NYPD Blue: Season 5

1997 · 22 episodes · ★ 8.0

What Season 5 of NYPD Blue

Detectives John Kelly and Andy Sipowicz work together at the 15th Precinct in Manhattan. Sipowicz is the veteran partner, but he drinks both on the job and off duty, and his behavior makes it doubtful the partnership will hold up. Kelly genuinely cares for him, though it's getting harder to put up with him. In his personal life, Sipowicz reluctantly divorces Laura and starts a relationship with Janice Licalsi, a uniformed officer whose father, also a cop, takes money from mob boss Angelo Marino. Meanwhile, the team pursues a pimp who spreads terror, along with the perpetrators of rapes and assaults against women and children.

22episodes

Sep 30, 1997premiered

May 19, 1998latest episode

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 As Flies to Careless Boys Are We to the Gods / This Bud's for You
Sep 30, 1997
Simone is still under suspension and gets a visit from the FBI. Kirkendall goes 'undercover' on his behalf. The squad hunt for a pimp who goes on the rampage, apparently killing indiscriminately.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: David Milch · Starring: David Parker, Clifton Powell, Joe Sabatino
5x02 All's Well That Ends Well
Oct 7, 1997
3 men hold up a bar and a customer gets shot, but there's confusion over who shot him. Russell and Martinez investigate the latest in a series of rape attacks in the same hotel. Simone works his first shift.
Directed by: Paris Barclay · Written by: Leonard Gardner · Starring: Lee Hampton
5x03 Three Girls and a Baby
Oct 14, 1997
Medavoy gets a call from Abby, saying her girlfriend has been killed. He, Martinez and Kirkendall hunt the killer. Simone, Sipowicz and Russell are called to a burnt out car which has a body inside.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Meredith Stiehm · Starring: Mike Sabatino, Paige Turco, Robert Harper, Scott Allan Campbell
5x04 The Truth is Out There
Oct 28, 1997
Simone and Sipowicz investigate a body, which has been thrown from a roof. The only witness is worried about 'aliens'. Medavoy and Martinez get involved in a string of cab hold-ups.
Directing: Dennis Dugan · Writing: Edward Allen Bernero
5x05 It Takes a Village
Nov 4, 1997
Simone and Kirkendall investigate the shooting of a Korean shopkeeper. His son causes problems when he offers a reward. Russell and Sipowicz talk to a little girl, who has been beaten and raped. Her mother is convinced that the assailant is a local mentally disabled boy.
Directed by: Farrel Levy · Written by: Catherine Stribling
5x06 Dead Man Talking
Nov 11, 1997
A family of three is attacked in their home and only the father survives. Simone and Sipowicz investigate. An old friend of Fancy's confesses to his part in a 15 year old crime. The rest of the squad investigate a serious assault at a musical agency, which leaves a manager near death.
Directing: Donna Deitch · Writing: Jason Cahill
5x07 Sheedy Dealings
Nov 18, 1997
2 working girls are raped and strangled in their shared apartment. Simone and Sipowicz hunt the killers. Medavoy and Martinez get information that a contract killing is being arranged. Russell and Kirkendall search for a necklace which was given away by mistake.
Directed by: Dennis Dugan · Written by: Kevin Stevens · Starring: Joseph R. Sicari
5x08 Lost Israel (1)
Nov 25, 1997
The child of a rich family goes missing. The father suspects Israel, a local vagrant, of kidnapping him. Sipowicz has other ideas. In another case, a jewish girl is found raped and murdered on a bridge. Later, a young woman is caught using the murdered girl's credit card. Medavoy, Martinez and Russell piece together the information.
Directing: Steven DePaul · Writing: Ted Mann, David Milch
5x09 Lost Israel (2)
Dec 9, 1997
A murdered boy's father insists that a homeless man is guilty. The mother takes Russell into her confidence. Simone and Sipowicz hunt the killer.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: David Milch, Nicholas Wootton · Starring: Gregory White
5x10 Remembrance of Humps Past
Dec 16, 1997
An old school friend of Sipowicz asks for help to talk to his daughter about her relationships. Martinez and Medavoy investigate a bizarre theft of gold teeth.
Directed by: Jake Paltrow · Written by: John Chambers
5x11 You're Under a Rasta
Jan 6, 1998
A drug-dealer's wife is found shot and their safe emptied. Simone and Sipowicz take the case. Russell and Kirkendall put themselves in the firing line. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Martinez get a call to investigate the body of a dead prostitute, found dumped in the garbage.
Directing: Robert J. Doherty · Writing: Jody Worth
