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[@87yugo74]

What makes Hill Street Blues such a great show is that it’s that it shows the true human side of all angles. It also has compassion. That is why is so good.

[@craigrusso6150]

I am an Alcoholic and have been Sober Three days and struggling. But doing it .

[@mortb9]

I just hit 10 months last Friday. Hang tough brother!

[@tonys189]

How are you both doing? I had 14 years sober and now ive been a drunk again for a little over a year 😢​@mortb9

[@shepardbook]

Well done. Both of you!

[@mortb9]

@@shepardbook Thank you. 1 week shy of a year. I hope Craig is still hanging tough!

[@jimmurray2965]

I actually remember this actual scene from college days in the 80's, it brought tears to my eyes then just as it has now. Hill Street Blues.... the best tv show ever!!!

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Veronica is just wonderful in this scene - she has very little dialogue but every nuance of emotion is conveyed in her face any eyes.

[@JL-is9rg]

Agreed. She's terrific. This show for me holds up. I knew I was watching something special as a teen all those years ago but appreciate how truly outstanding this show was far more now.

[@michaelmuldowney8]

@@JL-is9rg This show and St. Elsewhere totally changed Network Primetime drama in the 1980's = even though neither show ever broke into the top 20 in terms of viewing figures.

[@beverlywatkins8711]

Some of the best ever shows! I never watched Hill Street when it came on initially. Thought it was too violent. Well, things sure have changed.

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@michaelmuldowney8 Both of those shows I have gotten into the past year and can't believe it took me so long lol. Both are incredible tv shows that changed the medium and paved the way for all these other big tv dramas. Homicide Life on the street is another great one!

[@tomshappyland2741]

One of the greatest scenes from one of the greatest shows in TV history.

[@redcaddiedaddie]

Veronica Hamill, in her day, was a very good actress, as well as one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, IMHO!!

[@LR-ee2uu]

This show was the perfect storm of actors, composers, cameramen, writers, editors, casting directors and tea lady. And everyone else involved. Never to be repeated... ever.

[@craigmartin5939]

I always wanted a girl who looked like Veronica back in the early 80's. I admired her immensely and she was also a very successful model in the 60s and 70's as well as an actress and yeh, It took two decades later bit I found one in 2012...bit younger than me but I pulled her in and still have her today! You got to have a goal in life! And she was it! And it just goes to show that persistence pays off! This scene is probably the best work she did on Hill Street..both of them as it would have hit home with a lot of people experiencing that situation in real life and more importantly, doing something about it.

[@oliviapereira2367]

Authentic Acting from Daniel J Travanti a real-life alcoholic

[@mmort55]

One of my favorite shows and I loved the chemistry between these two.

[@MiguelMartinez-eq1jz]

Furillo, Dan TRvanti in real life is a wonderful person besides being an amazing actor. I have the good fortune to call him my friend. Amazing person.

[@johnliszewski4569]

So much truth to this. I have been sober for 5 years now and have been tempted so many times the last year.

[@bennhoey1966.]

Please don't drink. It's not worth it. Please stay strong. God bless you.

[@madbrowniac7871]

The poignant Mike Post Piano near the Outro always underscored the tension and affection in any given HSB episode.😔👮‍♂️👮‍♀️🎼🎹B.W.

[@satindergrewal6593]

The amount of times Hill Street gave me the blues

[@fulldarknostars]

" Jim" speaking in the AA meeting was Darwin Joston. I would imagine people remembering Hill St Blues first time around would remember him as Napoleon Wilson in the cult classic, Assault on Precinct 13.

[@winterous]

He pops up in The Fog for a minute, too.

[@EmeraldEagle1]

Ari, that is one of the bravest most courageous posts I've ever read and it really gives insight into the daily struggles you and others face. I hope life is being kind to you now. You deserve it.

[@aririchards2003]

❤

[@AngeliqueKaga]

They made a great couple!

[@RumbleFish69]

I really believe that Frank Furillo, at least in part, inspired the Andy Sipowicz character on NYPD Blue. These two shows had the same creator, producers and show-runners, so I think it's quite possible that NYPD Blue drew heavy inspiration from Hill Street, and not just with these two characters. The dynamic of these two shows was very similar. I think NYPD Blue was a more souped-up and modern version of Hill Street. Still, I think the only thing that separated this show was the time periods they were set in.

[@MoneyMakingMitchNY]

Blue was more soap in its later years just like hill street after michael Conrad, but the first four years of hill I think are better in terms of writing, but season 3-4 of NYPD Blue was writing at its finest. I would also add street had better characters who were more defined.

