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The Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 4

Every episode of NYPD Blue Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NYPD Blue Season 4!

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Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 22 - A Draining Experience
    8.3/10(183 votes)

    S4:E22

    Simone gets caught between the FBI and IAB. Sipowicz and Russell investigate the death of a woman after getting a warning from her Psychiatrist. Medavoy and Martinez have to tread carefully when dealing with a reporter who has been mugged.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
    Writer:Jane Wallace

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  2. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 7 - Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure
    8.1/10(187 votes)

    S4:E7

    A mother claims her daughter has been raped by a gang of prep school boys. Simone investigates. Rusell is having problems working under cover. Sipowicz has to interpret the ramblings of a mentally disabled young man.

    Director:Daniel Sackheim
    Writer:Meredith Stiehm

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  3. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 12 - Upstairs, Downstairs
    8.1/10(194 votes)

    S4:E12

    Sipowicz and Russell have a heart to heart. An off duty cop, involved in a shooting, causes a rift between uniform and plain-clothes when Simone and Sipowicz investigate. A young girls body is found in a rubbish skip.

    Director:Paris Barclay
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 21 - Is Paris Burning?
    8.1/10(178 votes)

    S4:E21

    Medavoy and Martinez search for a man who hijacks a bus to get people home quicker. Simone gets into trouble with IAB. Sipowicz does his best to protect a witness to a robbery and rape.

    Director:Paris Barclay
    Writer:David Shore

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  5. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 2 - Thick Stu
    8.0/10(199 votes)

    S4:E2

    Det. Morrissey enlists the help of Andy and Bobby on his missing child case. Cotelli and Martinez tout for votes in the election for officer's rep. Medavoy and Sipowicz start their diet plans.

    Director:Brad Silberling
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 3 - Yes, We Have No Cannolis
    7.9/10(185 votes)

    S4:E3

    Simone struggles to make sense of the shooting at the apartment block, which he now owns. Meanwhile, he and Sipowicz re-open an old case, which may have imprisoned the wrong man. Greg and Andy weigh-in at the end of the first week's diet. The result is out for the Delegate's election.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 4 - Where's 'Swaldo?
    7.9/10(200 votes)

    S4:E4

    An old adversary of Sipowicz's is killed in a drug related shooting. Andy and Bobby have to investigate his involvement. Medavoy and Martinez search for the killers in a grocery store shooting.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writers:David Milch, Stephen Gaghan, Michael R. Perry

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  8. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 6 - Yes Sir, That's My Baby
    7.9/10(178 votes)

    S4:E6

    A Limo driver is shot. Witnesses blame it on the passengers. Simone and Sipowicz search for his last clients. A new female detective joins the squad and immediately gets involved with a man receiving death threats. Simone helps Savino search for the killer of the girl shot through the peep-hole.

    Director:Davis Guggenheim
    Writer:Rift Fournier

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  9. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 15 - Taillight's Last Gleaming
    7.9/10(206 votes)

    S4:E15

    Lt. Fancy falls fowl of an over zealous patrolman. Sipowicz is reminded of his son's death when he and Simone investigate a series of bar hold-ups. Martinez, Medavoy and Russell have to deal with a confidence trickster.

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:David Mills

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  10. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 5 - Where'd the Van Gogh?
    7.8/10(189 votes)

    S4:E5

    A 'Prince' is robbed of expensive paintings. Martinez gets his first case as Delegate. Russell goes under cover.

    Director:Michael M. Robin
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 10 - My Wild Irish Nose
    7.8/10(173 votes)

    S4:E10

    A young thief tells Medavoy and Martinez about a body in an apartment. Simone goes after Jimmy Leiry.

    Director:Robert J. Doherty
    Writer:Hugh Levick

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  12. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 11 - Alice Doesn't Fit Here Anymore
    7.8/10(172 votes)

    S4:E11

    Two diamond dealers claim they've been robbed of over 1 million dollars worth of diamonds - and the sister of one of them is involved. Gina is attacked at knifepoint and ends up in hospital.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 1 - Moby Greg
    7.7/10(207 votes)

    S4:E1

    Greg and Andy consider going on a diet. Simone considers his feelings for Diane. A body in a trunk leads to a gun chase and the hunt for the killer. The squad greet a new PAA.

    Director:Mark Tinker
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 9 - Caulksmanship
    7.7/10(169 votes)

    S4:E9

    Russell wakes up in Jimmy Leiry's bed and doesn't know what happened. There's been a strangling in a mainly Polish community. A man is found shot dead, in a quiet neighbourhood. Everybody knows him, but nobody saw anything.

    Director:Donna Deitch
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 13 - Tom and Geri
    7.7/10(172 votes)

    S4:E13

    A man, found hanging, places suspicion on a precinct PAA. 2 rival groups of manual workers confront each other and one of them is killed.

    Director:Adam Nimoy
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 14 - A Remington Original
    7.7/10(162 votes)

    S4:E14

    A junk yard owner finds the body of a tortured woman in the boot of a car. Gina returns to work. A man, with massive head trauma, is found on a vacant lot, next to where he lives.

    Director:Michael M. Robin
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 17 - A Wrenching Experience
    7.7/10(189 votes)

    S4:E17

    3 Latino men shoot another, who's walking with his girlfriend, in what looks to be a gang related feud. Martinez and Medavoy search for the killer of a man in a car repair shop. Russell and Kirkendall investigate the death of a baby, while in the care of a child-minder.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 20 - Emission Impossible
    7.7/10(176 votes)

    S4:E20

    A shooting in a Hispanic club leaves 3 dead and 5 wounded. A mother claims her husband beat her and raped her daughter. Medavoy awaits a call for his services. Simone is approached for information.

    Director:Robert J. Doherty
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 8 - Unembraceable You
    7.5/10(171 votes)

    S4:E8

    Simone and Sipowicz investigate a street shooting when witnesses name a man who is supposed to be in jail. Macey, a young man who was previously in the care of Lt. Fancy, is caught carrying drugs. Medavoy meets with more disappointment.

    Director:Michael M. Robin
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 16 - What a Dump!
    7.4/10(169 votes)

    S4:E16

    A dead woman, found in an alley appears to be another in a series of brutal rapes. Simone and Sipowicz investigate. The rest of the squad tries to find out why shots fired from a bus injured a woman and a child.

    Director:Perry Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 18 - I Love Lucy
    7.3/10(252 votes)

    S4:E18

    2 male transvestites, previous acquaintances of Russell's make a complaint against a boyfriend. The parents of an old school friend of Kirkendall's accuse their daughter of theft.

    Director:Kathy Bates
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. NYPD Blue Season 4 Episode 19 - Bad Rap
    7.2/10(170 votes)

    S4:E19

    Rap star 'Daddy Kool' is shot but refuses to cooperate with the police, to catch the shooter. Lt. Fancy is accused, by a uniform cop, of setting him up to rob a drugs dealer. Medavoy gets a proposition.

    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Thad Mumford

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"A Draining Experience" is the best rated episode of "NYPD Blue" season 4. It scored 8.3/10 based on 183 votes. Directed by Michael W. Watkins and written by Jane Wallace, it aired on 5/20/1997. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure".