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Ride along with the boys in blue.
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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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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Episode 1
Martinez is shot when he and Medavoy walk in on a bar robbery. One of the robbers gets protection from the DA for information, which upsets James' colleagues. Sylvia breaks some news to Sipowicz, while Simone and Russell try for a reconcilliation.
Directed by Mark TinkerWritten by David Milch, David Mills, David Mills
Episode 2
An ill man is accused of killing his sister, but Simone suspects otherwise. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Sipowicz go under cover to recover a stolen Jewish icon. Sipowicz struggles to keep a secret.
Directed by Donna DeitchWritten by Bill Clark, Theresa Rebeck, Theresa RebeckGuest stars Sam Rockwell
Episode 3
Simone and Sipowicz get a break in a rape case when a man fitting the assailants description is seen in the station. Russell has to resolve her families domestic problems. Meanwhile, Martinez, on his first day back, gets some disappointing news from Lesniak.
Directed by Michael M. RobinWritten by Gardner SternGuest stars George DiCenzo, Jon Polito, Cress Williams, David Harris
Episode 4
A baby and a small child are shot and killed in a robbery. Sipowicz's bad mood hinders the investigation and causes a rift with Simone.
Directed by Elodie KeeneWritten by Bill Clark, Leonard Gardner, Leonard GardnerGuest stars Jasmine Guy, Raymond Cruz, David Harris
Episode 5
Ronnie Drucker, a detective under investigation, is reassigned to the 15th squad and compromises Simone. A young girl, confused by drugs, is the only witness to a shooting in a laundromat.
Directed by Mark TinkerWritten by David Milch, Nicholas WoottonGuest stars Larry Joshua
Episode 6
Simone and Sipowicz investigate the murder of an Indian woman, found strangled in her locked car. Medavoy and Martinez arrest a man acting strangely and find he's involved in a credit card scam. Lesniak and Russell team up to trap a gun dealer. Simone gets over-protective and makes Russell angry.
Directed by Jim CharlestonWritten by Bill Clark, Leonard Gardner, Leonard GardnerGuest stars Camille Saviola
Episode 7
An ex-boxer, an old friend of Simone's, refuses to admit he's getting forgetful. The FBI take over a kidnap case, but Simone and Sipowicz find an informant and work the case on their own.
Directed by Davis GuggenheimWritten by David Mills
Episode 8
Simone's old pal Ray turns informant, from jail, in order to get a reduced sentence, but things don't go to plan. A father takes deadly revenge to protect his bullied son. Medavoy has to placate 2 actors who come to blows on stage.
Directed by Adam NimoyWritten by Bill Clark, Theresa Rebeck, Theresa RebeckGuest stars Anthony Stewart Head, V.P. Oliver, William Youmans, Ed Wasser
Episode 9
A young girl is found stabbed, in Chinatown. Suspicion falls on the ex-boyfriend. Simone & Sipowicz Investigate. Martinez & Lezniak have to investigate a robbery, together, despite the bad feeling between them. Medavoy moves into the bunk-room.
Directed by Michael M. RobinWritten by Bill Clark, Gardner Stern, Gardner Stern
Episode 10
A basketball game, held in the memory of a young boy, erupts into violence. 2 dead, 7 wounded. Andy has a race relation's problem with the organizer of the event that was witnessed by a reporter. Fancy and Sipowicz's relationship is on shaky ground as details of this event come to light and Andy is removed from the case.
Directed by Mark TinkerWritten by David Mills, William L. Morris
Episode 11
A girl's body is found, burned, in an abandoned basement. Information from the husband of the girl's best friend points to a Russian, who had tried to date her, but had been refused. Simone puts together a scenario, involving the husband and 2 of his associates. Medavoy gets some overtime, on bodyguard duty and gets lucky in the card school.
Directed by Perry LangWritten by Bill Clark, Leonard Gardner, Leonard GardnerGuest stars Dan Lauria, Sasha Jenson, Tony Burton, Jeris Poindexter, Bill Henderson, Ernie Lee Banks, Carmine Caridi, Courtney Delancey
Episode 12
A bruised and battered wife tells Sipowicz that her husband claimed to have killed somebody 8 years previously. Sipowicz follows a trail, leading back to 2 previous relationships. Russell is told that her father has been shot and killed. Her brother claims to have done it, but Simone thinks he's not telling the whole truth.
