HILL STREET BLUES: Season 1 (Jan-May 1981) Clip (J.D. LaRue's Squad Room Rant)

[@denisegann6072]

This show was so ahead of its time, especially because of scenes like this one. Kiel Martin was such a good actor, he’s heartbreaking in this scene. I can’t believe he wasn’t nominated for his performance. Really underrated. He was great.

[@ngc-fo5te]

Pissed a lot of people off being a drunk and a junkie though.

[@beholden2874]

@@ngc-fo5tei watched all the series on Hulu and he was missing on a few episodes later in the series. I read he was suspended from the show for either drugs or drinking

[@dominickdirienzo8266]

He was on Raney Cooper on The Edge of Night before Hill Street Blues existed.

[@eileenmaher2101]

And in Panic in Needle Park.

[@patriots02ify]

I had the pleasure to meet him here in Calgary when I was working as a bartender - he was so nice and polite - when I told him JD was my favourite character he blushed and thanked me.

[@JohnCee754]

The acting in this series was always so intense. Daniel J Travanti could say more with his eyes and his clenched jaw than with an entire page of dialogue

[@kendallrivers1119]

Reminds me of the great Carroll O'Connor, Yaphet Kotto and Jackie Gleason in that way.

[@beholden2874]

Travanti played the role of Furillo emotional, intense and calm. Furillo was a complex character. Travanti was 40 years old at this time of the series.

[@tonyh1515]

A show you never forget (regards from the UK)

[@nervo6321]

Excellent acting....RIP Kiel Martin....

[@danielcorreard3746]

I never really got in to the show when I was a young man but now I love watching the re runs great show I wish i had gotten in to it then..

[@stevedrums1675]

This was JD's shining moment on the show.

[@AndrewSkinburn]

He had many

[@michaeloneill8452]

Furillos look at the end contains the complexity of knowing how helpless the situation is. Strong acting, nuanced.

[@TravelinBand747]

One of the most powerful moments of this show. Furillo’s look shows us that he understands and feels badly after telling LaRue that he’s a screw-up. Later in the episode, we learn something more that gives this scene greater context: Furillo is a recovering alcoholic himself.

[@davidbergin6184]

I remember that scene so clearly it almost scares me. Great acting and camera work!

[@LV_FUD80]

Furillo could only stop and stare, because he was looking in the mirror. He understood, because he's been there. I've been there, too. Anyone who's wrestled with that demon and won has been JD at one point.

[@kamuelalee]

One of my favorite actors on HSB! Great cast, great show!

[@jaywilson4520]

Amazing, amazing scene. Kiel Martin really left his heart on screen there.

[@benjaminpettibone4254]

That was some powerful acting!

[@bobbyadkins6983]

And he didn't have to use one cuss word for it to be great like they think they have to these days.

[@patrickoleary2862]

Will never forget this scene - brilliant scene from such an outstanding show. Thing is Furillo is right to do what he does but there's truth in JD's outpouring also. Love both actors / were such a big part of the show + its success.

[@87yugo74]

Still the best show with the human stories.

[@carstenbergmann8464]

Just pure class! In Denmark the show was very popular and I watched them every week. Wouldn't miss it!

[@michaelpeterson1928]

I miss my Law Enforcement days , It`s a feeling you `ll never ever forget ,driving a Squad Car ,responding to all different Emergency calls and never knowing what or how the ending will be but I was willing to take that chance. The seriousness of it all, your eyes have to be wide wide open because someone`s always watching you waiting for a moment that could end or Change your life forever

[@terryhawkins8191]

LOVE the look on Furillos FACE just before he turns around to face J.D. !!! ( THAT expression says it ALL..... He's pissed ) !!!

[@WVUEERS]

One of the best scenes of the 1st season!! JD was awesome!

[@dontuno]

God, I could feel his frustration and his pain. Brilliant acting!

[@drb9705]

Hands down this was my favorite tv show

[@stevesheets8653]

It should be mentioned that this episode ended with a crying J.D. walking into an AA meeting, and with the last bit of his character, he breaks down and says, "Hi, I am J.D., and I am an Alcoholic." Everyone in the room says, "Hi, J.D." back, then J.D. realizes this includes his Captain, who looks at him with compassion, welcoming J.D. to a possible recovery. It was a beautiful episode.

[@captmurdock]

FTR, he says "I'm John...and I'm an alcoholic." Everyone in the room says "Hi, John," and then you hear a familiar voice say "How's it going, J.D.?" That's Furillo.

[@gusm2752]

This was a fantastic show.

