4B or Not 4B

4B or Not 4B is the second episode of the first season of NYPD Blue.

Summary
Inspector Lastarza of the Organized Crime Unit tells Lt. Fancy and Kelly that they stop applying pressure to the local mob for their pursuit of Angelo Marino is hurting the FBI investigation to nail Marino. Meanwhile, Sipowicz regains consciousness in the hospital after the shooting, but he has no memory about the attempt on his life because he was drunk at the time. Laura and John Kelly become officially separated and she decides to join a private law firm. Josh "4B" Goldstein becomes more paranoid about his mugging and brings a gun into the laundry room every night in hopes to catch his attacker. Kelly tries to reason with a deranged man who has taken a judge hostage who let his son's killer free. Elsewhere, Angelo Marino puts more pressure on Janice to murder Kelly, but she kills him and his chauffeur/bodyguard instead and slips away.

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

 * Tom Towles as Inspector Anthony Lastarza
 * Daniel Benzali as James Sinclair Esq.
 * Vincent Guastaferro as Sergeant Vincent Agostini


 * Joe Santos as Angelo Marino
 * David Schwimmer as Josh '4B' Goldstein
 * Brent Jennings as Ephraim Daniels
 * Robert Costanzo as Alfonse Giardella
 * Shannon Cochran as Lois Snyder
 * Jim Holmes as A.D.A Randall Williams

Important Events

 * Andy Sipowicz regains consciousness in hospital.
 * Janice Licalsi kills Angelo Marino.
 * Josh '4B' Goldstein shot an assailant.

Trivia

 * When Kelly asks about Licalsi's father, he mentions the 27th precinct; it doesn't exist, but is the precinct the detectives from Law & Order (1990) work out of.

Quotes
"Judge: We govern by law, not your whim. Kelly: Don't tell me how you govern. I work the streets. I clean up after how you govern. The way your govern stinks."