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The Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 5

Every episode of NYPD Blue Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 1 - As Flies to Careless Boys Are We to the Gods / This Bud's for You
    7.8/10(190 votes)

    #1 - As Flies to Careless Boys Are We to the Gods / This Bud's for You

    S5:E1

    Simone is still under suspension and gets a visit from the FBI. Kirkendall goes 'undercover' on his behalf. The squad hunt for a pimp who goes on the rampage, apparently killing indiscriminately.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:David Milch

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  2. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 2 - All's Well That Ends Well
    8.0/10(169 votes)

    #2 - All's Well That Ends Well

    S5:E2

    3 men hold up a bar and a customer gets shot, but there's confusion over who shot him. Russell and Martinez investigate the latest in a series of rape attacks in the same hotel. Simone works his first shift.

    Director:Paris Barclay
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 3 - Three Girls and a Baby
    7.7/10(169 votes)

    #3 - Three Girls and a Baby

    S5:E3

    Medavoy gets a call from Abby, saying her girlfriend has been killed. He, Martinez and Kirkendall hunt the killer. Simone, Sipowicz and Russell are called to a burnt out car which has a body inside.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 4 - The Truth is Out There
    7.8/10(164 votes)

    #4 - The Truth is Out There

    S5:E4

    Simone and Sipowicz investigate a body, which has been thrown from a roof. The only witness is worried about 'aliens'. Medavoy and Martinez get involved in a string of cab hold-ups.

    Director:Dennis Dugan
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 5 - It Takes a Village
    8.4/10(191 votes)

    #5 - It Takes a Village

    S5:E5

    Simone and Kirkendall investigate the shooting of a Korean shopkeeper. His son causes problems when he offers a reward. Russell and Sipowicz talk to a little girl, who has been beaten and raped. Her mother is convinced that the assailant is a local mentally disabled boy.

    Director:Farrel Levy
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 6 - Dead Man Talking
    7.7/10(166 votes)

    #6 - Dead Man Talking

    S5:E6

    A family of three is attacked in their home and only the father survives. Simone and Sipowicz investigate. An old friend of Fancy's confesses to his part in a 15 year old crime. The rest of the squad investigate a serious assault at a musical agency, which leaves a manager near death.

    Director:Donna Deitch
    Writer:Jason Cahill

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  7. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 7 - Sheedy Dealings
    7.6/10(164 votes)

    #7 - Sheedy Dealings

    S5:E7

    2 working girls are raped and strangled in their shared apartment. Simone and Sipowicz hunt the killers. Medavoy and Martinez get information that a contract killing is being arranged. Russell and Kirkendall search for a necklace which was given away by mistake.

    Director:Dennis Dugan
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 8 - Lost Israel (1)
    9.1/10(280 votes)

    #8 - Lost Israel (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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 9 - Lost Israel (2)
    9.2/10(282 votes)

    #9 - Lost Israel (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.

    Director:Paris Barclay
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 10 - Remembrance of Humps Past
    7.7/10(167 votes)

    #10 - Remembrance of Humps Past

    S5:E10

    An old school friend of Sipowicz asks for help to talk to his daughter about her relationships. Martinez and Medavoy investigate a bizarre theft of gold teeth.

    Director:Jake Paltrow
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 11 - You're Under a Rasta
    7.5/10(161 votes)

    #11 - You're Under a Rasta

    S5:E11

    A drug-dealer's wife is found shot and their safe emptied. Simone and Sipowicz take the case. Russell and Kirkendall put themselves in the firing line. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Martinez get a call to investigate the body of a dead prostitute, found dumped in the garbage.

    Director:Robert J. Doherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 12 - A Box of Wendy
    8.2/10(173 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 13 - Twin Petes
    7.5/10(165 votes)

    #13 - Twin Petes

    S5:E13

    A series of armed robberies at ATM Cashpoints leads Simone and Russell to a suspect. His mother knows where he is but refuses to help. Medavoy gets confused when a man blames his identical twin brother for a sex assault.

    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 14 - Weaver of Hate
    8.1/10(167 votes)

    #14 - Weaver of Hate

    S5:E14

    A woman witnesses 2 black boys throwing a white boy from a roof. Simone and Sipowicz suspect that there's a drug connection. Lt. Fancy is angered by racist comments in the squad room. Meanwhile, Kirkendall and Medavoy are called to a home where a 12 year-old boy found his mother dead and chopped into pieces.

    Director:Paris Barclay
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 15 - Don't Kill the Messenger
    7.8/10(164 votes)

    #15 - Don't Kill the Messenger

    S5:E15

    Simone and Sipowicz investigate the death of a woman who is found stabbed in her apartment. They get a quick confession but everything is not as it seems. Medavoy and Kirkendall hunt the killer of a cycle messenger who gets shot while apparently trying to catch a thief. Sipowicz gets a visit from his physician, but is not pleased about it.

    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 16 - The One That Got Away
    8.4/10(177 votes)

    #16 - The One That Got Away

    S5:E16

    Simone and Sipowicz continue the search for Darlene's killer and suspicion falls on a cop. Medavoy gets a call from Abby. Russell returns to work and she and Kirkendall hunt two black youths who shoot a student and steal his video camera. Sylvia returns to her job as ADA.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Adisa Iwa

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  17. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 17 - Speak for Yourself, Bruce Clayton
    8.2/10(161 votes)

    #17 - Speak for Yourself, Bruce Clayton

    S5:E17

    Two girls have been raped, then shot and left for dead, but one survives and points Simone and Sipowicz towards her attackers. The rest of the squad go to a Medical Centre where a security guard has been killed. His colleague's story differs from that of an independant witness and raises suspicions. Sipowicz finally admits his fears to Simone.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 18 - I Don't Wanna Dye
    8.5/10(186 votes)

    #18 - I Don't Wanna Dye

    S5:E18

    Sipowicz goes to hospital and fears he won't come out. Officer Richardson's wife pours her heart out to Simone and Russell. The squad investigate a bizarre death, involving a dead man in a tub, another with severe electric shock and a teenage girl, who won't say what happened.

    Director:Perry Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 19 - Prostrate Before the Law
    8.2/10(176 votes)

    #19 - Prostrate Before the Law

    S5:E19

    While Sipowicz remains in hospital for his Prostate op, detective Martinez returns to work, after the birth of his child. The squad investigate the discovery of a body in a burnt out van. The 5 'friends' of the victim tell the same story, but the detectives suspect a cover-up. Medavoy shows Martinez his own childs birth video.

    Director:Paris Barclay
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 20 - Hammer Time
    8.1/10(158 votes)

    #20 - Hammer Time

    S5:E20

    During a routine investigation into a domestic shooting incident, the detectives discover that a child has been missing for 2 months. Sipowicz - back at work after his op - and Russell have to tread carefully to discover the truth. Simone is called away to help another squad who are searching for a missing tenant from Simone's owned apartment block.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 21 - Seminal Thinking
    7.9/10(158 votes)

    #21 - Seminal Thinking

    S5:E21

    Two bodies are found in the same vicinity. One, a car salesman with a reputation for dodgy deals, has been shot and dumped. The other, a homeless woman, has been raped and murdered. The team splits up. Simone and Sipowicz enlist the help of Sylvia Costas, who comes up with a plan. Medavoy hits the jackpot, with his interview technique.

    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. NYPD Blue Season 5 Episode 22 - Honeymoon at Viagra Falls
    8.4/10(160 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Paris Barclay
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"As Flies to Careless Boys Are We to the Gods / This Bud's for You" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 190 votes. Directed by Mark Tinker and written by David Milch, it aired on 9/30/1997. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "All's Well That Ends Well".