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All 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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Season 1

  • Pilot
    8.2/10478 votes

    Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1993

    Detective John Kelly has his hands full. On the work front, his partner's drinking problem and continual harassment of gangster Alfonse Giardella is about to get them both in over their heads with the mob. On the personal front, his wife wants a divorce.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • 4B or Not 4B
    8.0/10337 votes

    4B or Not 4B

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1993

    Lieutenant Fancy and Detective Kelly are warned to stop pressuring the mob even as Andy Sipowicz lies in the hospital with numerous gunshot wounds. Back at Kelly's ex-wife's apartment building, an angry young man starts carrying a gun for protection.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Brown Appetit
    7.7/10300 votes

    Brown Appetit

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1993

    After discovering the hotel where Giardella is being held, Sipowicz gets his revenge with the help of a pet bulldog and the hotel's thankful chef.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • True Confessions
    8.1/10304 votes

    True Confessions

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1993

    Kelly quits moonlighting as a bodyguard after discovering his millionaire employer is a wife beater. Later Kelly speaks at a tenant meeting explaining the dangers of carrying a gun for protection. Unfortunately, his talk has little impact on the tenant in 4B.

    Director: Charles Haid

    Writer: Unknown

  • Emission Accomplished
    8.0/10291 votes

    Emission Accomplished

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1993

    Martinez discovers the superintendent of his brother's apartment building is a cop who beats and robs tenants who fall behind on their rent.

    Director: Michael M. Robin

    Writer: Unknown

  • Personal Foul
    7.9/10288 votes

    Personal Foul

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1993

    Kelly is forced to arrest a close friend after a fight on the basketball court leaves another friend dead.

    Director: Brad Silberling

    Writer: Unknown

  • NYPD Lou
    8.2/10289 votes

    NYPD Lou

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1993

    When Sipowicz's estranged son, Andy Jr., shows up and announces his engagement, Andy Sr. decides to look into the bride-to-be's background.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Tempest in a C-Cup
    8.0/10270 votes

    Tempest in a C-Cup

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1993

    Lieutenant Fancy hires Donna Abandando, a well-endowed civilian employee, to work in the precinct's "safe street" program.

    Director: Daniel Sackheim

    Writer: Unknown

  • Ice Follies
    7.7/10253 votes

    Ice Follies

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1993

    When Martinez's brother dies from a drug overdose, their father sets out to kill the drug dealer responsible.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Oscar, Meyer, Weiner
    7.9/10261 votes

    Oscar, Meyer, Weiner

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1993

    Ignoring Kelly's advice, Licalsi reveals that she's being blackmailed by the mob. Kelly and Sipowicz investigate the brutal robbery-murder of a wealthy family and work with a pawn dealer in hopes of retrieving a stolen Oscar statuette.

    Director: Brad Silberling

    Writer: Gardner Stern, Ted Mann

  • From Hare to Eternity
    8.1/10259 votes

    From Hare to Eternity

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1993

    As the holiday's approach, Kelly and Sipowicz get a early gift in the form of a hot tip while investigating the kidnapping of a young girl.

    Director: Eric Laneuville

    Writer: Burton Armus, David Milch

  • Up on the Roof
    7.7/10240 votes

    Up on the Roof

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1994

    While Martinez investigates a series of robberies involving a fake ATM machine, Kelly's current case yields evidence that links Licalsi to the mob. Meanwhile, Lt. Fancy tries to extend his custody of a young boy whose mother is in a drug rehabilitation program.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Abandando Abandoned
    8.0/10248 votes

    Abandando Abandoned

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/1994

    Donna's joy over Medavoy leaving his wife is short-lived when he has a change of heart.

    Director: Gregory Hoblit

    Writer: Unknown

  • Jumpin' Jack Fleishman
    7.9/10245 votes

    Jumpin' Jack Fleishman

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/1994

    When a woman who was raped refuses to press charges for fear her husband will say she brought it upon herself, Licalsi acts as a decoy in an attempt to trap the prime suspect.

    Director: Rick Wallace

    Writer: Unknown

  • Steroid Roy
    8.1/10253 votes

    Steroid Roy

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/8/1994

    When Kelly and Sipowicz respond to a suicide call they find the body of a police informant who had come to the precinct earlier that day shouting that she was sleeping with her police contact. Licalsi suspects that her partner is taking drugs.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Ann Biderman

  • A Sudden Fish
    7.8/10240 votes

    A Sudden Fish

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/15/1994

    Sipowicz has to diffuse an explosive situation when a disabled Vietnam vet who was mugged decides to take matters into his own hands.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Black Men Can Jump
    7.7/10238 votes

    Black Men Can Jump

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1994

    Sipowicz is furious when he suspects a private investigator is giving false hope to a man whose daughter has been missing for 2 and a half years.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Zeppo Marks Brothers
    7.7/10236 votes

    Zeppo Marks Brothers

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/1994

    When a material witness to a drug hit turns up dead, Sipowicz and Kelly's investigation leads them to two brothers who have also planned a hit on Kelly's ex-wife, Laura. Sipowicz must perform uniform-detail in a dress uniform way too small.

    Director: Michael M. Robin

    Writer: Unknown

  • Serge the Concierge
    7.7/10235 votes

    Serge the Concierge

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/29/1994

    Detectives searching a landfill for the body of a dead girl find the body of a millionaire instead. While Kelly interviews the wife of the deceased, Sipowicz does some investigating of his own after Andy Jr. is arrested for selling cocaine.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Good Time Charlie
    8.0/10233 votes

    Good Time Charlie

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1994

    Kelly and Sipowicz investigate the death of a man's mistress, which they later find out is one of many lovers the man currently has. Meanwhile, Licalsi is promoted and Fancy breaks the news to her husband that she's pregnant.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Guns 'n Rosaries
    8.3/10236 votes

    Guns 'n Rosaries

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1994

    Even as Licalsi confesses to shooting Angelo Marino and his driver, Martinez is forced to shoot an irate man who points a gun at Medavoy while they're stuck in traffic.

    Director: Michael M. Robin

    Writer: Unknown

  • Rockin' Robin
    8.5/10260 votes

    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: Unknown