike Perez and Joe Coffey both have their first major roles in this episode; both were to be regulars for the next four years. There is a major clash between their respective partners . Goldblume, reflecting on his son's illness and his clashes with narcotics colleagues, decides to resign, but Furillo persuades him to reflect further. Esterhaus is back with Grace, and his marriage to Cindy is cancelled. LaRue has an increasing problem with alcohol dependency, which leads to a near disaster for Belker, under cover, when he requests backup from LaRue. Weeks , a racist narcotics officer, shoots a black suspect in the final scene.
Story: George Goldsmith & Jeff Melvoin & Jerome Portman

When Sherlock deduces that a former henchman of Moriarty's is behind a child kidnapping, Moriarty is brought in, with electroshock restraints, to help track down the kidnappers. Watson can see Sherlock is still struggling with his conflicting feelings for Moriarty, but is also annoyed they've been discussing Watson's love life in their letters. It is discovered that Moriarty's agent has gone rogue, and that the child in question is actually Moriarty's daughter. After disabling her restraints, escaping and killing all her daughter's abductors, a badly injured Moriarty allows Sherlock to take her back into custody, predicting she will be free soon. Sherlock realizes she may have started to redeem herself.

Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner & Karen Hall & Mark Frost

"Buck Naked" has his feature role as a witness against corrupt taxi operators. The judge unexpectedly overturns the decision of the jury, and Davenport implies to Furillo that she suspects the judge of corruption. An investigation into police corruption turns up evidence that, fourteen years prior, rookie patrolman Howard Hunter was coerced into being the "bagman" for two corrupt Midtown detectives. Furillo informs Hunter, who sinks immediately into depression, believing that he has disgraced himself and the police force. At home, he tidies his desk, arranges his photographs and medals, writes a last note, and holds a revolver to his head; an off-screen gunshot ends the episode. Also in this episode, Fay and Henry have a sexual encounter, Hill is victorious in a police boxing match, and Michael Conrad makes a short and shaky appearance at roll call, looking very drawn and unwell.

Rene Enriquez does not appear in this episode.

The NYPD investigates the death of Haley Tyler, who was stabbed before she fell off of a balcony and landed on a truck. Haley was the apparent mistress of technology mogul Ian Gale , whom Sherlock and Watson are unable to locate until they learn that he is dying and in need of a transplant. Gale reveals to them that Haley was not his mistress, but rather his illegitimate daughter as a result of a one-night stand during his early years of success. Evidence points to Gale's wife due to an inheritance agreement to Haley, as well as medical precision used during the murder - however, Mrs. Gale's arguments during an interrogation are valid and she informs Watson that she arranged the inheritance agreement herself. The detectives locate Haley's former boyfriend, and though the man is innocent, he informs them that Haley was suffering from a sickness. Ian Gale dies, prompting Sherlock, Watson and the NYPD to confront Mrs. Gale at her home with the murder of both Haley and her husband: she injected Haley with a poisonous medicine that would also poison Ian during the resulting transfusion, and Haley was killed to remove loose ends. In a subplot, Mycroft, who plans to return to London soon, proposes to Sherlock that he come along, as their father apparently desires it. Sherlock shares this to Watson and takes time to contemplate it, even favoring it at one point, but ultimately decides against it with a letter he sends to Mycroft. However, implying that he lied to Sherlock and wants him out of New York for other reasons.
A gifted genetic botanist is found killed by a cartel's signature method. The investigation leads to a backroom deal between the cartel and a high-powered agriculture firm over the botanist's expertise. In the denouement, Captain Gregson alerts Holmes to a body whose scarring resembles Kitty's.
Story by: Jeffrey Paul King & Craig Sweeny
The department investigates the murder of two men, one of whom appeared to be impersonating the other. Meanwhile, Sherlock confronts Morland about his continued presence in New York and agrees to help him with a "puzzle" to hasten his departure. While Watson and Detective Bell investigate a facial recognition system that is being used to find doppelgangers, Sherlock attends a dinner party to investigate a woman who holds an injunction against one of Morland's potential business ventures. Afterwards, Morland tries to reconcile with his son, saying that he intends to stay in New York indefinitely and hopes to work with Sherlock again.

Story: Thom Thomas & Michael Kozoll & Steven Bochco

Holmes and Watson investigate the murder of a professional debunker and uncover a potential threat to homeland security. Gregson's daughter needs help with a case and asks Joan for help, but ignores Joan's suggestion on how to handle it.
Moriarty reveals that she faked her murder to distract Holmes from interfering with her plans, though she did not anticipate his drug overdose. She asks him to let her win and then he can have the USA to himself. Holmes uncovers her plan to have the father of a woman she has kidnapped murder a man associated with the Macedonian naming dispute in order to make one billion dollars trading in currency. He fails to stop the murders, however and vents his rage against Watson and Captain Gregson. Holmes overdoses on drugs and Moriarty visits him in hospital. She confesses to her part in the murder and invites him to leave the country with her and she will heal him. Holmes reveals Watson analysed Moriarty's behavior and concluded that she was, in fact, in love with Holmes and thus would return to him; they relied on Moriarty's agents to witness his wild behavior and let her think she'd won. He then reveals that the overdose was faked and Moriarty is arrested, Holmes having recorded their conversation.

Thanksgiving spirit abounds. "The Cisco Kid" returns as an Indian. Jerry Fuchs dies of a heart attack, so Captain Furillo uses "what Jerry might have said" to strong-arm Biff Lowe into wearing a wire while meeting with the Barletta brothers. The sting works, as the Barlettas incriminate themselves in the attempt on Mayor Cleveland's life. The Vegas crew prepares to come home, not knowing that J.D.'s rubber check has meant that their return trip tickets have been pulled by the travel agent. Furthermore, the agent has informed Captain Furillo that they are in Vegas and not "sick", as they had reported. Belker and Coffey regain both their lost money and their friendship. Myrna Schnitz confesses that she is pregnant, broke and miserable in Vegas and return to the Hill with the guys. Leo takes her back without hesitation. Fabian's mother — a hardcore junkie — is arrested and brought in to Hill Street where Bates tells her the fate of her three children. Fabian finds out that Bates has met with his mother and is very upset that she has not told him. They attend his mother's arraignment, where she opts for detox. Vera Horvath, after weeks of harassing phone calls and stalking Jablonski, shows up to tell him that she actually has loved him all along. When Jablonski tells her that he just wants to be friends, she opens fire and is killed by other officers at the station. Robin breaks up with Belker.

