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NYPD Blue

  • TV-14
  • 1993–2005
  • 12 seasons
  • Drama
  • 7.0

Ride along with the boys in blue.

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.

Episodes

22 episodes
  1. 1E.R.

    46 minOct 24, 1995

    Martinez is shot when he and Medavoy walk in on a bar robbery. One of the robbers gets protection from the DA for information, which upsets James' colleagues. Sylvia breaks some news to Sipowicz, while Simone and Russell try for a reconcilliation.

  2. 2Torah! Torah! Torah!

    46 minOct 31, 1995

    An ill man is accused of killing his sister, but Simone suspects otherwise. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Sipowicz go under cover to recover a stolen Jewish icon. Sipowicz struggles to keep a secret.

  3. 3One Big Happy Family

    46 minNov 7, 1995

    Simone and Sipowicz get a break in a rape case when a man fitting the assailants description is seen in the station. Russell has to resolve her families domestic problems. Meanwhile, Martinez, on his first day back, gets some disappointing news from Lesniak.

  4. 4Heavin' Can Wait

    46 minNov 14, 1995

    A baby and a small child are shot and killed in a robbery. Sipowicz's bad mood hinders the investigation and causes a rift with Simone.

  5. 5Dirty Laundry

    45 minNov 21, 1995

    Ronnie Drucker, a detective under investigation, is reassigned to the 15th squad and compromises Simone. A young girl, confused by drugs, is the only witness to a shooting in a laundromat.

  6. 6Curt Russell

    46 minNov 28, 1995

    Simone and Sipowicz investigate the murder of an Indian woman, found strangled in her locked car. Medavoy and Martinez arrest a man acting strangely and find he's involved in a credit card scam. Lesniak and Russell team up to trap a gun dealer. Simone gets over-protective and makes Russell angry.

  7. 7Aging Bull

    46 minDec 12, 1995

    An ex-boxer, an old friend of Simone's, refuses to admit he's getting forgetful. The FBI take over a kidnap case, but Simone and Sipowicz find an informant and work the case on their own.

  8. 8Cold Heaters

    46 minDec 19, 1995

    Simone's old pal Ray turns informant, from jail, in order to get a reduced sentence, but things don't go to plan. A father takes deadly revenge to protect his bullied son. Medavoy has to placate 2 actors who come to blows on stage.

  9. 9Sorry, Wong Suspect

    46 minJan 9, 1996

    A young girl is found stabbed, in Chinatown. Suspicion falls on the ex-boyfriend. Simone & Sipowicz Investigate. Martinez & Lezniak have to investigate a robbery, together, despite the bad feeling between them. Medavoy moves into the bunk-room.

  10. 10The Backboard Jungle

    45 minJan 16, 1996

    A basketball game, held in the memory of a young boy, erupts into violence. 2 dead, 7 wounded. Andy has a race relation's problem with the organizer of the event that was witnessed by a reporter. Fancy and Sipowicz's relationship is on shaky ground as details of this event come to light and Andy is removed from the case.

  11. 11Burnin' Love

    46 minJan 30, 1996

    A girl's body is found, burned, in an abandoned basement. Information from the husband of the girl's best friend points to a Russian, who had tried to date her, but had been refused. Simone puts together a scenario, involving the husband and 2 of his associates. Medavoy gets some overtime, on bodyguard duty and gets lucky in the card school.

  12. 12These Old Bones

    46 minFeb 6, 1996

    A bruised and battered wife tells Sipowicz that her husband claimed to have killed somebody 8 years previously. Sipowicz follows a trail, leading back to 2 previous relationships. Russell is told that her father has been shot and killed. Her brother claims to have done it, but Simone thinks he's not telling the whole truth.

  13. 13A Tushful of Dollars

    45 minFeb 13, 1996

    Russell gets a lawyer for her mother. Simone and Sipowicz investigate the shooting of a known mobster's son. Suspicion falls on his younger brother, but the father interferes with the search. Medavoy and Russell get a call to where a woman has been shot, while in bed. Her son tells Russell that he got a message, from his step-father, confessing to the shooting. His rich step-father's lawyer makes difficulties.

  14. 14The Nutty Confessor

    45 minFeb 20, 1996

    Martinez and Lezniak's relationship takes a step forward. Simone and Sipowicz are called to a bloody murder scene with satanistic overtones. A doctor is mugged and shot on a visit to his secretary's apartment. Russell and Medavoy feel the wrath of his wife's anger.

  15. 15Head Case

    46 minFeb 27, 1996

    A University Professor is found decapitated. His mother gives Simone and Sipowicz a hard time. Lezniak gets jealous when Martinez meets a porn star. Andy's son turns up, out of the blue.

  16. 16Girl Talk

    46 minMar 19, 1996

    After a young girl is strangled and thrown from a roof, Simone and Sipowicz find a similar case in another district. The investigating officer comes to the 15th, to share information and immediately gets in Andy's bad books. Russell and Martinez disagree over the claims of rape made by a woman, against a married schoolteacher. Sipowicz and Andy Junior go 'on the street'.

  17. 17Hollie and the Blowfish

    46 minMar 26, 1996

    Medavoy and Martinez investigate the murder of a voodoo priest. Russell gets assigned to help a drug enforcement team, working in the Precinct. Simone spots an old acquaintance, Hollie, who used to give him good information.

  18. 18We Was Robbed

    46 minApr 2, 1996

    A dead man is found, dumped in an alley. His name has possible mob connections. Donna gives Russell information about a possible hi-jack. A surveillance op goes wrong, when Simone and Sipowicz assist the FBI.

  19. 19Auntie Maimed

    46 minApr 30, 1996

    A woman is found, murdered, in her apartment. Neighbours fingers point at the junkie nephew. Simone and Sipowicz investigate. Medavoy and Martinez search for a biker, seen in a bar, where the bouncer is beaten to death. Sylvia nears the end of her pregnancy.

  20. 20A Death in the Family

    46 minMay 7, 1996

    After a shooting at a bar, Simone and Sipowicz are sent to the hospital and find that they know one of the victims. The whole squad is involved in the hunt for the killers.

  21. 21Closing Time

    46 minMay 14, 1996

    The hunt for AJ's killers continues.

  22. 22He's Not Guilty, He's My Brother

    46 minMay 21, 1996

    Simone and Sipowicz go to a shooting at a paint shop. A suspect is located in hospital, with a bullet wound. The other detectives go to a shooting in an alley, where the victim has bullet holes, but no sign og blood.

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Series cast

Dennis FranzAndy Sipowicz261 episodes
Gordon ClappGreg Medavoy242 episodes
James McDanielArthur Fancy174 episodes
Nicholas TurturroJames Martinez154 episodes
Kim DelaneyDiane Russell132 episodes
Bill BrochtrupJohn Irvin129 episodes
Jimmy SmitsBobby Simone110 episodes
Henry SimmonsBaldwin Jones107 episodes
Sharon LawrenceSylvia Costas89 episodes
Charlotte RossLaurie Richardson89 episodes
Mark-Paul GosselaarJohn Clark Jr.87 episodes
Jacqueline ObradorsRita Ortiz87 episodes
Garcelle BeauvaisValerie Haywood87 episodes
Esai MoralesTony Rodriguez87 episodes
Andrea ThompsonJill Kirkendall66 episodes
Gail O'GradyDonna Abandando46 episodes
David CarusoJohn Kelly44 episodes
Amy BrennemanJanice Licalsi44 episodes

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