NYPD Blue Episodes (Season 4)
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Moby Greg
Original airdate: October 15, 1996- Directed by: Mark TinkerMark TinkerMark Tinker is an American television producer and director. Tinker was an executive producer and regular director on the HBO original series, Deadwood. Prior to Deadwood, Tinker served as a director/producer on NYPD Blue which was co-created by Deadwood writer, David Milch. Tinker has also...
- Written by: Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
, David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
& Theresa RebeckTheresa RebeckTheresa Rebeck is an American playwright, television writer and novelist. Her work has appeared on the Broadway and Off-Broadway stage, in film, and on television. Among her awards are the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award.-Biography:...
Lazy cops in a neighboring precinct think they've stuck the 15th's detectives with an impossible case, but some details lead to a suspect--who fires some shots at Andy. Andy is unhurt but freezes and worries about his approach on the job; later Andy confronts the suspect and proves the guy's a killer and a coward. Andy was preoccupied over Theo's health and his own weight gain. The former issue's resolved when the doctors says Theo is a healthy baby and the latter when Andy and an also-portly Greg decide to have a weight-loss competition. Greg also befiends an attractive officer named Abby while trying to work out on some confiscated stair climbers. New PAAs arrive for the squad, with one being very young and attractive and other being overweight. Bobby is surprised when an inheritance lands him an apartment building, and the creep who was counting on receiving it comes to the 15th and snarls at him. Det. Simone's news gets worse after that: he asks Diane to marry him and she says she's not ready for that.
Thick Stu
Original airdate: October 22, 1996- Directed by: Brad SilberlingBrad SilberlingBradley Mitchell Silberling is an American television and film director. He is married to the actress Amy Brenneman, who he met on the set of NYPD Blue and with whom he has two children, Charlotte Tucker and Bodhi Russell...
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
, Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& David MillsDavid Mills (writer)David Eugene Mills was an American journalist, writer and producer of television programs. He was an executive producer and writer of the HBO miniseries The Corner, for which he won two Emmy Awards, and the creator, executive producer, and writer of the NBC miniseries Kingpin.-Early life:Mills was...
Bobby's frustrations over Diane's non-yes to his proposal and the apartment building continue. And the job gives him no comfort when he and Andy lend help to an exhausted, not-too-bright night shift cop investigating the kidnapping of an infant. The case goes through several twists and turns but the final story is about simple and sickening. Diane suggests she and Bobby takes things slow, and he shoots back that maybe one of them should move out of town. Later, he gets a page informing him that a woman's been shot to death in the apartment building he inherited--and she lives in the apartment that Henry Coffield (creep from last week) used to reside in. Andy and Greg have their first weigh-in. Vince Gotelli and James are competing for the Union Delegate job and Vince beats up a suspect to show he's the man for the job.
Yes, We Have No Cannolis
Original airdate: October 29, 1996- Directed by: Mark TinkerMark TinkerMark Tinker is an American television producer and director. Tinker was an executive producer and regular director on the HBO original series, Deadwood. Prior to Deadwood, Tinker served as a director/producer on NYPD Blue which was co-created by Deadwood writer, David Milch. Tinker has also...
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
, Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& Leonard GardnerLeonard GardnerLeonard Gardner is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Esquire, The Southwest Review, and other publications, and he has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship...
An ex-con whom Bobby put away years ago comes to him and says another man is in jail for a crime he didn't do. Andy remembers the case, a robbery where the getaway car hit and killed a female pedestrian, mostly because he was a new detective then and the senior guy did a crappy job investigating. Some witnesses admit the truth and the case is re-closed with the guy in jail free to resume a life of drug-dealing. James wins the Delegate job and Vince becomes hung-over and sorrowful. Diane calls Bobby selfish for wanting more than she can give. Bobby takes out his frustrations on Henry Coffield when he can't get any solid information about who might have tried to kill him and murdered an innocent woman instead. We learn that Andy can't stand President Clinton and that Geri the PAA has a thing for rubber undergarments.
Where's 'Swaldo
Original airdate: November 12, 1996- Directed by: Mark TinkerMark TinkerMark Tinker is an American television producer and director. Tinker was an executive producer and regular director on the HBO original series, Deadwood. Prior to Deadwood, Tinker served as a director/producer on NYPD Blue which was co-created by Deadwood writer, David Milch. Tinker has also...