Detective Arthur "Art" Bradley, a homosexual, but married with children, is the only surviving witness to a mass-murder in a gay bar; much of the episode revolves around attempts by Washington and LaRue to cover for him, and his eventual decision to come forward formally as a witness. Goldblume becomes Fay's partner in natural childbirth classes, the "Cisco Kid" causes problems, and Calletano finally passes a kidney stone during very hot weather, and a series of city-wide power cuts.

This episode introduced new photos for each cast member in the opening titles; notably, Howard Hunter is finally shown with Lieutenant insignia, though he had been promoted in Episode 6 of the first season.

Holmes is reunited with "M." a British serial killer who appears to have followed Holmes to New York; Watson eventually learns that "M" is the one who murdered Sherlock's lover Irene Adler, causing him to spiral into his previous addiction. However, after Sherlock captures "M" and privately interrogates him, he learns that "M" is not a serial killer but an assassin, and that he was jailed when Irene was murdered. Moran is on the payroll of a mysterious criminal named Moriarty; therefore, Moriarty killed Irene and pinned the blame on Moran. Holmes vows he will hunt down Moriarty. Meanwhile, Watson has reservations about leaving Holmes and taking on a new client.

Chief Daniels praises Mizell at his funeral, for the sake of his family, while preparing to act on the evidence of Mizell's widespread corruption. Councilman Detweiler threatens to expose Mizell's corruption - and corruption in the police force in general - but, before he can act, he kills an old lady while driving drunk. Hill is naked on the doctor's table when his fellow officers burst in to arrest the doctor for fraud. LaRue abandons his attorney, Wachtel, moments before he too is arrested, on the same charge. Hunter proposes to his nurse girlfriend, but she turns him down on grounds of religion. Fay Furillo's home is burgled. Bates and Coffey deal with a baby abandoned in the back of their patrol car.

A title card before this episode states: "This episode of Hill Street Blues is dedicated to the memory of Dominique Dunne" .

LaRue continues to work with Vic Hitler, investing $500. The much sought-after biker is found and arrested - an alternative suspect in the death-in-custody, though IAD continue to question Coffey . Belker's father dies, and Furillo breaks the news while Belker is on an operation. Calletano, still working on his promotion prospects, draws up a list of refutations of possible criticisms of himself . LaRue sets up a false undercover operation to lure one of the school girls into a van. She offers him sexual favors, but he has a lucid moment, makes his apologies, and leaves.

Flashbacks reveal Sherlock's meeting with Irene two years ago and their subsequent relationship, including her "preserving" antique works of art by returning to museums her forgeries of paintings rather than restored originals. Irene was psychologically tortured for the past eighteen months which she believes to have been seven years. Holmes decides to send Irene away to keep her safe but she counters that they go together. He agrees but then notices a mole is missing from Irene's back and concludes it was removed to avoid it turning cancerous- which Moriarty would not care about, unless she was working for Moriarty. Berating him for not trusting her, Irene storms out. One of Moriarty's agents discovers he is to be killed, but defeats his assassins and returns to kill Holmes . The agent wounds Holmes and reveals to him that Moriarty is a woman. Before Holmes can be shot a second time the agent is shot and killed by Irene, who now talks with a British accent. Holmes realizes she is Moriarty.
Bell, on his new job, inspects some barrels at a port and discovers a decapitated corpse in one. Watson identifies the victim as a mobster who had gone into hiding. She and Sherlock must hurry to find his killer before a mob war breaks out. Bell's resentment towards Holmes begins to fade.
Holmes is called in to assist on a case with an M.O. that is identical to a serial murderer that Captain Gregson put away when he was just a detective. As more people turn up dead it appears more and more likely that Gregson and his partner at the time may not have arrested the right person and questions arise as to whether they framed the man currently behind bars.

Due to a clerical change, the Hill Street Precinct is $130,000 short of their quota for seized narcotics, and is at risk of losing funding for overtime. Buntz, in command for the day, mounts a campaign to meet the quota. Belker busts a tough kid named "Fetch" who bites and runs drugs; Russo and Flaherty bust a disowned snitch who tips them to a mobile drug lab, but the bust literally goes up in flames. Inspector Scapizzi sends his new girlfriend to the Hill to redecorate the stationhouse; Buntz catches her stealing cocaine from the property room, and the bust allows Hill Street to meet their quota.
Teleplay: Anthony Yerkovich & Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner

While doing research in the hospital morgue, Sherlock stumbles upon a murder that no one else has noticed. According to Holmes' deductions, someone in the hospital has been killing vulerable, pain-wracked, near-death patients and making it look like they had died of natural causes. While questioning hospital doctors and staff, evidence begins to mount, and Sherlock realizes that he is chasing an Angel of Death. Meanwhile, Watson manages to reconnect with an old friend while working with Sherlock at the hospital. While sitting in on a pre-op procedure, she comes to realize that Sherlock is not the only one with an uncanny sense of intuition. Holmes and Watson uncover several unethical and criminal activities going on at the hospital in the course of their investigation into the murder, and Watson finds out she may be "a better doctor than she is a friend."

Story: Jeffrey Lewis & Walon Green & Robert Ward
Lieutenant Hunter is found alive after 11 days; it is discovered that his friend had been dead for a week, and - under a pact with Hunter - Hunter ate a portion of him to stay alive. Hunter discusses this with Furillo and Prunella . Lieutenant Buntz is accused of stealing a kilogram of cocaine from the suitcase in Episode 1; a box containing $17,000 is found in Buntz's apartment, leading Internal Affairs to suspend him. Grace Gardner returns to the precinct after having left the convent after finding her "concept of love" incompatible with chastity; she now works with a condom-distribution company and informs Furillo that the company installs machines free for law enforcement agencies, as "Our motto is the same as yours: To protect and serve." The sister of Jesus Martinez is apparently kidnapped shortly before her wedding to a member of the Gypsy Boys; it is discovered that she actually loves a member of the Shamrocks, and Jesus gives his blessing for them to be married. LaRue narrowly escapes death and rides a rollercoaster of emotion, finally breaking down sobbing in Washington's arms.
A film crew shadows the precinct and takes a patrol with Hill and Renko. LaRue and Washington discover the gun used in the Hill/Renko shooting. Hunter appears for the first time as a Lieutenant . Kevin "Dracula" is brought in by Belker on an assault charge, is detained in a jail cell and due to his mental instability hangs himself before the day is out. Both Joyce and Frank wonder if they did everything they could have to prevent it.

Sherlock is surprised to see his brother in New York City and is further surprised when Mycroft asks for his and Joan's help with a case involving Mycroft's former fiancee, Nigella Mason , aka "The Marchioness". Nigella has married and divorced, and in her settlement is ownership of Silver Blaze, a famous racehorse. When someone tries to poison the horse and assassinate Nigella, the investigators discover a link between the cutthroat world of horse racing and one of the most elusive assassins in the drug world.

