History Series / NYPDBlue

* UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor: One of the few shows on network TV to exploit this.

* ThePlace: The '''NY''' in the title stands for New York. The 15th squad's jurisdiction is Manhattan, though several characters live in Brooklyn or otherwise are shown visiting the rest of the city in the course of their work. Infrequent trips to New Jersey or upstate on police business are the only departures from the city; no [[VacationEpisode]]s here.

* ThePlace: The '''NY''' in the title stands for New York.

* Expy: Creator/DavidSimon wrote one episode of NYPD Blue, "Hollie and the Blowfish," which introduced Ferdinand Hollie, an independent criminal based on the real Donnie Andrews who sticks up drug dealers, has no problems working with the police to achieve his ends, and may be gay (he has AIDS, how he got it is not specified). Simon didn't have to change much about the character when he was [[Characters/TheWireOmarAndAssociates renamed and re-used later]].

** Sipowicz. ''Twice'', with Sylvia and Connie. His first wife (ex-wife already when the series starts), while not bad-looking, looks more like you'd expect the wife of a middle-aged detective to look like. Not only are both Sylvia and Connie quite good-looking, but they are also considerably younger than Sipowicz.

%% The following is a ZCE since it doesn't explain why the episode is reviled.
%% * {{Costumer}}: One of the series' most reviled episodes.

* FalseCredits: Sharon Lawrence is credited with the main cast at the start of every episode of season 4, but she only actually appears in 4 out of 22 episodes. The actress was unsatisifed with her material on ''Blue'' and took a role starring on ''Fired Up'' for NBC, but told Blue producers she would appear in any scenes they wrote for her in order to fulfill her contract. Because she was under contract as a regular and fulfilling her end of the deal, she had to be paid and credited in certain ways or fired entirely.

* PutOnABus: Charlotte Ross opted not to return for season 12 due to her pregnancy, leaving the possibility of coming back for future seasons in the air. Season 12 turned out to be the show's last. The character of Connie was given an in-universe maternity leave and occasionally alluded to as an unheard counterpart of phone calls with Andy, with the season 11 finale ultimately being her last on-screen appearance, to no fanfare. This also meant that Andy and Connie's two infant children couldn't be shown on screen without unfeasible gimmicks. All the domestic drama exclusively involved older child Theo and took place outside of the home, and the younger children also never appeared after season 11.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: When Detective Martinez's girlfriend is raped, the squad find a street thug who she can identify as the assailant. She doesn't want to go through a trial, though. Sipowicz is given free reign to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique beat a confession out of him]] so that a guilty plea will be entered without publicity.

** In "Peeping Tommy", Det. Connie [=McDowell's=] is investigating a crime at a bar when a patron spills a drink over her. She goes to the rest room, takes off her shirt, and washes it in the sink. The scene itself is important to the plot as it leads to her discovering important evidence; the shots of her in her lacy black bra seem to be just for fanservice.
** In a later episode, [=McDowell=] gets a brief one when her top gets almost completely torn off during a struggle to arrest some criminals.

** In one of Det. Connie [=McDowell's=] first episodes, she is investigating a crime at a bar when a patron spills a drink over her. She goes to the rest room, takes off her shirt, and washes it in the sink. The scene itself is important to the plot as it leads to her discovering important evidence; the shots of her in her lacy black bra less so.

* DiplomaticImpunity: In the series final (s 12 ep 20), when a Japanese diplomat is bribed to sign a statement where he admits to the murder of a call girl, and then leaves the country. This admission is taken at face value by the FBI and the top brass of the NYPD (but not by Sipowicz). Even though the police officials have reasons to be happy to close the case, nobody even has a thought of requesting the help from the Japanese authorities to remove his diplomatic immunity, or even have him interrogated by Japanese police, and it is quietly assumed that the self-confessed murderer will face no investigation when returning home.

* ClothingDamage: Connie [=McDowell=] gets her shirt almost completely torn off during a struggle to arrest a criminal, showing off her black bra.

* DiplomaticImpunity: A particularly egregious case of legal inaccuracy occured in the series final (s 12 ep 20), when a Japanese diplomat is bribed to sign a statement where he admits to the murder of a call girl, and then leaves the country. This admission is taken at face value by the FBI and the top brass of the NYPD (but not by Sipowicz). Even though the police officials have reasons to be happy to close the case, nobody even has a thought of requesting the help from the Japanese authorities to remove his diplomatic immunity, or even have him interrogated by Japanese police, and it is quietly assumed that the self-confessed murderer will face no investigation when returning home.

** A rather gratuitous example: in one of Det. Connie [=McDowell's=] first episodes, she is investigating a crime at a bar when a patron spills a drink over her. ''Of course'' she immediately has to go to the rest room, take off her shirt, and wash it in the sink. The scene itself is important to the plot as it leads to her discovering important evidence; the shots of her in her lacy black bra are less so.

* JurisdictionFriction: Any time the FBI shows up, expect Sipowicz to hate them. He seems to have good reason, as they are generally portrayed as useless at handling street crime, but good at taking the credit for solved cases.
** The one exception was with Mike Francis (Creator/MarkBlum) in "We Was Robbed." He's initially friendly and cooperative on Sipowizc's and Simone's murder investigation, then becomes a nervous wreck as the investigation takes some odd turns, then finally, after everything turns out okay, tells them he'd be happy to work with them again.

* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Several of the eventual members of the main cast started out as recurring characters who would get bumped up during a succeeding episode or season. These included Creator/SharonLawrence, Gordon Clapp, Creator/GailOGrady, Bill Brochtrup, Creator/KimDelaney, Justine Miceli, Creator/AndreaThompson, John F. O'Donohue, Garcelle Beauvais, Charlotte Ross, and Creator/EsaiMorales.
** Of the lot, Morales took the shortest amount of time, as he was introduced the episode before he was added. Brochtrup and O'Donohue took the longest, with the former debuting late in Season 2 and not being put in the main titles until the middle of Season 6 while the latter first popped up in early Season 7 and wasn't added until the middle of Season 11.

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