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Josh Astrachan is a fictional character portrayed by Ray LaTulipe in the TV series NYPD Blue.
They appear in 62 episodes out of a total of 261 aired

Josh Astrachan

by Ray LaTulipe

character

Episodes62

  • 7.5
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    Torah! Torah! Torah!

    episode S3.E2 october 1995
    Medavoy and Sipowicz go undercover as Hasidic Jews to recover a stolen Torah. Meanwhile, Simone gets a case where a father suspects his intellectually disabled son of killing his daughter. Detective Stuart Morrissey tactics with the suspect does not sit well with Lt. Fancy, despite the facts that the case match the one Simone are working on. Also, Sylvia visits a doctor who confirms that she's pregnant, and Lesniak keeps checking up on Martinez still in the hospital.
  • 7.6
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    Sorry, Wong Suspect

    episode S3.E9 january 1996
    Medavoy and his wife, Marie, split up once again and she comes down to the station to have some hard words with Donna, while he decides to crash there since he cannot afford a place to live. Meanwhile, Simone and Sipowicz team up with Detective Harold Ng to probe the death of a Chinese girl whose leg has a strange marking on it which may have been self inflicted. Martinez and Lesniak look into the robbery case where a woman in a wheelchair lets a man claiming to be a policeman into her apartment, while the husband reveals a clue to Martinez that he has been seeing a prostitute on a regular basis and whose pimp might have planned the robbery. Elsewhere, Sipowicz does not want to accompany Sylvia to her latest doctor's visit, and Martinez gets an opportunity to find out where Lesniak really stands on her sexuality if she's really gay.
  • 7.8
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    These Old Bones

    episode S3.E12 february 1996
    A strange woman walks into the precinct and gives Sipowicz and Medavoy some information about a disappearance that occurred eight years ago and where the body may be located. Meanwhile, domestic violence in Russell's parents apartment leads to tragedy when her drunken father is found murdered in their apartment and her brother, Doug, claims to have shot him in self defense. But Simone thinks otherwise and presses to get the truth about what really happened to her Russell's father and soon learns that Russell's simpleton mother in fact did the deed and Doug is trying to take the rap out of blind loyalty to the family.
  • 8.1
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    Auntie Maimed

    episode S3.E19 april 1996
    Sylvia is now nine months pregnant and ready to give birth any day so Sipowicz is on the edge. Meanwhile, Simone and Sipowicz, with Andy Jr. along for the ride, investigate a case where the drug-addicted nephew of the victim of a robbery-homicide is found holding the stolen goods. Meanwhile, Medavoy, Martinez, Lesniak, and Russell all join forces to work on the robbery-murder of a bouncer where the leads first lead to a biker, then to a check cashing forger, and to his co-worker. In the mist of the investigation, Martinez and Lesniak finally reach an agreement that they are not right for each other and quietly break up by agreeing to try a platonic relationship. Also, Donna contemplates an administrative job offer in California.
  • 7.9
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    He's Not Guilty, He's My Brother

    episode S3.E22 may 1996
    Sipowicz meets with a priest to talk about his troubles and finally sees the light. Afterwards, he, Simone, and Russell work together to investigate a robbery where an auto mechanic got shot to death. Following the apprehension of a wounded suspect, the detectives also arrest the suspect's younger brother who is unwilling to make a statement against his brother out of blind loyalty. Meanwhile, Medavoy works on finding a new place to live while he, Martinez and Lesniak work on finding the suspect of a drug-related double murder. John Irvin passes out farewell notices to the employees when he announces that he is moving back to the 1st Precinct uptown. Simone and Russell plan a trip to the beach. Medavoy meets Anne McGuire, a new detective, while working on his case. Elsewhere, Lucy is disruptive at work and Fancy tries to find a way to transfer her out of the building. Baby Theo gets baptized which seems to bring Sipowitz and Sylvia back together.
  • 7.9
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    Where's 'Swaldo

    episode S4.E4 november 1996
    An African-American community activist, named Kwasi, with whom Sipowicz had a previous run-in, is found murdered in a drive-by shooting. Simone and Sipowicz investigate, and Sipowicz rekindles Fancy's and Kwasi's family's anger over the previous incident. Meanwhile, Martinez and Medavoy investigate a homicide at a bodega and have a hard time getting witnesses to cooperate.
  • 7.8
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    Where'd the Van Gogh?