[@Bertminator]

Such a great show! I'm surprised they don't replay these on Netflix or something...would be a great to remake this show in 2020

[@kdizzle79]

Bertminator it’s on Hulu

[@Bertminator]

@@kdizzle79 I have every episode...just wish they'd remake a new Hill Street blues in 2020 with new cast. I'd watch it.

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@Bertminator dude trust me you don't want that they'd screw it up like all these other lame remakes of classic shows lol. Magic don't happen twice.

[@joanneginever1890]

@@kendallrivers1119 Spot on Kendall. Don't mess with perfection. It would be pure sacrelige to try and remake this show. It was an iconic show of a certain time and place. I could never watch a remake. Cheapen the memory of something very special. Just leave it alone. 🙏👮💖

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@joanneginever1890 exactly! Like, I get it people miss these shows and I do too but truthfully lightening rarely gets caught in a bottle twice, and like you said these shows came at a special time that doesn't exist anymore. It won't be the same.

[@aronkaspar6369]

Kiel martin was a great actor. Unfortunately he passed away in 1990 along with the actor who played Ray

[@beholden2874]

He passed away I think from lung cancer. You saw Larue a lot with a cigarette . Back in 1981 television showed people smoking

[@AldenRDavis]

0:47 - “I just can’t have drunks working for me.”

[@samisuominen92]

R.I.P Lt. Howard Hunter. 😢

[@cheaplaffsarefree]

Everyone else is watching and thinking "that could just as easily be any one of us."

[@mr.classic6823]

In a Way I think Frank Saw Himself in JD in this scene

[@dpstudents3878]

@catothewiser Why they removed that is beyond me. That moment may have saved the series and given it the second season. If you remember, it was floundering in the ratings at the time.

[@dpstudents3878]

@catothewiser I knew what you meant. I was commenting that this scene is hard to find on You Tube.

[@seanellio]

Frank was an alcoholic. There is a scene farther down the series where J.D. finally goes to an AA Meeting. One of the people in that meeting is Frank. Happenstance that JD chose Franks meeting spot.

[@joanneginever1890]

@@dpstudents3878 Hi there. I know you wrote this years ago but your comment has stood out to me. I have a DVD set of series 1 which I've watched multiple times. I can not find this scene in the video. When you say, they shouldn't have removed it, are you saying they deleted this scene and it wasn't on the DVDs they put out? This has been driving me nuts for years. If so, explains why I can't find it 😳 Thank you. Jo in Australia 🇦🇺

[@janrutecki5264]

Later in the show series, LaRue and Washington are in the streets searching for an amputated arm, with the hope of finding the victims arm in time to reattach it to the victims' body, all at a local hospital. They find the arm, which still has the victims' Timex watch on it. To which one of them says, "Takes a lickin', but still keeps on tickin'." Let's be careful out there....

[@giotadimou1330]

Ηταν η αγαπημένη μου σειρα !!! Τους λάτρεψα ολους ! Πως πέρασαν τα χρόνια!!!

[@87yugo74]

Still one of the best show made.

[@nickwride2023]

Easily the best cop show ever made, possibly the best TV drama ever. Nothing could touch it, then or now.

[@87yugo74]

@@nickwride2023 Some episode just brought tears to your eyes.

[@kendallrivers1119]

​@nickwride2023 Bar none! It's the cop drama that all cop dramas after it has followed. It even influenced St. Elsewhere, ER, Sopranos etc.

[@AldenRDavis]

1:32 - “And if I have a few personal problems, it’s this lousy, stinkin’, rotten job that gave them to me!”

[@3OCALM1]

It's the $490 a week part of it that I remember very well. I thought to myself how I could sure as hell get by just fine on that much back then.

[@gskessingerable]

That'd be worth $1700 per week in today's dollars.

[@johndrake2729]

Times change.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Truly the number 1 cop show of all time! No contest! Followed by Homicide Life on The Street, NYPD Blue, The Shield, In The Heat of The Night, New York Undercover, Kojak, TJ Hooker, Hunter, the original SWAT, The Closer and Blue Bloods.

[@mogg34y]

Season 1 was a nightmare to film 🎥 according to Steven Bochco. Cocaine was everywhere onset. But he said in away gave season one its gritty realism. Was not until season 3 the set was cleaned up.

