"Simone Says" is the fifth episode in the second season of NYPD Blue. It aired on November 15, in 1994.
Synopsis[]
Detective Bobby Simone joins the precinct; Abruzzo threatens Lesniak; a woman (Barbara Bosson) alleges child abuse.
Plot[]
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.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- 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
Guest stars[]
- Barbara Bosson as Miriam Davis
- Bruce Nozick as Detective Jimmy Abruzzo
- Tim Quill as Paddy Perkins
- Alicia Coppola as Paula Anderson
Others[]
- Cordelia Richards as Georgia Savino
- Charles Lanyer as Arthur Davis
- Jessica Bowman as Allison Davis
- Barry Gordon as Philip Fox, Esq.
- Una Damon as Thelma Levy
- Gerry Becker as Mr. Goldman
Trivia[]
- Jimmy Smits made his first appearance in this episode and reunite Steven Bochco for the first time since leaving L.A. Law in 1991.
- Gregory Hoblit's final directing in this episode.
Notes[]
- 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.
- The title is a play on the words "Simon Says".
Quotes[]
Det. Sipowicz: Takes me 22 years to make second grade, this guy gets there shoving away squeegie-bums.
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