- Written by: Stephen GaghanStephen GaghanStephen Gaghan is an American screenwriter and director. He is noted for writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film Traffic, based on a Channel 4 series, for which he won the Academy Award, as well as Syriana which he wrote and directed.-Childhood and education:Born in either Louisville,...
, Michael R. PerryMichael R. PerryMichael R. Perry is an American television producer, television writer and screenwriter.His television credits include Eerie, Indiana, New York Undercover, American Gothic, The Practice, Millennium, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, FreakyLinks, The Guardian, The Dead Zone, House M.D., Persons...
& David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
A painful part of Andy's less-pleasant past emerges when activist Kwasi Olashula is found shot to death in his car along with a drug dealer. Lt. Fancy orders Andy to not talk bad about Kwasi until they know the whole story, which ends up with Kwasi dying a hero over a drug dealer's confiscated items. Kwasi's family angrily confronts Andy about his racism, and Bobby later listens in discomfort as Andy explains the origin of his problems with African Americans going back to his childhood and early days on the force. Elsewhere, James and Greg investigate a murder at a bodega but are unable to close the case because everyone involved is lying their asses off.
Where'd the Van Gogh?
Original airdate: November 19, 1996- Directed by: Michael M. RobinMichael M. RobinMichael M. Robin is an American television producer and director, most notable for his work as an executive producer on the FX series, Nip/Tuck where he is also a frequent director. Robin is also currently an executive producer/director on the TNT series, The Closer...
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
, Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& Nicholas WoottonNicholas WoottonNicholas Wootton is an American Emmy Award-winning writer for and producer for television.He has written to various TV shows, including Chuck, Prison Break, Law & Order, NYPD Blue.- External links :...
The American-born wife of a European prince is severely beaten during a robbery attempt, and the prince quickly angers the cops by being too insistent that his wife would want to be taken off life-support. With some help from disgraced ex-Det. Mike Roberts, they learn about a plan to steal paintings and then claim the insurance payoff. James gets a sticky case as Delegate when he has to deal with a detective who seems to have two wives. He does well enough to ask Gina the PAA out to dinner and she says yes. Diane gets an offer to return to OCCB work and reconnect with an arms dealer named Jimmy Liery who might have gone active again.
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Original airdate: November 26, 1996- Directed by: Davis GuggenheimDavis GuggenheimPhilip Davis Guggenheim is an Academy Award-winning American film director and producer. His credits as a producer and director include Training Day, The Shield, Alias, 24, NYPD Blue, ER, Deadwood, and Party of Five and the documentaries An Inconvenient Truth and Waiting for 'Superman...
- Written by: Rift Fournier
Detective Jill Kirkendall joins the 15th and immediately picks up a case where a guy is being threatened unless he marries an overweight young woman her brother claims he impregnated. The cops move in before anyone gets hurt and arrest the brother for murder. Andy tells Fancy that Geri's behavior is bothering him, and Fancy has Geri and Gina switch working locations at the 15th. A limo driver's murder is connected to a closeted businessman and his bad taste in male prostitutes. Diane remains in her undercover role. Bobby slaps Henry Coffield in the face a few times and the little weasel finally reveals that he was the target of murder because he'd promised money to some dealers and that failed when he didn't inherit the building.
Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure
Original airdate: December 3, 1996- Directed by: Dan Sackheim
- Written by: Meredith StiehmMeredith StiehmMeredith Stiehm is a television producer and writer. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America.-Career:...
A developmentally-disabled young girl is sexually assaulted by a group of rich students. The girl's angry mom and the meddling Councilman father of one of the kids roil Andy and Bobby, but everyone's sharing heartbreak when the young girl kills herself. Bobby advises her mom to sue the kids, and Sylvia Costas rocks the students by pointing out they'll never face any punishment and can look forward to a life of being disgusting and contemptible. Diane's out on UC with Liery when a rollerblader bumps into her and Liery beats the hell out of the guy, leaving her unable to forcefully protect the guy though she does keep Liery from killing him. Diane later tells her OCCB boss that the work is getting to her, and has an ugly argument with Bobby. A mentally-disturbed young man named Fred comes to the house babbling about his mother, and Andy finds out that she died of a heart attack and Fred tried to bury her in a Dumpster. Sylvia talks about how she doesn't want to leave her job because no one would have tried to get through to the students who did something terrible otherwise.
