NYPD Blue: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Moby Greg
Oct 15, 1996 · 44 min
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.
Thick Stu
Oct 22, 1996 · 46 min
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
Yes, We Have No Cannolis
Oct 29, 1996 · 44 min
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. G
Where's 'Swaldo?
Nov 12, 1996 · 45 min
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 st
Where'd the Van Gogh?
Nov 19, 1996 · 45 min
A 'Prince' is robbed of expensive paintings. Martinez gets his first case as Delegate. Russell goes under cover.
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Nov 26, 1996 · 46 min
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 w
Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure
Dec 3, 1996 · 45 min
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 ramblin
Unembraceable You
Dec 10, 1996 · 44 min
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
Caulksmanship
Dec 17, 1996 · 45 min
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. Ev
My Wild Irish Nose
Jan 7, 1997 · 45 min
A young thief tells Medavoy and Martinez about a body in an apartment. Simone goes after Jimmy Leiry.
Alice Doesn't Fit Here Anymore
Jan 14, 1997 · 46 min
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
Upstairs, Downstairs
Jan 21, 1997 · 46 min
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 g
Tom and Geri
Jan 28, 1997 · 45 min
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.
A Remington Original
Feb 11, 1997 · 46 min
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.
Taillight's Last Gleaming
Feb 18, 1997 · 44 min
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 ha
What a Dump!
Feb 25, 1997 · 44 min
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 b
A Wrenching Experience
Apr 15, 1997 · 45 min
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. Ru
I Love Lucy
Apr 22, 1997 · 45 min
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.
Bad Rap
Apr 29, 1997 · 44 min
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. Medav
Emission Impossible
May 6, 1997 · 45 min
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
Is Paris Burning?
May 13, 1997 · 44 min
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
A Draining Experience
May 20, 1997 · 45 min
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