    episode S4.E5 november 1996
    A foreign prince and princess are assaulted - the princess goes into a coma. Sipowicz and Simone investigate, with Mike Roberts help, who provides them with some information about Prince Foresmann's contacts over some stolen artwork. Meanwhile, Martinez's first delegate situation gets a resolution that keeps Officer Ortiz out of trouble with the department. This doesn't work out as planned when two women claiming to be his wife are arrested in a scuffle. Russell begins a new undercover job that involves her getting into a relationship with alleged drug dealer, Jimmy Liery, that might require her to start drinking again. Elsewhere, Geri continues to try to win Sipowicz's affections and Medavoy for once feels good about himself after his diet. Also, Martinez asks the anti-crime PAA, Gina Colon, out on a date.
  • 8.1
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    Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure

    episode S4.E7 december 1996
    Simone and Sipowicz investigate a claim of sexual assault against a mentally disabled 17-year-old schoolgirl, after her domineering and verbally abusive mother reports it. They try to persuade her to press charges against the two assailants. The alleged assailants are from privileged backgrounds who attend an exclusive prep school. One is the son of sleazy councilman Paul Manos, with whom the detectives had problems a year earlier. Meanwhile, a young man who speaks only gibberish, known to Sipowicz who had him committed four years ago, appears at the station and causes a minor scene -- trying to get someone to listen to him about a problem he now has. Sipowicz investigates. Meanwhile, Russell continues her undercover work and relationship with Jimmy, who shows off his true psychopathology when he beats up a roller blader who had accidentally bumped into Russell.
  • 7.8
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    My Wild Irish Nose

    episode S4.E10 january 1997
    A woman comes into the station to report that there's a bullet hole in her wall. The gun is found in Jimmy Liery's apartment and Simone arrests Jimmy, but has to let him go as there isn't enough evidence to hold him. Simone finds out that Russell unsuccessfully attempted to scare Jimmy by firing a shot over his head. Simone decides to remove Jimmy unlawfully by setting him up to take a fall. Meanwhile, Sipowicz is still angry at Fancy who thinks he held up his promotion. Following a tip from a young runaway teenage boy, named Marco, Medavoy and Martinez investigate the murder of an apartment building tenant. Also, artist Walter Hoyt (from ep. UnAmerican Graffiti) returns and wants the detectives help to get his paintings returned from some mob guys that he is a witness against.
  • 7.7
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    A Remington Original

    episode S4.E14 february 1997
    Simone and Sipowicz investigate the murder of a woman whose body was found naked in the trunk of a car in a junk yard which leads them to a pervert with a penchant for lookalike porn actresses. Meanwhile, Martinez and Medavoy investigate a man who was found dead with a severe blow to his head from a typewriter. Simone hires Henry to take care of a painting job in the tenement building, where Henry comes in complaining about a difficult tenant. The emotionally and physically scarred Gina returns to work (with a large vertical scar across her left face), and Russell is working through her issues with her family problems by meeting a counselor.
  • 7.3
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    What a Dump!

