NYPD Blue (season 11)
The eleventh season of NYPD Blue premiered on ABC on September 23, 2003, and concluded on May 11, 2004.
| NYPD Blue | |
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| Season 11 | |
 Season 11 U.S. DVD Cover | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 23, 2003 – May 11, 2004 |
| Season chronology | |
| Actor | Character | Main cast | Recurring cast |
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| Dennis Franz | Andy Sipowicz | entire season | N/A |
| Mark-Paul Gosselaar | John Clark, Jr. | entire season | N/A |
| Gordon Clapp | Greg Medavoy | entire season | N/A |
| Henry Simmons | Baldwin Jones | entire season | N/A |
| Charlotte Ross | Connie McDowell | Episodes 1-13 | Episode 14 |
| Garcelle Beauvais | Valerie Haywood | entire season | N/A |
| Jacqueline Obradors | Rita Ortiz | entire season | N/A |
| Bill Brochtrup | John Irvin | entire season | N/A |
| Esai Morales | Tony Rodriguez | Episodes 1-13 | N/A |
| John F. O'Donohue | Eddie Gibson | Episodes 14-22 | Episode 13 |
| Kim Delaney | Diane Russell | N/A | episodes 5-8 |
| Jessalyn Gilsig | Kelly Ronson | N/A | episodes 18-22 |
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 220 | 1 | "Frickin’ Fraker" | Mark Tinker | Story by : Bill Clark & Keith Eisner Teleplay by : Keith Eisner | September 23, 2003 | IA01/5101 | 10.20[1] |
| The brother of a convicted child molester is murdered, and the cops of the 15th Precinct testify against Captain Fraker for his attempted murder of Tony Rodriguez. | |||||||
| 221 | 2 | "Your Bus, Ted" | Mark Piznarski | Story by : Bill Clark & Tom Szentgyorgyi Teleplay by : Tom Szentgyorgyi | September 30, 2003 | IA02/5102 | 10.40[1] |
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A transvestite is murdered, a surgeon is knifed outside a hospital, and Rodriguez takes the stand in Captain Fraker's trial. Notes
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| 222 | 3 | "Shear Stupidity" | Tawnia McKiernan | Story by : Bill Clark & Bonnie Mark Teleplay by : Bonnie Mark | October 7, 2003 | IA03/5103 | 9.30[1] |
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Sipowicz and Clark investigate when a man is severely beaten, a woman reports that her husband is missing, and testimony at Fraker's trial threaten's Rodriguez's career. Notes
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| 223 | 4 | "Porn Free" | Dennis Dugan | Story by : Bill Clark & Greg Plageman Teleplay by : Greg Plageman | October 14, 2003 | IA04/5104 | 9.80[1] |
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A verdict is reached in Fraker's trial, and a middle-class housewife with a colorful past is found dead in an alley. Notes
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| 224 | 5 | "Keeping Abreast" | Jesse Bochco | Story by : Bill Clark & Matt Olmstead Teleplay by : Matt Olmstead | October 21, 2003 | IA05/5105 | 10.90[1] |
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Diane Russell helps the detectives of the 15th Precinct track a serial killer who targets women at an upscale bar, and Jones attempts to keep a violent father from harming his son.
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| 225 | 6 | "Andy Appleseed" | Jake Paltrow | Story by : Bill Clark & Nicholas Wootton Teleplay by : Nicholas Wootton | October 28, 2003 | IA06/5106 | 10.90[1] |
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Another young woman falls prey to a serial killer whose victims all patronize the same trendy bar; when an abusive mother is found murdered, her children are suspects. Notes
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| 226 | 7 | "It’s to Die For" | Ed Begley, Jr. | Story by : Bill Clark & Keith Eisner Teleplay by : Keith Eisner | November 4, 2003 | IA07/5107 | 10.70[1] |
| When a woman survives an attack, with very similar initial circumstances to the serial killings, the detectives get some new leads; Medavoy and Jones investigate when an off-duty Narcotics detective kills his attacker in a street robbery gone bad. Russell has a breast biopsy. | |||||||
| 227 | 8 | "And the Wenner Is..." | Paul Eads | Story by : Bill Clark & Tom Szentgyorgyi Teleplay by : Tom Szentgyorgyi | November 18, 2003 | IA08/5108 | 9.90[1] |
| The detectives get a break in the serial killer case, McDowell announces her pregnancy, and she and Sipowicz plan their wedding. | |||||||
| 228 | 9 | "Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax" | Donna Deitch | Story by : Bill Clark & William Finkelstein Teleplay by : William Finkelstein | November 25, 2003 | IA09/5109 | 10.20[1] |
| A retired cop and his wife are beaten and robbed in their home, the author of a book on avoiding paying taxes has his car torched, and Michael Woodruff's foster father returns the him to social services when the boy's natural father threatens his family. | |||||||
| 229 | 10 | "You Da Bomb" | John Hyams | Story by : Bill Clark, Matt Olmstead & Nicholas Wootton Teleplay by : Matt Olmstead & Nicholas Wootton | February 10, 2004 | IA10/5110 | 11.10[1] |
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A man who's been kidnapped and had a bomb attached to his body cuffs himself to McDowell, threatening to blow everyone up, and Devlin wants to break up with Clark. Notes
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| 230 | 11 | "Passing the Stone" | Carol Banker | Story by : Bill Clark & Bonnie Mark Teleplay by : Bonnie Mark | February 17, 2004 | IA11/5111 | 9.40[1] |
