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Starring: Daniel J. Travanti,  Michael Conrad,  Michael Warren,  Bruce Weitz,  James Sikking, 
Directed By: Jeff Bleckner,  Thomas Carter (II),  Georg Stanford Brown, 
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 1981-01-15
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Format: Color,  Dubbed,  DVD-Video,  Full Screen,  Subtitled,  NTSC, 

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Created by Steven Bochco ( Murder One NYPD Blue ) and Michael Kozoll and featuring an ensemble cast including Daniel J. Travanti Veronica Hamel Bruce Weitz Charles Haid Betty Thomas and James Sikking each episode chronicled a day-in-the-life of the cops on the beat starting with the infamous morning roll call and ending with a recap of the day s events. The first hard-hitting series of its kind Hill Street Blues garnered 26 Emmy® Awards including four for Outstanding Drama won two Golden Globes® and is credited with inspiring beloved dramas such as St. Elsewhere Law & Order and NYPD Blue. System Requirements:Features: Commentary by Actors Charles Haid Bruce Weitz and Dennis Dugan on "The World According to Freedom" Gregory Hoblit: The Hill Street Blues Story Profile: Bruce Weitz on Mick Belker Profile: Charles Haid on Andy Renko Featurette: Confessions of Captain Freedom Executive Story Consultant/ Writer Robert Crais on "Freedom's Last Stand" Gag Reel Running Time: 100 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543242192 Manufacturer No: 2234219

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Despite critical acclaim, Hill Street Blues could not get arrested ratings-wise its first season. Far from being careful out there, the superb second season did nothing to tinker with the integrity of this groundbreaking series to make it more audience friendly. Multiple storylines, overlapping dialogue, gritty language, and a pseudo-documentary style capture the palpable chaos and tension of what one character calls "the rat-infested, poverty-stricken urban reality." From the precinct-house shooting rampage that opens the season to a hijacked hearse in the season-ending episode, Hill Street Blues deftly walks the line between police procedural and personal drama, further fleshing out its gallery of compelling and colorful characters. Belker (Bruce Weitz) is still a growling mad dog who takes bites out of perps. But in one of the series' most memorable story arcs, he forms a surprising bond with the delusional costumed citizen Captain Freedom (Dennis Dugan), Public defender Joyce (Victoria Hamel)'s steamroller persona breaks down when a colleague is murdered and the case is thrown out because of a technicality.

Other dramatic developments: LaRue (Keil Martin) falls off the wagon and endangers his partner, Washington (Taurean Blacque), during a drug bust ("Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement"); Goldblume (Joe Spano) gets personally involved in the case of an abusive slumlord ("Of Mouse and Man," featuring future Miami Vice star Edward James Olmos as a threatened tenant); Esterhaus (Michael Conrad) is still bedeviled by sexual siren Grace Gardner (Barbara Babcock); and Precinct Capt. Frank Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti, who earned his second Emmy for Best Actor) and Joyce bring their clandestine affair out into the open. Other ongoing storylines involve realistic depictions of police corruption and inter-partner race relations. Hill Street's second season fulfilled the promise of its auspicious first, and repeated as TV's Outstanding Drama Series at the Emmy Awards. No roll call of classic, trendsetting TV series would be complete without it. --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews for Hill Street Blues - Season 2

Give away Hill Street Blues!
I think Fox should license Hill Street Blues to Shout! Factory, because Shout! is more willing to release all 7 seasons better than Fox. If Fox really cared, they would sell Hill Street Blues to a new company. Please license Hill Street Blues to Shout! Factory!Hill Street Blues - Season 2

Hill Street Blues takes off
This is the Hill's second season, and it's better than the first. The actors and writers are more comfortable with the format and it all seems to flow better now. This is the season when Furillo wants more than Joyce is willing to give. Characters keep giving us too much information about their private lives, and the bad guys and bad gals keep the action moving right along. Never a dull moment.Hill Street Blues - Season 2

Hill Street Blues, Season 2
Excellent! One of my favorite shows. I cannot wait for the next in the series to come out.Hill Street Blues - Season 2

One of the Best TV Shows
This Show was my favorite, I was looking forward for the release on DVD, this is THE FATHER of the COP's Shows.Hill Street Blues - Season 2

one of the best show ever made
Hill street Blues paved the way for shows like NYPD Blues (same executive producer). The different characters struggle both at work and in their private life. It depicts somewhat the reality of life in a dangerous neighborhood in the Chicago area, even though the name of the city is never mentionned. 25 years after it was first broadcast, it is always a great pleasure to watch this great show.Hill Street Blues - Season 2

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