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NYPD Blue - Season 2

starring: Austin Majors, Rumaisa Rahman
directed by: Dick Lowry, John Tracy (II), Lesli Linka Glatter, Jorge Montesi, Félix Enríquez Alcalá

: NYPD Blue - Season 2
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543079095
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Box set, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 19, 2003
Running Time: 1078 minutes
Sales Rank: 2521
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 1993



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Originally broadcast in 1994, the second season of NYPD Blue was disrupted by the departure of star David Caruso (Detective John Kelly) after just four episodes, under apparently less than amicable circumstances. He was ably replaced as Detective Sipowicz's partner by Jimmy Smits as the smoother Detective Bobby Simone, and the series managed not to miss a beat.

More streamlined and downbeat than its predecessor, Hill Street Blues (also created by Steven Bochco), NYPD Blue continued second time around to mix near-the-knuckle detective work to foil New York's scummiest with more character- and relationship-based drama. Although it's regrettable that its ethnic minority characters, such as Lieutenant Fancy, are increasingly marginalized here, the series is more comfortable--and even has fun--with regular characters such as the nervy Detective Medavoy and his on-off paramour Donna Abandando. Andy Sipowicz's simmering, tough-nosed recovering alcoholic is increasingly and amusingly put to the test in a number of situations, including: a murder investigation in a gay bar; being sung to at his own wedding by Nic Turturro's Detective Martinez; and a love scene in the shower in which we experience the dubious pleasure of seeing his bare rear.

New female introductions, such as the strong but sympathetic Detective Lesniak, also helped to shake up the series with a much-needed estrogen boost. There's also fun to be had in spotting a number of guest appearances by up-and-coming actors destined to make it in their own right such as Richard Schiff and Bradley Whitford (The West Wing) and Debra Messing (Will & Grace).

The DVD set contains a number of extras, primarily a one-hour documentary in which the cast and crew discuss the series episode by episode, the self-congratulatory mood broken only by some subtle digs at departing star David Caruso (apparently, he walked straight off the set following his final take into a waiting limo without any farewells). There's also a small piece paying tribute to the music of theme-writer Mike Post and an item covering the relationship between Sipowicz and Assistant DA Sylvia Costas, in whose marriage this series culminates. --David Stubbs



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Transitional "Blue"
"NYPD Blue" never fully recovered from the abrupt exit of David Caruso in Season Two (1994-95). Despite ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - whoops!
This is a 6 disc set. My copy, when received, had problems. The first disc had dislocated from its place ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A great Cop Drama
Probably one of the best cop Dramas. If you like Third Watch, Brooklyn South or Law & Order you will enjoy ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Very Interesting series
I purchased this DVD because of David Caruso who starred in its first season. Then when I got into it I had to ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Gary Hoyt
Wasn't to hot on this DVD. Story lines weren't the greatest and for some reason the cameraman goes up down left ... Read More

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