Brown Appetit

Brown Appetit is the third episode of the first season of NYPD Blue.

Summary
Janice's policeman father arrives for a visit and tells her about his pending indictment for corruption involving being an informant for Angelo Marino when a book that Marino had on him as a list of all of his informants... including hers. Sipowicz makes some appearances at the hotel where Giardella is staying to further intimidate him over the shooting death of Marino. Meanwhile, Kelly and Martinez are assigned a case involving the robbery and murder of a woman. Also, Josh Goldstein comes to the precinct in search for his gun he used to kill his assailant.

Main

 * David Caruso as Detective John Kelly
 * Dennis Franz as Detective Andy Sipowicz
 * James McDaniel as Lieutenant Arthur Fancy
 * Sherry Stringfield as Laura Michaels Kelly
 * Amy Brenneman as Officer Janice Licalsi
 * Nicholas Turturro as Detective James Martinez

Recurring

 * Gordon Clapp as Detective Greg Medavoy

Other

 * Wendie Malick as Susan Wagner
 * Alan Scarfe as Thomas Wagner
 * David Schwimmer as Josh '4B' Goldstein
 * Robert Costanzo as Alfonse Giardella
 * Tresa Hughes as Annette DiLeo
 * Michael Rapaport as Jaime DiLeo
 * Bradford Tatum as Michael DiLeo
 * Ralph Monaco as Dominic Gennaro

Important Events

 * Andy Sipowicz is reinstated after being shot.

Trivia

 * First appearance of Gordon Clapp.

Quotes
"Lt. Fancy: I just got a call from the Federal Marshals' Office. What the hell were you doing at Giardella's hotel? Det. Sipowicz: I was in the neighbourhood."