NYPD Blue (season 8)
| NYPD Blue (season 8) | |
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Season 8 U.S. DVD Cover
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | January 9 – May 22, 2001 |
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The 8th season of NYPD Blue premiered on ABC on January 9, 2001, and concluded on May 22, 2001.
When a female cop is shot while responding to a call, her husband, a captain on the force, blames her partner for leaving her side and wants to seek his own revenge. A new assistant district attorney arrives to handle the case and prompts concerns over her by-the-book approach. Meanwhile, Sorenson must make some important decisions in his personal life, which is bad news for Mary Franco and maybe good news for Diane.
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A trio of Goth teens are involved in a stabbing during a night of wild partying, and Sipowicz tries to save the case that Sorenson nearly blew. Meanwhile Russell tries out a new partner named Connie McDowell, who has to overcome a wave of hostility when she arrives to fill in for the troubled Danny, who gets a huge break and a stern lecture about how his poor-me routine is DOA, both courtesy of Andy.
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Sipowicz and a fully reinstated Sorenson work to help an officer's relative whose temper gets him in trouble, while the rest of the detectives investigate an apparent stabbing attack on Captain Bass' wife. Meanwhile, romance blossoms, as Sipowicz spends more time with Cynthia and Baldwin Jones has a date, while PAA John finds an admirer in an antiques store owner.
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Andy Sipowicz has an unusual response upon hearing the news that Lieutenant Fancy is leaving the 15th precinct. Meanwhile, Detectives Russell and McDowell have the onerous task of tracking down a very private severed body-part in hopes of reattaching it to its owner, and as Sipowicz and Sorenson investigate what seems to be a mob execution, their suspect drives a hard bargain that leads to a suspect from a long-unsolved drug murder. The new Lieutenant arrives and quickly establishes that she hates all of the detectives and the feeling is mutual.
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As Lieutenant Fancy moves on to his new position as a captain, the sadness felt by the detectives of the 15th precinct is compounded by the chafing ways of his replacement, an icy, tough, female detective. And then, as though in answer to their prayers, she's out — and the detectives anxiously await details on the next candidate to occupy their beloved Fancy's office. Meanwhile, a teenage immigrant girl with a troubled past is murdered and the suspects are many.
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Sipowicz reaches out to an alcoholic ex-cop whose daughter has been murdered, and Lt. Rodriguez steps in when detectives from another squad try to take over the investigation. Meanwhile, in his personal life, Sipowicz stumbles in his new relationship with Cynthia and turns to his ex-wife, Katie, for comfort.
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Still grieving the loss of her husband and the failed relationship with Danny Sorenson, Diane Russell decides to take the drastic step of leaving her job in order to get her life back together. But the manner in which she leaves has her co-workers, particularly Sorenson, feeling hurt and confused. Meanwhile Medavoy and Sipowicz go undercover to nab a pair of robbers who've been preying on the elderly, while Andy wonders openly whether his plans to marry his ex-wife are a good idea. Danny meets a stripper while working a double-murder case and seems to be falling for her.
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