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Presidential Fever

Episode Number: 2    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Saturday January 17, 1981    Prod Code: 0401
Hill and Renko meet again for the first time since their shooting; Esterhaus tries to avoid Grace Gardner, the new police decorator; two transfer officers get themselves into trouble; Belker pursues rapists in the park; and Furillo must deal with Fay's demands for more money and an impending Presidential visit.

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Writer: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco
Director: Robert Butler
Star: Taurean Blacque (Det. Neal Washington),  Michael Warren (Officer Bobby Hill),  Charles Haid (Andy Renko),  Michael Conrad (Sgt. Phil Esterhaus (1981-1984)),  Veronica Hamel (Joyce Davenport),  Daniel J. Travanti (Captain Frank Furillo),  Bruce Weitz (Det. Mick Belker),  Rene Enriquez (Lt. Ray Calletano (1981-86)),  Kiel Martin (Det. Johnny "J.D." LaRue),  Joe Spano (Sgt./Lt. Henry Goldblume),  Betty Thomas (Lucille Bates),  Barbara Bosson (Fay Furillo (1981-1986)),  James B. Sikking (Lt. Howard Hunter)
Recurring Role: Gerry Black (Det. Alf Chesley),  Robert Hirschfeld (Officer Leo Schnitz),  Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner),  Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez),  David Caruso (Shamrock),  Bobby F. Ellerbee (Blood),  Jonathan Dasteel (Lamonica),  George Dickerson (Commander Dave Swanson),  Guillermo San Juan (Gypsy Boy)
Guest Star: Erik Helland (Felon),  Mark Metcalf (Harris),  Charles Seaverns (Parker),  Danny Mora (Huerta),  Gary Van Orman (Sneed),  Merritt Butrick (Rapist),  Richard Marion (Browning),  Jake Mitchell (Hingle),  Sal Lopez (Puerto Rican #1),  Anthony Peņa (Puerto Rican #2),  Paul Michael (Merchant),  Lydia Fernandez (Rape Victim),  Steven Bauer (Officer Fuentes)

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First appearance of Grace Gardiner and Commander Swanson. (edit)

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In this episode Furillo doesn't seem to understand what a gang member means when the man asks what 'the sugar' is (a reward for doing something, usually sex or drugs). In the pilot, however, Furillo had no problem understanding the very same idiom when Jesus Martinez used it. (edit)

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