The BEST episodes of Hill Street Blues season 3
Every episode of Hill Street Blues season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hill Street Blues season 3!
This groundbreaking and award-winning NBC crime drama provided a very realistic view into the lives of the dedicated cops and detectives of an urban police station. From January 1981 to August 1986, the show ran on Thursdays at 10/9 Central, with occasional repeats on Saturdays at 10/9 Central. From August 1986 to August 1987 first-run episodes aired Tuesdays at 10/9 Central.
#1 - Little Boil Blue
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1982
Belker goes undercover to investigate a scam using bums to collect injury insurance benefits; Coffey tries to relate to a Vietnam vet suffering from traumatic stress; and Daniels orders Furillo to cut off Fuchs from the Maizel homicide investigation.
#2 - Requiem for a Hairbag
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1982
LaRue and Washington open Maizel's safety deposit box and find evidence of his corruption; Bates and Coffey try to help an abused child with her baby; Belker ends his insurance scam investigation with a visit to Hill's doctor; and Daniels pressures Furillo to keep quiet about Maizel.
#3 - Moon Over Uranus: The Sequel
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1983
Furillo clashes with Daniels over a new crime sweep; Renko rescues people from a burning building; Goldblume feels helpless to help the sad young woman threatened by her boyfriend; Hill puts Benedetto in his place; and Joyce has an interview with the Justice Department.
#4 - Gung Ho
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1983
An armored-car robbery nets a long sought political radical and everyone tries a new takeout Chinese restaurant.
#5 - Stan the Man
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1982
At a condemned building site, Hill and Renko try to persuade a black grandmother that she has to move while Goldblume tries to keep an old man afraid of his new living arrangements from jumping off; Belker thwarts a robbery while applying for a bank loan; and LaRue and Washington butt heads with a special narcotics undercover cop dealing with the same cocaine peddler.
#6 - Rain of Terror
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1982
Gennaro accompanies Belker on a drug buy; LaRue and Washington set up two patrolmen accused by Hogan of stealing from burglary victims; Renko's birthday is less than happy; and Furillo uses his favor to Detweiler to save Goldblume's job when Hogan's accusations prove partially correct.
#7 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Heart?
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/1983
Washington goes undercover on Benedetto's loan shark scheme; Hill and Renko, desperate for cash since the payroll talks are stalled, find a suitcase full of temptation; and LaRue tries to clean up in the body parts pool for the missing Buddy Genett.
#8 - Trial by Fury
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1982
Furillo throws away the rule book when two young men rape and murder a nun during a church robbery; Belker befriends gay prostitute Eddie Gregg; Calletano faces a tax audit; and Joyce feels helpless as public opinion works to destroy her client.
#9 - Santaclaustraphobia
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1982
Washington's guilt over shooting a bystander resurfaces; Hill's vagabond father pays a visit; Belker goes undercover as Santa Claus; and Bates spends the holiday in the hospital.
#10 - A Hair of the Dog
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1982
The governor's dog is stolen; Renko and Theresa quarrel at a party; six rookies face hazing; LaRue and Washington try to chase down an autopsy report; and Eddie Gregg becomes Belker's snitch.
#11 - Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1983
Bates poses as a bus driver; LaRue continues to groom Vic Hitler for his debut; Daniels is ready to sacrifice Coffey to quiet public opinion; and Furillo and Davenport take a major step in their lives.
#12 - A Hill of Beans
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1983
Belker and LaRue learn that Washington was set up by someone in the station house; the long overdue cash payroll is hijacked; Joyce meets a really nice purse snatcher; and Furillo finds Jesus Martinez behind bars.
#13 - Moon Over Uranus: The Final Legacy
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1983
The courts settle Daniels' crime operation; a jealous Furillo questions Joyce about her interview at the Justice Department; LaRue imports a surplus tank; Fay gets herself arrested so she can confront Judge Grogan about the paternity of her expected child; and Goldblume outthinks some gang members threatening a stand up young man who turned in their friends.
#14 - Spotlight on Rico
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/1983
The brutal Benedetto comes to the Hill on a loan sharking assignment; Furillo and Goldblume question a murder suspect who may have multiple personalities.
#15 - Officer of the Year
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1982
Joyce humiliates an unprepared Bates on the witness stand; Renko pushes an assault victim to press charges; Furillo's son is missing; and Calletano expresses his true feelings at a luncheon honoring him as the Hispanic Officer of the Year.
#16 - Life in the Minors
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1983
Coroner Nydorf offers to fix things when Coffey is accused of killing a prisoner in custody; LaRue develops another scheme to make money out of a comic named Vic Hitler; Joyce decides her future.
#17 - Phantom of the Hill
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1982
Belker makes a bust while picking up a ring at a jewelry store; Furillo tries to make a murder case without a body or autopsy report; Renko gets dumped; the Phantom strikes one final time; and a terrified Eddie implicates his lover in a vicious drug murder.
#18 - The Belles of St. Marys
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1983
LaRue makes a fool of himself with some high school girls; Belker endangers his relationship with Robin by trying to protect her; a talkative comic is brought in on numerous parking tickets; Goldblume and Calletano clash over seniority and rank; Coffey is forced to deal roughly with a man tripping on PCP.
#19 - Moon Over Uranus
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1983
A veteran cop's daughter is raped; a terrified woman asks Goldblume for help with her vindictive ex-boyfriend; Hunter looks for the rat that bit Daniels; Bates and Coffey answer a call about a survivalist; and Renko gets busted down to a moped and traffic ticket duty.
#20 - No Body's Perfect
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1982
The governor's dog is found; Eddie's role as an informant leaks out; Furillo tries to stop coroner Nydorf from testifying; and Crawford decides on his future course as a policeman.
#21 - Domestic Beef
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1982
Belker forgets his mother's birthday; Hill and Renko look into urban cattle rustling; LaRue and Washington apply for jobs in the Bahamas; and Furillo sits on a board of rights for a fellow captain accused of neglecting his duties.
#22 - Heat Rash
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1982
Hill and Renko arrest councilman Detweiler for drunken driving; Belker is joined by actor Jon Gennaro on his undercover job; Fay goes to work as a crime reporter for an advertising weekly; and Furillo looks into the charges made against his men by a bitter Lou Hogan.