The BEST episodes of Hill Street Blues season 6

Every episode of Hill Street Blues season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hill Street Blues season 6!

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.

Last Updated: 9/19/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
I Want My Hill Street Blues
star
8.13
23 votes

#1 - I Want My Hill Street Blues

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/1986

Belker goes undercover to expose a corrupt parole officer; Goldblume clashes with Furillo over the demolition of some low-rent housing in his new neighborhood; Bates makes a deal with Vivian DeWitt; Jablonski tries to cope with a crew making a music video in the station house.

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Larry of Arabia
star
8.05
22 votes

#2 - Larry of Arabia

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1986

Coffey persuades Bates to file guardianship papers for Fabian; Furillo considers returning to work as Daniels asks him for help getting the consultancy job he wants; Buntz appears on a TV small claims court; an impatient old woman messes up Belker's undercover at a pawn shop; and Hill, Renko, LaRue, Washington and Goldblume stumble on a courier for an international arms purchaser and deal themselves into his action.

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Remembrance of Hits Past
star
8.00
21 votes

#3 - Remembrance of Hits Past

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/13/1986

Joyce reflects on her past relationship with Furillo as she waits for him to come out of surgery after he's shot on the courthouse steps just prior to testifying against a recaptured gangster. Meanwhile, Belker is sent undercover at a meat packing plant while Buntz searches for the gunman.

Directors: Ben Bolt
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Slum Enchanted Evening
star
8.00
24 votes

#4 - Slum Enchanted Evening

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/27/1986

Wachtel sentences a slumlord to time in one of his dilapidated units; Furillo is warned that Cleveland stands to benefit from an investigation into Donahue's death; and Mary finally gives up the evidence needed by Buntz.

Directors: Michael Switzer
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Scales of Justice
star
7.92
26 votes

#5 - Scales of Justice

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/1986

LaRue and Washington continue to stake out the tattoo parlor for a killer; Bates has a tough decision to make about Fabian; Jablonski tries to enforce a city ban on smoking in the station house; Hill meets someone special at his father's funeral; Chief Daniels surprises Furillo by offering to endorse him as his successor; Buntz cuts some corners to get a dealer selling killer synthetic heroin off the streets.

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Das Blues
star
7.92
25 votes

#6 - Das Blues

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/1986

Hunter hallucinates he's aboard a Russian submarine; Belker finally gets married; Renko busts his favorite country singer again; Furillo meets with a political power broker about the Chief's job; Hill takes his daddy home to St. Louis for his burial; Buntz' old partner comes asking for help with a loan shark; and LaRue and Washington use a lady tattoo artist to help them find a killer.

Directors: Scott Brazil
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Iced Coffey
star
7.86
21 votes

#7 - Iced Coffey

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/6/1986

Bates agonizes over identifying Coffey's killer; Hunter uncovers an unexpected thief in the station; a prostitute sells out Jesus and Attorney Brown in a bribery scandal; and Belker's harassed by an overzealous security guard.

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Fathers and Huns
star
7.83
24 votes

#8 - Fathers and Huns

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1985

Belker's undercover at a bookie joint gets him involved in a protest against Nazis parading through the precinct; Furillo angers the chief and many others with his hard line pursuit of a senile drug king on trial for a relatively minor sale; Hill's father drifts into town claiming to be dying; and Jablonski tries to mediate between a priest and a scrap metal dealer.

Directors: Stan Lathan
Writer: Walon Green
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Hacked to Pieces
star
7.80
25 votes

#9 - Hacked to Pieces

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1985

Belker goes undercover as a cabbie in a very volatile cab territory war; Hill and Renko try to cool down the resentment between a Korean grocer and his black neighbors; Mayor Cleveland's son is busted for drug possession; and Garibaldi is offered a deal to clear his mounting gambling debts.

Directors: Rick Wallace
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Come and Get It
star
7.79
24 votes

#10 - Come and Get It

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/3/1986

The Hill reaches a crisis point of outraged citizenry and stampeding press coverage when Hill and Renko rescue an escaped mass murderer captured by a vigilante mob, and Belker can't stop being a cop even as he coaches Robin through labor.

Directors: Scott Brazil
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The Virgin and the Turkey
star
7.78
23 votes

#11 - The Virgin and the Turkey

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/1985

Coffey tries to mediate between an irate landlord and a tenant who insists an image on his water stained wall is that of the Virgin Mary; the Furillos tries to renew a family relationship with his parents; Buntz uses "Officer Giblet" to make a drug bust; and the guys compete in a benefit tug of war competition.

