NYPD Blue: Season 1

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ABC | Season Premiere Date: September 21, 1993

Starring: Sherry Stringfield, Amy Brenneman, Dennis Franz

Summary: David Caruso and Dennis Franz star has New York cops in this gritty, realistic drama that explores its characters with more depth than previous cop shows had in the past.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E22. Rockin' Robin
Air Date: May 17, 1994
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S1:E21. Guns 'n Rosaries
Air Date: May 10, 1994
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S1:E20. Good Time Charlie
Air Date: May 3, 1994

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David Hiltbrand

Jun 26, 2013

Strikingly shot, wonderfully cast, this tough, taut, atmospheric show is the season's best new series. Read full review

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Lon Grahnke

Apr 3, 2013

Take away the nude lovemaking scene, the revolutionary level of potent cussing, the curiosity-stirring controversies surrounding Steven Bochco's premeditated shock elements, and NYPD Blue remains one helluva cop show. [21 Sept 1993, p.35]

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Tom Shales

Apr 3, 2013

A compelling and sometimes harrowing hour of high-tension urban trauma, different from Bochco's "Hill Street Blues" and at least as good as any other drama series now on the air. It delivers a good, stiff shock now and then, and what's wrong with that? It's surely preferable to shows that lull you into numbness. [21 Sept 1993, p.D1]

Robert P. Laurence

Apr 3, 2013

NYPD Blue is telling a tough, engrossing story about several fascinating characters...Chief among them is the grimly determined but not humorless Kelly, played by David Caruso with an irresistibly cool, understated intensity. Caruso's performance is the perfect counterpoint to that of Dennis Franz as the constantly fuming, embittered Detective Andy Sipowicz, Kelly's partner. [19 Sept 1993, p.TV-6]

Richard Zoglin

Jul 2, 2013

A crackling good TV show, probably Bochco's best since Hill Street Blues. Better than Hill Street in some ways: sleeker, more focused, less distracted by those often annoying comic interludes. Read full review

Bruce Westbrook

Apr 3, 2013

The acting is strong. The music is urgent. The on-location shooting - with many exteriors - has a gritty Gotham authenticity. And the directorial style is crisp and energized. [21 Sept 1993, p.H1]

Marilynne S. Mason

Apr 3, 2013

The show is a mixed bag. The story line is formulaic, but the dark tone is skillfully shaded in gray. The approach to sex is basically gratuitous, sexist, and tiresome - more banal male fantasies. The handling of violence is at least concerned with consequences. There are too many stock characters, and the speedy pace is manipulative, but the camera work is excellent in the pilot, and the character development of the show's protagonist is one of the most interesting ever created for a weekly cop show. [21 Sept 2003, p.13]

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  Air Date: September 21, 2004
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  Air Date: September 23, 2003
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  Air Date: September 24, 2002
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  Air Date: November 6, 2001
Season 8

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  Air Date: January 9, 2001
Season 7

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  Air Date: January 11, 2000
Season 6

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  Air Date: October 20, 1998
Season 5

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  Air Date: September 30, 1997
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  Air Date: October 15, 1996
Season 3

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  Air Date: October 24, 1995
Season 2

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  Air Date: October 11, 1994
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 21, 1993
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  S1:E22. Rockin' Robin
  Air Date: May 17, 1994
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  S1:E21. Guns 'n Rosaries
  Air Date: May 10, 1994
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  S1:E20. Good Time Charlie
  Air Date: May 3, 1994
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  S1:E19. Serge the Concierge
  Air Date: March 29, 1994
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  S1:E18. Zeppo Marks Brothers
  Air Date: March 22, 1994
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  S1:E17. Black Men Can Jump
  Air Date: March 1, 1994
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  S1:E16. A Sudden Fish
  Air Date: February 15, 1994
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  S1:E15. Steroid Roy
  Air Date: February 8, 1994
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  S1:E14. Jumpin' Jack Fleishman
  Air Date: January 18, 1994
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  S1:E13. Abandando Abandoned
  Air Date: January 11, 1994
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  S1:E12. Up on the Roof
  Air Date: January 4, 1994
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  S1:E11. From Hare to Eternity
  Air Date: December 14, 1993
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  S1:E10. Oscar, Meyer, Weiner
  Air Date: December 7, 1993
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  S1:E9. Ice Follies
  Air Date: November 30, 1993
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  S1:E8. Tempest in a C-Cup
  Air Date: November 16, 1993
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  S1:E7. NYPD Lou
  Air Date: November 2, 1993
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  S1:E6. Personal Foul
  Air Date: October 26, 1993
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  S1:E5. Emission Accomplished
  Air Date: October 19, 1993
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  S1:E4. True Confessions
  Air Date: October 12, 1993
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  S1:E3. Brown Appetit
  Air Date: October 5, 1993
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  S1:E2. 4B or Not 4B
  Air Date: September 28, 1993
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: September 21, 1993