    episode S4.E16 february 1997
    Sipowicz and Simone investigate the murder of a woman whose body was found dumped in an alley and information about the mystery woman reveals that the woman was a mail-order bride from Russia who was looking to divorce her husband. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Martinez look into the drive-by shooting on a city bus. When one of the passengers mouths off his hatred of gays, both Medavoy and Abby become angry in which Medavoy slides on a further decline when he breaks his diet and begins to show off aggressive methods against the smart-mouthed gang members they bring in for interrogation. Elsewhere, Sipowicz starts working a part-time job for the U.S. Marshall by doing garbage detail at J.F.K. airport.
  • 7.7
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    Emission Impossible

    episode S4.E20 may 1997
    Five Ecuadorians are found murdered at a small nightclub in an apparent robbery gone bad. Sipowicz, Simone, and Martinez work on the case where a tip from a waiter at the club leads them to try to find the two killers responsible. Meanwhile, Simone begins his undercover work for the FBI when he secretly meets with Joey Salvo who wants Simone to run a license plate number for him. Also, Russell and Medavoy are looking into a suspect in a spouse abuse case where Medavoy's commitment to Abby and Kathy hampers the investigation due to Medavoy's emotional attitude. Also, Medavoy discovers that Detective Gotelli is stealing money out of his locker in the light of his medical condition.
  • 9.1
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    Lost Israel: Part 2

    episode S5.E9 december 1997
    After Israel hangs himself, Sipowicz investigates a clue which is a bible verse that Israel pointed out to him, which leads Sipowicz and Simone to set up a complex sting operation to find out if the father of the murdered boy really was the one that set the whole Israel frame-up. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Martinez look into a doctor who is helping out the homeless by getting them a job with insurance benefits that he helps collect.
  • 7.7
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    Remembrance of Humps Past

    episode S5.E10 december 1997
    Sipowicz is visited by an old school friend who asks him to help talk to his daughter about the company she is keeping, which takes a turn when the woman's roommate turns up murdered and Sipowicz thinks that another one of his old high school friends was involved. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Martinez look into a case where a man is getting a lot of teeth that contain gold fillings and they uncover a small grave robbing operation. Simone overhears Naomi talking with a different accent, and she tells him that she is actually from Australia and about her desire to become a policewoman.
  • 7.9
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    Don't Kill the Messenger

    episode S5.E15 february 1998
    Simone and Sipowicz investigate the murder of a nurse where the suspects include a struggling actor, a crazy man, and eventually a uniformed officer from the precinct named Tommy Richardson. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Kirkendall look into the death of a bicycle messenger who was killed for just trying to help a man whose backpack was stolen, so they determine that the backpack contained drugs. When they get a suspect into custody, Kirkendall figures out a clever way to get an ID on the suspect who won't cooperate. Also, Sipowicz's doctor tries to talk to him about how to deal with his medical problem, but Sipowicz won't listen.
  • 8.5
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    The One That Got Away

    episode S5.E16 march 1998
    Richardson confronts Sipowicz and Simone about their impending questioning of his wife over the murder of the nurse, but with the exception that Richardson is a real bad person, Sipowicz and Simone reach nothing. In a cross-over from the series "Upstairs", former temp and private detective John Irvin stops by the station to tell the detectives about the new graphics art business he started. But with the exception of the receptionist Dolores, no one is around, including Medavoy who leaves in a hurry for upstate New York where Abby now lives to be by her side when she goes into labor. Meanwhile, Kirkendall and Russell look into the theft of a graduate film student's camera, where only the student seems more interested in dispensing his own justice. Also, Sylvia finally learns about Sipowicz's medical condition from his doctor and finally persuades him to go for further tests and possible surgery.
  • 8.3
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    Speak for Yourself, Bruce Clayton

    episode S5.E17 march 1998
    Simone and Sipowicz look into the shooting of two women (one of whom was killed) who were raped by a group of men in an apartment owned by a former crack dealer, named Jamal, who was crippled in a previous shooting incident. Sipowicz confides in Simone about his medical condition when Simone sees Sipowicz's doctor pull him aside and talk to him confidentially. Meanwhile, Kirkendall, Russell and Medavoy investigate a shooting at a clinic. When they get a woman suspect into custody, a security guard from the clinic who was her secret admirer comes to the precinct demanding she get a second chance.
  • 8.5
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    Honeymoon at Viagra Falls

