NYPD Blue: Season 6

1998 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.9

What Season 6 of NYPD Blue

Detectives John Kelly and Andy Sipowicz continue working together at the 15th Precinct in Manhattan, though their partnership hangs by a thread. Sipowicz, the veteran, drinks on the job and off duty, and Kelly, who genuinely cares for him, grows more and more exasperated with him. Personally, Sipowicz reluctantly divorces Laura and starts a relationship with Janice Licalsi, a uniformed officer whose father, also a cop, is on the payroll of mob boss Angelo Marino. Danny Sorenson joins the squad, while Simone, another colleague, gets worse and needs more medical tests. The cases keep coming, but clashes between colleagues and each character's personal problems define the season.

22episodes

Oct 20, 1998aired

May 25, 1999latest episode

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 Top Gum
Oct 20, 1998
Simone visits his dentist who asks him for help with his daughter's drug problem. A rich man's son is found tortured and killed. The father blames his son's 'gay' lifestyle, and names a possible suspect, but Simone and Sipowicz uncover a different story. A young girl is reluctant to tell the truth, after an attempted rape. Russell and Kirkendall enlist the help of the girl's mother.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Meredith Stiehm · Starring: Arthur Taxier, Barry Newman
6x02 Cop in a Bottle
Oct 27, 1998
A shoot-out leaves 2 dead and a third injured when a drunk, off-duty cop witnesses an attempted mugging. The cop can't seem to get his story straight and angers ex-drunk Sipowicz. The cop's boss wants him to take the blame, but Sipowicz wants the truth. Russell has to take Simone to hospital when he becomes ill, during the investigation.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Matt Olmstead · Starring: Josh Cruze
6x03 Numb & Number
Nov 10, 1998
Simone's condition starts to worsen, requiring more tests. Sipowicz, Medavoy and Martinez investigate the death of a man found in the park, with his pants down. Sipowicz gets tetchy, over the lack of information from the hospital.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Leonard Gardner · Starring: Bobbin Bergstrom, Ric Mancini, Danny Trejo
6x04 Brother's Keeper
Nov 17, 1998
As Simone's condition worsens, Lt. Fancy makes a request to the Uniformed Officers to be aware of the need for a usable heart. Simone's colleagues have to occupy their minds with the case of an old lady found hacked to pieces in her apartment. Of her two sons, one doesn't seem to care about it and the other is too full of drugs to understand what has happened. Sipowicz's mood gets him into a fight.
Directing: Donna Deitch · Writing: Doug Palau · Starring: Alexander Zale
6x05 Hearts and Souls
Nov 24, 1998
Simone's recovery is hampered by a chest infection. The doctors differ in their opinions of which treatment to use. Sipowicz's ex-wife turns up at the station, drunk and asking for his help.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Nicholas Wootton
6x06 Danny Boy
Dec 1, 1998
New squad member, Danny Sorenson, arrives and gets sent to a drive-by shooting, with Sipowicz. The rest of the squad, including Russell on her first day back at work, attend another shooting. The two incidents are related and cause friction between the two teams of investigators. ADA Costas asks Sipowicz to look into an old case she has reservations about.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Meredith Stiehm
6x07 Czech Bouncer
Dec 8, 1998
Sipowicz and Sorenson are called to a robbery, where the aged shopkeepers have been beaten. The woman dies and Sorenson is affected. They hunt 2 black youths who were seen running away from the store. Russell and Kirkendall are sent to a 'Gentleman's Club' where a client has been killed. One of the girls implicates an ex staff member as the possible killer. Sgt. Dorning admits his doubts to Sipowicz, about an old case.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Matt Olmstead
6x08 Raging Bulls
Dec 15, 1998
Confusion reigns as an off-duty cop shoots an undercover cop after taking a bullet in the shoulder. When the first shooter confesses to Sorenson, it triggers Sipowicz and Lt. Fancy to renew their own private little war. Russell and Kirkendall, meanwhile, are busy investigating another crime involving a member of the precinct staff. ADA Costas is still worrying over the death, in Ryker's Island, of a man she helped put inside.
Directing: Steven DePaul · Writing: Leonard Gardner · Starring: Quinn O'Hara
6x09 Grime Scene
Jan 5, 1999
Kirkendall's son witnesses a stabbing in a convenience store. Sorenson and Russell join forces to try and protect him from getting caught up in the 'system'. Medavoy and Martinez have to get their hands dirty to solve the killing of a vagrant with lots of enemies. Sgt. Dorning helps ADA Costas and Sipowicz with the Suarez case.