An unidentified street gang tortures and murders several innocent people in an extended robbery and Furillo responds angrily against all the gangs. Belker's gas station undercover operation is ruined by the well-intentioned "Captain Freedom", who fancies himself as a superhero and dresses in a red lycra suit, green shorts and elbow pads with a red leather cap and goggles. The downstairs holding cells are refurbished, and at once a prisoner tries to hang himself in them.

When an inspector for the USDA is murdered while attending to an apiary of bees, Sherlock suspects AgriNext is behind it. But when the murder is resolved fairly quickly, a larger and more sinister plot begins to reveal itself. Meanwhile, Captain Gregson is faced with a tempting offer that causes him to carefully consider his future with the 11th.

Esterhaus is said to be in hospital for tests. For the second consecutive episode, Lieutenant Goldblume conducts Roll Call. The cop killer is caught and arrested, but then discovered to be a copy-cat killer, with the original killer still at large. Nonetheless, the copy-cat killer helps implicate the corrupt Midtown cops being investigated secretly by Furillo, Calletano, LaRue, and Washington . The rats return, but a better musician lures them away with bagpipes and deposits them in a fire station.
Story: Steven Bochco & Anthony Yerkovich & Jeffrey Lewis
Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Roger Director & Jacob Epstein
Furillo is not pleased by the proposed visit of the US President to Hill Street. Meanwhile his emerging relationship with Joyce Davenport is floundering. Hill and Renko return to work. Grace Gardner arrives to redecorate, and has her eyes at once on Sergeant Esterhaus. Belker solves a series of rapes and captures two rapists - but the main suspect remains at large. Two officers are jumped when they leave a building after finding no evidence of a suspected theft.
Rachel Goldblume is raped in her own bed during the night with daughter Annie and son Josh asleep in the next room. She won't press charges, but Henry Goldblume takes fingerprints, identifies the suspect, arrests him roughly, and secures a conviction on outstanding warrants. The poor New York couple are robbed again while withdrawing money wired to them; they are then caught up in a hostage situation when Belker's hotel undercover goes wrong. At another hostage situation a man holding his wife is shot dead by EAT officers, with 23-year-old Officer Foster expressing delight, which is caught by TV cameras. Celestine Grey is finally executed. In a closing ironic paradox LaRue picks up a girl in a bar by pretending to be Henry Goldblume , while the real Goldblume stands in the cold outside Grey's prison, joining a group of Christians praying for Grey as he is executed.

A genial census worker is taken hostage and murdered, much to the dismay of his bodyguards, Hill and Renko, who were called away to back up other officers on the order of Deputy Chief Briscoe. Joyce Davenport agrees to testify against Timothy Mullins, but both brothers issue death threats against her. Furillo, most in need of his command to defend her, is relieved of duties by Chief Daniels on the orders of Mayor Cleveland. Cleveland is unhappy with Furillo's apology concerning his comments about "Operation Stop and Cop", and he reassigns Furillo to command a task force at Division. Joyce accuses Furillo of failing to protect her, resulting in recovering alcoholic Furillo purchasing a fifth of Scotch whisky. In the personal storylines, Renko's girlfriend is pregnant, and Hunter dates both Bates and Fay Furillo, while looking for a partner - both turn him down.

Kiel Martin and Ellen Blake do not appear in this episode; LaRue's absence is explained as due to infectious mononucleosis. This episode marks the first appearance of Ken Olin .

Story: Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Michael Wagner
Steven Bochco & Anthony Yerkovich & Jeffrey Lewis

A young man is murdered in what Sherlock and Joan suspect to be a case of company rivalry. The case soon becomes linked with a ride-sharing company that may be invading customers' privacy. Sherlock's life is complicated further by an old friend of his who makes a daunting request of him.

The garbage business undercover continues; Officer Perez rescues a family from a burning building; a Federal witness is kidnapped; and Fay reports the suspicious chairside technique of dentist Ted Rose.
Esterhaus goes out to meet a dangerous criminal once convicted on his evidence, now released from prison, only to find that his nemesis has taken to religion and is seeking forgiveness from Esterhaus. Santini and Harris encounter the black van and attempt to apprehend the three prostitutes without calling for assistance; as a result, Harris is murdered. The alleged shooter of Renko and Hill is released without charge.
A man is found dead in an apartment, with a sheep tethered in the bathroom. The Reverend Booker Simons is murdered, but his killer plea-bargains a greatly reduced charge when Fay Furillo leaks news to Simons' widow, while the suspect is also the only witness in a major anti-drug operation, in which police officers have been killed at the police motor pool. Inspector Joe Keenan comes to blows with Captain Furillo concerning overlapping jurisdiction between the precinct and Special Narcotics. Jesus Martinez appears in a new manifestation as a paralegal aid to Attorney Brown. Prostitute Lotta Gue has her third arrest for soliciting in 48 hours; but Lieutenant Hunter, who has developed a soft spot for her, lets her go.

Teleplay by: Liz Friedman & Christopher Silber

Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner & David Milch & Karen Hall

Sherlock returns home to find Watson safe, and Mycroft reveals that he is working for MI6. The brothers have a talk, in which Mycroft discloses that MI6 utilized his observational skills to investigate criminal groups such as Le Milieu, and that his handler wanted Sherlock out of New York. The two then meet with the handler, Tim Sherrington , who employs Sherlock with a murder case involving one Andrew West, an undercover MI6 analyst. West's body in the morgue is shown to have the arms severed and stolen. The two visit West's wife, Marion and learn that she is a tattoo artist; Sherlock later deduces that West's arms were tattooed using invisible ink, thus providing motive for someone to steal them. Watson, meanwhile, angrily rejects Mycroft for his deception. Marion visits the Brownstone to inform Sherlock that she was aware of West's activities, which West divulged out of paranoia and reassurance of his sanity to her, given that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Showing them photos of West's arms tattooed with numbers, Marion explains that West was confident of a mole working within MI6, communicating with one Julian Afkhami, a local bookstore owner. Watson later tells Sherlock she plans to move out of the brownstone, which Sherlock dismisses as a mere emotional repercussion following her kidnapping. The following morning, Sherrington meets with Sherlock at a park, and eventually offers him a job at MI6. Marion, meanwhile, tells Watson about one "Sudomo Han", who Watson visits Mycroft to ask about. She is shocked to learn that Mycroft joined MI6 to protect his brother, who unwittingly made himself Han's associate, not knowing that Han was a terrorist. Moved, she kisses Mycroft and the two eventually have sex. Elsewhere, Sherlock learns from the NYPD that the gun used to kill West led to untraceable fingerprints bearing a distinctive scar. Immediately identifying the prints as Mycroft's, Sherlock visits his brother's home to inform him that he is being framed as the mole.
A sniper shoots nine people, killing four, in the financial district and Morland visits Sherlock at the Brownstone to offer his help. Although the shooting appears random, it is too precise, concealing the true target. Morland's contact in Interpol, Lukas, finds out that shooter-for-hire Gagnier was paid in a Swiss bank account by a shell subsidiary of Dynastic Energies. The CEO of Dynastic Energies, Bill Wellstone, was having an affair with his lawyer's wife, Sarah; he found out that she had left him for plumber Frank Bova, the true target of the shooting. Wellstone had used a golf bag to smuggle the sniper's weapon into the building, leaving behind gun oil residue that becomes evidence. Afterward, Morland has a 'dinner' with Lukas, who voices his suspicion that Morland has not been helping Sherlock out of goodness but rather is risking Sherlock's life. Lukas demands 5 million Euros to keep his mouth shut, at which point Morland heavily implies that he had Lukas' predecessor killed for a similar transgression.

