The BEST episodes written by Leonard Gardner
#1 - Numb & Number
NYPD Blue - Season 6 - Episode 3
Bobby isn't doing much better the following morning; the doctor recommends they do the test he recommended, earlier than planned. When Andy hears about these tests it puts him on edge and makes him more difficult to work with than usual. While Jill waits with Diane, the other detectives investigate the death of a man who was murdered in the park. The tests reveal that Bobby's heart is damaged; the only long-term option is a heart transplant. Meanwhile, back on the case, the detectives interview a suspect who initially gives them misleading information because she is trying to protect herself from the actual perpetrator, a man with ties to the mob.
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#2 - Raging Bulls
NYPD Blue - Season 6 - Episode 8
The cop that stopped Fancy for a broken taillight a couple of years ago is involved in the shooting of a black undercover officer. Tensions rise between Sipowicz and Fancy when the black and white issue comes up and later Fancy interviews Szymanski. Sipowicz and Sorenson's evidence from their interviews, points to the fact that Szymanski's story is good. Sipowicz tells Fancy that he can't jam up Szymanski for this. The tension in the squad rises so high, that Fancy and Sipowicz come to blows with each other. Shannon stops Russell and Kirkendall to tell them that Dolores was caught shoplifting. They reach out to help her and then try talking with her; however, Dolores only seems interested in knowing whether she still has a job. Sylvia returns home, disheartened by the Suarez story; Andy offers to help her get him justice.
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#3 - I'll Draw You a Mapp
NYPD Blue - Season 6 - Episode 20
Sylvia decides that Danny would be a much better witness than Andy would in the pending trial of Cullinan. Sipowicz seems to still have unresolved issues with Sinclair that would jeopardize the case. She works with Sorenson and Kenny, the drug courier, to ready them for the trial. John Irvin tells Sipowicz that he is still in contact with Dolores' father, although he says he is not providing him with any more information pertaining to the case. Meanwhile, the other detectives investigate the death of a woman's husband. They believe she may have done it for the insurance money and her son gives them evidence that coaberating evidence. Although the woman and another person they interview during their investigation keep reminding them about the Diallo case, something they'd all rather not be reminded about. Sinclair promises Sipowicz that he will get him on the stand, even if the DA won't let him. Sipowicz tells Sorenson that he will be taking the stand. Sylvia disagrees with him, but whe
#4 - What a Dump!
NYPD Blue - Season 4 - Episode 16
Andy and Bobby investigate the murder of a woman whose body was found dumped in an alley. They interview a strange suspect but other information tells them the woman was a mail order bride who was looking to divorce her husband. That makes him the prime suspect. Greg and James look into the drive by shooting at a bus. One of the passengers mouths of at Abby and that gets Greg's ire up. Throughout the rest of the day, Greg gets tough. He is nervous about his dinner with Abby later the evening. Andy works his part-time job for the US Marshall by doing "dump detail" at the airport.
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#5 - The Naked are the Dead
NYPD Blue - Season 7 - Episode 4
Sipowicz, Sorenson, Russell and Kirkendall begin investigating a homicide where the bodies of seven naked men are found. Medavoy and Martinez investigate a victim whose body might have been dumped near a sweatshop, but Greg is more interested in the female paramedic on the scene. Sipowicz and Sorenson get assistance from a department profiler that Sipowicz doesn't like and Morrison from the Organized Crime Bureau. After returning from a canvas, Jill gets a message that her ex-husband Don has been arrested. She goes to see him and he plans to use her giving the heads up to help save his ass. Never mind that that her losing her job will affect the kids. When she returns, Fancy finds out about her indiscretion and works to save her job. Meanwhile, Sipowicz and Sorenson work with Morrison to sit on a suspect that Morrison likes for the crime, which doesn't pan out, but a cab driver who picked up some suspicious characters comes forward. Later, Mary makes dinner for Danny.
#6 - Bats Off to Larry
NYPD Blue - Season 7 - Episode 21
Andy takes Theo to the doctor to get a something Andy noticed about the color of Theo's mouth checked out. Jill meets with Don, so she's known all along. She asks him if someone is all right; who does she refer to we ask. Andy gets the results of Theo's blood test, he goes to pick up Theo, meet Katie and then the doctor, where the doctor tells them that Theo isn't making red blood cells the way he should. Medavoy and Jones look into the beating death of a man who was killed by the brother and the father of the girl the man was attacking. Russell and Sorenson wonder how they should help Jill. Medavoy and Jones' attack victim was actually raped by the victim four days earlier. Andy returns to the squad, but is beside himself, not knowing what to do. He doesn't feel he has the strength needed to help Theo through this medical problem. Medavoy and Jones interview the person who was seen fleeing the scene of the rape and he reveals that his friend was allowed to come over for sex, with veng
#7 - Dead and Gone
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 4
A baby in a car is the innocent victim of an apparent drive-by shooting. Lois contacts Andy because a cop she was entertaining died in a compromising position. Andy moves the body to a less conspicuous location. Lesniak's ex-lover keeps harassing her. Kelly's future with the police department is decided as IAB comes to the precinct to reinvestigate some of his old cases. Haverill has Kelly transferred to borough dispatch duty. Kelly's reaction is to quit.
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#8 - 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.
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#9 - 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.