    episode S5.E22 may 1998
    Simone and Sipowicz work with Cohen to investigate the death of one of Cohen's witnesses and her son. Evidence points to the opposing attorney having some involvement with the arrangement of the homicide. Meanwhile, Russell and Kirkendall try to help a man locate his missing daughter. Medavoy and Martinez look into a corporation dealing with fake sports memorabilia, where Medavoy is taken in with the blond employees who reminds him of the departed Donna. Also, when Sipowicz thinks about his low sexual functions, his doctor prescribes the wonder drug Viagra. In the mist of all the cases, Simone and Russell decide to get married on their lunch break, but their cases get in the way of it all.
  • 7.5
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    Raphael's Inferno

    episode S6.E14 march 1999
    Sorenson and Sipowicz investigate the murder of a nine-year-old girl whose body was discovered inside a locked basement. Medavoy and Martinez assist an elderly man who believes that his young girlfriend was pressured into embezzling money from him.
  • 8.1
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    Don't Meth with Me

    episode S6.E17 april 1999
    The team investigate a courier firm robbery where Mike Roberts works, which looks like an inside job. An old lady dies, her apartment is robbed, and her nasty sister makes an impression.
  • 8.1
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    I'll Draw You a Mapp

    episode S6.E20 may 1999
    ADA Costas prepares for the trial against Cullinan, and chooses Sorenson to testify over her husband. A man is shot dead in his apartment, and his wife's story about Latinos looking for drugs doesn't add up.
  • 7.9
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    These Shoots Are Made for Joaquin

    episode S7.E5 february 2000
    James passes his sergeant's exam. Jill's ex-husband could be causing problems for Jill.
  • 8
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    Brothers Under Arms

    episode S7.E6 february 2000
    It's James' last day with the squad before he moves on as a sergeant. Jill's ex is in the wind and causing more problems for Jill.
  • 8.3
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    Along Came Jones

    episode S7.E7 february 2000
    Medavoy gets a new partner. A cop is shot and killed. Diane seeks counsel from Andy about whether to tell Jill what she knows about her ex.
  • 8.1
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    Everybody Plays the Mule

    episode S7.E8 february 2000
    A woman is run over by a bus, she was already dead when she was tossed from a van. Two Russian boys go missing after their father says he left them with his sister.
  • 8.3
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    Daveless in New York

    episode S8.E1 january 2001
    The detectives investigate a multiple homicide at a fast food restaurant; an addict gives his 5 & a half year-old daughter to a drug dealer as collateral on an overdue loan; Internal Affairs reopens the Kirkendall case.
  • 7.9
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    Waking Up Is Hard to Do

    episode S8.E2 january 2001
    Danny wakes up in Diane's bed. Andy and Katie get Theo's test results. A former colleague of Bobby's reaches out to Diane from prison. The team investigate a series of cab-driver shootings.
  • 7.7
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    Fools Russian

    episode S8.E5 february 2001
    Diane turns to a friend at the Survivor's Network for help. A body is pulled from the water. Two Chinese men are brought in handcuffed together. The new computers arrive.
  • 7.8
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    Writing Wrongs

    episode S8.E6 february 2001
    A schoolgirl is found dead. Andy asks Eddie's niece on a date. John babysits Theo for the first time.
  • 8.1
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    Russellmania

    episode S8.E8 february 2001
    Fancy bawls out Diane and Danny about being in a relationship. A man traveling on the subway is killed. Denby is implicated in the courier scam.
  • 7.5
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    Oh Golly Goth

    episode S8.E9 march 2001
    Danny could be in big trouble for roughing up a suspect. Detective Connie McDowell joins the team for the day.
  • 7.7
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    Thumb Enchanted Evening

