Ice Follies

Ice Follies is the eighth episode of the first season of NYPD Blue.

Plot
Janice is contacted by Richie Catena, a mob button man and former associate of Marino. They want her to start doing favors for them again or they will expose her past activities with the late Marino. Janice agrees to co-operate with them without telling Kelly, but she tells Inspector Lastarza who tells her to go along with it. Meanwhile, Martinez is distraught when he learns that his brother has died from a drug overdose. But their father, Hector, wants to go out and kill the pusher who's responsible for his son's overdose. Also, Medavoy celebrates his 40th birthday and later musters enough courage to ask Donna out on a date to an ice skating rink.

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 (credit only)
 * 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

 * Luis Guzmán as Hector Martinez
 * Vincent Guastaferro as Sergeant Vincent Agostini
 * Michael Harney as Detective Mike Roberts
 * Larry Romano as Richie Catena
 * Tom Towles as Inspector Anthony Lastarza
 * Mark Adair-Rios as Roberto Martinez

Important Events

 * James Martinez's brother dies.
 * Detective Greg Medavoy's 40th birthday.
 * Officer Janice Licalsi tries to hand herself in for Marino's murder.

Trivia

 * Luis Guzmán plays Hector Martinez, James Martinez's father. In reality, the actor is only 5 years older than the actor who plays Martinez, Nicholas Turturro.
 * Detective Greg Medavoy celebrates his 40th birthday in the episode; the actor was actually 45 at the time.

Quotes
"Det. Mike Roberts: How did you handle the big four-oh, Andy? Det. Sipowicz: Well, as far as I can remember, I dedicated that year to Seagram's 7."