Unembraceable You
Original airdate: December 10, 1996- Directed by: Michael M. RobinMichael M. RobinMichael M. Robin is an American television producer and director, most notable for his work as an executive producer on the FX series, Nip/Tuck where he is also a frequent director. Robin is also currently an executive producer/director on the TNT series, The Closer...
- Written by: Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& Theresa RebeckTheresa RebeckTheresa Rebeck is an American playwright, television writer and novelist. Her work has appeared on the Broadway and Off-Broadway stage, in film, and on television. Among her awards are the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award.-Biography:...
Diane goes over to Bobby's and they sleep together, but Bobby isn't impressed with her idea of a casual relationship and asks her to leave. She throws herself into her undercover work with Jimmy Liery and gets a strong idea of how he's moving stolen guns, but Jimmy has a nasty plan of his own in mind for her. Bobby and Andy catch a murder case where the prime suspect is Arthur Cartwell, a smart but obnoxious guy who was involved with the brutal murders in "Heavin' Can Wait". Neither cop wants to cut Arthur any slack, until a new witness puts the case in a different light. Lt. Fancy is rocked when his former foster son, Maceo, is arrested for running drugs. Fancy has to deal with Maceo's rude and sullen behavior, the evil actions of Maceo's biological mom, and worthless cop Ray Collins to save Maceo from a long prison sentence. Greg asks Abby out on a date and she tells him she's a lesbian.
Caulksmanship
Original airdate: December 19, 1996- Directed by: Donna DeitchDonna DeitchDonna Deitch is an American film and television director best known for her 1986 film Desert Hearts. The film was groundbreaking as one of the first releases to depict a lesbian love story in a generally mainstream, albeit art house, vein but with positive and respectful themes...
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
, Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& George D. Putnam
Diane wakes up in Jimmy Liery's apartment and has no idea what happened the night before. Jimmy denies he did anything, but he doesn't clarify what "anything" means until Diane fires one round about a foot to his left. Fancy is upset when the brass tells him Bobby is in line to get a promotion to Detective 1st Grade but Andy won't, while his wife feels Andy is getting what he deserves. Fancy has to choose whether to green-light Bobby's good fortune. The two top cops, meanwhile, are tied in knots when an overbearing woman was strangled and her browbeaten employee and the employee's boyfriend both claim guilt. And the rest of the cops aren't getting any information in a tight-knit neighborhood when a repairman is shot to death.
My Wild Irish Nose
Original airdate: January 7, 1997- Directed by: Robert J. DohertyRobert J. DohertyRobert J. Doherty is an American photographer, scholar and museum professional. His photographic work was first shown at Watertown, Connecticut, then at The Arts Club of Louisville, Louisville Art Center Association School, and at the Allen R. Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville...
- Written by: Hugh Levick
Bobby finds out about Diane shooting at Liery when his neighbor makes a complaint, so Bobby visits Jimmy, kicks his ass and illegally seizes an AK-47 from the place. Diane is livid that Bobby interfered with her work, and Bobby's mad that Diane is acting like she's lost her mind. He asks for a day to deal with the case, and he and Andy proceed to tell one of Jimmy's contacts he's cooperating with the cops. At Bobby's promotion ceremony, Diane confronts Bobby with the news that Jimmy is dead. Bobby not only isn't sorry about that, he tells Diane that if she wants to cry over Liery then she should not even stay for the ceremony. Bobby tries to make Andy's case for advancement to the NYPD Commissioner, who isn't receptive to the idea, but Andy ends up attending the ceremony anyway to support his partner. Andy and Bobby earlier try to help out a witness to a Mob killing who's had his prized paintings stolen, and have to save his life before they convince one of the killers to flip on his partners. James is reminded of his brother's problems when a young runaway witnesses a murder and he has to deal with the kid's abusive father.
Alice Doesn't Fit Here Anymore
Original airdate: January 14, 1997- Directed by: Mark TinkerMark TinkerMark Tinker is an American television producer and director. Tinker was an executive producer and regular director on the HBO original series, Deadwood. Prior to Deadwood, Tinker served as a director/producer on NYPD Blue which was co-created by Deadwood writer, David Milch. Tinker has also...
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
, Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
, Leonard GardnerLeonard GardnerLeonard Gardner is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Esquire, The Southwest Review, and other publications, and he has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship...
