The Worst Episodes of NYPD Blue

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7.3/10(253 votes)
#1 - I Love Lucy
S4:E184/22/1997
2 male transvestites, previous acquaintances of Russell's make a complaint against a boyfriend. The parents of an old school friend of Kirkendall's accuse their daughter of theft.
Director:Kathy Bates
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Kathy Bates
Writer:Unknown
7.3/10(171 votes)
#2 - Bad Rap
S4:E194/29/1997
Rap star 'Daddy Kool' is shot but refuses to cooperate with the police, to catch the shooter. Lt. Fancy is accused, by a uniform cop, of setting him up to rob a drugs dealer. Medavoy gets a proposition.
Director:Matthew Penn
Writer:Thad Mumford
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Director:Matthew Penn
Writer:Thad Mumford
7.4/10(194 votes)
#3 - Burnin' Love
S3:E111/30/1996
A girl's body is found, burned, in an abandoned basement. Information from the husband of the girl's best friend points to a Russian, who had tried to date her, but had been refused. Simone puts together a scenario, involving the husband and 2 of his associates. Medavoy gets some overtime, on bodyguard duty and gets lucky in the card school.
Director:Perry Lang
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Perry Lang
Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(170 votes)
#4 - What a Dump!
S4:E162/25/1997
A dead woman, found in an alley appears to be another in a series of brutal rapes. Simone and Sipowicz investigate. The rest of the squad tries to find out why shots fired from a bus injured a woman and a child.
Director:Perry Lang
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Perry Lang
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(184 votes)
#5 - A Tushful of Dollars
S3:E132/13/1996
Russell gets a lawyer for her mother. Simone and Sipowicz investigate the shooting of a known mobster's son. Suspicion falls on his younger brother, but the father interferes with the search. Medavoy and Russell get a call to where a woman has been shot, while in bed. Her son tells Russell that he got a message, from his step-father, confessing to the shooting. His rich step-father's lawyer makes difficulties.
Director:Elodie Keene
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Elodie Keene
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(172 votes)
#6 - Unembraceable You
S4:E812/10/1996
Simone and Sipowicz investigate a street shooting when witnesses name a man who is supposed to be in jail. Macey, a young man who was previously in the care of Lt. Fancy, is caught carrying drugs. Medavoy meets with more disappointment.
Director:Michael M. Robin
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Michael M. Robin
Writer:Unknown

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7.5/10(166 votes)
#7 - Twin Petes
S5:E132/10/1998
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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Director:Matthew Penn
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(161 votes)
#8 - You're Under a Rasta
S5:E111/6/1998
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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Director:Robert J. Doherty
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(154 votes)
#9 - Show and Tell
S6:E101/12/1999
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.
Director:Marc Buckland
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Marc Buckland
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(147 votes)
#10 - Raphael's Inferno
S6:E143/2/1999
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.
Director:Matthew Penn
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Matthew Penn
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(134 votes)
#11 - The Man with Two Right Shoes
S7:E31/25/2000
Andy is finding Theo a challenge. A man is found dead in a hotel bath-tub, minus a part of his anatomy and some personal effects. A mother brings her son into the house because she thinks he's been stealing.
Director:Mark Tinker
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Mark Tinker
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(132 votes)
#12 - Porn Free
S11:E410/14/2003
The detectives investigate the strangulation death of a former porn star; a thirteen-year-old boy holds the key in implicating his father in his mother's murder; and the jury reaches a verdict in the Captain Fraker trial.
Director:Dennis Dugan
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Dennis Dugan
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(245 votes)
#13 - Trials & Tribulations
S2:E110/11/1994
Licalsi tries to plea bargain his case and only get six years in prison for the murder, but Kelly is greatly opposed to the bargain after realizing he's in love with Janice. After learning that Kelly still has feelings for Janice, Robin ends their relationship. Meanwhile, Sipowicz and Kelly go on a stakeout of an apartment complex that have been the target of several robberies.
