Hill Street Blues
Freedom's Last Stand
Season 2, Episode 11 · Aired 1982-01-28
Synopsis
Bates plays in the interdepartmental poker finals; Fuchs refuses to help out one of his own men caught forging prescriptions; Henry goes undercover on a smash-and-grab purse snatching detail; Delgado admits he's afraid of testifying before the commission; Joyce chides Furillo for being naive about his supposed innocence protecting him against the commission; the scam saloon closes down after a gun battle; and a furious Furillo testifies before the commission and offers his resignation to Chief Daniels.
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