5x12 A Box of Wendy
Jan 13, 1998
A woman is found beaten to death and left in a wooden crate. Simone and Sipowicz trace her family. Medavoy and Kirkendall hunt for the shooter of a Car Services worker. Russell is called to the hospital, where a 6-year old boy has died. His parents claim it was an accident.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Meredith Stiehm · Starring: Mary Mara
5x13 Twin Petes
Feb 10, 1998
A series of armed robberies at ATM Cashpoints leads Simone and Russell to a suspect. His mother knows where he is but refuses to help. Medavoy gets confused when a man blames his identical twin brother for a sex assault.
Directing: Matthew Penn · Writing: T.J. English · Starring: Jerry Rector
5x14 Weaver of Hate
Feb 17, 1998
A woman witnesses 2 black boys throwing a white boy from a roof. Simone and Sipowicz suspect that there's a drug connection. Lt. Fancy is angered by racist comments in the squad room. Meanwhile, Kirkendall and Medavoy are called to a home where a 12 year-old boy found his mother dead and chopped into pieces.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Dennis Woods-Doderer
5x15 Don't Kill the Messenger
Feb 24, 1998
Simone and Sipowicz investigate the death of a woman who is found stabbed in her apartment. They get a quick confession but everything is not as it seems. Medavoy and Kirkendall hunt the killer of a cycle messenger who gets shot while apparently trying to catch a thief. Sipowicz gets a visit from his physician, but is not pleased about it.
Directed by: Matthew Penn · Written by: Leonard Gardner
5x16 The One That Got Away
Mar 3, 1998
Simone and Sipowicz continue the search for Darlene's killer and suspicion falls on a cop. Medavoy gets a call from Abby. Russell returns to work and she and Kirkendall hunt two black youths who shoot a student and steal his video camera. Sylvia returns to her job as ADA.
Directed by: Steven DePaul · Written by: Adisa Iwa · Starring: Michael Wiseman, Charlotte Ross
5x17 Speak for Yourself, Bruce Clayton
Mar 24, 1998
Two girls have been raped, then shot and left for dead, but one survives and points Simone and Sipowicz towards her attackers. The rest of the squad go to a Medical Centre where a security guard has been killed. His colleague's story differs from that of an independant witness and raises suspicions. Sipowicz finally admits his fears to Simone.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Jody Worth
5x18 I Don't Wanna Dye
Mar 31, 1998
Sipowicz goes to hospital and fears he won't come out. Officer Richardson's wife pours her heart out to Simone and Russell. The squad investigate a bizarre death, involving a dead man in a tub, another with severe electric shock and a teenage girl, who won't say what happened.
Directed by: Perry Lang · Written by: Jill Goldsmith · Starring: David Harris, Charlotte Ross
5x19 Prostrate Before the Law
Apr 28, 1998
While Sipowicz remains in hospital for his Prostate op, detective Martinez returns to work, after the birth of his child. The squad investigate the discovery of a body in a burnt out van. The 5 'friends' of the victim tell the same story, but the detectives suspect a cover-up. Medavoy shows Martinez his own childs birth video.
Directed by: Paris Barclay · Written by: Robert Ward · Starring: Darren E. Burrows
5x20 Hammer Time
May 5, 1998
During a routine investigation into a domestic shooting incident, the detectives discover that a child has been missing for 2 months. Sipowicz - back at work after his op - and Russell have to tread carefully to discover the truth. Simone is called away to help another squad who are searching for a missing tenant from Simone's owned apartment block.
Directed by: Mark Tinker · Written by: Nicholas Wootton, Meredith Stiehm
5x21 Seminal Thinking
May 12, 1998
Two bodies are found in the same vicinity. One, a car salesman with a reputation for dodgy deals, has been shot and dumped. The other, a homeless woman, has been raped and murdered. The team splits up. Simone and Sipowicz enlist the help of Sylvia Costas, who comes up with a plan. Medavoy hits the jackpot, with his interview technique.
Directed by: Matthew Penn · Written by: Kevin Arkadie
5x22 Honeymoon at Viagra Falls Season Finale
May 19, 1998
A mother and 5 year-old child have been shot dead in their apartment. Simone and Sipowicz suspect that a previous break-in may be connected to the killings and that ADA Cohen might be able to help them find the killer. Russell and Kirkendall search for a missing child and trace known paedophiles in their hunt for the abductor. Sipowicz's doctor gives him some good news and good advice.
Directed by: Paris Barclay · Written by: David Milch, Scott Williams