The BEST episodes directed by Leonard Gardner
#1 - Heavin' Can Wait
NYPD Blue - Season 3 - Episode 4
Lesniak's preference gets around the precinct. Sylvia's morning sickness, Russell falling off the wagon & calling Bobby, not him, and the senseless murder of two kids makes it a really bad day for Andy. Bobby and Andy clash throughout their investigation.
#2 - Burnin' Love
NYPD Blue - Season 3 - Episode 11
Simone and Sipowicz look into the death of a young woman whose body is found burned well beyond recognition, except for a tattoo on her back. Gotelli puts his two cents in, much to Andy's delight. One of the victim's temporary roommates becomes the prime suspect. Medavoy pulls double duty (things still aren't good at home) and is assigned to watch an informant who has a penchant for playing poker with his friends. Unfortunately he might be put in a compromising position, when another "player" joins the game.
#3 - Curt Russell
NYPD Blue - Season 3 - Episode 6
An Indian woman is found dead in a car and Andy is full of theories about who and why. Donna is off at a computer course and her temporary replacement is a real character who clashes with Andy. James and Greg are nearby when a drug crazed man tries to rob a couple of stores of credit card slips. Russell and Lesniak work a case involving a man who was left to die of a drug overdose, that leads to a chance to nail a fence. Simone and Russell have words when she doesn't want him to provide the backup that she and Lesniak will require. Fancy has a couple of words for Bobby.
#4 - We Was Robbed
NYPD Blue - Season 3 - Episode 18
Simone and Sipowicz are forced to commit robbery while working with an FBI agent to place a bug in a mob hangout. The wiseguys come to the precinct to file a robbery complaint; Diane and Greg catch the complaint. Andy Jr. learns more about being a beat cop. Donna's hairdresser has a problem with her ex-boyfriend wanting to hijack the truck of her current boyfriend. James goes undercover as her current boyfriend; Adrianne doesn't appreciate the competition. James and Adrianne have a talk.