The eleventh season of NYPD Blue premiered on ABC on September 23, 2003, and concluded on May 11, 2004.

NYPD Blue
Season 11
Season 11 U.S. DVD Cover
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) –
May 11, 2004 (2004-05-11)
Season chronology
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List of episodes
Actor Character Main cast Recurring cast
Dennis Franz Andy Sipowicz entire season —
Mark-Paul Gosselaar John Clark Jr. entire season —
Gordon Clapp Greg Medavoy entire season —
Henry Simmons Baldwin Jones entire season —
Charlotte Ross Connie McDowell Episodes 1-14 —
Garcelle Beauvais Valerie Haywood entire season —
Jacqueline Obradors Rita Ortiz entire season —
Bill Brochtrup John Irvin entire season —
Esai Morales Tony Rodriguez Episodes 1-13 —
John F. O'Donohue Eddie Gibson Episodes 14-22 Episode 13
Kim Delaney Diane Russell — episodes 5-8
Jessalyn Gilsig Kelly Ronson — episodes 18-22

Episodes

See also: List of NYPD Blue episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
2201"Frickin’ Fraker"Mark TinkerStory by : Bill Clark & Keith Eisner
Teleplay by : Keith Eisner		September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)IA01/510110.24[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.
2212"Your Bus, Ted"Mark PiznarskiStory by : Bill Clark & Tom Szentgyorgyi
Teleplay by : Tom Szentgyorgyi		September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)IA02/510210.43[2]

A transvestite is murdered, a surgeon is knifed outside a hospital, and Rodriguez takes the stand in Captain Fraker's trial.

Notes

2223"Shear Stupidity"Tawnia McKiernanStory by : Bill Clark & Bonnie Mark
Teleplay by : Bonnie Mark		October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07)IA03/51039.29[3]

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

2234"Porn Free"Dennis DuganStory by : Bill Clark & Greg Plageman
Teleplay by : Greg Plageman		October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14)IA04/51049.76[4]

A verdict is reached in Fraker's trial, a body is found by the river, and a middle-class housewife with a colorful past is found dead in a vacant lot.

Notes

2245"Keeping Abreast"Jesse BochcoStory by : Bill Clark & Matt Olmstead
Teleplay by : Matt Olmstead		October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)IA05/510510.86[5]

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.

2256"Andy Appleseed"Jake PaltrowStory by : Bill Clark & Nicholas Wootton
Teleplay by : Nicholas Wootton		October 28, 2003 (2003-10-28)IA06/510610.93[6]

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. Jennifer Devlin comes clean about some issues. Connie gets some surprising news.

Notes

2267"It’s to Die For"Ed Begley, Jr.Story by : Bill Clark & Keith Eisner
Teleplay by : Keith Eisner		November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04)IA07/510710.69[7]

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.

Notes

2278"And the Wenner Is..."Paul EadsStory by : Bill Clark & Tom Szentgyorgyi
Teleplay by : Tom Szentgyorgyi		November 18, 2003 (2003-11-18)IA08/51089.88[8]

The detectives get a break in the serial killer case, McDowell announces her pregnancy, and she and Sipowicz plan their wedding.

Notes

2289"Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax"Donna DeitchStory by : Bill Clark & William Finkelstein
Teleplay by : William Finkelstein		November 25, 2003 (2003-11-25)IA09/510910.17[9]

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 him to social services when the boy's natural father threatens his family.

Notes

22910"You Da Bomb"John HyamsStory by : Bill Clark and Matt Olmstead & Nicholas Wootton
Teleplay by : Matt Olmstead & Nicholas Wootton		February 10, 2004 (2004-02-10)IA10/511011.11[10]

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

23011"Passing the Stone"Carol BankerStory by : Bill Clark & Bonnie Mark
Teleplay by : Bonnie Mark		February 17, 2004 (2004-02-17)IA11/51119.42[11]
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.
23112"Chatty Chatty, Bang Bang"Mark TinkerStory by : Bill Clark & Greg Plageman
Teleplay by : Greg Plageman		March 2, 2004 (2004-03-02)IA12/51129.26[12]

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

23213"Take My Wife, Please"Dennis DuganStory by : Bill Clark & Keith Eisner
Teleplay by : Keith Eisner		March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)IA13/511310.38[13]

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

23314"Colonel Knowledge"Steven DePaulStory by : Bill Clark & Tom Szentgyorgyi
Teleplay by : Tom Szentgyorgyi		March 16, 2004 (2004-03-16)IA14/51149.59[14]

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.

Notes

23415"Old Yeller"Mark TinkerStory by : Bill Clark & Nicholas Wootton
Teleplay by : Nicholas Wootton		March 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)IA15/51159.69[15]

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.

Notes

23516"On the Fence"Bob DohertyStory by : Bill Clark & Matt Olmstead
Teleplay by : Matt Olmstead		March 30, 2004 (2004-03-30)IA16/51169.15[16]
Sipowicz suspects that an off-duty cop who got shot (Hatcher) is dirty, and an old man is shot dead at a seedy hotel.
23617"In Goddess We Trussed"Kevin HooksStory by : Bill Clark & Greg Plageman
Teleplay by : Greg Plageman		April 6, 2004 (2004-04-06)IA17/51178.93[17]
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.
23718"The Brothers Grim"Rick WallaceStory by : Bill Clark & Keith Eisner
Teleplay by : Keith Eisner		April 13, 2004 (2004-04-13)IA18/51189.78[18]

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.

Notes

23819"Peeler? I Hardly Knew Her"Jesse BochcoStory by : Bill Clark & Tom Szentgyorgyi
Teleplay by : Tom Szentgyorgyi		April 20, 2004 (2004-04-20)IA19/511910.20[19]

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.

Notes

23920"Traylor Trash"Mark TinkerStory by : Bill Clark & Matt Olmstead
Teleplay by : Matt Olmstead		April 27, 2004 (2004-04-27)IA20/51209.89[20]

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.

Note

24021"What’s Your Poison?"Jesse BochcoStory by : Bill Clark & Nicholas Wootton
Teleplay by : Nicholas Wootton		May 4, 2004 (2004-05-04)IA21/51219.57[21]
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.
24122"Who’s Your Daddy?"Mark TinkerStory by : Bill Clark and Nicholas Wootton & Matt Olmstead
Teleplay by : Nicholas Wootton & Matt Olmstea		May 11, 2004 (2004-05-11)IA22/51229.12[22]

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.

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