& Nicholas WoottonNicholas WoottonNicholas Wootton is an American Emmy Award-winning writer for and producer for television.He has written to various TV shows, including Chuck, Prison Break, Law & Order, NYPD Blue.- External links :...
Gina the PAA is slashed and nearly raped by a vagrant, and James is ready to burn down the precinct to catch the guy. Greg and Diane convince him to be by Gina's side as she is treated for her injuries, and they later bring the creep in. When Greg's low-key approach doesn't work, Fancy more or less tells Andy to beat a confession out of the creep (who is guilty) which is more or less what Andy does. Greg and Andy then have a conversation about the use of violence on the job, which doesn't make Andy feel all that good about himself. Diane remains on a knife's edge in the aftermath of Jimmy Liery's death and her growing estrangement from Bobby, not least after Bobby has a friendly dinner date with Jill Kirkendall. Diane later calls Andy from a diner because she is on the verge of relapsing into alcohol. The main case involves a diamond dealer's sister, who went missing with a large quantity of stones alongside her no-good boyfriend. And Sylvia decides to take an indefinite leave from work to care for baby Theo, leading Andy to say he'll do moonlighting to earn extra money.
Upstairs, Downstairs
Original airdate: January 21, 1997'- Directed by: Paris BarclayParis BarclayParis K.C. Barclay is an American television director and producer. He has directed over 100 episodes of television to date, for series including NYPD Blue, ER, The West Wing, CSI, Lost, The Shield, House M.D., Law & Order, Monk, Numb3rs, City of Angels, Cold Case, and more recently The Mentalist,...
- Written by: Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& David MillsDavid Mills (writer)David Eugene Mills was an American journalist, writer and producer of television programs. He was an executive producer and writer of the HBO miniseries The Corner, for which he won two Emmy Awards, and the creator, executive producer, and writer of the NBC miniseries Kingpin.-Early life:Mills was...
A popular uniform cop who was bodyguarding a local Italian crooner says the crooner was shot to death by two men. But Andy and Bobby find themselves in serious conflict with the 15th's uniformed officer as this story produces more and more questions, egged on by a bully of a Sergeant. Elsewhere, a teenaged girl's murder is connected to a grotesque fetish video and drugs, and Diane breaks down in Bobby's arms as she finally relates how her father sexually abused her for years.
Tom and Geri
Original airdate: February 13, 1997- Directed by: Adam NimoyAdam NimoyAdam B. Nimoy is an American television director. Nimoy is the son of actor Leonard Nimoy and his first wife, actress Sandra Zober.-Career:...
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
, Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& Meredith StiehmMeredith StiehmMeredith Stiehm is a television producer and writer. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America.-Career:...
A construction site that's a battleground between shady outfits led by African-Americans and Puerto Ricans becomes a murder scene when the #2 man from the latter coalition is shot to death. Andy and Bobby find out he was a good man who was targeted by a wide-ranging group of scummers, and they're not able to arrest anyone but a perfect patsy. Andy's disgusted when PAA Geri wants to talk to him, but she has news about a man's death. Diane and Jill are assigned to the case and learn the victim was close to Geri and into domination and S&M, but it falls to Andy to see through Geri's facade and help her avoid jail time. Elsewhere, Diane and Bobby's relationship finds a new solid ground to continue on, and James and Gina have their first sleepover.
A Remington Original
Original airdate: February 2, 1997- Directed by: Michael M. RobinMichael M. RobinMichael M. Robin is an American television producer and director, most notable for his work as an executive producer on the FX series, Nip/Tuck where he is also a frequent director. Robin is also currently an executive producer/director on the TNT series, The Closer...
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
, Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& Nicholas WoottonNicholas WoottonNicholas Wootton is an American Emmy Award-winning writer for and producer for television.He has written to various TV shows, including Chuck, Prison Break, Law & Order, NYPD Blue.- External links :...
A junkyard car's trunk yields the body of a tortured female bartender. Andy and Bobby find a suspect in a nerdy guy with a porn fetish, and cook up a plan to insult him into confessing. Greg and James get a very odd death when a guy had his head crushed by a flying typewriter. Diane tells Bobby she's having therapy sessions, while Bobby gets sucked back into Henry Coffield's orbit when a crotchety old woman with a rent-controlled place in the building demands Henry do all of her household chores.
Taillight's Last Gleaming
Original airdate: February 18, 1997- Directed by: Randall ZiskRandall ZiskRandall "Randy" Zisk is an American television director and producer.As both a director and producer, he has worked most substantially on the television series Monk and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman...
