HILL STREET BLUES: SANTACLAUSTROPHOBIA (TV)
Summary
One in this series of police dramas about the personal and professional lives of the officers of Hill Street Station, a precinct located in a run-down urban area. In this episode, the Christmas spirit is absent from the precinct as the cops try to stop a string of violent attacks by a gang of thugs. Meanwhile, Belker is working undercover, dressed as Santa Claus, in order to look for pickpockets, but a kid on the street begins pestering him. Also, Hill's vagabond father drops by the precinct, claiming he wants to spend Christmas with his son, but Hill senses that money is the motive for his visit. And Washington struggles to recover emotionally from a shooting he was involved in, which killed an innocent bystander. Just as Hill expected, his father has skipped out of paying a hotel bill and has disappeared. Washington, meanwhile, tries desperately to rid himself of his guilt, but the wife of the victim refuses to accept any apology or gift. As the cops dress up in Christmas outfits for a charity function at the children's hospital, Hill's father returns and asks for some travelling money. Relenting, Hill gives him the money, hoping he will rid himself of his low-life father. Ultimately, Washington's inner turmoil reaches crisis proportions, and, once the charity event is over, a call comes in over the radio about the suspects in the string of attacks. Commercials deleted. Cataloging of this program made possible by Bell Atlantic, Inc., 1998.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: December 16, 1982 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:35
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:14597
- GENRE: Drama, police; Drama, night-time serial
- SUBJECT HEADING: Christmas - Drama; Drama, police; Drama, night-time serial
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1981-1987
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Steven Bochco … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Anthony Yerkovich … Supervising Producer, Writer
- Scott Brazil … Producer
- David Anspaugh … Producer
- David Latt … Associate Producer
- Jeff Bleckner … Director
- Michael Kozoll … Created by
- Jeffrey Lewis … Writer
- Mike Post … Music by
- Travanti, Daniel J. (See also: Travanty, Dan) … Cast, Captain Frank Furillo
- Michael Conrad … Cast, Sgt. Phil Esterhaus
- Michael Warren … Cast, Officer Bobby Hill
- Bruce Weitz … Cast, Detective Mick Belker
- James B. Sikking … Cast, Lt. Howard Hunter
- Joe Spano … Cast, Lt. Henry Goldblume
- Barbara Bosson … Cast, Fay Furillo
- Taurean Blacque … Cast, Detective Neal Washington
- Kiel Martin … Cast, Detective J.D. LaRue
- Rene Enriquez … Cast, Lt. Ray Calletano
- Betty Thomas … Cast, Officer Lucille Bates
- Ed Marinaro … Cast, Officer Joe Coffey
- Charles Haid … Cast, Officer Andy Renko
- Veronica Hamel … Cast, Joyce Davenport
- James McEachin … Cast, Reggie Hill
- Gina Gallego … Cast, Carmen
- Micole Mercurio … Cast, Mrs. Moldonaldo
- Jan Stratton … Cast, the Waitress
- Robert Hirschfeld … Cast, Leo
- Earl Billings … Cast, Harv
- Royce Wallace … Cast, the Grandmother
- Lee Weaver … Cast, Buck Naked
- Julia Calderon … Cast, Mrs. Grady
- Nick Savage … Cast, the Pickpocket
- Perla Walter … Cast, the Victim
- Gary Miller … Cast, Ballantine
- Greg Lewis … Cast, the Cook
- Bill Jenkins … Cast, Hurley
- Khalif Bobatoon … Cast, Herman