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The Best Episodes of NYPD Blue

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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...
  1. Background image for Moving Day
    10.0/10(1 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Hearts and Souls
    9.5/10(2 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for A Death in the Family
    9.4/10(309 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Lost Israel: Part 1
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Lost Israel: Part 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Lost Israel: Part 2
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Lost Israel: Part 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for A Box of Wendy
    9.0/10(1 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Honeymoon at Viagra Falls
    9.0/10(1 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Brother's Keeper
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Brother's Keeper

    S6:E4

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Danny Boy
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Danny Boy

    S6:E6

    New squad member, Danny Sorenson, arrives and gets sent to a drive-by shooting, with Sipowicz. The rest of the squad, including Russell on her first day back at work, attend another shooting. The two incidents are related and cause friction between the two teams of investigators. ADA Costas asks Sipowicz to look into an old case she has reservations about.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Judas Priest
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Judas Priest

    S6:E19

    Officer Dornan disrupts an AA meeting, leaving Sipowicz no option but to involve Lt. Fancy. Dolores' father threatens to take action against Malcolm Cullinan and gets PAA Irvine into trouble. Sipowicz and Sorenson search for the pusher who supplied Mike Roberts. ADA Cohen continues to express his jealousy, over Kirkendall.

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Voir Dire This
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Voir Dire This

    S6:E21

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Safe Home
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Safe Home

    S6:E22

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Oedipus Wrecked
    9.0/10(122 votes)

    #13 - Oedipus Wrecked

    S9:E20

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for And the Wenner Is...
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for You Da Bomb
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for In Goddess We Trussed
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for What's Your Poison?
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Dress for Success
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Dress for Success

    S12:E1

    There's a new boss who comes from IAD with a mandate to clean up the squad. Andy receives a dead rat in the mail. John is heading off the rails. A doctor is found dead, and linked to a man who had a sex change.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Fish Out of Water
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Fish Out of Water

    S12:E2

    The detectives tie the death of a pregnant woman to an adoption scam; Medavoy and Jones interview a woman who claims a masked assailant stole her valuable ring; and someone poisons Sipowicz's beloved fish.

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    Director:Jesse Bochco
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Vision Thing
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The Vision Thing

    S12:E6

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Bale Out
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Bale Out

    S12:E11

    While investigating a murder, Sipowicz discovers a secret about Bale; and Ortiz and Murphy investigate a shooting tied to a talented up-and-coming basketball player.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for I Love My Wives, But Oh You Kid
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - I Love My Wives, But Oh You Kid

    S12:E12

    A call-girl's death is linked to other murders involving women who'd gone through rehab; Ortiz and Murphy investigate the death of an artist who'd been carrying on an affair with a wealthy man married to two other women.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Stoli with a Twist
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Stoli with a Twist

    S12:E13

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Old Man Quiver
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Old Man Quiver

    S12:E16

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Lenny Scissorhands
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Lenny Scissorhands

    S12:E18

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Moving Day" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/1/2005. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hearts and Souls".