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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 20 - In the Wind
    8.7/10(148 votes)

    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.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 13 - Flight of Fancy
    8.5/10(148 votes)

    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.

    Director:Kevin Hooks
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 11 - Peeping Tommy
    8.3/10(142 votes)

    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.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 14 - Nariz a Nariz
    8.3/10(127 votes)

    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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 1 - Daveless in New York
    8.2/10(139 votes)

    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.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 8 - Russellmania
    8.2/10(139 votes)

    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.

    Director:Karen Gaviola
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 18 - Lost Time
    8.2/10(140 votes)

    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.

    Director:Robert J. Doherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 10 - In the Still of the Night
    8.1/10(131 votes)

    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.

    Director:Robert J. Doherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 19 - Under Covers
    8.1/10(139 votes)

    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.

    Director:Donna Deitch
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 2 - Waking Up Is Hard to Do
    8.0/10(143 votes)

    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.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 3 - Franco, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn
    7.9/10(142 votes)

    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.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 4 - Family Ties
    7.9/10(140 votes)

    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.

    Director:Robert J. Doherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 7 - In-Laws, Outlaws
    7.9/10(136 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jake Paltrow
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 17 - Dying to Testify
    7.9/10(130 votes)

    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.

    Director:Dennis M. White
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 12 - Thumb Enchanted Evening
    7.8/10(138 votes)

    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.

    Director:John Tracy
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 15 - Love Hurts
    7.8/10(136 votes)

    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.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 6 - Writing Wrongs
    7.7/10(136 votes)

    S8:E6

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

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 5 - Fools Russian
    7.6/10(135 votes)

    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.

    Director:Farrel Levy
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 9 - Oh Golly Goth
    7.6/10(172 votes)

    S8:E9

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

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. NYPD Blue Season 8 Episode 16 - Everyone Into the Poole
    7.6/10(140 votes)

    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.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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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 from 148 votes. Directed by Mark Tinker and written by Unknown, it aired on May 22, 2001. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Flight of Fancy".