True Confessions

True Confessions is the fourth episode of the first season of NYPD Blue.

Summary
Kelly begins moonlighting as a security guard for Susan Wagner, a wealthy woman who's married to an abusive husband. But things take a turn when the husband is shot and killed, and Mrs. Wagner becomes a suspect. Meanwhile, Sipowicz is paired with the hard-nosed Detective Walker who arrests a man for a robbery and double-murder. While Detective Walker thinks he's guilty, Sipowicz thinks differently. Laura quits her job and plans to move into a position with the District Attorney's office, prosecuting narcotics. The increasingly edgy Josh Goldstein has Kelly appear at a tenant's readiness group regarding crime, and he is later killed trying to save an elderly woman from a mugging on a subway platform.

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

Other

 * David Schwimmer as Josh '4B' Goldstein
 * Jack Kehler as Howard Coleman
 * Wendie Malick as Susan Wagner
 * Richard Minchenberg as Stuart Salzman
 * Ethan Phillips as Dwight
 * Robert Breuler as Detective Walker
 * Alan Scarfe as Thomas Wagner
 * Welker White as Christina Coleman
 * Vincent Guastaferro as Desk Sergeant

Important Events

 * Susan Wagner kills her husband.
 * Laura quits her job.
 * Goldstein is shot and dies.

Trivia

 * First episode not to be directed by Gregory Hoblit.
 * Wagner's mansion doorway/foyer was the same house used for Cocktail.

Quotes
"Det. Sipowicz: Hey, Walker, we don't have to gold hands, but would you mind not talking to me like I'm Timmy the Laundry Boy?""Det. Sipowicz: I've got to exhibit a continuous positive approach. Even with this dimbulb over here."