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#10 - Dead Girl Walking
NYPD Blue - Season 6 - Episode 13
A woman's body is discovered in a ditch and the detectives begin their investigation when Fancy calls Sipowicz and Sorenson back to the squad. Back at the squad, Dornan (who was demoted back to Detective) is there with his Lieutenant. They are looking to raid a supply of weapons that are located in the 15th precinct. The raid turns up the weapons, but no suspects. Meanwhile, the ditch victim's mother positively ID's her daughter's body, but her daughter is actually alive and knows who killed the woman who had her ID. Kirkendall and Russell suspect the mother was looking to commit fraud with an insurance company. A stakeout is begun with the weapons store, then suddenly Fancy is shot at with an automatic weapon, his vest protects most of his body, but he is grazed in the arm. For Sipowicz's sake, Sorenson finds out from IAB's Martens, why Dornan was busted, it wasn't because of the Suarez case. Russell must deal with Bobby's old tenant, Henry Coffield, Bobby left him his pigeons.
#11 - UnAmerican Grafitti
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 16
Simone and Sipowicz investigate the murder of a Puerto Rican teen because he used to make some paintings in Little Italy. Greg meets Donna's former lover and she makes a decision about her relationship with him. Sylvia is mugged and later tells Andy a secret from her past.
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#12 - Yes, We Have No Cannolis
NYPD Blue - Season 4 - Episode 3
An ex-con that put away year ago, meets him on the street and tells him about a prisoner who's been serving time for a crime he didn't commit. James wins the election by three votes, much to Gotelli's dismay. Savino stops by and gives Bobby the status on the murder in his building and asks that he talk with Henry. Fancy's root canal and other dental work make him a little edgy. Andy and Bobby do some investigating and decide to reopen the case. That angers the retired detective that closed the case five years ago. James doesn't like the way Cohen interrupts his conversation with Gina. Bobby makes some of his own inquiries in the murder in his building, but he's afraid he might be stepping on Savino's toes. Especially when after talking with Henry, he finds out something that might lead to the actual killer. Bobby and Diane discuss their relationship, but still don't come to any conclusions. The diet contest continues; Medavoy has lost 1 more pound than Andy. Andy reminds Geri that he i
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#13 - Alice Doesn't Fit Here Anymore
NYPD Blue - Season 4 - Episode 11
Diane gives her final report to Wallace and Bobby makes dinner plans with Jill. A diamond dealer and his partner report that one of the dealer's sister is missing with a bag of diamonds worth over a million dollars. The broker suspects that his sister's boyfriend is responsible. Andy and Bobby investigate and discover that it is true and then some. Gina is attacked, nearly raped and her face is slashed on her way to work. James, Greg and Diane begin an investigation. James is anxious to find the perp. Greg and Diane wisely advise James to go and stay with Gina, because if he stays it is a "recipe for disaster." They find the perp, who lawyers up right away. Fancy suggests that Andy conduct a re-interview of the skel so that Gina won't have to see him again. That decision makes Greg doubt his career choice. Andy worries about Diane's current state of mind. Bobby and Jill go to dinner as Diane goes back undercover to resolve some personal issues; when that doesn't seem to work, she calls
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#14 - You Bet Your Life
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 8
Andy's AA sponsor is beaten up by his estranged son. Simone and Sipowicz investigate the murder of a pregnant woman whose charred body leaves few clues. Martinez and Medavoy check out the story of a man who might have information about a pawn shop robbery.
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#15 - The Irvin Files
NYPD Blue - Season 7 - Episode 13
Sorenson and Sipowicz start looking into the disappearance of snooty art dealer, Noel Beller's collection. Medavoy and Jones interview a man who's reporting his wife as missing. During their interview with him, the man never looks them in the eye. A woman, Nikki Cameron, who's trying to write her first article for an art magazine about Beller, returns to the squad to give the detectives additional information about the art dealer's cousin, who had a set of keys and has returned to New York. There also is a hint of mutual interest between Nikki and Danny. A man comes in with information about the missing woman, causing Medavoy and Jones to revisit the strange husband and confirm their suspicion that he had killed his wife. After meeting Beller and his cousin, Sorenson and Sipowicz return to Beller's apartment, where they are nearly ambushed by Nikki Cameron's accomplice who's carrying a gun. Both Nikki and her accomplice are brought into the squad and Sorenson lets her know that it will
#16 - All's Wells That Ends Well
NYPD Blue - Season 5 - Episode 2
Things are back to "normal" at the squad when Bobby returns to work. Gina still hasn't officially announced anything; however, after thinking it over she accepts James' proposal for marriage. Bobby and Andy look into a shooting death that occurred during a robbery at a bar. The suspect that the patrons point to is a man whom Bobby and Andy discover is dying and was on a mixture of drugs and alcohol at the time that he shot his gun at someone. Meanwhile, the rest of the squad stakes out the hotel where a serial rapist has been committing his crimes. Gina, now anxious to get married, gets James to make arrangements for a quick ceremony. They'll have a family type ceremony later. Bobby is glad to be back on the job.
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#17 - 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.
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#18 - 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.
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#19 - Don't Kill the Messenger
NYPD Blue - Season 5 - Episode 15
Bobby and Andy investigate the murder of a nurse. Suspects include an actor, a crazy man and eventually a uniform, Tommy Richardson, from the 15th precinct. During their investigation, Andy's doctor comes to the squad to see Andy, who won't return his calls. He wants to help Andy confront what's happening to him; however, Andy goes off him because he would rather not deal with the situation. Meanwhile, Greg and Jill look into the death of a bicycle messenger who was just trying to help a man whose backpack was stolen. They determine that the backpack contained drugs. When they get a suspect in custody who won't talk, Jill figures out a clever way to get an ID. At the end of the day, Andy and Bobby's investigation points toward Richardson.
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