- Written by: David MillsDavid Mills (writer)David Eugene Mills was an American journalist, writer and producer of television programs. He was an executive producer and writer of the HBO miniseries The Corner, for which he won two Emmy Awards, and the creator, executive producer, and writer of the NBC miniseries Kingpin.-Early life:Mills was...
Fancy and his wife are pulled over in Bayside, Queens
Bayside, Queens
Bayside is a suburban neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York, New York in the United States. Bayside is known as one of the most expensive areas to live in Queens, with well kept homes and landscaping...
by two uniformed officers on the basis of driving in an all-White neighborhood. Fancy angrily plans to transfer the senior officer to a precinct in the all-Black Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Formed in 1930, the neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 3, Brooklyn Community Board 8 and Brooklyn Community Board 16. The neighborhood is patrolled by the NYPD's 79th and 81st...
as punishment before some criticism from Captain Bass leads to the cop's arrival at the 15th. Andy begins having dreams where he see his dead son Andy Jr., but he's confused and angry about the uneven and pointed nature of their conversations. The dreams play into Andy's psyche when he and Bobby investigate a real life string of bar robberies. They have to deal with a stolen .45 automatic, the involvement in one robbery of Vince Gotelli, and a too-eager cop who is trying to solve the case on his own before they get a break and make arrests. Diane and James come up with a plan to bust scam artists who are ripping off disabled women. Andy learns he'll need to find a different outlet in order to see his dead son in the future.
What a Dump!
Original airdate: February 25, 1997- Directed by: Perry LangPerry LangPerry Lang is an American director, writer and actor.He has directed episodes of television series such as Arli$$, ER, Millennium, Dawson's Creek, NYPD Blue, Nash Bridges, Fantasy Island, Weeds, Gilmore Girls, Army Wives, The Twilight Zone, Alias, Las Vegas, Jack & Bobby and...
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
, Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& Leonard GardnerLeonard GardnerLeonard Gardner is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Esquire, The Southwest Review, and other publications, and he has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship...
A Russian mail order bride is strangled to death. Andy's xenophobia gets a workout, while another serial killer and a Russian cab driver are considered and discarded as suspects, before Andy puts a misplaced purse and the dead woman's husband together and solves the case. Greg is on edge because of a mysterious dinner coming up with Abby, and he binges on peanut butter and becomes violent and aggressive on a case where gangbangers fired shots from a city bus. One of his fury storms provides a key break but another leaves them without a confession. Greg later calms down and the dinner with Abby turns out to be low key: she wants him to come over and meet her partner over another meal. Andy moonlights as a night watcher of drug couriers at JFK Airport, and finds his worldview challenged by one detainee before an emergency involving another one.
A Wrenching Experience
Original airdate: April 15, 1997- Directed by: Michael Watkins
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
, Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& Meredith StiehmMeredith StiehmMeredith Stiehm is a television producer and writer. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America.-Career:...
A young Latino man is shot to death and no one, including his pregnant girlfriend, wants to talk about it. Bobby works with a gang member's childhood friend, now a straight-arrow former MP who is on the background check list to join the NYPD, and they put the case together. A high profile case involving the murder of an auto-repair shop owner who was a huge booster for the police has unlikely lead detectives in Greg and James. However, Greg finds an offbeat way to solve the killing. Diane and Jill catch a shaken-baby case that turns into a homicide; they find the baby's parents disgusting and sympathize with her caregiver as the sad story is revealed. Greg drinks too much wine and tells some stupid jokes but otherwise enjoys his dinner with Abby and her partner, and Diane is inspired by Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding, Jr. It was written, co-produced, and directed by Cameron Crowe...
into having a new answer to Bobby's marriage proposal.
I Love Lucy
Original airdate: April 22, 1997- Directed by: Kathy BatesKathy BatesKathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates is an American actress and director.After several small roles in film and television, Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery , for which she won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe...
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
& Theresa RebeckTheresa RebeckTheresa Rebeck is an American playwright, television writer and novelist. Her work has appeared on the Broadway and Off-Broadway stage, in film, and on television. Among her awards are the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award.-Biography:...
