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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...

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  1. 9.5/10(245 votes)

    #1 - Moving Day

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    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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  2. 9.4/10(307 votes)

    #2 - A Death in the Family

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    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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  3. 9.4/10(372 votes)

    #3 - Hearts and Souls

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    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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  4. 9.1/10(250 votes)

    #4 - Lost Israel: Part 2

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    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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  5. 9.0/10(246 votes)

    #5 - Lost Israel: Part 1

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    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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  6. 9.0/10(168 votes)

    #6 - Safe Home

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    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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  8. 9.0/10(119 votes)

    #7 - Oedipus Wrecked

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    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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  9. 9.0/10(124 votes)

    #8 - And the Wenner Is...

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    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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  10. 9.0/10(171 votes)

    #9 - The Vision Thing

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    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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  11. 9.0/10(127 votes)

    #10 - Bale to the Chief

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    S12:E19

    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.

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  12. 8.9/10(129 votes)

    #11 - Lie Like a Rug (1)

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    S9:E1

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

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  13. 8.9/10(125 votes)

    #12 - Yo, Adrian

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    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.

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  14. 8.9/10(110 votes)

    #13 - Lenny Scissorhands

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    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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  15. 8.8/10(121 votes)

    #14 - In the Wind

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    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.

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  16. 8.8/10(112 votes)

    #15 - A Little Dad'll Do Ya

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    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.

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  17. 8.8/10(142 votes)

    #16 - Nude Awakening

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    S10:E16

    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.

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  18. 8.8/10(123 votes)

    #17 - You Da Bomb

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    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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  19. 8.8/10(108 votes)

    #18 - In Goddess We Trussed

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    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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  20. 8.8/10(105 votes)

    #19 - Stoli with a Twist

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    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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  21. 8.8/10(114 votes)

    #20 - Old Man Quiver

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    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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  22. 8.7/10(209 votes)

    #21 - Closing Time

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    S3:E21

    The hunt for AJ's killers continues.

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  23. 8.7/10(165 votes)

    #22 - Brother's Keeper

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    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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  24. 8.7/10(118 votes)

    #23 - 22 Skidoo

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    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.

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  25. 8.6/10(116 votes)

    #24 - Johnny Got His Gold (2)

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    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.

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  26. 8.6/10(102 votes)

    #25 - Better Laid Than Never (2)

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    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Moving Day" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue". It scored 9.5/10 based on 245 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/1/2005. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Death in the Family".