A.D.A. Sipowicz

A.D.A Sipowicz is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the second season of NYPD Blue.

Summary
Pre-wedding jitters put Sipowicz in a rare form of panic whereas Sylvia remains perfectly calm. While investigating a murder in Chinatown, Russell's drinking problem makes her miss getting a gun off a suspect and she finally admits to Simone about her alcoholism. Meanwhile, Fancy's brother, Reginald, is still having problems with his racist sergeant and his belligerent attitude has resulted in him being investigated by Internal Affairs. So Fancy, Simone, and the squad work together to help clear Reginald of any misconduct. Martinez finally goes out on a date with Lesniak and asks her to be his date for the wedding. At the ceremony, Simone is Sipowicz's best man, Sylvia's father escorts her down the aisle and even Andy Jr. makes it just in time for the ceremony. Medavoy brings his ex-wife to the wedding while a lonely and jealous Donna painfully watches from afar.

Main

 * Jimmy Smits as Detective Bobby Simone
 * Dennis Franz as Detective Andy Sipowicz
 * James McDaniel as Lieutenant Arthur Fancy
 * Gail O'Grady as P.A.A Donna Abandando
 * Gordon Clapp as Detective Greg Medavoy
 * Sharon Lawrence as A.D.A Sylvia Costas
 * Nicholas Turturro as Detective James Martinez

Recurring

 * Justine Miceli as Detective Adrienne Lesniak
 * Kim Delaney as Detective Diane Russell
 * Bill Brochtrup as P.A.A John Irvin

Other

 * Michael Jai White as Officer Reginald 'Reggie' Fancy
 * Ramón Franco as Richie Morales
 * Brent Jennings as Pierre LaFont
 * Eugene Williams as Toby Ray
 * Joe Greco as Kostas Costas
 * Michael DeLuise as Andy Sipowicz Jr.
 * Danny Goldring as Sergeant McNamara
 * Nicolette Scorsese as Francine (A.D.A Sipowicz)
 * David Dunard as Detective Chris Doudell
 * Richard Zavaglia as A.D.A Arnold Rosenthal
 * Deborah Taylor as Marie Medavoy
 * Brad Grunberg as Leon (A.D.A Sipowicz)

Important Events

 * Sip and Sylvia marry.
 * Diane admits to her drinking problem.

Trivia

 * The Greek Orthodox Church were the marriage take place is Saint Sophia in Los Angeles, California; this coincidentally is the same church where actress Sharon Lawrence married her husband Dr. Tom Apostle in 2002.
 * When Andy is quizzing Greg about caring for his saltwater fish, he asks him to diagnose a "white spot" on a fish. He then corrects Greg's mispronunciation of oodinium. Actually, oodinium (a parasite) presents as gold-colored dust, and not as the white spot commonly seen in freshwater ich (ichthyophthirius multifiliis). Greg continues by saying that he would "put the treatment in the water." The typical treatment for oodinium is copper.
 * Sipowicz interviews Morales posing as an ADA. However, Morales would know that Sipowicz wasn't an ADA because Sipowicz was there at the apartment when he busted him.
 * When Andy is putting Toby back in the cage in the interview room (around 16'), the camera shifts to him (Andy). A moment later, the camera shifts to Toby inside the cage, and his long earring has changed to a stud. The camera shifts back to Andy, and when it again moves to Toby, his long earring is back.

Quotes
"Det. Sip: [on the phone] Yeah, I heard the expression, 'mutual respect.' You ever heard the expression, 'kiss my ass?'""Det. Sip: Yeah, well, Arnold, why don't you leave me your card, and I'll be in touch the second your comfort becomes important to me, hmm?"