Doing their best to save their town, this drama, follows a staff of police men at an inner city , starts from their home and ends with their work to show their suffering and the difficulties they face. In this new season, Hunter shoots a boy who steals a convenience store
A gripping, funny, touching, horrifying panorama of urban life, and of the struggles of the men and women tasked with the never-ending job of keeping a terrible situation from getting even worse.
While Hill Street Blues remained excellent throughout its run, the show did stumble in its final years, occasionally resorting to the one thing that this groundbreaking program completely avoided in its creation: Formula.
There are moments of stark beauty and unexpected connection throughout Hill Street Blues -- and moments that speak to the urban blight and horrors that marked the inner cities of the '80s.