Episode
NYPD Blue: Bale to the Chief
Overview
Bale offers to recommend Sipowicz for the squad commander position; Ortiz and Murphy investigate the death of an Arab woman; and detectives search for the man who shot Bale.
Details
- Series
- NYPD Blue
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2005-02-22
Episode context
Bale to the Chief is Episode 19 in Season 12 of NYPD Blue. It aired on 2005-02-22.
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Episode 18: Lenny Scissorhands
A squad member is shot while storming an apartment; Clark and Jones investigate the bludgeoning death of a woman whose wealthy husband was going to finance a friend's salon business.
Episode 20: Moving Day
As he begins his new job as squad commander, Sipowicz disobeys orders and keeps a murder investigation open... even though a Japanese man with diplomatic immunity has confessed to the crime.
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