My 10 Best Episodes of "NYPD Blue"
I love TV. It's been a constant companion through the years when I've needed one and had nothing else around to be there for me. Comedies can make me forget about my troubles and make me laugh when I need to the most. Dramas can bring me inside a world I don't know while making me feel emotions and contemplate issues I might not otherwise. I am going to be making some lists of what I think are the 10 best episodes of various comedies and dramas I love. If you haven't watched some of these series, I hope I give you some ideas for episodes you can watch that may make you love them.
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- CreatorSteven BochcoDavid MilchStarsDennis FranzJimmy SmitsGordon ClappDetectives from NYPD's 15th Precinct investigate homicides within their precinct.Pilot
- DirectorCharles HaidStarsDavid CarusoDennis FranzJames McDanielKelly continues moonlighting as a security guard for Susan Wagner, a wealthy woman who's married to an abusive husband. But things take a turn when the husband is shot and killed, and Mrs. Wagner becomes a suspect. Meanwhile, Sipowicz is paired with the hard-nosed Detective Walker who arrests a man for a robbery and double-murder. While Detective Walker thinks he's guilty, Sipowicz thinks differently. The increasingly edgy Josh Goldstein has Kelly appear at a tenant's readiness group regarding crime, and he is later killed trying to save an elderly woman from a mugging on a subway platform.
- DirectorFélix Enríquez AlcaláStarsDavid CarusoDennis FranzJames McDanielLt. Fancy insists to a reluctant Larson that he take a drug test and when it comes back positive of methamphetamine use, he is fired. One of Detective Mike Roberts' informants/girlfriends comes to the precinct and causes trouble for him, especially when she later turns up dead, and Roberts becomes a suspect. Although Roberts ends up being cleared, his reputation is ruined and he decides to quit the police force. Meanwhile, Sylvia has trouble getting through to Sipowicz to give their relationship another try. Also, Laura appeals to Kelly to help her re-examine a case she is prosecuting of the alleged murder of an abusive man by his wife, in which Martinez and Medavoy investigate one witness and discover some conflicting facts in the case.
- DirectorGregory HoblitStarsJimmy SmitsDennis FranzJames McDanielBobby Simone, a widower and homing pigeon breeder, joins the squad as Kelly's replacement. Simone's first assignment is to help Sipowicz in the investigation of the hit on a mobster's son, where a stray bullet also hit an elderly woman in her apartment. Meanwhile, Lesniak tries to help a woman who's worried that her husband is molesting their daughter, and an over-the-edge Abruzzo pulls his gun and threatens Lesniak in the squad room for leaving him.
- DirectorMark TinkerStarsJimmy SmitsDennis FranzJames McDanielJust days after Sylvia gives birth to a baby boy (Theo), Sipowicz suffers an emotional setback when Andy Jr. is found murdered in the line of duty. Sipowicz wants Simone to lead the case of his son's killer and also wants the opportunity for restitution. With Russell in tow, Simone tries to balance his desire for revenge, as well as his quest for justice to catch the killers. While Sipowicz breaks the news of his son's death to his first wife, Katie, he begins to show signs of an emotional breakdown. In the midst of all this turmoil, Donna makes her decision when she quits her job as administrative assistant to the precinct and moves to California, leaving New York for good.
- DirectorDavid RosenbloomStarsJimmy SmitsDennis FranzJames McDanielSylvia confronts Sipowicz about her suspicions that he is going to late-night bars and drinking again, and the effect is everywhere. Lt. Fancy is forced to sent him home after Sipowicz walks in one morning drunk. Sipowicz even fights with some street punks, gets beaten up, and Simone offers to look for the men that beat Sipowicz up. Meanwhile, a new administrative assistant, named Lucy, arrives as Donna's replacement. Also, Russell investigates a young woman, named Angela, who claims to have been stabbed by her jealous boyfriend. Simone, following a lead from a streetwalker named Deena, finally tracks down and confronts the two thugs who murdered Andy Jr. and guns them both down in a hail of bullets.
- DirectorMark TinkerStarsJimmy SmitsDennis FranzJames McDanielAn African-American community activist, named Kwasi, with whom Sipowicz had a previous run-in, is found murdered in a drive-by shooting. Simone and Sipowicz investigate, and Sipowicz rekindles Fancy's and Kwasi's family's anger over the previous incident. Meanwhile, Martinez and Medavoy investigate a homicide at a bodega and have a hard time getting witnesses to cooperate.
- DirectorSteven DePaulStarsJimmy SmitsDennis FranzJames McDanielSimone and Sipowicz investigate the disappearance of a young boy, who turns up dead and the father points that a mute homeless man, named Israel, may have been the one. But Supowicz suspects that the father may be the real culprit. Meanwhile, the rest of the squad investigate the murder of a Hasidic Jewish girl and have to juggle the need for their investigation against the needs for a quick burial.Parts I & II
- DirectorParis BarclayStarsJimmy SmitsDennis FranzJames McDanielSipowicz helps his ex-wife deal with a drunk-driving violation. Simone's body rapidly succumbs to infection in the wake of his heart transplant.
- DirectorMark TinkerStarsDennis FranzRicky SchroderJames McDanielYouthful detective Danny Sorenson joins the squad and, during a multiple homicide investigation, discovers that his new colleagues have yet to recover from Simone's death.