[@jasonking6892]

Keil was top class

[@bmasters1981]

Best part, after Frank turns around and walks out of his office... J.D. yells at him and towards the whole squad room in full view of them: J.D.: "Hey! You think I need this ______, Furillo! $490 a week to cozy up to the slime of this city for 10 hours a day-- you think I need that?! Let me tell you something, man-- I put my butt on the line for 12 years for this department! I got three citations, I got a higher arrest tally than any clown in this room, and if I got-- if I got a few personal problems, it's this lousy, stinkin', rotten job that gave 'em to me!!" And on no reaction from the other officers, J.D. gets more agitated: J.D.: "Sit there, you lunchbuckets! Go ahead!! One of your own's in trouble, and you sit there like-- like you're watching some kind of a freakshow or something!" J.D. then kicks a trash can over, spilling its contents on the ground, and storms out.

[@beholden2874]

Thank you. Was this from the actual original 1981 script?

[@bmasters1981]

@@beholden2874 No-- simply my interpretation of what I saw and heard.

[@marksolomon4248]

It was so ahead of its time that you couldn’t see behind. It defined TV drama for the next 44 years. Everything that came after, as good as the shows were, were derivatives of this one

[@roberts3741]

What's interesting is that 490 a week was a lot of money back then. In 2019 dollars that's around 70k a year

[@waynecampeau4566]

Not really a lot for a senior detective. J.D. was the smartest guy at the station by far and had a great work ethic. But he also just could not stay within the lines, he was always getting into trouble and scheming like a kid.

[@msquaretheoriginal]

In many municipalities, detectives with his seniority clear $100k before overtime easily.

[@enshk79]

For what he had to deal with they couldn’t pay him enough

[@TaraColquitt]

@@enshk79 Amen!

[@Rodzilla43]

BEST SHOW EVER !!!!!

[@14DaveHunter]

Wasn't La Rue also "The Hill Phantom", in another episode? The character, was a hazing of rookie Cops, to scare them. The rookie pulled his gun and nearly killed "The Phantom". The whole hazing was stupid, because the rookie was in the right, to shoot an attacker.

[@lukesvideogameletsplays4416]

Hes drunk actually in real life most likely in the scene and high on cocaine. Sad. But plays this scene great.

[@joe-vl3nd]

Nice one JD

[@drb9705]

1:55 he took his anger out on that trash can

[@keithburley7767]

LaRue's Drinking Lands Him in Hot Smoke 🍾 🍺🍻🍺

[@vladimirglibusic1511]

490 dollars/week in 1981? That´s was a alot of money then.

[@joe10117]

someone out there please clearify did not the captain of the series kill himself at the end of the series last episode ?? I remember watching hillstreet blues cought the end ... please clearify online streaming dose not apear to have that tittle

[@lorieandpatrickdavies7483]

No. The last episode involved a fire at the Hill Street Station. The Captain did not kill himself. None of the major characters committed suicide (although one, Lt. Hunter, attempted it, and fortunately was unsuccessful.)

[@larryhall2805]

All good acting. Even the extras playing uniform cops seem to be sympathetic and a bit scared.

[@nickwride2023]

$490 a week in '81 is worth $1,625 today.

[@hoopenhanger]

God Bless the Police.

[@latoshaadams3828]

Was it no air conditioning

[@jimbeller7948]

Check out Trick Baby (1972) sometime. Kiel Martin & Mel Stewart as con men in Philly running from the mob & the cops.

[@roinebloom2807]

Kiel Martin ❤

[@keithburley7767]

Go To An AA Meeting J.D.

[@Pavia1525]

He did. And he looked around and saw Furillo in the same meeting. The Captain was an alcoholic too and knew not to give JD a pass.

[@MusicAdmirer]

Managers and supervisors : the bane of humanity.

[@rolandmiller5456]

Music do you know the context of that saying are you just talkin trash. What you are talking about a police officer who is drunk on duty and who nearly got his partner killed earlier. I don't care what job you're in you can't have that kind of thing in your workplace. If you're that stupid to think it's a manager and supervisor issue that you are definitely on the wrong track.

[@WeedsComedy]

Sean syop the 😮.

[@alanfrehley1373]

Actually, $490 a week in 1983 wasn't a bad wage.

[@kdizzle79]

that was damn good money then. Sadly, that ain't shit now

[@alanfrehley1373]

@@kdizzle79 with inflation, about $1200 today.

[@beholden2874]

@@alanfrehley1373that sounds right because Larue was a 12 year veteran in 1981. He was a detective so he made more money than a street cop. Probably with overtime he was making $490 week which was good for a city cop in 1981. Plus he only 8 more years ( 1989) to retire since cops normally have to work 20 years Neil they are eligible to retire.

[@robertsander8509]

You were overpaid,J.D. If this had been real life,you would have been fired.

[@senior_ranger]

Some of the worst acting I ever saw!!!! Embarrassing.