    episode S8.E12 march 2001
    A man loses his penis. Fancy makes Captain and the incoming Lieutenant is a ball-breaker. Andy is having second thoughts about Cynthia. A mob hit-man sings like a canary and implicates a celebrated Customs officer.
  • 8.4
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    Flight of Fancy

    episode S8.E13 april 2001
    A man caught carrying a cash register takes Andy and Danny to a body. Fancy is packing up to leave. His replacement alienates the squad before he's even left.
  • 8.3
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    Nariz a Nariz

    episode S8.E14 april 2001
    Rodriguez mediates when Sipowicz and Sorenson clash with detectives from another squad anxious to solve a multiple murder case; Medavoy and Jones try their hand at making extra cash by cleaning up murder scenes.
  • 8.1
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    Under Covers

    episode S8.E19 may 2001
    Sipowicz and Sorenson investigate the murder of a drug dealer, while Sorenson continues to see the stripper, Kristen, who draws him into a favor for the owners of the Tailfeathers club.
  • 8.2
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    Cops and Robber

    episode S9.E5 november 2001
    When Clark's badge is stolen, the squad scrambles to find the thief before Clark must report the loss, which could ruin his career. McDowell and Gibson investigate a murder involving a young pregnant girl.
  • 8
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    Baby Love

    episode S9.E6 december 2001
    The squad investigates the theft of a baby from a hospital, and the arson of an Arab-owned business.
  • 8
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    Mom's Away

    episode S9.E7 december 2001
    The squad investigates the murder of two drug dealers, and the discovery of a body mistakenly listed as a victim of the World Trade Center attack. McDowell arrests the daughter she gave up for adoption.
  • 8.4
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    Jealous Hearts

    episode S9.E10 january 2002
    Sipowicz, Clark, Medavoy and Jones investigate a double homicide at a Latino restaurant. McDowell and Ortiz contend with a possibly mentally unstable woman who's posing as a cop.
  • 7.6
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    Safari, So Good

    episode S9.E13 february 2002
    The detectives investigate the separate murders of two supposedly upstanding citizens: an ex-convict turned community activist and a doctor who donated time to helping drug addicts and prostitutes.
  • 8.4
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    Gypsy Woe's Me

    episode S9.E17 march 2002
    The squad investigates two homicides: a gay man who hit his head after being punched out and another man shot on the street. Rodriguez is set-up by iab to take a bribe from an old friend.
  • 7.7
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    Dead Meat in New Deli

    episode S9.E21 may 2002
    An unreliable witness and an overzealous detective hinder a murder investigation; a con artist scam leads the squad to a sex-slavery operation; McDowell agrees to join Sipowicz and Theo at a theme park.
  • 7.7
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    One in the Nuts

    episode S10.E3 october 2002
    Andy and John attend a shooting where a man is shot in the groin. Connie's sister turns up, pregnant and beaten by her husband.
  • 7.8
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    Maya Con Dios

    episode S10.E6 october 2002
    Maya's partner in anti-crime is killed. A little girl is snatched off the street. Connie becomes foster-mother to her niece.
  • 8.2
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    Das Boots

    episode S10.E7 november 2002
    Connie struggles to settle with the baby. A woman is found dead in a vacant lot. Another is found dead in the laundry room of her building. The Lieutenant dresses up for a lunch.
  • 7.6
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    Below the Belt

    episode S10.E8 november 2002
    When NYPD Auxiliary Police Officer Heather Peterson is murdered, the detectives find her diary that details the sexual habits of the police officers at the 15th precinct. These findings cause the detectives to suspect the officers of the 15th precinct had something to do with her death, and the investigation of the cops cause tension between the officers and the detectives.
  • 8.4
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    Half-Ashed

    episode S10.E9 november 2002
    IAB start interviewing the officers who were in the diary, and Sipowicz and Clark are blamed as rats. A social worker appears to have taken her own life. A former cop wants his ashes buried at the precinct.
  • 8.6
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    Arrested Development

