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10/10
Wanted it to go on
kris-gray28 November 2019
I've just finished binge watching my DVD box set of all 7 series. I am so sad that it ended here. Probably the best Cop show ever that featured a number of future Academy award nominees and winners in early roles some of them very small, blink and you miss 'em. I enjoyed it back in the day and I enjoyed watching all 144 episodes again, 30 + years later.

The series suffered a bit when Stephen Bochco was fired after series 5, taking his wife Barbara Bosson who played Fay Furrillo which left a gap in the story arc.

If you've never seen it seek out the DVD box set, you won't be disappointed.
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10/10
Could Have Gone on for Ten More Years
Hitchcoc7 August 2021
This will always be among my top ten TV shows of all time. The final episode was as fresh as the first. The ensemble cast changed from year to year, though most of the principles stayed put. This had all the great elements. Buntz (Dennis Franz) is at the core. Of course, he has been a thorn in the sides of of conservative establishment and probably should have been fired long ago, but here he has been framed and must make his way back to equilibrium. Goldblume goes after a serial killer who has been decapitating prostitutes. But Chief Daniels, whose slime permeated this series from the beginning, becomes a part of the great moments in television. What more can I say?
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8/10
The last roll call
Woodyanders16 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
A fire breaks out in the station early in the morning. Buntz (the fantastic Dennis Franz) goes after I. A. D. Shipman (a spot-on slimy portrayal by Arthur Taxier), who set Buntz up. Belker (a touching portrayal by Bruce Weitz) takes care of his mother's paperwork. LaRue (a funny Kiel Martin) tries to one-up a TV reporter.

Various characters get neat send-offs in this appropriately chaotic final episode: Furillo (the terrific Daniel J. Travanti) holds things together one last time and goes to bat for Buntz, Goldblume (sturdy Joe Spano) busts a serial killer who's been preying on prostitutes, Hunter (well played by James Sikking) has a lovely bathroom talk with Buntz, Bates (a luminous Betty Thomas) finally goes on a date with Sal (an engaging Jack Andreozzi), Belker cries over his mother's passing, and, in a highly satisfying scene, Buntz decks the ever-smug Chief Daniels (a sublimely slimy Jon Cypher). Steven Keats contributes an excellent performance as stressed-out homicide Penzickis. Kelly Jo Minter also impresses as helpful hooker Kathy. Let's stay careful out there, everyone.
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