List of Hill Street Blues episodes
Season 7 (1986–87)

List of Hill Street Blues episodes

Section Title: Season 7 (1986–87)
Table Section Text: None

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date

125	1	"Suitcase"	Stan Lathan	Story by : David Milch & John Romano & Darrell Vienna Teleplay by : David Milch & John Romano	October 2, 1986

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.

126	2	"A Case of Klapp"	Scott Brazil	Terry Curtis Fox	October 9, 1986

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.

127	3	"The Best Defense"	John Patterson	Story by : Steve Bello & Robert Ward & Jonathan Lemkin Teleplay by : Steve Bello & Robert Ward	October 16, 1986

Hunter is demoted to Sergeant as a result of the Internal Affairs investigation; Furillo convinces him to take over the Desk Sergeant position.

128	4	"Bald Ambition"	Ben Bolt	Jeffrey Lewis	October 30, 1986

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.

129	5	"I Come on My Knees"	Don Weis	David Milch	November 6, 1986

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.

130	6	"Say Uncle"	Gabrielle Beaumont	John Romano	November 13, 1986

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.

131	7	"Amazing Grace"	Don Weis	Story by : David Milch & Robert Ward Teleplay by : Robert Ward	November 27, 1986

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.

132	8	"Falling from Grace"	Dale White	Terry Curtis Fox	December 2, 1986

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.

133	9	"Fathers and Guns"	Ed Sherin	Story by : Jeffrey Lewis & Jerry Patrick Brown Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lewis	December 9, 1986

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.

134	10	"More Skinned Against Than Skinning"	Dale White	David Black	December 23, 1986

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.

135	11	"She's So Fein"	Christian I. Nyby II	Marjorie David	January 6, 1987

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.

136	12	"A Wasted Weekend"	John Patterson	David Mamet	January 13, 1987

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.

137	13	"City of Refuse"	Don Weis	Peter Silverman	January 20, 1987

During a strike by refuse collectors, the police take over collections, with dramatic consequences when a gangland funeral interferes with a refuse collection route.

138	14	"Der Roachenkavalier"	Christian I. Nyby II	Christian Williams & Bob Woodward	February 3, 1987

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.

139	15	"Norman Conquest"	Dale White	Story by : Steve Bello & Neil Eglash & Jonathan Lemkin & Michael Wagner Teleplay by : Steve Bello	February 10, 1987

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.

140	16	"Sorry, Wrong Number"	Christian I. Nyby II	Ron Koertge	March 3, 1987

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".

141	17	"The Cookie Crumbles"	John Patterson	Robert Ward	March 10, 1987

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.

142	18	"Dogsbreath Afternoon"	Christian I. Nyby II	Story by : George Goldsmith & Jeff Melvoin & Jerome Portman Teleplay by : George Goldsmith & Jeff Melvoin	March 17, 1987

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.

143	19	"Days of Swine and Roses"	John Patterson	Story by : John Litvack & David Black Teleplay by : David Black	March 31, 1987

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.

144	20	"The Runner Falls on His Kisser"	Ken Lavet	Jody Taylor Worth	April 7, 1987

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.

145	21	"A Pound of Flesh"	Don Weis	Christian Williams	May 5, 1987

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.

146	22	"It Ain't Over Till It's Over"	Stan Lathan	Jeffrey Lewis & David Milch & John Romano	May 12, 1987

The final episode. The Hill Street stationhouse is gutted by fire, though the basic structure still stands.

Sentence(s)

Hill Street Blues aired till 1987 for a total of 146 episodes.

final_sentence: Hill Street Blues aired till 1987 for a total of 146 episodes.