A drag queen's boyfriend wants her to have a sex change operation or else. There is no good end to the case. Jill's old friend is spiraling into drug use and Jill tries to help her while the friend's mother is deep in denial. There is no good end to this case either. Fancy's wife has him sell products for her Amway-type business and the detectives buy them up happily, but Fancy feels very guilty about being a salesman to the people he leads, so the end is kind of muted. Bobby and Diane celebrate their engagement at a restaurant where Bobby is approached by a guy he went to school with, who is now a very dangerous criminal.
Bad Rap
Original airdate: April 29, 1997- Directed by: Matthew PennMatthew PennMatthew Penn is an American director and producer of television and theatre. Some of credits as a television director include NYPD Blue, Law & Order, New York Undercover, Brooklyn South, The Sopranos, House, Damages and Royal Pains.Prior to working in television, Penn spent many years working in...
- Written by: Thad MumfordThad MumfordThaddeus Quetin Mumford, Jr. is American television producer and writer. He has written and produced for a number of television series throughout his career varying different genres namely, The Cosby Show, A Different World, M*A*S*H, Maude, Good Times, Home Improvement, Roots: The Next...
Andy and Bobby investigate the shooting of a rap star who doesn't want to cooperate and is much more hostile to the cops than to whoever shot him. It takes some stakeout time and a guilt trip but the truth comes out in time. Fancy is upset when the uniform cop whose actions in "Taillight's Last Gleaming" refuses to save himself when he's falsely accused of stealing drug money. Greg asks Abby exactly what she wants from him, and she says she wants him to be a sperm donor so she can have a baby. Bobby gets an unwanted visit from an FBI agent who wants him to do some undercover work regarding his old "friend" Joey Salvo, and Bobby later tells Diane a story that illustrates just what a bad guy Salvo is.
Emission Impossible
Original airdate: May 6, 1997- Directed by: Robert J. DohertyRobert J. DohertyRobert J. Doherty is an American photographer, scholar and museum professional. His photographic work was first shown at Watertown, Connecticut, then at The Arts Club of Louisville, Louisville Art Center Association School, and at the Allen R. Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville...
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
& Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
A jumpy waiter leads Simone and Sipowicz to the killers of five Ecuadorians at a social club; a nervous Medavoy awaits Abby's ovulation and hampers Russell's interview strategy with a child molester; and Simone must withhold information from Sipowicz, who disapproves of his partner's undercover wardrobe.
Is Paris Burning?
Original airdate: May 13, 1997- Directed by: Paris BarclayParis BarclayParis K.C. Barclay is an American television director and producer. He has directed over 100 episodes of television to date, for series including NYPD Blue, ER, The West Wing, CSI, Lost, The Shield, House M.D., Law & Order, Monk, Numb3rs, City of Angels, Cold Case, and more recently The Mentalist,...
- Written by: David ShoreDavid ShoreDavid Shore is a Canadian writer, best known for his work writing and producing in television. As a former lawyer, Shore became known for his work on Family Law, NYPD Blue, and Due South...
Bobby gets in trouble over the license plate he ran for Joey Salvo the previous week at the FBI's request when they won't stand up for him after IAB finds out about it, and he learns that the FBI suspects IAB of having someone on Salvo's payroll. Bobby's relationship with Andy gets worse as the secrecy about the case continues (though Andy learns Bobby has talked to Diane about it) and affects their investigation of a rape-assault. Andy tries to protect scared witness Steve Cameron but indifference from ADA Leo Cohen and Bobby's focus being elsewhere leads to a horrible ending. The cops find out that Vince Gotelli hijacked a city bus while drunk and Fancy works to save Vince from jail time.
A Draining Experience
Original airdate: May 20, 1997- Directed by: Michael Watkins
- Written by: David MilchDavid MilchDavid S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
, Bill ClarkBill ClarkClark joined the New York City Police Department in 1969. He worked a special undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade...
& Jane WallaceJane WallaceJane Wallace is an American journalist. She was correspondent for CBS News as well as the news magazine West 57th.-References:...
Bobby gets suspended by IAB and told to follow the FBI's playbook, but Bobby breaks bounds to tell Andy the whole sad story. Andy and Diane have serious conflict over Bobby's situation, only putting them aside to investigate the murder of a young woman who was seeing a psychiatrist after being raped. A reporter who has little admiration for the NYPD's tactics is the victim of crime himself, and Greg and James deal with his attitude while doing their investigation. Bobby tells Joey Salvo he's out of a job, and Joey says he wants Bobby to come work for him, but then Joey is shot three times and killed...