NYPD Lou

NYPD Lou is the seventh episode of the first season of NYPD Blue.

Summary
A shady homeless man, named Lou, comes to the station thinking he's a werewolf and demands to be locked up into a cell before he kills someone when the night comes. However, things take a turn when Kelly investigates Lou when he may be a witness in the murder of a nine-year-old immigrant boy. Meanwhile, Sipowicz is visited by his long-estranged son, Andy Sipowicz, Jr. with his fiancée, Patty Constance, an older woman who Sipowicz discovers that she has been cheating on Andy Jr. Elsewhere, Giardella is killed in his hotel room by a Mafia button man dressed as a window washer before he can testify to a grand jury against his superiors and Laura finds herself the only witness to the murder.

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
 * Sharon Lawrence as A.D.A Sylvia Costas

Other

 * Michael DeLuise as Andy Sipowicz Jr.
 * Vincent Guastaferro as Sergeant Vincent Agostini


 * John Ottavino as Jimmy Craig
 * Zach Grenier as Rudolf Wentz
 * Mary Joy as Inga Wentz
 * John Fleck as Freddy
 * Ken Thorley as George Stipley
 * John Fiore as Jerry Fumento
 * Julianne Christie as Patty Constance
 * Joseph Carberry as Kevin the Salesman
 * Robert Constanzo as Alfonse Giardella
 * Dan Hedaya as Lou the Werewolf

Important Events

 * Last appearance of Alfonse Giardella.
 * First appearance of Andy Sipowicz Jr..

Trivia

 * This episode won Dennis Franz his first of four Best Actor Emmysundefined.
 * Dan Hedaya received an Emmy nomination for his work on this episodeundefined.

Quotes
"A.D.A Costas: Normally, I would be very happy with the package, but in this instance I'm a bit concerned. Det. Kelly: In the area of? Costas: Does it need saying, Det. Kelly? My chief witness thinks that he is a furry carnivore.  Kelly: Let me teel you something about Lou. He has his ways, but down deep...  Costas: ...he's a stand-up wolf."