| When a Jewish merchant is murdered in a possible hate crime, Sipowicz and Clark suspect a recent convert to Islam. Meanwhile, Michael Woodruff's father is the prime suspect in an assault on the boy's aunt. | |||||||
| 231 | 12 | "Chatty Chatty, Bang Bang" | Mark Tinker | Story by : Bill Clark & Greg Plageman Teleplay by : Greg Plageman | March 2, 2004 | IA12/5112 | 9.30[1] |
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Sipowicz and Clark race a mobster to catch the hit-and-run driver who killed his daughter. Meanwhile a woman is raped by a man who claims he met her in an online chat room, Rodriguez resigns from the force, and Jones decides to foster-parent Michael Woodruff. Note
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| 232 | 13 | "Take My Wife, Please" | Dennis Dugan | Story by : Bill Clark & Keith Eisner Teleplay by : Keith Eisner | March 9, 2004 | IA13/5113 | 10.40[1] |
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A cop is suspected in the murder of a man who was seeing his wife, the body of a comedy club owner is found in the trunk of a stolen car, and the precinct gets a new commanding officer. Notes
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| 233 | 14 | "Colonel Knowledge" | Steven DePaul | Story by : Bill Clark & Tom Szentgyorgyi Teleplay by : Tom Szentgyorgyi | March 16, 2004 | IA14/5114 | 9.60[1] |
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Detectives investigate a Latino gang kingpin for murder, a man reports that his 15-year-old daughter may have been kidnapped, and Sergeant Gibson brings his obnoxious parrot to the precinct. Det. Stan Hatcher joins the 15th precinct under Andy's watchful eye. Note
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| 234 | 15 | "Old Yeller" | Mark Tinker | Story by : Bill Clark & Nicholas Wootton Teleplay by : Nicholas Wootton | March 23, 2004 | IA15/5115 | 9.70[1] |
| The search is on for a man who kidnaps, rapes and tortures women and locks them in a dungeon, and Medavoy becomes attracted to a much older woman (Ellen Geer) who may be addicted to sex. | |||||||
| 235 | 16 | "On the Fence" | Bob Doherty | Story by : Bill Clark & Matt Olmstead Teleplay by : Matt Olmstead | March 30, 2004 | IA16/5116 | 9.10[1] |
| Sipowicz suspects that an off-duty cop who got shot is dirty, and an old man is shot dead at a seedy hotel. | |||||||
| 236 | 17 | "In Goddess We Trussed" | Kevin Hooks | Story by : Bill Clark & Greg Plageman Teleplay by : Greg Plageman | April 6, 2004 | IA17/5117 | 8.90[1] |
| Detective Hatcher engineers a transfer for Sipowicz out of the 15th precinct to the Bellevue Morgue. Sipowicz, for his part, continues to investigate Hatcher for murder, and a dominatrix is found bludgeoned to death. | |||||||
| 237 | 18 | "The Brothers Grim" | Rick Wallace | Story by : Bill Clark & Keith Eisner Teleplay by : Keith Eisner | April 13, 2004 | IA18/5118 | 9.80[1] |
| An 18 year old rape-murder case of Sipowicz's is suddenly dumped in Heywood's lap the morning of the hearing to release the man on DNA evidence. Sipowicz and Clark investigate the death of a man whose brother was pursued by a bounty hunter. A woman who gave her baby away when she went to prison now wants it back. | |||||||
| 238 | 19 | "Peeler? I Hardly Knew Her" | Jesse Bochco | Story by : Bill Clark & Tom Szentgyorgyi Teleplay by : Tom Szentgyorgyi | April 20, 2004 | IA19/5119 | 10.20[1] |
| A man has amnesia after being shot in the head. Leonard Peeler, convicted 18 years before for a rape-murder, is released based on DNA evidence. Ortiz and Ronson stumble upon a child-prostitution operation while following a lead in the amnesia case. | |||||||
| 239 | 20 | "Traylor Trash" | Mark Tinker | Story by : Bill Clark & Matt Olmstead Teleplay by : Matt Olmstead | April 27, 2004 | IA20/5120 | 9.90[1] |
| A former drug addict turned devoted church member is found shot in the chest. The attitude of the father of the rape-murder victim, and his refusal to provide a DNA sample, lead Sipowicz to suspect the father of the rape-murder victim. Devlin shows up at the squad, obviously off her meds. | |||||||
| 240 | 21 | "What’s Your Poison?" | Jesse Bochco | Story by : Bill Clark & Nicholas Wootton Teleplay by : Nicholas Wootton | May 4, 2004 | IA21/5121 | 9.60[1] |
| Devlin escapes the psych ward. As DNA continues to rule out suspects in the 18-year-old case of Cindy Clifton, the prime suspect is now a teacher who was at her school. Ortiz and Ronson catch the case of a man who was relieved of an heirloom $35,000 necklace in a mugging. Michael Woodruff testifies against his father. | |||||||
| 241 | 22 | "Who’s Your Daddy?" | Mark Tinker | Story by : Bill Clark, Nicholas Wootton & Matt Olmstead Teleplay by : Nicholas Wootton & Matt Olmstead | May 11, 2004 | IA22/5122 | 9.10[1] |
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Andy and Connie have had a little boy, Matthew Nicholas. Clark picks Devlin up after her release from the hospital. Sipowicz, Clark, Medavoy, and Jones catch the murder of a woman, whose current husband is very confrontational. An old informant of Ronson's shows up and offers her and Ortiz info about a shipment of stolen guns. Craig Woodruff is found not guilty. Notes
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