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Hill Street Blues

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Season 2, Episode 17, Aired May 06, 1982

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Belker tries to renew his expired driver's license; Renko tries to take his father home from the hospital; LaRue rehabilitates himself with Furillo; and everyone follows the trail of the gun used to kill two officers during a burglary.

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Tracey Walter

Sammy
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Alley Mills

Tracy
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Alan North

Wallins

Taurean Blacque

Det. Neal Washington
Michael Warren

Officer Bobby Hill
Charles Haid

Andy Renko
Michael Conrad

Sgt. Phil Esterhaus (1981-1984)
Ed Marinaro

Officer Joe Coffey (1981-1986)
Veronica Hamel

Joyce Davenport

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Nothing more than a lobbying effort against the second amendment, with some human interest drama peppered randomly throughout.

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By millerem99, Apr 01, 2009

This yawner I could have skipped altogether, and watching it on a rainy day nearly induced a coma. The entire episode was nothing more than a gun control plea loosely disguised as television entertainment. This was obvious from the beginning of the episode when every single officer in the precinct groaned at Phil's telling them that there would be a firearms convention later that day. C'mon, weaponry is COOL! Even if not everyone agrees, certainly your typical police force is going to have an interest in it, so this was a political farce in the script right off the bat.

The unabashed leftism continued with the shooting of the officers and Furillo's subsequent questioning of a collector who had illegal possession of two brands of firearms, the overwrought irony of the man questioning the world's morals being very one-dimensional.

The coup de grace, however, was a close-out of Joyce's handgun in front of a photo of her and Furillo above their bed, the obvious message coming after Furillo questions her about carrying one. I wanted to yell "Oh, please!" before shooting up my computer screen, Elvis style :)moreless
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TRIVIA (1)
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- This episode aired on Monday 4th July 1983 at 10:32pm in the UK by ITV contractor Tyne Tees Television.
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QUOTES (2)
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- Phil: Now be reminded that in springtime, a young man's fancy turns to robbery, rape, and aggravated assault.
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- Furillo: You can always get guns, Marv. The world's full of guns.
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NOTES (2)
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- Ken Hill and Ben Slack previously worked together in the 1981 Archie Bunker's Place episode "Growing Up Is Hard To Do, Part One."
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- Lee Weaver later had a recurring role on the show as exhibitionist Buck Naked.
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- The thief whom Belker catches stealing the skis gives his name as "Jean Claude Killy." Killy was a legendary champion alpine skier, the pinnacle of his success coming in the 1968 Olympics.
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