Hill Street Blues
Fruits of the Poisonous Tree
Season 2, Episode 5 · Aired 1981-12-03
Synopsis
Night court interferes with "Monday Night Football" as LaRue and Washington are accused of entrapping a mugger; Bates and Coffey look for gang members responsible for the drive-by shooting of a child; Grace has a pregnancy scare; Fay announces that she's getting married again.
In the series
This episode is part of Hill Street Blues (1981–1987) on NBC.
Messy, overlapping, human — the police drama grew up here.
Key cast
- Daniel J. Travanti as Capt. Frank Furillo
- Veronica Hamel as Joyce Davenport
- Michael Conrad as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus
- Bruce Weitz as Det. Mick Belker
- Betty Thomas as Lucy Bates
- Joe Spano as Lt. Henry Goldblume