NYPD Blue (Season 1)

Pilot 7.4

Air date: 1993-09-21

Overview: Detective John Kelly has his hands full. On the work front, his partner's drinking problem and continual harassment of gangster Alfonse Giardella is about to get them both in over their heads with the mob. On the personal front, his wife wants a divorce.

4B or Not 4B 7.2

Air date: 1993-09-28

Overview: Lieutenant Fancy and Detective Kelly are warned to stop pressuring the mob even as Andy Sipowicz lies in the hospital with numerous gunshot wounds. Back at Kelly's ex-wife's apartment building, an angry young man starts carrying a gun for protection.

Brown Appetit 7.6

Air date: 1993-10-05

Overview: After discovering the hotel where Giardella is being held, Sipowicz gets his revenge with the help of a pet bulldog and the hotel's thankful chef.

True Confessions 7.6

Air date: 1993-10-12

Overview: Kelly quits moonlighting as a bodyguard after discovering his millionaire employer is a wife beater. Later Kelly speaks at a tenant meeting explaining the dangers of carrying a gun for protection. Unfortunately, his talk has little impact on the tenant in 4B.

Emission Accomplished 8.4

Air date: 1993-10-19

Overview: Martinez discovers the superintendent of his brother's apartment building is a cop who beats and robs tenants who fall behind on their rent.

Personal Foul 8.2

Air date: 1993-10-26

Overview: Kelly is forced to arrest a close friend after a fight on the basketball court leaves another friend dead.

NYPD Lou 8.4

Air date: 1993-11-02

Overview: When Sipowicz's estranged son, Andy Jr., shows up and announces his engagement, Andy Sr. decides to look into the bride-to-be's background.

Tempest in a C-Cup 8.2

Air date: 1993-11-16

Overview: Lieutenant Fancy hires Donna Abandando, a well-endowed civilian employee, to work in the precinct's "safe street" program.

Ice Follies 7.8

Air date: 1993-11-30

Overview: When Martinez's brother dies from a drug overdose, their father sets out to kill the drug dealer responsible.

Oscar, Meyer, Weiner 8.2

Air date: 1993-12-07

Overview: Ignoring Kelly's advice, Licalsi reveals that she's being blackmailed by the mob. Kelly and Sipowicz investigate the brutal robbery-murder of a wealthy family and work with a pawn dealer in hopes of retrieving a stolen Oscar statuette.

From Hare to Eternity 8.2

Air date: 1993-12-14

Overview: As the holiday's approach, Kelly and Sipowicz get a early gift in the form of a hot tip while investigating the kidnapping of a young girl.

Up on the Roof 8.2

Air date: 1994-01-04

Overview: While Martinez investigates a series of robberies involving a fake ATM machine, Kelly's current case yields evidence that links Licalsi to the mob. Meanwhile, Lt. Fancy tries to extend his custody of a young boy whose mother is in a drug rehabilitation program.

Abandando Abandoned 8.2

Air date: 1994-01-11

Overview: Donna's joy over Medavoy leaving his wife is short-lived when he has a change of heart.

Jumpin' Jack Fleishman 8.5

Air date: 1994-01-18

Overview: When a woman who was raped refuses to press charges for fear her husband will say she brought it upon herself, Licalsi acts as a decoy in an attempt to trap the prime suspect.

Steroid Roy 8.2

Air date: 1994-02-08

Overview: When Kelly and Sipowicz respond to a suicide call they find the body of a police informant who had come to the precinct earlier that day shouting that she was sleeping with her police contact. Licalsi suspects that her partner is taking drugs.

A Sudden Fish 8.3

Air date: 1994-02-15

Runtime: 49 min

Overview: Sipowicz has to diffuse an explosive situation when a disabled Vietnam vet who was mugged decides to take matters into his own hands.

Black Men Can Jump 7.7

Air date: 1994-03-01

Overview: Sipowicz is furious when he suspects a private investigator is giving false hope to a man whose daughter has been missing for 2 and a half years.

Zeppo Marks Brothers 7.7

Air date: 1994-03-22

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: When a material witness to a drug hit turns up dead, Sipowicz and Kelly's investigation leads them to two brothers who have also planned a hit on Kelly's ex-wife, Laura. Sipowicz must perform uniform-detail in a dress uniform way too small.

Serge the Concierge 7.8

Air date: 1994-03-29

Overview: Detectives searching a landfill for the body of a dead girl find the body of a millionaire instead. While Kelly interviews the wife of the deceased, Sipowicz does some investigating of his own after Andy Jr. is arrested for selling cocaine.

Good Time Charlie 7.0

Air date: 1994-05-03

Overview: Kelly and Sipowicz investigate the death of a man's mistress, which they later find out is one of many lovers the man currently has. Meanwhile, Licalsi is promoted and Fancy breaks the news to her husband that she's pregnant.

Guns 'n Rosaries 8.0

Air date: 1994-05-10

Overview: Even as Licalsi confesses to shooting Angelo Marino and his driver, Martinez is forced to shoot an irate man who points a gun at Medavoy while they're stuck in traffic.

Rockin' Robin 7.8

Air date: 1994-05-17

Runtime: 49 min

Overview: Sipowicz and Kelly investigate the stabbing death of a priest whose body was found in a park frequented by male prostitutes.