Anthony Yerkovich & Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner

Joan is hired to find a woman who had mysteriously disappeared five years ago. Joan, Sherlock, and Kitty soon find themselves investigating several disappearances which all had one clue in common: the smell of nutmeg.

Belker, LaRue and Washington go undercover as garbagemen to investigate a protection racket; Fay tries to help an elderly rape victim identify her assailants; Hill runs for PBA representative; and Mayo gets proof that the hispanic rape suspect can speak English.
LaRue becomes obsessed with a radio contest to find the largest live cockroach; he loses the contest, but busts a wanted felon when he shows up to enter the contest. Buntz is worried about the state of Furillo's marriage, based on a tip. A drug user, released on bail after Goldblume changes his charge from a felony to a misdemeanor, kills a grandmother while intoxicated. Goldblume is suspended, but takes his complaints regarding understaffing to Chief Daniels and TV; his actions result in a reversal of his suspension, as well as an authorization for 3 new judges, 40 new police cadets, and a study for building a new prison. Belker adopts a dog whose previous owner trained him to snatch purses.
Belker and Washington are undercover at an adult movie theater. A redundant housing authority cop takes his partner and child hostage. Goldblume returns to work and announces his divorce. The precinct plays basketball against a mixed team of gang members. A final second victory is denied when someone in the crowd shoots the ball .
LaRue's attempts to fool colleagues with a cow's heart fall flat - nobody mistakes it for a human heart. Hill and Renko recover a large sum of money and are tempted to keep it - but don't. Their cruiser is stolen by a young boy living rough, for whom Hill rapidly develops an affection. Hunter continues to develop a relationship with his Vietnamese masseuse. A bomb in the male toilets at the precinct house is claimed as the work of the multiple-personality secure hospital escapee, who is later cornered by Goldblume, but kills himself by jumping from a window. Washington and Benedetto, undercover, are jumped by two masked and armed men instead of meeting with the contact mark-the mele ends with a gunshot to Washington's left shoulder area. The scene concludes with Benedetto frantically driving Neil to the closest hospital while he is bleeding heavily with his life on the line.
Story: Jeffrey Lewis & Steven Bochco & David Milch

Watson reopens an old murder case that Sherlock, when still using, had not been able to solve; she discovers a rare fossil lies at the heart of the case. Meanwhile, Sherlock's sponsee Randy is worried about using again when his old friend, an addict, comes back to live with him.

Sergeant Phil Esterhaus dies while making love with Grace Gardner, and Captain Furillo announces the death at Roll Call, shocking the officers. In a double blow for Leo, he discovers his wife to be having an affair. Belker is let down by his backup on an undercover operation, and the city suffers multiple law suits in consequence. Coffey's girlfriend Susan is raped by a man recently released from prison as a non-violent offender. Jesus Martinez trades information for the release of two juvenile Diablos. Fay Furillo is arrested for prostitution by Officer Pfiezer, much to his embarrassment. Lucille Bates is offered promotion to sergeant, and the opportunity to take Esterhaus' job as Desk Sergeant - a thought which scares her.

Note- In 1997 TV Guide ranked this episode number 49 on its "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time" list.

Holmes brings Watson to the site of a plane crash on a beach; among the four victims, he deduces that one of them was murdered. Reviewing further evidence including a recording of the sounds heard on the plane prior to the crash, Holmes comes to the conclusion that sand was used to jam the plane engine, and the murder victim was a man who walked in on the perpetrator at work, his corpse then stuffed in a trunk that caused weight imbalance and the plane's subsequent crash. All evidence points to a plane mechanic who is supposedly smuggling cocaine, but further evidence show that the real murderer is the mechanic's boss. Watson, meanwhile, is called to dinner by Holmes' father, who Holmes claims would never propose such a thing. Watson meets a man claiming to be Sherlock's father, but his cover falters when he laughs at Watson's reaction to a question about sex. Watson later meets with the man , a former stage actor and friend of Sherlock named Alistair. Alistair explains to Watson how Sherlock once visited him so high, barely able to speak, muttering a certain name, which Alistair tells Watson. Returning to Sherlock's home, Watson asks him who Irene was.

Lives are threatened as a mystery sniper takes a shot at Macafee and the officers protecting him; Goldblume, under fire for the first time, is particularly unnerved. Esterhaus is shocked when Grace bares all in the roll-call room. Later she turns up at his wedding to Cindy, prompting him to faint, and leaving the wedding postponed.
Story: Steve Bello & Robert Ward & Jonathan Lemkin

Councilman Wade attempts to derail Furillo's investigation of his shooting by revealing details from Washington's personnel file to the press to discredit the detective. Furillo and Washington discover the conspiracy that allowed Wade access to Washington's file, and Wade is arrested for the conspiracy. Grace Gardner's vocation is challenged by her attraction to Flaherty. Buntz chooses to be the one who arrests the loan shark who clipped his finger; though he tries for a clean bust, the loan shark pulls a gun, and Buntz is forced to shoot him. A literary agent, unimpressed by the manuscript of Goldblume's deceased friend, offers Goldblume the chance to write his memoirs.

Robert Prosky is removed from the opening credits.

Story: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Robert Ward
The title comes from Belker's pet mouse Micky, who is accidentally killed by Coffey during the episode. Public Defender Pam Gilliam is murdered , but following a joint sweep of the Royal Blood gang by EAT and uniforms, the murder weapon is recovered by Hunter, Schmeltzer, and Ballantine. In his absence, Hill is elected Vice President of the Black Officers' Coalition , leading to a strained relationship with Renko. Goldblume pursues a complaint against a vicious and uncaring landlord in a decaying apartment block. Jonathan Frakes appears as a drug dealer.