Directing: Michael M. Robin · Writing: Nicholas Wootton, Doug Palau · Starring: Thomas F. Duffy
6x10 Show and Tell
Jan 12, 1999
Russell is still struggling with the loss of Simone and enlists Kirkendall's help. ADA Costas looks for ways to get Freddie Asuncion and clear Luis Suarez's name. The whole squad is involved when a supermarket is robbed and an off-duty cop is killed. When the FBI and Internal Affairs become involved, it opens old wounds for Sipowicz and Sorenson.
Directing: Marc Buckland · Writing: Matt Olmstead · Starring: Linda Carlson, Chad Allen
6x11 Big Bang Theory
Feb 9, 1999
A close friend of Sorenson's takes the law into his own hands when he confronts a groper on his bus route and puts his life in danger. A female tenant points the finger at a male tenant, when another female tenant is found strangled and beaten to death. Sorenson becomes her confidant in order to get to the truth.
Directing: Jake Paltrow · Writing: Ted Mann · Starring: Carlos Gómez
6x12 What's Up, Chuck?
Feb 16, 1999
When a man's body is found shot and dumped in an alley, Medavoy and Martinez have to calm the victim's angry brothers. Russell and Kirkendall get a confession to rape and murder while searching for a missing schoolgirl. The squad's PAA is missing and her friend believes he knows why.
Directing: Robert J. Doherty · Writing: John Chambers
6x13 Dead Girl Walking
Feb 23, 1999
When a dead hooker is found on a building site, her identification causes problems for Russell and Kirkendall. Sipowicz and Sorenson are called in to assist Lt. Fancy and Sgt. Dorning, who then find themselves in a dangerous situation. Russell gets a visit from an acquaintance of her late husband.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Leonard Gardner
6x14 Raphael's Inferno
Mar 2, 1999
A 9 year-old girl is found dead inside a locked basement, the supervisor is the only key-holder, but he has an alibi. Sipowicz and Sorenson have to solve the whodunit. Medavoy and Martinez help an old man to trace the person who swindled him out of 8000 dollars. Sorenson's sister comes to visit him. Dolores father turns up at the squad room.
Directing: Matthew Penn · Writing: Doug Palau
6x15 I Have a Dream
Apr 6, 1999
Sipowicz has a nightmare about his father and Officer Dorning. A Police Officer shoots a drug dealer but can't prove that the dealer was armed. Sorenson and Sipowicz use all their resources to help him. Russell and Kirkendall try to settle a dispute between a convicted mobster and his Polish neighbour.
Directing: Marc Buckland · Writing: Nicholas Wootton · Starring: Harvey Silver
6x16 Tain't Misbehavin
Apr 13, 1999
Sorenson's private life affects the whole squad when his girlfriend turns up at the station. A body is found in a dumpster. The squad get a lead when the dead man's credit card is used.
Directing: Karen Gaviola · Writing: Matt Olmstead
6x17 Don't Meth with Me
Apr 20, 1999
Sipowicz and Sorenson have to find out who is responsible for a woman dying, after she was tied up during a robbery. The rest of the squad get involved in solving a truck hi-jacking. Information on the possible culprit comes from ex-detective Roberts, who also passes on a warning.
Directing: Steven DePaul · Writing: Jody Worth · Starring: Allan Arbus
6x18 Mister Roberts
Apr 27, 1999
Ex-detective Mike Roberts is found dead, in an apparent suicide. John Irvine, the PAA, reveals his conversation with Roberts, to Sipowicz. The squad set up a sting to trap a suspect.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: Michael A. Graham
6x19 Judas Priest
May 4, 1999
Officer Dornan disrupts an AA meeting, leaving Sipowicz no option but to involve Lt. Fancy. Dolores' father threatens to take action against Malcolm Cullinan and gets PAA Irvine into trouble. Sipowicz and Sorenson search for the pusher who supplied Mike Roberts. ADA Cohen continues to express his jealousy, over Kirkendall.
Directing: Dennis M. White · Writing: Meredith Stiehm
6x20 I'll Draw You a Mapp
May 11, 1999
A man is shot dead in what his wife claims was a case of mistaken identity. Kenny Priest gives his evidence to ADA Costas, who has replaced ADA Cohen. Sinclair, Cullinan's lawyer, tries to goad Sipowicz.
Directing: Donna Deitch · Writing: Leonard Gardner · Starring: David Harris, Dick Miller
6x21 Voir Dire This
May 18, 1999
Mike Shannon brings in a young boy who makes a confession to Sorenson. Sipowicz worries about his up-coming court appearance facing Sinclair. ADA Costas takes care of him. Dolores father attends the court hearing.
Directing: Paris Barclay · Writing: Bernadette McNamara
6x22 Safe Home Season Finale
May 25, 1999
Sipowicz stays away from the squad and tries to come to terms with his loss. Evidence comes to light implicating Cullinan in more misdeeds and Sorenson turns to Sipowicz for advice. John Irvine is released from hospital, but is reluctant to return to the Precinct.
Directing: Mark Tinker · Writing: David Milch