Directed by Donna DeitchWritten by Theresa Rebeck
Episode 13
Russell gets a lawyer for her mother. Simone and Sipowicz investigate the shooting of a known mobster's son. Suspicion falls on his younger brother, but the father interferes with the search. Medavoy and Russell get a call to where a woman has been shot, while in bed. Her son tells Russell that he got a message, from his step-father, confessing to the shooting. His rich step-father's lawyer makes difficulties.
Directed by Elodie KeeneWritten by Bill Clark, Nicholas Wootton, Nicholas WoottonGuest stars David Harris, James Sloyan
Episode 14
Martinez and Lezniak's relationship takes a step forward. Simone and Sipowicz are called to a bloody murder scene with satanistic overtones. A doctor is mugged and shot on a visit to his secretary's apartment. Russell and Medavoy feel the wrath of his wife's anger.
Directed by Mark TinkerWritten by Bill Clark, Gardner Stern, Gardner SternGuest stars Bill Cobbs
Episode 15
A University Professor is found decapitated. His mother gives Simone and Sipowicz a hard time. Lezniak gets jealous when Martinez meets a porn star. Andy's son turns up, out of the blue.
Directed by Randall ZiskWritten by Bill Clark, David Mills, David MillsGuest stars Dan Castellaneta, Anne Haney, Michael DeLuise, Vanessa del Rio
Episode 16
After a young girl is strangled and thrown from a roof, Simone and Sipowicz find a similar case in another district. The investigating officer comes to the 15th, to share information and immediately gets in Andy's bad books. Russell and Martinez disagree over the claims of rape made by a woman, against a married schoolteacher. Sipowicz and Andy Junior go 'on the street'.
Directed by Perry LangWritten by Bill Clark, Theresa Rebeck, Theresa Rebeck
Episode 17
Medavoy and Martinez investigate the murder of a voodoo priest. Russell gets assigned to help a drug enforcement team, working in the Precinct. Simone spots an old acquaintance, Hollie, who used to give him good information.
Directed by Davis GuggenheimWritten by Bill Clark, David Simon, David SimonGuest stars Danny Trejo
Episode 18
A dead man is found, dumped in an alley. His name has possible mob connections. Donna gives Russell information about a possible hi-jack. A surveillance op goes wrong, when Simone and Sipowicz assist the FBI.
Directed by Mark TinkerWritten by Bill Clark, Leonard Gardner, Leonard Gardner
Episode 19
A woman is found, murdered, in her apartment. Neighbours fingers point at the junkie nephew. Simone and Sipowicz investigate. Medavoy and Martinez search for a biker, seen in a bar, where the bouncer is beaten to death. Sylvia nears the end of her pregnancy.
Directed by Michael W. WatkinsWritten by Bill Clark, Nicholas Wootton, Nicholas WoottonGuest stars Andrew W. Walker, Dennis Burkley
Episode 20
After a shooting at a bar, Simone and Sipowicz are sent to the hospital and find that they know one of the victims. The whole squad is involved in the hunt for the killers.
Directed by Mark TinkerWritten by Michael Daly
Episode 21
The hunt for AJ's killers continues.
Directed by David RosenbloomWritten by Bill Clark, David Mills, David Mills
Episode 22
Simone and Sipowicz go to a shooting at a paint shop. A suspect is located in hospital, with a bullet wound. The other detectives go to a shooting in an alley, where the victim has bullet holes, but no sign og blood.
Directed by Michael M. RobinWritten by Bill Clark, Robert Glaudini, Robert GlaudiniGuest stars Sierra Pecheur, Tobin Bell
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Dennis FranzAndy Sipowicz
David CarusoJohn Kelly
Mark-Paul GosselaarJohn Clark Jr.
Jimmy SmitsBobby Simone
Rick SchroderDanny Sorenson
Henry SimmonsBaldwin Jones
Sherry StringfieldLaura Michaels
Kim DelaneyDiane Russell
ABCUnited States
Steven Bochco ProductionsUnited States
20th Century Fox TelevisionUnited States
20th TelevisionUnited States