    episode S10.E12 january 2003
    Clark is placed under arrest after police find heroin in his car; detectives search for clues when a woman is beaten to death with a cordless drill; a murder victim's obsession with clean living may have led to his demise.
  • 7.8
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    Off the Wall

    episode S10.E17 april 2003
    Jones accidentally shoots a 13-year-old boy while pursuing a murder suspect; McDowell and Ortiz search for answers when a man whom police escorted from the scene of a domestic dispute is found dead.
  • 8.3
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    Meet the Grandparents

    episode S10.E19 april 2003
    As Andy and Connie prepare to finalize the adoption of baby Michelle, Frank Colahan's mom and dad show up. Connie sweetly and sincerely tells them they want the grandparents to be part of Michelle's life to the fullest extent possible.
  • 8.1
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    Maybe Baby

    episode S10.E20 may 2003
    The murder of a man who frequented a betting parlor leads Sipowicz to an old friend; Jones searches for the man who attacked Haywood; the detectives research the Colahans' background.
  • 8
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    Your Bus, Ted

    episode S11.E2 september 2003
    Sipowicz and Clark investigate the death of a transvestite whom a friend insists was having a relationship with a married man; a surgeon's hand is badly cut during a robbery; and Rodriguez testifies in the Fraker trial.
  • 7.4
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    Porn Free

    episode S11.E4 october 2003
    The detectives investigate the strangulation death of a former porn star; a thirteen-year-old boy holds the key in implicating his father in his mother's murder; and the jury reaches a verdict in the Captain Fraker trial.
  • 8.9
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    And the Wenner Is...

    episode S11.E8 november 2003
    When another woman is murdered by the serial killer, the detectives arrest a suspect... and discover the killer's identity; and expecting a baby, Sipowicz and McDowell decide to get married.
  • 8.5
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    You Da Bomb

    episode S11.E10 february 2004
    A man armed with a bomb walks into the station house and handcuffs himself to McDowell; unless the detectives release a Russian mobster from jail in one hour, the bomb will detonate.
  • 7.8
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    Old Yeller

    episode S11.E15 march 2004
    A kidnapping victim's startling statement clues Andy and John in on a serial sadist keeping women locked in a dungeon somewhere in New York. Meanwhile, a routine robbery investigation takes a saucy turn for Medavoy after he makes an unlikely connection with the 60-year-old victim.
  • 8.3
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    Traylor Trash

    episode S11.E20 april 2004
    Andy and John approach Mrs Clifton for help with her daughter's murder. Jennifer turns up out of the blue, apparently off her meds. A man is shot, apparently over a church and a video tape.
  • 8.4
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    Great Balls of Ire

    episode S12.E3 october 2004
    When a convicted rapist is found shot to death, his victims become suspects in the murder investigation; and Sipowicz searches for answers when a stranger targets Theo as he walks home from school.
  • 8.2
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    Divorce, Detective Style

    episode S12.E4 october 2004
    The detectives investigate the death of a phone-sex operator and the kidnapping of a wealthy man's son; and Clark's tryst with a murder suspect is used to derail the prosecutor's case.
  • 8.4
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    I Love My Wives, But Oh You Kid

    episode S12.E12 december 2004
    A call-girl's death is linked to other murders involving women who'd gone through rehab; Ortiz and Murphy investigate the death of an artist who'd been carrying on an affair with a wealthy man married to two other women.
  • 8.4
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    Stratis Fear

    episode S12.E14 january 2005
    Sipowicz and Clark investigate the stabbing death of a coffee-shop owner who was attracted to young girls; Ortiz tries to keep her cousin out of trouble; and Medavoy and Jones link a murder to a paralyzed police officer and his family.
  • 8.8
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    Old Man Quiver

    episode S12.E16 february 2005
    The detectives investigate the smothering death of an elderly man married to a voluptuous woman in her 20s; and a state judge pressures Medavoy and Jones to find out who poisoned her mother.