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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!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    NYPD Blue Season 12 Episode 20 - Moving Day
    10.0/10(265 votes)

    #1 - Moving Day

    S12:E20

    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:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. NYPD Blue Season 6 Episode 5 - Hearts and Souls
    9.3/10(411 votes)

    #2 - Hearts and Souls

    S6:E5

    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:Paris Barclay
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. NYPD Blue Season 3 Episode 20 - A Death in the Family
    9.0/10(327 votes)

    #3 - A Death in the Family

    S3:E20

    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:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Michael Daly

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  4. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 8 - Lost Israel (1)
    9.0/10(270 votes)

    #4 - Lost Israel (1)

    S5:E8

    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:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 9 - Lost Israel (2)
    9.0/10(273 votes)

    #5 - Lost Israel (2)

    S5:E9

    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:Paris Barclay
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 12 - A Box of Wendy
    9.0/10(166 votes)

    #6 - A Box of Wendy

    S5:E12

    A woman is found beaten to death and left in a wooden crate. Simone and Sipowicz trace her family. Medavoy and Kirkendall hunt for the shooter of a Car Services worker. Russell is called to the hospital, where a 6-year old boy has died. His parents claim it was an accident.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 22 - Honeymoon at Viagra Falls
    9.0/10(155 votes)

    #7 - Honeymoon at Viagra Falls

    S5:E22

    A mother and 5 year-old child have been shot dead in their apartment. Simone and Sipowicz suspect that a previous break-in may be connected to the killings and that ADA Cohen might be able to help them find the killer. Russell and Kirkendall search for a missing child and trace known paedophiles in their hunt for the abductor. Sipowicz's doctor gives him some good news and good advice.

    Director:Paris Barclay
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. NYPD Blue Season 7 Episode 15 - Stressed for Success
    9.0/10(132 votes)

    #8 - Stressed for Success

    S7:E15

    Danny has an emotional crisis; John Irvin helps in a case involving stolen antique clothing; Jill deals with a young woman with small children who steals because of her unemployed, abusive husband.

    Director:Donna Deitch
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. NYPD Blue Season 7 Episode 22 - The Last Round Up
    9.0/10(131 votes)

    #9 - The Last Round Up

    S7:E22

    IAB is closing in on Jill. Jill explains the leverage Don has over her. Andy stays by Theo's side as he undergoes tests to determine if he has cancer. Changes are made in the department as fallout over Jill's ex-husband.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 1 - Daveless in New York
    9.0/10(132 votes)

    #10 - Daveless in New York

    S8:E1

    The detectives investigate a multiple homicide at a fast food restaurant; an addict gives his baby daughter to a drug dealer as collateral on an overdue loan; Internal Affairs reopens the Kirkendall case.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 20 - In the Wind
    9.0/10(139 votes)

    #11 - In the Wind

    S8:E20

    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:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. NYPD Blue Season 9 Episode 1 - Lie Like a Rug (1)
    9.0/10(147 votes)

    #12 - Lie Like a Rug (1)

    S9:E1

    While investigating the murders of four teenage girls, the 15th squad discovers the shocking truth about the disappearance of detective Danny Sorenson.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. NYPD Blue Season 9 Episode 2 - Johnny Got His Gold (2)
    9.0/10(129 votes)

    #13 - Johnny Got His Gold (2)

    S9:E2

    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:Mark Piznarski
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. NYPD Blue Season 9 Episode 16 - A Little Dad'll Do Ya
    9.0/10(123 votes)

    #14 - A Little Dad'll Do Ya

    S9:E16

    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:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. NYPD Blue Season 9 Episode 17 - Gypsy Woe's Me
    9.0/10(116 votes)

    #15 - Gypsy Woe's Me

    S9:E17

    The squad investigates two homicides: a gay man who hit his head after being punched out and another man shot on the street. Rodriguez is set-up by iab to take a bribe from an old friend.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. NYPD Blue Season 9 Episode 22 - Better Laid than Never (1)
    9.0/10(117 votes)

    #16 - Better Laid than Never (1)

    S9:E22

    Andy and Connie return from their week's holiday with Theo. A boy goes missing, and the squad is lead to a pedophile in the area. John meets with a lawyer about his father's estate.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. NYPD Blue Season 9 Episode 23 - Better Laid than Never (2)
    9.0/10(112 votes)

    #17 - Better Laid than Never (2)

    S9:E23

    McDowell and Ortiz investigate the death of a woman found in her apartment, where an ex-con neighbor is suspect. The investigation into Scott's murder points towards his friend. Andy thinks about the future. Rita meets John's father.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 1 - Ho Down
    9.0/10(128 votes)

    #18 - Ho Down

    S10:E1

    The temperature is rising. Andy receives a death threat. A prostitute is murdered, causing IA to look at John. A huge drugs and cash hoard is found. An elderly woman is found tied up and beaten.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 12 - Arrested Development
    9.0/10(115 votes)

    #19 - Arrested Development

    S10:E12

    Clark is placed under arrest after police find heroin in his car; detectives search for clues when a woman is beaten to death with a cordless drill; a murder victim's obsession with clean living may have led to his demise.

    Director:Jesse Bochco
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 21 - Yo, Adrian
    9.0/10(139 votes)

    #20 - Yo, Adrian

    S10:E21

    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:Carol Banker
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 22 - 22 Skidoo
    9.0/10(134 votes)

    #21 - 22 Skidoo

    S10:E22

    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:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. NYPD Blue Season 11 Episode 8 - And the Wenner Is...
    9.0/10(140 votes)

    #22 - And the Wenner Is...

    S11:E8

    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:Paul Eads
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. NYPD Blue Season 11 Episode 10 - You Da Bomb
    9.0/10(137 votes)

    #23 - You Da Bomb

    S11:E10

    A man armed with a bomb walks into the station house and handcuffs himself to McDowell; unless the detectives release a Russian mobster from jail in one hour, the bomb will detonate.

    Director:John Hyams
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. NYPD Blue Season 11 Episode 17 - In Goddess We Trussed
    9.0/10(120 votes)

    #24 - In Goddess We Trussed

    S11:E17

    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:Kevin Hooks
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. NYPD Blue Season 11 Episode 21 - What's Your Poison?
    9.0/10(120 votes)

    #25 - What's Your Poison?

    S11:E21

    A face from Clark's past makes an unwelcome return, while the key suspect in Andy's 18-year-old murder case turns up, face down. Jones helps Michael prepare to take the stand against his own father for killing his mom, and a man fears that his wife is going to lose her head after he loses her pricey necklace.

    Director:Jesse Bochco
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Moving Day" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue". It scored 10/10 based on 265 votes. Directed by Mark Tinker and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/1/2005. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hearts and Souls".