8.4/10106 votes#1 - Frickin' Fraker
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2003
The detectives investigate the shooting death of a man whose brother is a registered sex offender; and when Captain Fraker's trial gets underway, Sipowicz worries that his own testimony may have harmed the prosecution's case.
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8.0/10101 votes#2 - Your Bus, Ted
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2003
Sipowicz and Clark investigate the death of a transvestite whom a friend insists was having a relationship with a married man; a surgeon's hand is badly cut during a robbery; and Rodriguez testifies in the Fraker trial.
Director: N/A
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8.0/10102 votes#3 - Shear Stupidity
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2003
The detectives search for clues when a group of perpetrators torture a man for no apparent reason; a woman reports her husband as missing, but Sipowicz and Clark suspect she's not being completely forthcoming; and Fraker testifies in court.
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7.5/10112 votes#4 - Porn Free
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2003
The detectives investigate the strangulation death of a former porn star; a thirteen-year-old boy holds the key in implicating his father in his mother's murder; and the jury reaches a verdict in the Captain Fraker trial.
Director: N/A
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7.8/10101 votes#5 - Keeping Abreast
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2003
The detectives investigate a strangulation murder that may be tied to one of Diane Russell's cases; Russell consults a doctor when she discovers a lump in her breast; Medavoy and Jones investigate an arson linked to two boys.
Director: N/A
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7.9/10102 votes#6 - Andy Appleseed
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2003
Sipowicz, Russell, and Clark attempt to connect the murder of a young woman to two other killings; Medavoy and Jones investigate the shooting death of a mother whose children feared her.
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7.4/10111 votes#7 - It's to Die For
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2003
A woman survives the serial killer's attack, and her account prompts the detectives to focus on Carlin, his partner, and a bodyguard; Medavoy and Jones investigate when an off-duty officer kills a man; and McDowell comforts Russell during a biopsy.
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8.9/10119 votes#8 - And the Wenner Is...
Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2003
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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7.9/1096 votes#9 - Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax
Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2003
Sipowicz and Clark search for two burglars who terrorized a retired cop and his wife; Medavoy and Jones assist an author who wrote a book on how to avoid paying income taxes; and Jones deals with Michael's father.
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8.6/10119 votes#10 - You Da Bomb
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 2/10/2004
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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8.2/10100 votes#11 - Passing the Stone
Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 2/17/2004
When a Jewish jewelry-store owner is murdered, the detectives focus their investigation on two suspects: a Caucasian man who converted to Islam, and a rap star whose expensive jewelry turned out to be fake.
Director: N/A
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8.3/1099 votes#12 - Chatty Chatty Bang Bang
Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 3/2/2004
Sipowicz and Clark search for an African-American driver who fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident after unwittingly running over an Italian mobster's young daughter.
Director: N/A
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8.2/10116 votes#13 - Take My Wife, Please
Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 3/9/2004
Sipowicz and Clark investigate the shooting death of a jogger who'd been having an affair with a police officer; and Medavoy and Jones search for answers when the body of a comedy club owner is found in the trunk of a stolen car.
Director: N/A
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8.2/1096 votes#14 - Colonel Knowledge
Season 11 Episode 14 - Aired 3/16/2004
A new detective, Stan Hatcher, joins the squad; the detectives investigate a shooting death that Hatcher believes is linked to a dispute between gang members; and a man insists that his young daughter has been kidnapped.
Director: N/A
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7.9/10119 votes#15 - Old Yeller
Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 3/23/2004
A kidnapping victim's startling statement clues Andy and John in on a serial sadist keeping women locked in a dungeon somewhere in New York. Meanwhile, a routine robbery investigation takes a saucy turn for Medavoy after he makes an unlikely connection with the 60-year-old victim.
Director: N/A
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8.2/10100 votes#16 - On the Fence
Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 3/30/2004
Sipowicz searches for the truth when Hatcher is shot by a man who mistook him for a burglar; and a former pharmacist dies in a flophouse when someone fires a bullet into his room.
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8.8/10103 votes#17 - In Goddess We Trussed
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 4/6/2004
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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8.3/10107 votes#18 - The Brothers Grim
Season 11 Episode 18 - Aired 4/13/2004
Haywood reopens an 18-year-old case that has Andy reliving a major mistake in his career. Meanwhile, Sipowicz and Clark investigate the death of a man whose brother was pursued by a bounty hunter. Elsewhere, Ortiz gets a new partner, Detective Kelly Ronson, who ends up lending an unusual hand during the hunt for the child an ex-con had to give up before going to prison.
Director: N/A
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8.5/10101 votes#19 - Peeler? I Hardly Knew Her
Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 4/20/2004
A man's gunshot-induced amnesia causes Jones and Medavoy to concoct an unconventional way to nail his assailant. Meanwhile, a man Sipowicz put away twenty years ago for raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl goes free after DNA testing exonerates him, and Ortiz and Ronson bust a gruesome underground network pre-teen prostitution ring.
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8.3/10103 votes#20 - Traylor Trash
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2004
Andy and John approach Mrs Clifton for help with her daughter's murder. Jennifer turns up out of the blue, apparently off her meds. A man is shot, apparently over a church and a video tape.
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8.6/10105 votes#21 - What's Your Poison?
Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/2004
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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8.5/10115 votes#22 - Who's Your Daddy?
Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2004
Sipowicz investigates a murder involving the victim's current husband and ex-husband. A longtime informant gives Ronson information about an illegal gun shipment, but the suspect's father is being followed by the FBI. Jones gets into a fight with Craig after he's acquitted of murder charges, and Sipowicz is the proud father of a baby boy.
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The Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 11
Every episode of NYPD Blue Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 11!
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...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC
Season 11 Ratings Summary
"Frickin' Fraker" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue" season 11. It scored 8.4/10 based on 106 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/23/2003. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Your Bus, Ted".