Hill Street Blues (TV Series) She's So Fein (1987) User Reviews

Too Many Hostage Plots?

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 5 August 2021]

When an attractive but unstable PD comes in, she has a confrontation with a client and get Joyce kidnapped and held hostage. He also shoots a store owner. The kidnapper goes through miles of possibilities as he negotiates, and the conclusion is surprising. That same PD gets Washington to go on a date with a hidden agenda. Renko and Hill bring in an old man who has been beaten and assumes he was protecting a teenager from being assaulted by her brother.

Davenport gets too involved in the action

[Woodyanders · 8/10 · 3 June 2021]

Davenport (an excellent Veronica Hamel) gets taken hostage by the desperate Ricky Diaz (a strong performance by Jose Angel Santana), who holes up in a market with Davenport and a seriously wounded man. Belker (a fine Bruce Weitz) wrecks a car that belongs to LaRue's brother in law.

The hostage situation generates a good deal of tension, with Furillo (the terrific Daniel J. Travanti) doing his best to hold it together and Goldblume (sturdy Joe Spano) trying to maintain the peace. Moreover, it's a hoot to watch LaRue (a nicely smarmy Kiel Martin) hit on attractive lawyer Sharon Fein (sultry Gela Nash), who rebuffs LaRue's advances and goes on a dinner date with Washington (smooth Taurean Blacque) instead. In addition, there's a poignant subplot involving Hill (solid Michael Warren) and Renko (likeable Charles Haid) investigating a case in which a boy beat up an old man for molesting his younger sister.