Sherlock and Watson work on the case of a young woman who has been killed and then mummified by refrigerant. Their investigation leads them to a cryogenic facility where the frozen corpse of another murder-victim went missing. Meanwhile, Watson is facing problems in her family life.

Belker is in demand from his Mafia prisoners, after they hijack the prison bus transporting them to their incarceration. A guard is killed, but the prisoners are eventually recaptured. Goldblume and Garibaldi try video-dating, but Goldblume ends up arresting his first contact for solicitation. Renko, after initial cold feet, finally marries Daryl Ann. Martinez and Calletano secure a gang cease-fire, but Martinez is attacked and wounded inside the station. Hunter's horse, Apollo, dies; but he secures a date with a fellow wedding guest at Renko's marriage, when she is attracted by his horse smell.
The orangutan is still in the station, and Belker leads a successful raid to recover stolen military weaponry, in an otherwise relationship-dominated episode. Goldblume , undercover as a cab driver, meets a new lady friend; Furillo and Davenport meet socially at an art exhibition, with other partners; Esterhaus formally breaks up with Grace; Hunter asks Grace on a date, and ends up heading towards the desired night of passion; Goldblume throws caution to the wind, and ends the episode back with his new friend in her apartment.

Shortly after coming to the scene of a cartographic murder, Kitty, Sherlock, and Watson uncover a plot to misconstrue border lines that affect the viability of a billion-dollar casino.

Teleplay: Walon Green & Jacob Epstein & Dick Wolf & Robert Ward

A jealous Renko confronts his wife about her relationship with her business partner in her cookie-making company; at the end of the episode, he sleeps with a classmate from night school. A Hill Street officer with limited fluency in Spanish shoots an innocent Hispanic when he doesn't understand what he's saying. Ray Calletano, now representing the Latin-American Coalition, threatens a lawsuit on the victim's behalf - until he finds out that Furillo would bear the blame. Flaherty's romantic involvement with Russo begins to interfere with work, resulting in Bates dressing down both of them after she is slashed due to Flaherty's inattentiveness. Goldblume finds his informant, who did indeed kill the head of the Blood, and is forced to kill him when he turns a gun on him. Belker, acting on a tip from a snitch, buys stolen credit cards, but is shot in his car in the final scene.

Rene Enriquez returns to the opening credits for this episode only.

Part 2: Michael Kozoll & Steven Bochco & Anthony Yerkovich
Story: Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Mark Frost
John Renko dies, but the van containing his body is stolen from outside the funeral home. Later, the abandoned corpse is discovered by Bates, Coffey, and Belker dumped among a group of winos. Commander Lakeland continues to pester Bates, who has called off their relationship after discovering that Lakeland is married. Furillo and Davenport finally depart on holiday after Joyce successfully clears a man falsely accused of rape.
The episode is dominated by "The Monarch Project"—the restoration of the Monarch Theatre in the Hill Street district. In two related storylines, widespread corruption is uncovered which reaches into the office of Chief Daniels; and Mayor Cleveland is the victim of an assassination attempt. In Vegas, Belker takes his free pull on a gaming machine and wins the $5,000 jackpot. Coffey borrows and loses much of the money, and later steals most of the rest. Belker collects his prisoner, who dies of a heart attack while handcuffed to Belker. Hill and Renko deal with an immigrant whose winning lottery ticket is stolen and then offered back to him through a broker in return for half the $3,000 winnings. This arrangement ends in tragedy for the family and career trouble for Hill and Renko. Joe Keenan, head of the narcotics squad, is implicated as the corrupt officer in Chief Daniels' office. Meanwhile, the man accused of shooting the mayor is assassinated on his way to court; his shooter is later identified as former police Captain Jerry Fuchs. Fabian is in trouble for skipping school as he and Bates adjust to their new relationship.
Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Mark Frost & Jacob Epstein
Lieutenant Buntz is introduced to a new partner, Detective Manny Rodriguez, . They arrest a criminal, handcuffed to a boiler room valve.

After new cases surface of bodies with bite marks, Watson wonders if Aaron Colville, the man suspected of similar murders a decade ago but who died on the operating table of the surgeon she was assisting at the time, was innocent.

Three "Russians" visit the Hill, where one attempts to defect. It transpires that he and the female delegate are in a relationship which has been complicated by the advances of the third delegate, a KGB officer. The matter is resolved without international incident. Belker goes undercover with an ambulance crew, and strikes up an unlikely relationship with the ambulance driver, arising at first out of a shared diet. A temporary freeze on promotions upsets Bates, who is still awaiting a vacant sergeant's post. A young man with mental instability who is shot by police leaves a dependent dog whom Bates adopts, ironically naming him "Sarge". Furillo spots Goldblume kissing Fay.

This episode marks the last appearance of Michael Conrad . He still appears in the opening credits until episode 16.

During a stage rehearsal for a ballet performance, the severed corpse of up-and-coming ballerina Nell Solange falls from the rigging. The investigation leads to prima donna ballerina Iris Lanzer, whose presence evokes a “fanboy” reaction in Sherlock. Sherlock deduces someone is attempting to frame Ms. Lanzer for the murder; meanwhile Watson, out of deeply personal reasons, tracks down a missing homeless man.
Sherlock informs Mycroft that he is being framed as the mole, and relocates him and Watson to a vacant, remote library accessible to Sherlock. While he stalls MI6 with fraudulent "updates", Sherlock continues his investigation into Andrew West. Sherlock and Watson discover that West's arm tattoos signified dates, times and locations mapping out the mole's whereabouts, and present their evidence to Mycroft, who notices that he was in every listed location at the corresponding dates and times. Realizing he is being framed because the mole was in the same places as Mycroft, Watson names Mycroft's handler Sherrington as the mole; they decide to keep it quiet until the time comes. Sherrington, however, visits Watson at the Brownstone to confront her, but Watson, who is keeping members of the hacktivist group "Everyone" on a video chat to incriminate him, calls it a draw and sends him away. In the meantime, Sherlock learns that Sherrington made seventeen calls to his contact, Iranian Julian Afkhami, feeding information to the Iranian government. Watson confronts Sherlock about Sudomo Han and his history with Mycroft, which Sherlock brings to his brother as a means for forgiveness. Sherlock and Watson investigate a murder believed to be linked to Afkhami and incriminate him to the NYPD, presenting evidence that he stoned his wife's lover to death, and get him arrested. Mycroft visits Sherrington at a restaurant and learns from Sherrington that he betrayed MI6 because of a lack of promotions or respect. Shortly afterwards, the NYPD finds Sherrington's corpse, which Sherlock confronts Mycroft about at the Brownstone. Mycroft informs him and Watson that he made a deal with the NSA for them to kill Sherrington and fake Mycroft's own death, thus making him disappear to protect him from Le Milieu. Watson is deeply saddened while Mycroft emotionally apologizes to an unmoved Sherlock. While Watson makes plans to move into a new apartment, Sherlock visits MI6 to tell them he is willing to enlist in the organization.

