8.0/10139 votes#1 - Top Gum
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/20/1998
Simone visits his dentist who asks him for help with his daughter's drug problem. A rich man's son is found tortured and killed. The father blames his son's 'gay' lifestyle, and names a possible suspect, but Simone and Sipowicz uncover a different story. A young girl is reluctant to tell the truth, after an attempted rape. Russell and Kirkendall enlist the help of the girl's mother.
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8.1/10133 votes#2 - Cop in a Bottle
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/27/1998
A shoot-out leaves 2 dead and a third injured when a drunk, off-duty cop witnesses an attempted mugging. The cop can't seem to get his story straight and angers ex-drunk Sipowicz. The cop's boss wants him to take the blame, but Sipowicz wants the truth. Russell has to take Simone to hospital when he becomes ill, during the investigation.
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8.2/10150 votes#3 - Numb & Number
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1998
Simone's condition starts to worsen, requiring more tests. Sipowicz, Medavoy and Martinez investigate the death of a man found in the park, with his pants down. Sipowicz gets tetchy, over the lack of information from the hospital.
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8.7/10159 votes#4 - Brother's Keeper
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/1998
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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9.4/10362 votes#5 - Hearts and Souls
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/24/1998
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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8.2/10150 votes#6 - Danny Boy
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1998
New squad member, Danny Sorenson, arrives and gets sent to a drive-by shooting, with Sipowicz. The rest of the squad, including Russell on her first day back at work, attend another shooting. The two incidents are related and cause friction between the two teams of investigators. ADA Costas asks Sipowicz to look into an old case she has reservations about.
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7.6/10143 votes#7 - Czech Bouncer
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 12/8/1998
Sipowicz and Sorenson are called to a robbery, where the aged shopkeepers have been beaten. The woman dies and Sorenson is affected. They hunt 2 black youths who were seen running away from the store. Russell and Kirkendall are sent to a 'Gentleman's Club' where a client has been killed. One of the girls implicates an ex staff member as the possible killer. Sgt. Dorning admits his doubts to Sipowicz, about an old case.
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8.5/10147 votes#8 - Raging Bulls
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 12/15/1998
Confusion reigns as an off-duty cop shoots an undercover cop after taking a bullet in the shoulder. When the first shooter confesses to Sorenson, it triggers Sipowicz and Lt. Fancy to renew their own private little war. Russell and Kirkendall, meanwhile, are busy investigating another crime involving a member of the precinct staff. ADA Costas is still worrying over the death, in Ryker's Island, of a man she helped put inside.
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8.0/10123 votes#9 - Grime Scene
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/1999
Kirkendall's son witnesses a stabbing in a convenience store. Sorenson and Russell join forces to try and protect him from getting caught up in the 'system'. Medavoy and Martinez have to get their hands dirty to solve the killing of a vagrant with lots of enemies. Sgt. Dorning helps ADA Costas and Sipowicz with the Suarez case.
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7.5/10134 votes#10 - Show and Tell
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/1999
Russell is still struggling with the loss of Simone and enlists Kirkendall's help. ADA Costas looks for ways to get Freddie Asuncion and clear Luis Suarez's name. The whole squad is involved when a supermarket is robbed and an off-duty cop is killed. When the FBI and Internal Affairs become involved, it opens old wounds for Sipowicz and Sorenson.
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7.6/10136 votes#11 - Big Bang Theory
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 2/9/1999
A close friend of Sorenson's takes the law into his own hands when he confronts a groper on his bus route and puts his life in danger. A female tenant points the finger at a male tenant, when another female tenant is found strangled and beaten to death. Sorenson becomes her confidant in order to get to the truth.
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8.3/10132 votes#12 - What's Up, Chuck?
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 2/16/1999
When a man's body is found shot and dumped in an alley, Medavoy and Martinez have to calm the victim's angry brothers. Russell and Kirkendall get a confession to rape and murder while searching for a missing schoolgirl. The squad's PAA is missing and her friend believes he knows why.
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8.2/10125 votes#13 - Dead Girl Walking
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/23/1999
When a dead hooker is found on a building site, her identification causes problems for Russell and Kirkendall. Sipowicz and Sorenson are called in to assist Lt. Fancy and Sgt. Dorning, who then find themselves in a dangerous situation. Russell gets a visit from an acquaintance of her late husband.
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7.5/10122 votes#14 - Raphael's Inferno
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 3/2/1999
A 9 year-old girl is found dead inside a locked basement, the supervisor is the only key-holder, but he has an alibi. Sipowicz and Sorenson have to solve the whodunit. Medavoy and Martinez help an old man to trace the person who swindled him out of 8000 dollars. Sorenson's sister comes to visit him. Dolores father turns up at the squad room.
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7.6/10123 votes#15 - I Have a Dream
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 4/6/1999
Sipowicz has a nightmare about his father and Officer Dorning. A Police Officer shoots a drug dealer but can't prove that the dealer was armed. Sorenson and Sipowicz use all their resources to help him. Russell and Kirkendall try to settle a dispute between a convicted mobster and his Polish neighbour.
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7.7/10132 votes#16 - Tain't Misbehavin
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 4/13/1999
Sorenson's private life affects the whole squad when his girlfriend turns up at the station. A body is found in a dumpster. The squad get a lead when the dead man's credit card is used.
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7.9/10122 votes#17 - Don't Meth with Me
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 4/20/1999
Sipowicz and Sorenson have to find out who is responsible for a woman dying, after she was tied up during a robbery. The rest of the squad get involved in solving a truck hi-jacking. Information on the possible culprit comes from ex-detective Roberts, who also passes on a warning.
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8.3/10135 votes#18 - Mister Roberts
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/27/1999
Ex-detective Mike Roberts is found dead, in an apparent suicide. John Irvine, the PAA, reveals his conversation with Roberts, to Sipowicz. The squad set up a sting to trap a suspect.
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8.2/10130 votes#19 - Judas Priest
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 5/4/1999
Officer Dornan disrupts an AA meeting, leaving Sipowicz no option but to involve Lt. Fancy. Dolores' father threatens to take action against Malcolm Cullinan and gets PAA Irvine into trouble. Sipowicz and Sorenson search for the pusher who supplied Mike Roberts. ADA Cohen continues to express his jealousy, over Kirkendall.
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8.1/10117 votes#20 - I'll Draw You a Mapp
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/11/1999
A man is shot dead in what his wife claims was a case of mistaken identity. Kenny Priest gives his evidence to ADA Costas, who has replaced ADA Cohen. Sinclair, Cullinan's lawyer, tries to goad Sipowicz.
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8.6/10153 votes#21 - Voir Dire This
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/18/1999
Mike Shannon brings in a young boy who makes a confession to Sorenson. Sipowicz worries about his up-coming court appearance facing Sinclair. ADA Costas takes care of him. Dolores father attends the court hearing.
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9.0/10162 votes#22 - Safe Home
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/25/1999
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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The Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 6
Every episode of NYPD Blue Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 6!
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 6 Ratings Summary
"Top Gum" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue" season 6. It scored 8/10 based on 139 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/20/1998. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Cop in a Bottle".