Season Two, Episode 2 (19): “Blood Money”
story by Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco, and Anthony Yerkovich
written by Steven Bochco and Anthony Yerkovich
directed by Gregory Hoblit
original airdate: November 5, 1981
“Previously on Hill Street Blues…”
Roll Call: Roll Call must be running late; we’re only on item 9 and it’s already after 7pm. Phil has some trouble getting the kids to pay attention for said item, the latest in a string of cab robberies. Belker’s riding undercover, so there’s some foreshadowing. Phil’s interrupted again by slurping; the orangutan is sitting in roll call drinking milk with a straw. Item 10 involves a robbery at a sporting goods store which netted a couple-hundred guns and lots of ammo. Suspicion is on Jesse John Hudson. As roll call breaks up, Phil gets a note about a dead body and sends Renko and Hill, Bates and Coffey off to run crowd control. After some comedy with the uniforms, we roll credits.
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