The BEST episodes of New York Undercover

Every episode of New York Undercover ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of New York Undercover!

Filmed on location in New York, NYU is a show about a squad of young urban detectives, J.C. Williams and Eddie Torres who work the streets of New York undercover. Despite all the pain and troubles they go through with their lives, whether it involved their cases or home life, at the end of the day, they relax to the smooth music performed by different artists at Natalie's. Audiences fell in love with the show's plot lines and characters. The episodes had a realistic sense about it that made it one of the top ten shows that aired on fox. Season 1: In this season, Malik Yoba plays Detective J.C. Williams, a black man who is trying to put his life back in order after his divorce from ex-wife, Chantal, played by Fatima Faloye. He is also trying to be a good father to his son, Gregory "G", (George O. Gore II) who is going through the motions of growing up and becoming a teenager.

Last Updated: 9/27/2024Network: FOXStatus: Ended
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8.88
8 votes

#1 - Fade Out

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/1997

A 13-year-old boy has a videotape of a murder. Torres and Williams try to protect him, but it's complicated when the boy's mother turns out to be one of JC's old girlfriends. Musical performance by Aaliyah.

Directors: Matthew Penn
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A Time of Faith (2)
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8.57
7 votes

#2 - A Time of Faith (2)

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/1996

Williams discovers the Rev. Harris may be part of the bombings. Nina moves in with Eddie. Musical performance by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

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8.33
6 votes

#3 - The Solomon Papers

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/1997

Feds may be part of a drug case and McNamara might lose it all to prove it. Cooper and her husband tell their kids about their separation. Musical performance by Me'Shell Ndegeocello.

Directors: Allen Coulter
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8.33
6 votes

#4 - Student Affairs

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/12/1995

Williams and Torres pose as a substitute history teacher and a janitor at the high school where a crime was committed.

Directors: Michael Lange
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8.33
6 votes

#5 - The Last Hurrah

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/15/1997

The detectives go after a bank robbery ring. Torres and Moreno get married. Musical performance by Johnny Gill.

Directors: Don Kurt
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8.29
7 votes

#6 - Kill the Noise

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1996

A California rapper is shot, sparking off a war between East Coast and West Coast rappers. Musical performance by New Edition, Busta Rhymes, Chuck D., Doug E. Fresh, M.C. Lyte and Richie Rich.

Directors: Don Kurt
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8.20
5 votes

#7 - Outrage

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/13/1997

The detectives have to prove that a Gulf War veteran has stolen missiles. Williams meets with his son's French teacher about G's crush on her. Musical performance by James Ingram.

Directors: Allen Coulter
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8.20
5 votes

#8 - Hubris

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/27/1997

A female bounty hunter uses Williams to help find a fugitive in protective custody. Natasha visits the precinct. Musical performance by Lisa Stansfield.

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8.17
6 votes

#9 - No Greater Love

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/25/1996

Torres believes the the man who confesses to a killing is taking the blame for his younger brother, who's just received a basketball scholarship to college.

Directors: Melanie Mayron
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8.17
6 votes

#10 - Going Native

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/11/1998

Nina and Stone go undercover as owners of a garbage company. Nina and J.C. deal with their emotions of sleeping together and G catching them.

Directors: Peter R McIntosh
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8.13
8 votes

#11 - Change, Change, Change

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/1998

Lt. Barker recruits JC and Moreno to get the armored-car robber who killed Eddie and MacNamara.

Directors: Don Kurt
Writer: Brad Kern
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8.11
9 votes

#12 - Tag, You're Dead

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/1995

Williams and Torres investigate the case of a Wall Street bond salesman who claims to have shot two graffiti artists in self-defense.

Directors: Jace Alexander
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8.00
9 votes

#13 - Sympathy for the Devil

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1996

When three youths are charged with shooting a couple, one of them insists that, while they robbed the couple, someone else fired the gun.

Directors: Martha Mitchell
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8.00
5 votes

#14 - The Troubles

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/25/1998

When a woman becomes a fugitive, Nina uses her only resource to help find her, her daughter. Stone's life becomes threatened.

Directors: Robert Wiemer
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8.00
6 votes

#15 - No Place Like Hell

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/8/1997

Williams goes undercover at a prison looking for evidence to catch a drug lord. Williams' new friend in prison becomes involved in a murder. Torres proposes. Musical performance by Tracy Chapman.

Directors: Norberto Barba
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8.00
5 votes

#16 - Is It a Crime?

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/1997

Williams investigates a case where a girl falls down an elevator shaft in her building. Torres goes shopping for an engagement ring. Musical performance by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers featuring Damian Marley and Julian Marley.

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8.00
5 votes

#17 - Vendetta

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/24/1997

McNamara goes undercover to investigate a possible Chinese mob link to his father's death. Torres asks his sister for money to buy an engagement ring. Musical performance by Erykah Badu.

Directors: Nick Gomez
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8.00
4 votes

#18 - The Promised Land

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1997

Williams discover evidence related to the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Musical performance by Richie Havens.

Directors: Don Kurt
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8.00
7 votes

#19 - The Reaper

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/1997

Lt. Cooper is taken hostage in her office by a man threatening to blow up the precinct if his son is not reprieved from a death-row sentence. Nina learns the daughter she gave up for adoption 11 years ago wants to meet her. Musical performance by Groove Theory.

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8.00
6 votes

#20 - If This World Were Mine (2)

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/9/1996

A gun-ring leader seeks revenge on Torres.

Directors: Arthur W. Forney
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8.00
5 votes

#21 - The Enforcers

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/4/1996

Williams investigate the murder of his son's tutor.

Directors: Matthew Penn
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Catman Comes Back
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8.00
10 votes

#22 - Catman Comes Back

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/11/1995

With his conviction overturned, Danny Cort is back on the streets. Musical performance by Montell Jordan.

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8.00
4 votes

#23 - Manchild

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/27/1995

G is caught between saving his friend's life or telling his father, a cop.

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7.86
7 votes

#24 - Toy Soldiers

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/1996

Three youths, who were brought from Rwanda to act as mob hit men, are befriended by Father Torres. Moreno gets an inheritance; Williams disagrees with the methods of his son's hockey coach.

Directors: Melanie Mayron
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7.86
7 votes

#25 - Blue Boy

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/1996

A recently released child molester is suspected of raping an 11-year-old girl. G gets in trouble at school. Musical performance by Soraya.

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