9.5/10359 votesLoading...#1 - Hearts and Souls
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/24/1998
Simone's recovery is hampered by a chest infection. The doctors differ in their opinions of which treatment to use. Sipowicz's ex-wife turns up at the station, drunk and asking for his help.
Director: N/A
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9.5/10234 votesLoading...#2 - Moving Day
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 3/1/2005
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.
Director: N/A
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9.4/10294 votesLoading...#3 - A Death in the Family
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/7/1996
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.
Director: N/A
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9.1/10232 votesLoading...#4 - Lost Israel: Part 1
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1997
The child of a rich family goes missing. The father suspects Israel, a local vagrant, of kidnapping him. Sipowicz has other ideas. In another case, a jewish girl is found raped and murdered on a bridge. Later, a young woman is caught using the murdered girl's credit card. Medavoy, Martinez and Russell piece together the information.
Director: N/A
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9.1/10238 votesLoading...#5 - Lost Israel: Part 2
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1997
A murdered boy's father insists that a homeless man is guilty. The mother takes Russell into her confidence. Simone and Sipowicz hunt the killer.
Director: N/A
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9.1/10160 votesLoading...#6 - Safe Home
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/25/1999
Sipowicz stays away from the squad and tries to come to terms with his loss. Evidence comes to light implicating Cullinan in more misdeeds and Sorenson turns to Sipowicz for advice. John Irvine is released from hospital, but is reluctant to return to the Precinct.
Director: N/A
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9.0/10124 votesLoading...#7 - Lie Like a Rug (1)
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 11/6/2001
While investigating the murders of four teenage girls, the 15th squad discovers the shocking truth about the disappearance of detective Danny Sorenson.
Director: N/A
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9.0/10115 votesLoading...#8 - Oedipus Wrecked
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 5/7/2002
Sipowicz is taken hostage in an interrogation room by a suspect in the murder of a pot dealer and two of her friends; a suburban mom found with drugs in her purse appears to be covering for her son.
Director: N/A
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9.0/10121 votesLoading...#9 - Yo, Adrian
Season 10 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2003
A meek and mousy young woman is found beaten to death on the floor of her apartment. Her brother- in-law is very upset but not about her death--he was paying her money to use her apartment for an extramarital affair.
Director: N/A
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9.0/10163 votesLoading...#10 - The Vision Thing
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2004
While investigating a random stabbing, Sipowicz becomes obsessed with his own mortality after he's nearly gunned down by a murder suspect; Medavoy takes a job as a bouncer.
Director: N/A
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9.0/10122 votesLoading...#11 - Bale to the Chief
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/2005
Bale offers to recommend Sipowicz for the squad commander position; Ortiz and Murphy investigate the death of an Arab woman; and detectives search for the man who shot Bale.
Director: N/A
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8.9/10118 votesLoading...#12 - And the Wenner Is...
Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2003
When another woman is murdered by the serial killer, the detectives arrest a suspect... and discover the killer's identity; and expecting a baby, Sipowicz and McDowell decide to get married.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/10103 votesLoading...#13 - Lenny Scissorhands
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/2005
A squad member is shot while storming an apartment; Clark and Jones investigate the bludgeoning death of a woman whose wealthy husband was going to finance a friend's salon business.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/10108 votesLoading...#14 - A Little Dad'll Do Ya
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/2002
The squad investigates the murder of a young Chinese girl along with an alleged rape case. Irvin learns his father is dying. Clark tries to find a foster home for James Kilik.
Director: N/A
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8.8/10101 votesLoading...#15 - Stoli with a Twist
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/2005
The detectives continue their search for a serial killer who targets alcoholics trying to get sober; and Clark and Jones investigate a homicide linked to a woman with whom Clark had a one-night stand.
Director: N/A
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8.8/10109 votesLoading...#16 - Old Man Quiver
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/2005
The detectives investigate the smothering death of an elderly man married to a voluptuous woman in her 20s; and a state judge pressures Medavoy and Jones to find out who poisoned her mother.
Director: N/A
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8.7/10197 votesLoading...#17 - Closing Time
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/1996
The hunt for AJ's killers continues.
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8.7/10157 votesLoading...#18 - Brother's Keeper
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/1998
As Simone's condition worsens, Lt. Fancy makes a request to the Uniformed Officers to be aware of the need for a usable heart. Simone's colleagues have to occupy their minds with the case of an old lady found hacked to pieces in her apartment. Of her two sons, one doesn't seem to care about it and the other is too full of drugs to understand what has happened. Sipowicz's mood gets him into a fight.
Director: N/A
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8.7/10114 votesLoading...#19 - In the Wind
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 5/22/2001
Sorenson is missing, and a stripper is found murdered in his apartment. Medavoy and Jones investigate a killing, but the suspect identified by an eyewitness has a seemingly unshakable alibi.
Director: N/A
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8.7/10136 votesLoading...#20 - Nude Awakening
Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2003
Sipowicz and Clark investigate when Julian Pisano is wounded in a shooting incident; McDowell and Ortiz assist a woman who doggedly pursues justice when she's conned out of $100; Clark grows concerned when his father stops returning his phone calls.
Director: N/A
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8.7/10113 votesLoading...#21 - 22 Skidoo
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2003
The detectives hunt for a man suspected of killing minorities to avenge injuries his brother suffered during the first Gulf War; Sipowicz and McDowell plan to marry.
Director: N/A
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8.7/10101 votesLoading...#22 - In Goddess We Trussed
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 4/6/2004
Andy's off-duty and slightly underhanded work to prove that Hatcher killed his own wife lands him a transfer out of the 15th precinct and into the Bellevue Morgue engineered by Detective Hatcher. Meanwhile, the squad is up to their whips and chains after a dominatrix is found murdered.
Director: N/A
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8.6/10253 votesLoading...#23 - Rockin' Robin
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1994
Sipowicz and Kelly investigate the stabbing death of a priest whose body was found in a park frequented by male prostitutes.
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Writer: N/A
8.6/10151 votesLoading...#24 - Voir Dire This
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/18/1999
Mike Shannon brings in a young boy who makes a confession to Sorenson. Sipowicz worries about his up-coming court appearance facing Sinclair. ADA Costas takes care of him. Dolores father attends the court hearing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/10111 votesLoading...#25 - Johnny Got His Gold (2)
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/2001
Sipowicz is hailed a hero after killing the man responsible for Sorenson's murder. While Lieutenant Rodriguez teams up with another precinct to investigate the robbery of his mother, the squad investigates the murder of two men affiliated with NYU.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of NYPD Blue
Every episode of NYPD Blue ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of NYPD 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...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Hearts and Souls" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue". It scored 9.5/10 based on 359 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/24/1998. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Moving Day".