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NYPD Blue: Season 11

22 episodes Premiered Sep 23, 2003 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on NYPD Blue

Season 11 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of NYPD Blue Season 10.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 11 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 11: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (7): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (15): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S11·E1 Mytharc

Frickin' Fraker

Sep 23, 2003 · 60 min

The detectives investigate the shooting death of a man whose brother is a registered sex offender; and when Captain Fraker's trial gets underway, Sipowicz worries that his own test

S11·E2 Core

Your Bus, Ted

Sep 30, 2003 · 60 min

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 R

S11·E3 Core

Shear Stupidity

Oct 7, 2003 · 60 min

The detectives search for clues when a group of perpetrators torture a man for no apparent reason; a woman reports her husband as missing, but Sipowicz and Clark suspect she's not

S11·E4 Core

Porn Free

Oct 14, 2003 · 60 min

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 reach

S11·E5 Core

Keeping Abreast

Oct 21, 2003 · 60 min

The detectives investigate a strangulation murder that may be tied to one of Diane Russell's cases; Russell consults a doctor when she discovers a lump in her breast; Medavoy and J

S11·E6 Core

Andy Appleseed

Oct 28, 2003 · 60 min

Sipowicz, Russell, and Clark attempt to connect the murder of a young woman to two other killings; Medavoy and Jones investigate the shooting death of a mother whose children feare

S11·E7 Core

It's to Die For

Nov 4, 2003 · 60 min

A woman survives the serial killer's attack, and her account prompts the detectives to focus on Carlin, his partner, and a bodyguard; Medavoy and Jones investigate when an off-duty

S11·E8 Mytharc

And the Wenner Is...

Nov 18, 2003 · 60 min

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 ge

S11·E9 Core

Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax

Nov 25, 2003 · 60 min

Sipowicz and Clark search for two burglars who terrorized a retired cop and his wife; Medavoy and Jones assist an author who wrote a book on how to avoid paying income taxes; and J

S11·E10 Core

You Da Bomb

Feb 10, 2004 · 60 min

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 detonat

S11·E11 Mytharc

Passing the Stone

Feb 17, 2004 · 60 min

When a Jewish jewelry-store owner is murdered, the detectives focus their investigation on two suspects: a Caucasian man who converted to Islam, and a rap star whose expensive jewe

S11·E12 Core

Chatty Chatty Bang Bang

Mar 2, 2004 · 60 min

Sipowicz and Clark search for an African-American driver who fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident after unwittingly running over an Italian mobster's young daughter.

S11·E13 Core

Take My Wife, Please

Mar 9, 2004 · 60 min

Sipowicz and Clark investigate the shooting death of a jogger who'd been having an affair with a police officer; and Medavoy and Jones search for answers when the body of a comedy

S11·E14 Core

Colonel Knowledge

Mar 16, 2004 · 60 min

A new detective, Stan Hatcher, joins the squad; the detectives investigate a shooting death that Hatcher believes is linked to a dispute between gang members; and a man insists tha

S11·E15 Core

Old Yeller

Mar 23, 2004 · 60 min

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 investigat

S11·E16 Mytharc

On the Fence

Mar 30, 2004 · 60 min

Sipowicz searches for the truth when Hatcher is shot by a man who mistook him for a burglar; and a former pharmacist dies in a flophouse when someone fires a bullet into his room.

S11·E17 Mytharc

In Goddess We Trussed

Apr 6, 2004 · 60 min

Andy's off-duty and slightly underhanded work to prove that Hatcher killed his own wife lands him a transfer out of the 15th precinct and into the Bellevue Morgue engineered by Det

S11·E18 Core

The Brothers Grim

Apr 13, 2004 · 60 min

Haywood reopens an 18-year-old case that has Andy reliving a major mistake in his career. Meanwhile, Sipowicz and Clark investigate the death of a man whose brother was pursued by

S11·E19 Core

Peeler? I Hardly Knew Her

Apr 20, 2004 · 60 min

A man's gunshot-induced amnesia causes Jones and Medavoy to concoct an unconventional way to nail his assailant. Meanwhile, a man Sipowicz put away twenty years ago for raping and

S11·E20 Core

Traylor Trash

Apr 27, 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 vi

S11·E21 Mytharc

What's Your Poison?

May 4, 2004

A face from Clark's past makes an unwelcome return, while the key suspect in Andy's 18-year-old murder case turns up, face down. Jones helps Michael prepare to take the stand again

S11·E22 Mytharc

Who's Your Daddy?

May 11, 2004

Sipowicz investigates a murder involving the victim's current husband and ex-husband. A longtime informant gives Ronson information about an illegal gun shipment, but the suspect's

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