Simone Says

Simone Says is the fifth episode of the second season of NYPD Blue.

Summary
Bobby Simone, a widower and homing pigeon breeder, joins the squad as Kelly's replacement. Simone's first assignment is to help Sipowicz in the investigation of the hit on a mobster's son, where a stray bullet also hit an elderly woman in her apartment. Meanwhile, Lesniak tries to help a woman who's worried that her husband is molesting their daughter, and an over-the-edge Abruzzo pulls his gun and threatens Lesniak in the squad room for leaving him.

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

Other

 * Barbara Bosson as Miriam Davis
 * Bruce Nozick as Detective Jimmy Abruzzo
 * Tim Quill as Paddy Perkins
 * Alicia Coppola as Paula Anderson

Trivia

 * First appearance of Detective Bobby Simone, played by Jimmy Smits.
 * Paula, the model from Elizabeth, NJ says she grew up gazing across the river at Manhattan. Elizabeth borders Newark Bay, not the Hudson River, which obviously what was the river she was referring to, and does not have a view of Manhattan.

Quotes
"Det. Sipowicz: Takes me 22 years to make second grade, this guy gets there shoving away squeegie-bums."