Director:Gregory Hoblit
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Gregory Hoblit
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(235 votes)
#14 - You Bet Your Life
S2:E812/6/1994
Sipowicz and Simone are assigned to the case of a pregnant woman who was murdered and the only charred remnants remain, which means there are few clues for the detectives to go by. Meanwhile, Sipowicz grows increasingly concerned when a close friend, Dan Breen, is badly beaten by his mentally handicapped son, Danny.
Director:Elodie Keene
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Elodie Keene
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(232 votes)
#15 - Don We Now Our Gay Apparel
S2:E91/3/1995
Simone and Sipowicz investigate the murder of a gay bar proprietor and have transsexual Candace La Rue as a material witness. Dan Breen decides to visit his mentally disturbed son, Danny, despite Sipowicz warning him not to do so. Elsewhere, Medavoy investigates a fortune telling scam after a woman is conned out of her life savings; and Lt. Fancy's wife goes into labor.
Director:Michael M. Robin
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Michael M. Robin
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(230 votes)
#16 - Cop Suey
S2:E310/25/1994
Kelly investigates the death of an undercover cop in Chinatown, and to do so he must accept help from a prominent Chinese gang leader. Meanwhile, Sipowicz finds out that a former abuse case he had worked on has escalated into homicide; and Medavoy and Donna's relationship is revealed after Lt. Fancy catches them in the act, leading to Fancy warning the precinct against interoffice relationships.
Director:Mark Tinker
Writers:Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson
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Director:Mark Tinker
Writers:Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson
7.6/10(220 votes)
#17 - Torah! Torah! Torah!
S3:E210/31/1995
An ill man is accused of killing his sister, but Simone suspects otherwise. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Sipowicz go under cover to recover a stolen Jewish icon. Sipowicz struggles to keep a secret.
Director:Donna Deitch
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Donna Deitch
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(212 votes)
#18 - Boxer Rebellion
S2:E195/2/1995
Simone becomes attracted to an undercover cop, Diane Russell, as they work together to capture an arsonist. Sipowicz becomes personally involved in a case after a woman he convinced to testify in a case is murdered. Martinez and Lt. Fancy square off at the annual department boxing tournament.
Director:Jorge Montesi
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Jorge Montesi
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(202 votes)
#19 - Curt Russell
S3:E611/28/1995
Simone and Sipowicz investigate the murder of an Indian woman, found strangled in her locked car. Medavoy and Martinez arrest a man acting strangely and find he's involved in a credit card scam. Lesniak and Russell team up to trap a gun dealer. Simone gets over-protective and makes Russell angry.
Director:Jim Charleston
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Jim Charleston
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(193 votes)
#20 - Sorry, Wong Suspect
S3:E91/9/1996
A young girl is found stabbed, in Chinatown. Suspicion falls on the ex-boyfriend. Simone & Sipowicz Investigate. Martinez & Lezniak have to investigate a robbery, together, despite the bad feeling between them. Medavoy moves into the bunk-room.
Director:Michael M. Robin
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Michael M. Robin
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(189 votes)
#21 - The Nutty Confessor
S3:E142/20/1996
Martinez and Lezniak's relationship takes a step forward. Simone and Sipowicz are called to a bloody murder scene with satanistic overtones. A doctor is mugged and shot on a visit to his secretary's apartment. Russell and Medavoy feel the wrath of his wife's anger.
Director:Mark Tinker
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Mark Tinker
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(172 votes)
#22 - Oh Golly Goth
S8:E93/6/2001
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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Director:Mark Tinker
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(169 votes)
#23 - Czech Bouncer
S6:E712/8/1998
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.
Director:Paris Barclay
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Paris Barclay
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(166 votes)
#24 - Sheedy Dealings
S5:E711/18/1997
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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Director:Dennis Dugan
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(157 votes)
#25 - Big Bang Theory
S6:E112/9/1999
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.
Director:Jake Paltrow
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Jake Paltrow
Writer:Unknown