Directors: John Hancock
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Look Homeward, Ninja
star
7.75
24 votes

#12 - Look Homeward, Ninja

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/20/1986

A prostitute anxious to shield her pimp lodges a complaint of sexual harassment against officer Kate McBride; Goldblume takes his frustrations out on a rookie who lost a jumper; Ballantine freaks out again; and Buntz confronts Donahue about the murder of Dellaberti.

Directors: John Patterson
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What are Friends for?
star
7.73
26 votes

#13 - What are Friends for?

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1985

Belker goes to the dogs working undercover at the pound; Furillo chases down the reason he's been denied mortgage insurance; LaRue and Washington bust a former baseball star for drunken driving; and Buntz is held hostage by a vicious parolee.

Directors: John Patterson
Writer: Dick Wolf
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In the Belly of the Bus
star
7.71
21 votes

#14 - In the Belly of the Bus

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1985

Belker takes an unexpected bus ride to Springfield; Sid turns Louis Russ over to Buntz, which begins the unravelling of Keenan and Garibaldi's deaths; Jablonski tries to deal with an incompetent khaki officer; and Hunter makes a canine investment.

Directors: Alexander Singer
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Say It as It Plays
star
7.71
24 votes

#15 - Say It as It Plays

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/1986

IAD Shipman continues investigating the Garfield shooting; Hill gets a nasty surprise when he and Renko draw duty delivering corpses to the morgue; Belker is kidnapped on the eve of his second scheduled wedding.

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Jagga the Hunk
star
7.64
22 votes

#16 - Jagga the Hunk

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/13/1986

Jesus, scared of being pinned with Attorney Brown's murder, agrees to go undercover against a crooked judge; Hunter loses Prunella to a large Samoan; Belker poses as a loan shark in a roach coach; and Buntz' former partner asks another favor.

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Oh, You Kid
star
7.63
24 votes

#17 - Oh, You Kid

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1985

Buntz catches a mugger only to lose him when the victim won't press charges; a sculptor refuses to let anyone remove his obscene work of art; Lynnetta pushes Neal about commitment to her and her son with tragic results; Belker goes undercover to learn why so many vagrants have fallen from high buildings recently.

Directors: John Hancock
Writer: Robert Ward
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Two Easy Pieces
star
7.62
26 votes

#18 - Two Easy Pieces

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/1986

Hill, Renko and Buntz look like heroes when they retrieve a stolen heart needed for a transplant; rookie officer Ron Garfield finds himself in trouble again when a second gun shows up at an officer involved shooting; and Belker misses his wedding ceremony when his undercover as a cocaine cooker heats up.

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Seoul on Ice
star
7.61
23 votes

#19 - Seoul on Ice

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1985

A runner trying to raise money for cancer research is victimized; Daniels asks Furillo to head up an internal investigation of corruption arising out of Keenan's death; Garibaldi's death shakes the station house; Lee Cleveland comes to the end of his rope; and Howard gets a shock from his latest love.

Directors: John Patterson
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Somewhere Over the Rambo
star
7.59
22 votes

#20 - Somewhere Over the Rambo

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1985

Furillo's corruption commission delivers its findings and antagonizes Daniels, who is willing to sacrifice a night shift cop involved in an off duty shooting that has incited public opinion; Alan Branford returns as Rambo; and Buntz explores his duties as personnel officer.

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Blues in the Night
star
7.52
27 votes

#21 - Blues in the Night

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1985

Bates gets to know an art teacher; Coffey, Renko, LaRue and Washington bet on who can drive to work the fastest; Renko has to bust his favorite singer for cocaine possession; Goldblume is taken hostage by a militant on the edge of sanity bombarding his neighbors with a high decibel barrage of words.

Directors: Ben Bolt
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An Oy for an Oy
star
7.48
25 votes

#22 - An Oy for an Oy

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1985

Sgt. Jablonski risks his own money to catch a pair of confidence men; Sgt. Belker acts as a courier for a pair of devious Hasidic jewelry merchants; and Captain Calletano reacts badly when Buntz accuses a lazy Polk Avenue officer of dumping vagrants in Hill Street precinct.

Directors: Ben Bolt
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