1x01 Hill Street Station - Hill Street Blues Episode Guide

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Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: Hill Street Station
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 3021
First Aired: Jan. 15, 1981

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Hill Street Blues - 01x01 Hill Street Station

Summary: Captain Furillo deals with a hostage situation, but doesn't take the advice of the Emergency Action Team leader. Meanwhile, Officers Hill and Renko are shot.

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01x01 Hill Street Station (pilot) (01:36:43) (Full Episode)

Who appeared in this episode?

Sgt. Phil Freemason Esterhaus	played by Michael Conrad
Officer Lucy Bates	played by Betty Thomas
Officer Andrew Renko	played by Charles Haid
Jesus Martinez	played by Trinidad Silva
Officer Leo Schnitz	played by Robert Hirschfeld
Merchant	played by Paul Michael
Shamrock Leader Tommy Mann	played by David Caruso
Presidential Aide Parker	played by Charles Seaverns
Gypsy Boy	played by Guillermo San Juan

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TRIVIA

The character Andy Renko was originally supposed to die in the pilot episode, but after the producers decided to retain actor Charles Haid, the final scene, in which Furillo receives a phone call about the shooting, was rewritten.
The pilot episode "Hill Street Station" premiered in Finland on the TV2 channel on May 25th 1983, when the show continued from episode "Presidential Fever" on MTV (Mainostelevisio) on 1 June 1983.

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