Story: Jeffrey Lewis & Walon Green & David Milch
After the TV crew is involved in a liquor store stakeout that turns deadly, the TV presentation is favorable to Hill Street. The alleged shooter of Hill and Renko makes a confession, but Hill remains unconvinced and distanced from Renko. Belker's love life suffers a setback. Following the death of Harris, Officer Santini resigns to pursue his passion for cabinet making.
Belker goes undercover at the pound. Buntz and Rodriguez are taken hostage by a murderer from Buntz's past. A baseball player stopped on a DUI is found to have a stash of drugs in his trunk.

Software developer Edwin Borstein has created an artificial intelligence program called Bella, and he hires Sherlock because someone has broken into his company and made a copy of the program. Sherlock solves the theft case, but then Borstein dies from a fatal epileptic seizure, seemingly caused by Bella. Meanwhile, Joan's boyfriend Andrew receives a job offer that would take him to Copenhagen, and Joan wonders if Sherlock is responsible for it.

The heatwave continues. A gang meeting to discuss participation in the Hollywood movie, proves a success. Fay begins work as a crime reporter, thanks to a press pass issued by Chief Daniels. The Chief orders Furillo to get rid of Goldblume, convinced he is corrupt - Furillo, naturally, resists. Councilman Detweiler is arrested for drink driving, but is released on the orders of Chief Daniels. Hunter heads into hospital with a tumor, fearing he has cancer.
Story: Joseph Gunn & Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis
Part 1: Everyone is still out to get Weeks, and even Furillo begins to question him; only Washington defends him. Davenport still wants to keep her relationship with Furillo secret. Esterhaus has a birthday, but doesn't like his belly dancing surprise gift, which interrupts roll call. LaRue's drinking nearly kills him and Washington, and Furillo gives him an ultimatum.
Gilliam's murderer is finally caught - but only after he has been released and killed his own accomplice for alleged disloyalty. Furillo sends LaRue to work in the motor pool and warns that he intends to recommend dismissal. Hill resigns as Vice President of the BOC.
Bates and Coffey find a bull in a fifth floor apartment, but Hill and Renko preside over the disaster of trying to return it to ground level in a sling under the police helicopter. Captain Hogan is found guilty of misconduct at Furillo's insistence by a Board of Rights because he could not control corruption in his precinct. Hogan later crashed the 25th anniversary dinner of Chief Daniels, makes an impromptu speech, then goes home and kills himself. Goldblume, undercover as an ice-cream salesman, arrests a 15-year-old robber. Belker, on the same operation, forgets his mother's birthday. LaRue is turned down for a security job in the Bahamas, and is furious that the job is offered to Washington instead.

Holmes and Watson investigate the death by helium poisoning of a researcher who had been testing the "hound", a breathalyzer for detecting cancer. Bell, recovered from his injury and returned to field duty, asks Watson to track down a missing witness to a street killing. Note: The episode's title is based on the Conan Doyle novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Buntz makes a fool of himself on a courtroom TV show where he is appearing as a witness in support of his nephew. Coffey discovers that Fabian's mother is extorting Bates for additional cash and after making clear to the mother that no more cash will be forthcoming, he insists on shepherding Bates through the process of filing official guardianship papers. LaRue and Renko try to use evidence money and a phone number found on a dead courier to complete the "buy" and bust a big case, but it gets them into deep water when the erstwhile buyers turn out to be FBI agents conducting a sting. An elderly woman threatens to blow Belker's cover at a pawnshop. Tragedy hits as an off-duty Officer Coffey is shot after walking into a store in the process of being robbed.

When a judge is murdered supposedly by the woman he sentenced, Sherlock and Watson begin to find that things are not always as they seem. Another murder raises the stakes as the detectives try to see beyond a criminal's tricks. While working the case, Detective Marcus Bell must make a decision after realizing there is more to his girlfriend than he thought there was.

Belker goes undercover to expose a corrupt parole officer; Goldblume clashes with Furillo over Goldblume's attempts to use his position to delay demolition of some low-rent housing in his new neighborhood; Bates makes a deal with Vivian DeWitt to sign guardianship papers for Fabian; Jablonski tries to cope with a crew making a music video in the station house, while LaRue attempts to make a quick $100 by renting out Lt. Hunter's dog to the production crew as his own. Comic relief in the episode includes a hefty man who sits on people, then demands to be paid to get up.
Teleplay: David Milch & Walon Green & Jacob Epstein
Story: Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Walon Green

When Captain Gregson's home is invaded, Holmes and Watson join the investigation. When several men with military backgrounds are murdered with the same MO, they start to suspect that Gregson may not to be the target. Gregson's colleagues learn that he and his wife have separated. Meanwhile, Holmes and Watson argue about the meaning of partnership. At the end of the episode, Gregson resolves not to give up on his marriage, while Holmes encourages Watson to examine the cases which he could not solve.

Halloran and Tubbs are shot with a weapon which had been in police custody. Officer Wallins of the Property Department admits to selling the piece to his brother-in-law, thus beginning a mammoth process of tracing the weapon. LaRue, who becomes involved in the case via the motor pool, proves a key to the trace. John Renko returns to hospital after his spine collapses and prepares to die. Hill Street hosts a weapons convention, at which Hunter urges the chief officer of the EAT to increase his weapons budget - Furillo is indignant at the suggestion.

Holmes, while suspended from consulting for the NYPD, investigates the death of a conspiracy theorist and has to figure out who is killing the members of a team that participated in an American Military War Game risking national security. He reluctantly apologizes to Captain Gregson, who angrily banned him from the station after he abducted Moran in the previous episode.
After a wealthy man's body is found in an apartment, Joan and Sherlock agree to take on the case. At first it seems that money was the motive of the man's murder, but as the pair investigate further, they discover that the victim was vastly unpopular, with business partners and family members alike planning to humiliate and harm him. Meanwhile Sherlock reunites with an old friend who helped him through a difficult time as a child, but she soon becomes one of their top suspects.

Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner & Mark Frost & Roger Director
Teleplay: Jacob Epstein & Dick Wolf & Robert Ward
Officer Swann hangs himself, unable to cope with his humiliation. The independent witness is found murdered, after Buttman had taken a 45-minute unauthorized absence . At Hill Street Station a peeping Tom in the women's restroom falls through the ceiling. Belker discovers a drug ring in his fried chicken undercover. A TV crew tails Renko and Hill, filming Renko's four morning doughnut stops. Rookie Ronnie Garfield comes forward to implicate Buttman, who is arrested. LaRue spends another night with McConnell and shoots an intruder during the night. A $6,000 grant for an administrative research post of two hours per week leads to fierce competition between the three Lieutenants until Captain Furillo finally takes the grant himself.

While chasing down a serial killer escaped from custody, an FBI profiler and ex-lover of Holmes's comes back into his life. Meanwhile, Watson is evicted from her apartment because the man she had let stay there shot a pornographic film in it, but later proves her landlord was there the whole time and blackmails him to compensate her.
Holmes and Watson try to find a hacker who has been leaking classified government information and get more than they sought out for. With murders troubling Holmes and cyber terrorists interfering with their personal lives, coupled with a framejob that brings the CIA knocking on their doors, the detectives find themselves caught in the new world of technology. As the episode ends, Sherlock secretly reads a letter he received from his nemesis, Jamie Moriarty.

Renewed gang feuding involves a small local grocery store and its owners; Belker takes his anger about Robin's decision to stop seeing him out on his frightened informant during a beauty parlor undercover; Garibaldi cuts corners to help a young hooker and in his night school class; and Furillo must work against Daniels to head off a major gang battle.

Captain Furillo is advised that his father was shot and killed during a robbery. Furillo investigates and discovers that his father had a brain tumor and killed himself due to the pain; for the sake of his mother, Furillo disposes of the suicide weapon and uses his pull with the police to avoid having the case classified as a suicide. Meanwhile, Belker - who has been suffering from nightmares regarding nuclear war - takes charge of an abandoned baby and then gets involved with the father's plight. A Korean restauranteur tows LaRue's car from his parking lot; LaRue retaliates by releasing rats in his restaurant and notifying the Board of Health.

Unusually, this episode includes several dream sequences and a flashback.

Sherlock's father, Morland Holmes, offers to reinstate him and Watson at the department. The next day, Watson and Sherlock begin investigating a triple homicide at a neuroeconomics research facility under the supervision of FBI agent Gary Burke, but find themselves at loose ends due to the FBI's compartmentalization of tasks during the case. Watson is skeptical of Morland's offer and Sherlock explains that dealings with him always involve a cost. Watson meets with Morland and is struck by his sincerity in supporting her partnership with Sherlock. The case is wrapped up and Sherlock takes his father's offer, but Watson discovers that Morland manipulated the DA into dropping the charges and warns him that she won't let him hurt Sherlock.

Teleplay: David Milch & Walon Green & Dick Wolf & Jacob Epstein
Story: Jeffrey Lewis & Dick Wolf & David Milch
Detective Phil Dugan cuts some corners to catch an elusive mobster; Goldblume pursues a solitary investigation into Gina's death; Hill and Renko try to help a homeless family caught up in red tape; Coffey gets to ride with Jablonski; Calletano and Hunter test for the captain's position; and everyone faces a random drug screening.
Benedetto reappears, this time on temporary transfer to Hill Street. While making his first arrest with Washington he kills Crockett who had drawn a gun and threatened the detectives. A man arrested at the scene of a murder in a night shelter turns out to be the murderer. It is discovered that he has dissociative identity disorder, without about 30 personalities. Hunter proposes to Nurse Wulfawitz, who turns him down and ends their relationship. Rico finally comes down from his six-year high on drugs, thanks to Leo's dedicated support. Benedetto proves corrupt when the episode closes with him illegally executing Mo Feldstein in a secret night-time meeting.
Teleplay: Steven Bochco & Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & Roger Director
A hooker sweep for gays and straights attracts Coffey's former high school coach. Renko joins Belker on his drug undercover, which is collapsed - literally - by Hunter and his new, battering-ram-equipped tank. Hill's slowness leads to his new partner being blindsided, causing Hill to rethink what happened with Renko and forgive him. Davenport rejoins the Public Defenders office as Connie Chapman is fired for cocaine use. Goldblume attempts to calm the angst of Fay and Garabaldi regarding Gina by inviting them to dinner; unfortunately, an assassin shoots and kills Gina at the table, and she dies in Goldblume's arms.
Buntz catches a mugger only to lose him when the victim won't press charges; a sculptor refuses to let anyone remove his obscene work of art; Lynnetta pushes Neal about commitment to her and her son with tragic results; Belker goes undercover to learn why so many vagrants have fallen from high buildings recently.
Deputy Chief Mahoney continues to make trouble for the Hill Street officers, leading Furillo to an uncharacteristic display of insubordination. LaRue and Washington recover a missing arm in time to have it sewn back on to the victim of a car crash. Davenport defends Kiki, a West Indian student who is robbed while working as a cab driver. Hector Ruiz takes another hostage - Ben Fisk - but this time loses his life when an EAT sniper kills him to save Fisk. Hill's winnings begin to have a negative effect on him. Renko loses a $2,500 gift from Hill, but Hill simply replaces the cash. Goldblume and Fay have their first kiss.
Teleplay: Jeffrey Lewis & Michael Wagner & Karen Hall & Roger Director

The final episode. The Hill Street stationhouse is gutted by fire, though the basic structure still stands. Lieutenant Buntz, Captain Furillo, and Sidney Thurston investigate the case against Buntz and uncover a plot to frame Buntz, in which Internal Affairs investigator Lieutenant Shipman is implicated. Fearing that Shipman will flee prosecution, Buntz takes matters into his own hands and holds Shipman at gunpoint; both are arrested, Shipman for the cover-up and Buntz for carrying a gun while suspended. Chief Daniels announces publicly that he intends to have Buntz fired; Buntz punches the Chief in the face . Goldblume works with a Division investigator and a prostitute to locate and arrest a notorious serial killer. Belker finally addresses his late mother's possessions. Sergeant Bates and Sal the plumber finally have dinner together, with perhaps a hint at a relationship developing. Buntz leaves the fire-damaged station in the final scene, but the last words are spoken by a constant, but low-profile, character — the night shift desk sergeant. He answers a ringing telephone, and states the final words of the series: "Hill Street".

The Buntz plot set up the spinoff series Beverly Hills Buntz.

