NYPD Blue
It Takes a Village
Season 5, Episode 5 · Aired 1997-11-04
Synopsis
Sipowicz struggles to suppress his rage while investigating the rape of a little girl, coming face to face with a suspect who sends him way over the edge. Meanwhile, Simone is utterly distressed by the brutal depths to which a drug-addicted mother will go to support her habit, then disgusted with himself for solving the murder of a Korean grocer. And that murder, in a predominantly black neighborhood leaves his grieving son hostile toward everyone, including the detectives at the 15th Precinct.
In the series
This episode is part of NYPD Blue (1993–2005) on ABC.
Butts, badges, and Sipowicz — network TV learning to be adult out loud.
Key cast
- Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz
- David Caruso as John Kelly
- Jimmy Smits as Bobby Simone
- Kim Delaney as Diane Russell
- Gordon Clapp as Greg Medavoy