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The Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 10

Every episode of NYPD Blue Season 10 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 10!

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

    #1 - 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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  2. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 2 - You've Got Mail
    8.0/10(121 votes)

    #2 - You've Got Mail

    S10:E2

    A bomb threat is received at the courthouse. John Clark is placed on restricted duties pending charges for murder of the prostitute. John Irvin buys a new car only to be carjacked on the first drive.

    Director:Mark Piznarski
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 3 - One in the Nuts
    8.0/10(116 votes)

    #3 - One in the Nuts

    S10:E3

    Andy and John attend a shooting where a man is shot in the groin. Connie's sister turns up, pregnant and beaten by her husband.

    Director:Michael Switzer
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 4 - Meat Me in the Park
    8.5/10(126 votes)

    #4 - Meat Me in the Park

    S10:E4

    A little girl disappears at the park, after her father leaves her - or so he thinks - in the care of a friend's nanny for a moment. Connie's brother-in-law is arrested.

    Director:Jesse Bochco
    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  5. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 5 - Death by Cycle
    8.5/10(129 votes)

    #5 - Death by Cycle

    S10:E5

    A boy on a bicycle is murdered. Connie's sister posts bail for her husband.

    Director:Jake Paltrow
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 6 - Maya Con Dios
    8.0/10(114 votes)

    #6 - Maya Con Dios

    S10:E6

    Maya's partner in anti-crime is killed. A little girl is snatched off the street. Connie becomes foster-mother to her niece.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 7 - Das Boots
    8.0/10(120 votes)

    #7 - Das Boots

    S10:E7

    Connie struggles to settle with the baby. A woman is found dead in a vacant lot. Another is found dead in the laundry room of her building. The Lieutenant dresses up for a lunch.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 8 - Below the Belt
    8.0/10(125 votes)

    #8 - Below the Belt

    S10:E8

    When NYPD Auxiliary Police Officer Heather Peterson is murdered, the detectives find a diary of her's that details the sexual habits of the police officers at the 15th precinct. These findings cause the detectives to suspect the officers of the 15th precinct had something to do with her death, and the investigation of the cops cause tension between the officers and the detectives.

    Director:Mark Piznarski
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 9 - Half-Ashed
    8.0/10(118 votes)

    #9 - Half-Ashed

    S10:E9

    IAB start interviewing the officers who were in the diary, and Sipowicz and Clark are blamed as rats. A social worker appears to have taken her own life. A former cop wants his ashes buried at the precinct.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 10 - Healthy McDowell Movement
    8.0/10(113 votes)

    #10 - Healthy McDowell Movement

    S10:E10

    Andy and Theo move out. Tony thinks about calling it a day with his ex-wife. Sipowicz and Clark Jr look into the threats made to Clark Sr. A distressed, schizophrenic young man keeps saying "she can't breathe".

    Director:Tawnia McKiernan
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 11 - I Kid You Not
    8.0/10(118 votes)

    #11 - I Kid You Not

    S10:E11

    Connie and Rita find young children home alone, living in squalor. Tony's ex-wife is found dead. A carjacker is killed, and cocaine is found in the car.

    Director:Joe Ann Fogle
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #12 - 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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  13. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 13 - Bottoms Up
    8.0/10(114 votes)

    #13 - Bottoms Up

    S10:E13

    In hopes of freeing Clark from jail, Sipowicz searches for drug dealers who might have a connection to Laughlin; McDowell and Ortiz investigate a series of rapes in a park involving a perpetrator who forced his victims' boyfriends to watch.

    Director:Donna Deitch
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 14 - Laughlin All the Way to the Clink
    8.0/10(124 votes)

    #14 - Laughlin All the Way to the Clink

    S10:E14

    The detectives investigate the murder of a gay man who gave room and board to Latino parolees in exchange for sex; McDowell and Ortiz search for clues when a community activist is stabbed to death.

    Director:JoAnne McCool
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 15 - Tranny Get Your Gun
    8.0/10(118 votes)

    #15 - Tranny Get Your Gun

    S10:E15

    A transvestite prostitute's murder leads the detectives to two prime suspects: a pimp, and a john who claims the pimp and the prostitute set him up in an effort to steal a watch.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 16 - Nude Awakening
    4.3/10(157 votes)

    #16 - Nude Awakening

    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.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 17 - Off the Wall
    8.0/10(123 votes)

    #17 - Off the Wall

    S10:E17

    Jones accidentally shoots a 13-year-old boy while pursuing a murder suspect; McDowell and Ortiz search for answers when a man whom police escorted from the scene of a domestic dispute is found dead.

    Director:John Hyams
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 18 - Marine Life
    8.0/10(116 votes)

    #18 - Marine Life

    S10:E18

    The detectives investigate the murder of a gay financier whose death might be tied to a marine; Medavoy and Jones search for answers when a strangler attacks a Russian mail order bride; Haywood feels threatened when a murderer's conviction is overturned.

    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 19 - Meet the Grandparents
    8.0/10(117 votes)

    #19 - Meet the Grandparents

    S10:E19

    As Andy and Connie prepare to finalize the adoption of baby Michelle, Frank Colahan's mom and dad show up. Connie sweetly and sincerely tells them they want the grandparents to be part of Michelle's life to the fullest extent possible.

    Director:Jake Paltrow
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. NYPD Blue Season 10 Episode 20 - Maybe Baby
    8.0/10(120 votes)

    #20 - Maybe Baby

    S10:E20

    The murder of a man who frequented a betting parlor leads Sipowicz to an old friend; Jones searches for the man who attacked Haywood; the detectives research the Colahans' background.

    Director:Robert J. Doherty
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #22 - 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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Season 10 Ratings Summary

"Ho Down" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue" season 10. It scored 9/10 based on 128 votes. Directed by Mark Tinker and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/24/2002. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "You've Got Mail".