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The Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 8

Every episode of NYPD Blue Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 8!

The Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 8

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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    8.7/10(123 votes)

    #1 - In the Wind

    S8:E20

    Sorenson is missing, and a stripper is found murdered in his apartment. Medavoy and Jones investigate a killing, but the suspect identified by an eyewitness has a seemingly unshakable alibi.

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  2. Background image for Flight of Fancy
    8.4/10(129 votes)

    #2 - Flight of Fancy

    S8:E13

    A man caught carrying a cash register takes Andy and Danny to a body. Fancy is packing up to leave. His replacement alienates the squad before he's even left.

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    8.3/10(108 votes)

    #3 - Nariz a Nariz

    S8:E14

    Rodriguez mediates when Sipowicz and Sorenson clash with detectives from another squad anxious to solve a multiple murder case; Medavoy and Jones try their hand at making extra cash by cleaning up murder scenes.

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    8.2/10(123 votes)

    #4 - Russellmania

    S8:E8

    Fancy bawls out Diane and Danny about being in a relationship. A man traveling on the subway is killed. Denby is implicated in the courier scam.

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    8.2/10(123 votes)

    #5 - Peeping Tommy

    S8:E11

    Andy witnesses a hold-up in the street and shoots at the get-away car. Det. Ross is assigned to fill in at the squad again.

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    8.2/10(121 votes)

    #6 - Lost Time

    S8:E18

    Sipowicz and Sorenson investigate the murder of an exotic dancer; Sipowicz and Medavoy act as elderly decoys to catch some street thieves attacking old people outside a local bank.

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    8.1/10(123 votes)

    #7 - Daveless in New York

    S8:E1

    The detectives investigate a multiple homicide at a fast food restaurant; an addict gives his baby daughter to a drug dealer as collateral on an overdue loan; Internal Affairs reopens the Kirkendall case.

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  9. Background image for Under Covers
    8.1/10(121 votes)

    #8 - Under Covers

    S8:E19

    Sipowicz and Sorenson investigate the murder of a drug dealer, while Sorenson continues to see the stripper, Kristen, who draws him into a favor for the owners of the Tailfeathers club.

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  10. Background image for Waking Up is Hard to Do
    8.0/10(128 votes)

    #9 - Waking Up is Hard to Do

    S8:E2

    Danny wakes up in Diane's bed. Andy and Katie get Theo's test results. A former colleague of Bobby's reaches out to Diane from prison. The team investigate a series of cab-driver shootings.

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  11. Background image for In the Still of the Night
    8.0/10(117 votes)

    #10 - In the Still of the Night

    S8:E10

    Danny is restored to full duty. Off. Szymanski's cousin is knocked down in the street and killed. Capt. Bass's wife is injured during a robbery at her store. Greg plays matchmaker.

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  12. Background image for Dying to Testify
    8.0/10(111 votes)

    #11 - Dying to Testify

    S8:E17

    Sipowicz and Sorenson try to get one scared witness to identify a murder suspect, while Russell and McDowell guard another witness who's due to testify in a murder trial.

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    7.9/10(125 votes)

    #12 - Family Ties

    S8:E4

    Fancy is being sent on a training course ahead of the squad getting computers. A woman is attacked by a court jester in a hotel room, then a body is found in another room - are they connected? Diane questions her involvement with Danny.

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    7.9/10(120 votes)

    #13 - In-Laws, Outlaws

    S8:E7

    A homeless guy Danny was trying to protect turns up dead. The DOA's father is concerned about the trust fund his sister will now inherit.

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    7.9/10(115 votes)

    #14 - Love Hurts

    S8:E15

    Sipowicz and Sorenson investigate a case involving an off-duty police officer who was shot in the company of a prostitute; Medavoy and Jones aid a hapless bodega owner by concocting a story to keep him out of jail.

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    7.8/10(127 votes)

    #15 - Franco, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn

    S8:E3

    An female officer is shot following a stationery store robbery and later dies in hospital. Danny tries to keep Diane safe. A new ADA arrives. Katie decides to move back home.

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    7.7/10(122 votes)

    #16 - Writing Wrongs

    S8:E6

    A schoolgirl is found dead. Andy asks Eddie's niece on a date. John babysits Theo for the first time.

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    7.7/10(125 votes)

    #17 - Thumb Enchanted Evening

    S8:E12

    A man looses his penis. Fancy makes Captain and the incoming Lieutenant is a ball-breaker. Andy is having second thoughts about Cynthia. A mob hit-man sings like a canary and implicates a celebrated Customs officer.

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    7.6/10(120 votes)

    #18 - Fools Russian

    S8:E5

    Diane turns to a friend at the Survivor's Network for help. A body is pulled from the water. Two Chinese men are brought in handcuffed together. The new computers arrive.

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  20. Background image for Everyone Into the Poole
    7.6/10(121 votes)

    #19 - Everyone Into the Poole

    S8:E16

    Jones and Medavoy investigate the murder of a Chinese restaurant owner. An IRS agent claims to have been kidnapped and released, but Sipowicz and Sorenson doubt his story.

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  21. Background image for Oh Golly Goth
    7.5/10(148 votes)

    #20 - Oh Golly Goth

    S8:E9

    Danny could be in big trouble for roughing up a suspect. Detective Connie McDowell joins the team for the day.

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"In the Wind" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue" season 8. It scored 8.7/10 based on 123 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/22/2001. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Flight of Fancy".