From Hare to Eternity

From Hare to Eternity is the eleventh episode of the first season of NYPD Blue.

Summary
As Christmas draws near, the zone commander, Haverill, starts to come down on Lt. Fancy about his work skills and Sipowicz later intervenes and threatens Haverill to lay off Fancy or he will reveal some incriminating evidence about him being a racist. Meanwhile, Kelly and Sipowicz investigate the kidnapping of a doctor's daughter. Janice must pass some more information to the mob about the station's moves and wonders how she will get out of this situation. Also, Martinez and Medavoy question a woman and her young son who claim to have been robbed by a man who picked them up while they were hitchhiking in North Carolina. But Martinez later discovers that the woman, Kathy, is not who she claims to be, which leads to a hostage situation, involving Donna, at the station. Sipowicz reluctantly plays Santa as the precinct's annual Christmas party, and Martinez receives his gift from Lt. Fancy when he is promoted to detective, while Medavoy panics when the station's pet cat eats the Christmas rabbit, and Kelly visits his Alzheimers-stricken mother who resides in a nursing home.

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

 * Gail O'Grady as Donna Abandando
 * Gordon Clapp as Detective Greg Medavoy
 * Sharon Lawrence as A.D.A Sylvia Costas

Other

 * Mark Blum as Dr. Roland Sachs
 * Dana Andersen as Kathy Cahill
 * James Handy as Borough Commander Haverill
 * Maxine Stuart as Catherine Kelly
 * Vincent Guastaferro as Sergeant Vincent Agostini
 * Larry Romano as Richie Catena
 * Tom Towles as Inspector Anthony Lastarza

Important Events

 * Kelly and Sipowicz's patrol car is hit in an accident.

Quotes
"Det. Sipowicz: Hey Medavoy, how come I gotta be Santa Claus? Det. Medavoy: Well, uh, Stillwell psychoed out and Walker's got jaundice. No offense, but you're the fattest guy in the squad."