The essential episodes of NYPD Blue
Watch these 15 in order and you've got NYPD Blue — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Kelly, in the midst of a marital breakup, could also lose his partner, who goes over the edge in pursuit of a mobster.
- 02
Simone and Sipowicz crack a case involving the murder of a chiropractor's wife; Martinez provides security for the daughter of a Costa Rican banker.
- 03
The detectives investigate stabbing deaths; Medavoy and Sipowicz go undercover as rabbis to snag Torah thieves; Costas has big news for Sipowicz.
- 04
Sipowicz has a bad attitude as he and Simone investigate the grim slayings of two children.
- 05
A strange story unfolds after a killing at a coin laundry; Simone and a detective under investigation are partnered on a case involving sexual misconduct.
- 06
The FBI takes over the investigation of a businessman's abduction; Simone reaches out to an ex-boxer who's showing early signs of Alzheimer's disease.
- 07
A shooting involves a black family man; Simone's imprisoned friend gives him info on an unsolved murder.
- 08
A Chinese gangster may be connected to the death of his former girlfriend; Martinez and Lesniak investigate the robbery of a handicapped woman; Medavoy's wife confronts Donna.
- 09
Fancy takes the heat after Sipowicz uses racist language while investigating a gang-related shooting in the projects.
- 10
Russell's father is killed, and her brother claims responsibility; Sipowicz and Medavoy dig into a murder case requiring the unearthing of the deceased's remains.
- 11
A gruesome slaying appears to be the work of a psychopath; an MD is wounded outside his mistress's apartment; Lesniak is ready for passion with Martinez.
- 12
A female detective whom Sipowicz resents helps investigate a string of child killings; Russell and Martinez have differing views on a date-rape case.
- 13
Simone and Sipowicz make like burglars when wiseguys stumble in on them while they're planting a bug in a mob hangout.
- 14
A junkie is questioned about his aunt's murder; Sipowicz awaits a call from Costas, whose labor pains have begun; a beating death at a strip club is investigated.
- 15
As he begins his new job as squad commander, Sipowicz disobeys orders and keeps a murder investigation open... even though a Japanese man with diplomatic immunity has confessed to the crime.
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