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Season 1 – NYPD Blue

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89% Tomatometer 38 Reviews 96% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
This Steven Bochco-produced series pulls few punches in portraying the day-to-day lives of cops in New York's 15th Precinct. Characters' personal lives intertwine with the cases they work, which often deal with the worst elements the city has to offer. Many characters came and went during the show's 12-season run but one constant throughout the series was Det. Andy Sipowicz, portrayed by Dennis Franz.
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NYPD Blue — Season 1

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Arriving amid intense controversy, NYPD Blue is less vulgar -- and less original -- than anticipated, but David Caruso and Dennis Franz's magnetic performances give this police drama arresting grit.

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Tony Squires Sydney Morning Herald Mar 2, 2021
Bochco goes close, but doesn't overdo the hand-held camera routine in his bid to replace art with reality. And in David Caruso and Dennis Franz, he has a couple of actors who bring depth to their roles as the ubiquitous young-cop-old-cop team. Go to Full Review Hugh Hebert Guardian Mar 2, 2021
Very smart, with not a single cop show cliché out of place, and with Detective Sipowicz providing a touch of self-parodic speed talk. Go to Full Review Gail Pennington St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mar 2, 2021
All in all, NYPD Blue is just another pretty good police show. It doesn't break new ground, except in creating such an unpleasant lead character. Go to Full Review Arion Berger L.A. Weekly Mar 2, 2021
With effort, Bochco pinches his nose and dives into issues of race and class; without effort, he makes a mess of it. Go to Full Review Alan Pergament Buffalo News Mar 2, 2021
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Quite simply the best new drama of the season. Go to Full Review Jennifer L. Stevenson Tampa Bay Times Mar 2, 2021
A compelling, stark drama about real cops and real problems. The drama forces us to care about people, despite their corrupt morals. To watch when we want to look away. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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MELISSA T. @Doodlebabyweed Mar 6, 2026 I enjoyed watching NYPD Blue. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 23, 2025 22 successful American Broadcasting Company episodes!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Dennis Franz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated TV-14 for Intensely Suggestive Dialogue (D) and Intense Violence (V)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more ed m @RT80499164 Mar 16, 2024 Recently rewatched Season 1. Excellent. David Caruso never should have left this show. He was born to play this role. See more dave d @RT34924333 Jun 8, 2020 Often misunderstood, it's hard to go back and rewatch the first season of NYPD Blue and not marvel at the innovations and envelope pushing. Hard to believe some people were considering this stuff pornographic. It's brilliance and it's magic with writers and creative minds in top form and actors who despite tensions on the set were able to create a masterpiece week in and week out. These episodes changed the game and thank goodness ABC never backed down! See more Read all reviews
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Steven Bochco

Creator

David Milch

Creator

David Caruso

Detective John Kelly

Dennis Franz

Det. Sgt. Andy Sipowicz

James McDaniel

Lt. Arthur Fancy

Sherry Stringfield

Laura Michaels Kelly

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 21, 1993 Pilot Kelly (David Caruso) goes after the mobsters responsible for gunning down his partner. With Dennis Franz. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 28, 1993 4B or Not 4B Detective Sipowicz awakens from his coma with memory loss; Angelo Marino recruits Janice for sinister doings; Josh "4B" Goldstein is attacked by a mugger. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 5, 1993 Brown Appetit Andy and John are reunited as a team; John takes a second job as a security guard for a wealthy socialite; Janice's father reveals a family secret. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 12, 1993 True Confessions The wrong man is arrested for a robbery/double homicide; Kelly's ex-employer kills her husband; Goldstein is shot on the subway. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 19, 1993 Emission Accomplished John looks into the case of Jack Hanlan, a cop who may also be a killer; Laura finds herself on the Giardella case. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 26, 1993 Personal Foul A basketball-court skirmish leaves Kelly's pal dead; Sipowicz thinks a man is involved in his wife's highway-shooting death. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 2, 1993 NYPD Lou Sipowicz learns his son's older fiancee has been unfaithful; a homeless man is suspected in a 9-year-old's murder. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 16, 1993 Tempest in a C-Cup John wants to nab a baker for murder; Andy goes after the owner of a topless bar; Laura struggles with her partner's ethical lapses. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 30, 1993 Ice Follies When James' brother Roberto dies from a drug overdose, his father, Hector Martinez, insists on killing Roberto's pusher. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 7, 1993 Oscar, Meyer, Weiner Members of an affluent family are brutally murdered; Lastarza orders Licalsi to cooperate with the mob. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 14, 1993 From Hare to Eternity Kelly and Sipowicz probe the kidnapping of a doctor's daughter; a woman and her son claim to have been robbed while hitchhiking. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 3, 1994 Up on the Roof Lt. Fancy and wife act as foster parents to a child whose mother is in drug rehabilitation; a bogus ATM is part of a scam. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 11, 1994 Abandando Abandoned A former cop is shot and killed shortly after his wife joins the precinct; Medavoy professes his love for Abandando. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 17, 1994 Jumpin' Jack Fleishman A woman's strangulation appears to be the work of a cross-dresser; Licalsi's new partner tries to pick a fight with Kelly. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 8, 1994 Steroid Roy An officer is suspected of using steroids; a detective admits to an affair with a drug-addicted snitch after the woman is found dead. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 15, 1994 A Sudden Fish Kelly is the bodyguard of an ailing millionaire's girlfriend; a disabled veteran takes the thugs who mugged him hostage. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 1, 1994 Black Men Can Jump A victim's father apprehends the murderer; Sipowicz thinks a private detective bilked a man searching for his daughter. Details Episode 18 Aired Mar 22, 1994 Zeppo Marks Brothers A material witness fears she's the next target of a hit man who killed her boyfriend; Laura is mortified when John meets her new beau, Dr. Danny Schrager. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 29, 1994 Serge the Concierge Kelly suspects a hotelier and her concierge of killing her husband; Sipowicz's son is mistakenly arrested for drug dealing. Details Episode 20 Aired May 3, 1994 Good Time Charlie A drunken Andy angrily tells Sylvia to get out of his apartment; Lillian Fancy is hurt by her husband's unhappiness over her pregnancy. Details Episode 21 Aired May 10, 1994 Guns 'N Rosaries Martinez's shooting of a belligerent black motorist ignites racial hostilities; Licalsi tells Fancy she killed mobster Marino and his chauffeur. Details Episode 22 Aired May 17, 1994 Rockin' Robin John investigates the death of a Roman Catholic priest who may have had ties with a male hustler; Andy gets a lead in the case of Dominic Bucci's missing daughter. Details

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NYPD Blue — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Gregory Hoblit, Michael M. Robin, Dennis Dugan, Brad Silberling, Lesli Linka Glatter
Creator
Steven Bochco, David Milch
Executive Producer
Steven Bochco, David Milch, Matt Olmstead
Screenwriter
Ted Mann, Ann Biderman, W.K. Scott Meyer, Gardner Stern, Burton Armus, Jody Worth, David Milch, Art Monterastelli, Steven Bochco
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-14 (L)
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 21, 1993
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