After I found out TV maverick Steven Bochco died a few days ago, I've been looking online at info about the series that made his reputation, this one. I then looked on YouTube to see if any eps of it was on there. So it was with that that I finally got to watch the pilot that started it all! As with subsequent eps, it begins with the Roll Call in which Sgt. Esterhaus mentions various items. From there, Capt. Frank Furillo has to deal with a holdup at a store and the gangs involved as well as his ex-wife complaining about a bounced check and their son's condition! That ex, Fay, was played by Bochco's wife at the time, Barbara Bosson. I'll stop and just say Steven and his then-writing partner, Michael Kozoll, created such a dramatically stirring as well as humorously entertaining mix of stories here that served them well during the show's 7-year run. I can't wait to watch subsequent eps on YT and then reviewing them on this site...