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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!

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 8 Ratings Summary

"Daveless in New York" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue" season 8. It scored 8.3/10 based on 115 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/9/2001. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Waking Up is Hard to Do".

  • Daveless in New York
    8.3/10115 votes

    #1 - Daveless in New York

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Waking Up is Hard to Do
    7.9/10119 votes

    #2 - Waking Up is Hard to Do

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franco, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn
    7.7/10118 votes

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

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Family Ties
    7.9/10118 votes

    #4 - Family Ties

    Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fools Russian
    7.7/10113 votes

    #5 - Fools Russian

    Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Writing Wrongs
    7.8/10114 votes

    #6 - Writing Wrongs

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2001

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In-Laws, Outlaws
    7.9/10111 votes

    #7 - In-Laws, Outlaws

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Russellmania
    8.2/10112 votes

    #8 - Russellmania

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Oh Golly Goth
    7.5/10137 votes

    #9 - Oh Golly Goth

    Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 3/6/2001

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Still of the Night
    8.3/10105 votes

    #10 - In the Still of the Night

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 3/13/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Peeping Tommy
    8.4/10112 votes

    #11 - Peeping Tommy

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 3/20/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thumb Enchanted Evening
    7.8/10115 votes

    #12 - Thumb Enchanted Evening

    Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 3/27/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Flight of Fancy
    8.4/10119 votes

    #13 - Flight of Fancy

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 4/3/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nariz a Nariz
    8.3/10100 votes

    #14 - Nariz a Nariz

    Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 4/10/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Hurts
    7.9/10108 votes

    #15 - Love Hurts

    Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 4/17/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Everyone Into the Poole
    7.5/10114 votes

    #16 - Everyone Into the Poole

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 4/24/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dying to Testify
    8.0/10105 votes

    #17 - Dying to Testify

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 5/1/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost Time
    8.3/10115 votes

    #18 - Lost Time

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 5/8/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Under Covers
    8.2/10115 votes

    #19 - Under Covers

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 5/15/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Wind
    8.7/10115 votes

    #20 - In the Wind

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 5/22/2001

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A