A high class call girl dominates the episode - particularly her relationship with Goldblume. Chief Daniels steals two videotapes of Goldblume's call girl having sex with prominent clients; he admits to Furillo that he appears on these two tapes. Furillo reads a last letter from Esterhaus to the officers at Roll Call, and then tries to find a legal way to scatter Esterhaus' ashes on the Hill. Bates tells Coffey that her promotion to Roll-Call Sergeant is to be announced the next day; still in mental turmoil from the rape of his girlfriend, Coffey is less than supportive, and his lack of support also ruins his relationship with Susan. Former Captain Fuchs arrives to advertise his new private security consultancy and meets with harsh words from Belker and disdain from Furillo. The juvenile Diablos Jesus Martinez had released commit murder and then hold Leo Schnitz at knife-point; Jesus convinces them to surrender, but they are killed at Juvenile Hall later that night. Mr. Le Jardin from Divisional Accountancy arrives undercover to identify a petty thief, and discovers that Leo has been taking stationery home for personal use. At the end of the episode, the call girl - who was selling her story to the media - is found murdered.
Seven members of a family are murdered in their home. Goldblume tries to use a former member of the Blood as an informant, but the head of the Blood immediately identifies him as a "snitch". Belker lucks into the identity of the murderers when he busts a low-level drug dealer who met the murderers immediately after the crime. Meanwhile, Renko has both urine and vomit thrown upon him during his patrol, but his day improves when he delivers a baby girl and the parents name the child after him . At the end of the episode, the head of the Blood is found dead, and Goldblume's informant is suspected of the homicide.
Belker keeps running up against a bitter one man band; Gina Srignoli agrees to wear a wire in an effort to incriminate Al DiPiano; Fay goes a little too far to help a welfare mother assaulted by her abusive boyfriend; and Howard tries to sell his RV only to have it stolen by the first interested party.
Story: Steve Bello & Neil Eglash & Jonathan Lemkin & Michael Wagner
Furillo, woken in the night by the county sheriff to vouch for Renko who had exposed himself at a stag party, assigns Renko to parking ticket duty, riding a Vespa moped. His first ticket is issued to Detective Benedetto, and leads to a fist fight. Goldblume, now promoted to Lieutenant, tries to support a young woman threatened by her ex-boyfriend. Bates and Coffey arrest a survivalist who is then, in a case of mistaken identity, shot in the station by a detective from another precinct, whose daughter has been attacked. Fay tries to get herself sent to court in order to see her traffic judge boyfriend again after a row. Chief Daniels takes to the streets, but is bitten by a rat, leading to an intensive rat hunt.
LaRue moonlights on a low budget horror picture and "borrows" one of the props for a joke on an obnoxious detective; a department accountant dogs Furillo; and Chief Daniels uses his position to punish Mayo for refusing his advances the night before.
Fabian has turned up unannounced to stay with Bates. Hunter hits his head falling into the station basement and begins hallucinating. Buntz is unhappy at being involved by an ex-colleague in shaking down a loan shark. Furillo is approached by a politician who thinks he should stand for mayor. Belker and Robin finally get married. Hill returns home for his father's funeral.

After a bomb goes off in a restaurant, Holmes and Watson's investigation runs them right up against a particularly obnoxious Lestrade, now in New York as a "security czar" for a misogynistic CEO who becomes one of their suspects. Holmes acquires a pair of roosters from a cockfight and starts trying to rid them of their aggressive behavior, much to Watson's annoyance.

During a strike by refuse collectors, the police take over collections, with dramatic consequences when a gangland funeral interferes with a refuse collection route. Hunter is asked to take command of an EAT unit at a siege after their lieutenant is injured by the gunman; the gunman is none other than Jack Ballantine, Hunter's former EAT second-in-command. Russo and Flaherty try to deal with an angry old deaf man who has been in a fight with crack addicts; he ends up shot by police after he doesn't hear their command to drop his shotgun. Russo and Flaherty sleep together.
Renko rescues several people from a burning building, and is recommended for a medal - and returned to motor patrol. Hill fights Benedetto, to avenge Renko. Goldblume's female victim is murdered by her stalker, as she predicted, and as Goldblume had feared. Chief Daniels orders a massive swoop on drug dealers, but the operation is aborted by Furillo. Hunter is upset, but Daniels is furious, ordering a series of repeat operations. Furillo goes on a date while Joyce Davenport is out of town.
Teleplay: David Milch & Jacob Epstein & Elia Katz
A successful bust of car thieves gives the episode its title. In the opening scenes, Furillo receives retirement threats from three of his senior staff: Sergeant Esterhaus , Sergeant Goldblume , and Lieutenant Calletano . Sergeant Chesley receives his promotion to Lieutenant, precipitating Goldblume's depression. Goldblume compensates by going out on an undercover operation where he is shot, the bullet just missing his heart. Davenport narrowly avoids contempt of court when she suddenly refuses to defend her client - a reaction to the Gilliam murder. Renko visits his father in hospital and learns that Renko Sr. is riddled with cancer, and has a short time to live.
LaRue thinks he has a chance with a new public defender, Sharon Fein, until she asks Washington for a date. Later that day, Fein allows a criminal in the interrogation room to snatch a gun from her. The criminal kidnaps Davenport at gunpoint and decamps from the station, eventually becoming holed up at a convenience store after shooting the owner; Davenport manages to broker an amnesty. Belker wrecks a car belonging to LaRue's brother-in-law while chasing a robber; the car is later discovered to contain stolen parts.
Story: David Milch & John Romano & Darrell Vienna

Chief Daniels asks Furillo to intervene at the Polk Avenue Precinct, where racial tensions are simmering and Captain Calletano - derisively nicknamed "Captain Taco" by his officers - has been unable to control the tensions. Calletano denies there is a problem and vehemently resists help; Furillo looks on sadly as a brawl between white and black Polk Avenue officers erupts after a black officer is shot, and Calletano is unable to stop it. Internal Affairs is investigating Buntz after several people he has arrested have been burglarized while in custody; Buntz traces the burglaries to the man feeding names to Sid the Snitch, who has been forwarding those names to Buntz for arrest. Hill becomes a minor celebrity after catching a baby thrown from a fourth-story window.

Rene Enriquez returns to the opening credits; James B. Sikking now appears in the credits wearing his Desk Sergeant's blues instead of his EAT khakis.

A suitcase containing eighty pounds of cocaine is stolen by a small-time dealer after a light aircraft crash. Sid the Snitch and Buntz get involved as potential buyers, but a more-established dealer kills the small-time dealer and kidnaps Buntz at gunpoint; Buntz eventually kills him. Belker is undercover among homeless people looking into a hotel-voucher scam. Goldblume investigates a case of poison substituted for aspirin tablets at a drug store. Jablonski's angina is worsening, and Furillo threatens to involuntarily retire him if he doesn't seek medical care.