Hill Street Blues - Season 2 | 
 enlarge | Directors: Arnold Laven, Ben Bolt, Dale White, David Anspaugh, Don Weis
Actors: Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, James Sikking
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 7321
Format: Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 850 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: FOXD2234221D
UPC: 024543242192
EAN: 0024543242192
ASIN: B000EHSVC8
Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 1981
Release Date: May 16, 2006
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 08/05/2008 Run time: 900 minutes Rating: Nr
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Despite critical acclaim, Hill Street Blues could not get arrested ratings-wise its first season. Far from being careful out there, the superb second season did nothing to tinker with the integrity of this groundbreaking series to make it more audience friendly. Multiple storylines, overlapping dialogue, gritty language, and a pseudo-documentary style capture the palpable chaos and tension of what one character calls "the rat-infested, poverty-stricken urban reality." From the precinct-house shooting rampage that opens the season to a hijacked hearse in the season-ending episode, Hill Street Blues deftly walks the line between police procedural and personal drama, further fleshing out its gallery of compelling and colorful characters. Belker (Bruce Weitz) is still a growling mad dog who takes bites out of perps. But in one of the series' most memorable story arcs, he forms a surprising bond with the delusional costumed citizen Captain Freedom (Dennis Dugan), Public defender Joyce (Victoria Hamel)'s steamroller persona breaks down when a colleague is murdered and the case is thrown out because of a technicality. Other dramatic developments: LaRue (Keil Martin) falls off the wagon and endangers his partner, Washington (Taurean Blacque), during a drug bust ("Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement"); Goldblume (Joe Spano) gets personally involved in the case of an abusive slumlord ("Of Mouse and Man," featuring future Miami Vice star Edward James Olmos as a threatened tenant); Esterhaus (Michael Conrad) is still bedeviled by sexual siren Grace Gardner (Barbara Babcock); and Precinct Capt. Frank Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti, who earned his second Emmy for Best Actor) and Joyce bring their clandestine affair out into the open. Other ongoing storylines involve realistic depictions of police corruption and inter-partner race relations. Hill Street's second season fulfilled the promise of its auspicious first, and repeated as TV's Outstanding Drama Series at the Emmy Awards. No roll call of classic, trendsetting TV series would be complete without it. --Donald Liebenson
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hillstreet blues season 2 October 5, 2008
hillstreet fan (arcadia, ca)
the series is just as good as i remember it being, i'm so glad i purchased it.
 Hill Street Blues Season 2 September 21, 2008
CeeGee (AL)
It was good, better than Season 1. You have to remember this is an old series.
Hill Street Blues takes off June 18, 2008
Greg Zerovnik (Los Angeles, CA)
This is the Hill's second season, and it's better than the first. The actors and writers are more comfortable with the format and it all seems to flow better now. This is the season when Furillo wants more than Joyce is willing to give. Characters keep giving us too much information about their private lives, and the bad guys and bad gals keep the action moving right along. Never a dull moment.
Hill Street Blues, Season 2 February 13, 2008
Fritz (KY.)
Excellent! One of my favorite shows. I cannot wait for the next in the series to come out.
One of the Best TV Shows January 10, 2008
Juan A. Cisneros Martinez (Aguascalientes, Ags. Mexico)
This Show was my favorite, I was looking forward for the release on DVD, this is THE FATHER of the COP's Shows.
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