[@RumbleFish69]

@@MoneyMakingMitchNY In the end, it's all subjective, my friend. However, if I am being honest, I couldn't pick show one over the other because I loved both of these shows very much. I do, however think, that both shows were pretty episodic at the beginning, with NYPD Blue being a bit more hard-hitting, at least I think so. And, it wasn't until later seasons when we began to experience deeper storylines from Hill street Blues. I do think that NYPD Blue simply gave us more compelling storylines right from the beginning; like when David Caruso left. But from the days of John Kelly all the way through to Bobby Simone and right to the Andy Sipowicz final shot, this show's writing was consuming. The HSB beginnings were a bit more laid back, I think... We had Mad Dog Mick who was sort of a comic relief, and JD with his addiction issues and being a borderline crooked cop, which never really took hold; at least not for me. And Phil as the caretaker of all, and the rest, Bobby, Lucy, Joe and even Frank, were pretty much back-up support characters and stories that filled the episode's runtime. For HSB it wasn't until season 6, with the Joe Coffey (Ed Marinaro) murder, which for me, was the season that show really began to show viewers how great the stories could be, and how many risks the show-runners were willing to take. And, even though viewers knew this character death was coming, because of a script leak, and having it even covered by TV Guide, it was still a unbelievably shocking moment. In fact, the Joe Coffey death ranks pretty high in the top 100 most shocking moments in TV history...I think somewhere between JR getting shot and the MASH finale! 😂 The HSB earlier seasons and episodes each ended with Frank and Joyce's sexy time, so I think that spoke a little to the laid back manner or writing for them at that time. But, even though that was something that continued to do into the later seasons, by then we were pretty invested in these two characters, so when they were being intimate, it was viewed much differently at that point. You know, I remember years ago telling a friend that even though I loved both of these shows, I believed that Hill Street Blues was a practice show for what would end up being NYPD Blue years later. That HSB was basically an NYPD precursor. Then, some years after, I read that Steven Bochco say something that was almost identical to that in an interview! Great minds, I suppose. Either way, two great shows...The likes, of which we will probably never see again, at least not on free TV! Thanks for the exchange, my friend.

[@dhdeirdrehoran1]

Oh the memories. :-)

[@offaleaters3954]

+Deirdre Horan yeah, my favourite TV series.

[@dhdeirdrehoran1]

Offal Eaters they were good back then. :-)

[@Mexicono-dj3cs]

If you can learn to stop drinking you can learn keep drinking and control it. AA preys on people as they count the days til They drink again and buried those they kill who only needed to slow down

[@roxsanakourov.4513]

Captain Frank Furillo needed a drink. Stress will do that to you.

[@robertsander8509]

I find it interesting that people smoke at AA meetings. My dad was an alcoholic,but it was the cigarettes that killed him.

[@allanfifield8256]

This was filmed about 40 years ago, A lot has changed.

[@davidsecord6412]

In her day, Veronica Hamel was really hot.

[@1939panda]

I always thought he was Captain Furillo.

[@allanfifield8256]

Hollywood always beating the AA Total Absence Tom-Tom. It's not the only solution.

[@foldedhat]

Which episode is this from?

[@harrybootlace521]

foldedhat sorry I don’t remember. Was a later episode probably last series but I don’t remember.

[@rogerdalrymple422]

Last episode of Season Five

[@ivorjizzload5643]

God I miss this program. The TOTAL UTTER garbage on tv now makes me puke.

[@SetInStoneNow]

It's not a disease. It's a spiritual affliction that only Jesus Christ can eliminate from your life. Forever.

[@redcaddiedaddie]

Medical science, despite your assertion, has shown that it is, in fact, a disease. HOWEVER, may we say that since 'GOD moves in mysterious ways', as the old saying goes, that GOD/Jesus, working their will, may 'divinely inspire' mortals to assist their fellow men to sobriety??

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

Faith - based medicine kills.

[@Goatboysminion]

Oh you sad little God-botherer.

[@GhostRanger5060]

Amen, I was cured from the bottle by a one step program: I got saved. I took a knee for Jesus instead of for the politically correct thugs that claim to have all the answers as they burn down our cities. I laugh at the doctors with their impotent medical "cures" that only mask symptoms or replace addictions with prescriptions. They can't cure alcoholism, only give people tools to cope with it. But God took it all away from me thirty years ago. And I will never look back or go back. God bless you, Bryan Grace.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Man, I really hate you Jesus freaks.