Goldblume is held hostage by the leader of a radical group. Belker gets some bad news while working undercover. Renko is given a backstage pass to see his favorite singer. Renko and LaRue bet on who can make it to work faster.

Calletano's bid to become Captain in another precinct is put in jeopardy when his predecessor has second thoughts about retirement. Norman Buntz is introduced as Calletano's replacement. Mayor Cleveland's son is picking up on drug charges. Garibaldi gets in deep with a bookmaker. Tataglia informs Belker that she might be pregnant. Written by Anonymous

LaRue and Washington try to find clues on the person responsible for assaulting Garibaldi, who remains in critical condition. Rumors abound about Hunter's new girlfriend. Major Cleveland's son remains on the loose. Furillo assembles a committee to investigate police corruption. Written by Anonymous

While undercover, Belker get trapped in a luggage compartment on a bus. Furillo grants immunity to a stolen parts dealer with information on the death of Captain Keenan, only to later regret that decision.

The final results of Furillo's corruption commission report place blame on Daniels. An angry Daniels responds by making an example of a night shift cop involved in the shooting of a promising teen and blaming Frank. A mentally unstable man is brought in for disturbing the peace while dressed up as Rambo. Buntz becomes involved in the hiring of another khaki officer. Written by Anonymous

Buntz catches a mugger who turns around and accuses him of police brutality. Washington is involved in a domestic dispute with near tragic results. Belker goes undercover as a vagrant to investigate the reason why many vagrants have fallen from high buildings recently. Written by Anonymous

Jablonski puts up his own money to catch a pair of crooks. Buntz accuses one of Calletano's men of dumping vagrants in the Hill Street Precinct. Belker gets in the middle of a family feud between two jewelry merchant brothers. Washington is discharged from the hospital. Written by Anonymous

Furillo angers Briscoe by pursuing a major drug king on a minor charge. Hill's father comes back to ask him for money. Jablonski tries to get in between a priest and a scrap metal dealer. Belker gets upset at Tataglia for being involved in a dangerous arrest while pregnant. Written by Anonymous

Buntz and Rodriguez are held hostage by a mental patient who wants revenge on Buntz for putting him away. Belker goes undercover at a dog pound. LaRue and Washington bring in a baseball player for drunk driving and find cocaine in his car trunk. Furillo is upset when he is denied mortgage insurance. Written by Anonymous

Christmas approaches, and the cops exercise for the Fireman vs Cops Olympics. Furillo and Joyce visit his family, and are rebuked for not having children. Buntz employs a drug-sniffing turkey. An apartment dweller believes the Blessed Virgin appears on his wall. Written by Gerald William Parks

Tied up in his undercover case, Belker misses his wedding. A veteran cop is caught planting a gun on a dead suspect. A mugger steals a heart meant for transplant. LaRue tries to stay honest as he shops for the department's wedding gift for Belker. Written by Gerald William Parks

Garfield maintains that Steger planted a gun on the dead suspect. Because of a strike the cops have to haul corpses to the morgue. Lucy's ex-lover Hopper comes to lodge a complaint and Coffey gives him the bum's-rush.

A powerful group wants Furillo to run for mayor. Larue is enamored with a snake-wielding fence. Famous singer Johnny Angel is arrested, and Renko invites him home. Belker finally marries Robin. A blow on the head makes Hunter believe he's a prisoner of the Soviets. Written by Gerald William Parks

The station deals with a smoking ban. Chief Daniels offers to endorse Furillo as his replacement in return for a favor. LaRue pitches woo with a snake-loving tattooist who is working with him to bust thieves.

Goldblume's involvement in a neighborhood dispute leads to a tenant's suicide. A music video is filmed at Hill Street. Bates pays off Fabian's mother to assign guardianship. Belker busts a crooked parole officer who runs a car theft ring.

Capt. Furillo is shot on the courthouse steps, and Joyce recalls the details of their meeting and courtship. The shooter dons a cop uniform and stalks Frank in the hospital. Buntz tracks him down and they have a confrontation in a stairwell. Written by Gerald William Parks

Frank convalesces at home. Fabian's mother tries to hit up Lucy for more money. Buntz appears on a court TV show. LaRue and Washington get in trouble when they botch a federal gun-running investigation.

Lucy frustrates everyone when she can't ID Coffey's killer. Belker has to deal with a gung-ho rent-a-cop at his undercover station. Jesus Martinez is busted on suspicion of bribery involving a judge.

Belker goes undercover in a lunchwagon. Jesus Martinez is wanted on suspicion of murder. A Polyneisan shows up saying he's the husband of Hunter's girlfriend. Golblume reluctantly considers selling his apartment house. Former khaki paramour of Buntz returns to proposition him, while his friend Tommy continues to behave suspiciously. Written by Gerald William Parks

Bates' new partner is accused of sexually harassing a hooker. Ballantine is reinstated, but still crazy. Buntz' erstwhile friend tries to end him in a garage shootout.

Wachtel sentences a landlord to spend time in his dilapidated buildings, and Furillo finds Cleveland could benefit from an investigation into Donahue's death.

The precinct reaches a crisis point after Hill and Renko rescue an escaped mass murderer from a vigilante mob.