It Ain't Over Till It's Over 

When a fire breaks out at the Hill Station in the early morning, I.A.D. Jim Shipman blames the already suspended Lt. Buntz. Belker is forced to finally take a look at his mother's paperwork... See full summary »

Director:

Stan Lathan

Writers:

Michael Kozoll (created by), Steven Bochco (created by)

Stars:

Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel J. Travanti	...	Capt. Frank Furillo
Michael Warren	...	Officer Bobby Hill
Bruce Weitz	...	Sgt. Mick Belker
Betty Thomas	...	Sgt. Lucy Bates
James Sikking	...	Lt. Howard Hunter (as James B. Sikking)
Joe Spano	...	Lt. Henry Goldblume
Taurean Blacque	...	Det. Neal Washington
Kiel Martin	...	Detective J.D. LaRue
Robert Clohessy	...	Off. Patrick Flaherty
Dennis Franz	...	Lt. Norman Buntz
Megan Gallagher	...	Officer Tina Russo
Charles Haid	...	Officer Andrew Renko
Veronica Hamel	...	Joyce Davenport
Jon Cypher	...	Chief Fletcher Daniels
George Wyner	...	Irwin Bernstein

Storyline

When a fire breaks out at the Hill Station in the early morning, I.A.D. Jim Shipman blames the already suspended Lt. Buntz. Belker is forced to finally take a look at his mother's paperwork. LaRue attempts to one-up a TV reporter broadcasting live as he opens a gangsters cellar.

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Plot Keywords:

series finale | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Mary Jackson, who plays Mrs. Sussman, is best known as Emily Baldwin, one of the Baldwin sisters on The Waltons.

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Quotes

Joyce Davenport: Look on the plus side. The station's still standing, a prostitute killer's off the street... and somebody decked the Chief. I'd say it was a break-even day.

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Connections

Spoofs The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults (1986)

User Reviews

Wanted it to go on

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.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 1987 (USA)

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

MTM Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1