Brothers are implicated in a homicide; Sipowicz takes steps toward recovery; John Irvin invites the detectives to a goodbye party.

In the aftermath of his son's murder, Sipowicz is possessed by personal demons, while others take action when there's a break in the case.

A homicide changes the course of one detective's life; Donna tells Lt. Fancy she's moving on to take a job in California.

A junkie is questioned about his aunt's murder; Sipowicz awaits a call from Costas, whose labor pains have begun; a beating death at a strip club is investigated.

Simone and Sipowicz make like burglars when wiseguys stumble in on them while they're planting a bug in a mob hangout.

Simone introduces Sipowicz to a reliable informant, who supports a drug habit by ripping off other crooks; Russell joins a task force investigating a gang-related homicide.

A female detective whom Sipowicz resents helps investigate a string of child killings; Russell and Martinez have differing views on a date-rape case.

Simone and Sipowicz investigate a decapitation; Martinez pursues a former porn star's complaint about phone harassment; Andy Jr. makes a surprise appearance.

A gruesome slaying appears to be the work of a psychopath; an MD is wounded outside his mistress's apartment; Lesniak is ready for passion with Martinez.

A hood's own brother is a victim in his killing spree; Russell finds a no-nonsense lawyer to defend her mother, while working a case involving a man who shot his wife.

Russell's father is killed, and her brother claims responsibility; Sipowicz and Medavoy dig into a murder case requiring the unearthing of the deceased's remains.

Simone and Sipowicz seek the killer of a woman who was burned to death; Medavoy protects a numbers racketeer who's been targeted for a hit.

Fancy takes the heat after Sipowicz uses racist language while investigating a gang-related shooting in the projects.

A Chinese gangster may be connected to the death of his former girlfriend; Martinez and Lesniak investigate the robbery of a handicapped woman; Medavoy's wife confronts Donna.

A shooting involves a black family man; Simone's imprisoned friend gives him info on an unsolved murder.

The FBI takes over the investigation of a businessman's abduction; Simone reaches out to an ex-boxer who's showing early signs of Alzheimer's disease.

Sipowicz and Simone investigate the murder of a matron from India; Russell resents Simone's intrusion in her case involving an undercover sting.

A strange story unfolds after a killing at a coin laundry; Simone and a detective under investigation are partnered on a case involving sexual misconduct.

Sipowicz has a bad attitude as he and Simone investigate the grim slayings of two children.

A serial-rape suspect is snagged, but he goes free before a positive ID can be made; Russell intervenes after her father beats her mother; and Lesniak divulges personal information to Medavoy. 

The detectives investigate stabbing deaths; Medavoy and Sipowicz go undercover as rabbis to snag Torah thieves; Costas has big news for Sipowicz.

Martinez is shot while on a call with Medavoy, and medical and investigative complications arise.