As of July 2026, NYPD Blue Season 3 aired in 1995 with 22 episodes — streaming now on Disney Plus. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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NYPD Blue Season 3

1995 22 Episodes Drama ⭐ 7/10

If you want a drama that takes its characters as seriously as its plot, NYPD Blue Season 3 is available on right now. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. With 176 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Watch it for Dennis Franz — one of the stronger performances out there right now. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, NYPD Blue Season 3 earns its spot. NYPD Blue Season 3 trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Season 3 of NYPD Blue includes 22 episodes. It aired from October 1995 to May 1996. This season stars Dennis Franz, Jimmy Smits and Kim Delaney. Dennis Franz and Jimmy Smits lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1995. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping everything up in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, NYPD Blue Season 3 delivers. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Dennis Franz's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

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🎬 NYPD Blue Season 3 — Episode Guide

Martinez is shot when he and Medavoy walk in on a bar robbery. One of the robbers gets protection from the DA for information, which upsets James' colleagues. Sylvia breaks some news to Sipowicz, while Simone and Russell try for a reconcilliation.

Torah! Torah! Torah!

An ill man is accused of killing his sister, but Simone suspects otherwise. Meanwhile, Medavoy and Sipowicz go under cover to recover a stolen Jewish icon. Sipowicz struggles to keep a secret.

One Big Happy Family

Simone and Sipowicz get a break in a rape case when a man fitting the assailants description is seen in the station. Russell has to resolve her families domestic problems. Meanwhile, Martinez, on his first day back, gets some disappointing news from Lesniak.

Heavin' Can Wait

A baby and a small child are shot and killed in a robbery. Sipowicz's bad mood hinders the investigation and causes a rift with Simone.

Ronnie Drucker, a detective under investigation, is reassigned to the 15th squad and compromises Simone. A young girl, confused by drugs, is the only witness to a shooting in a laundromat.

Simone and Sipowicz investigate the murder of an Indian woman, found strangled in her locked car. Medavoy and Martinez arrest a man acting strangely and find he's involved in a credit card scam. Lesniak and Russell team up to trap a gun dealer. Simone gets over-protective and makes Russell angry.

An ex-boxer, an old friend of Simone's, refuses to admit he's getting forgetful. The FBI take over a kidnap case, but Simone and Sipowicz find an informant and work the case on their own.

Simone's old pal Ray turns informant, from jail, in order to get a reduced sentence, but things don't go to plan. A father takes deadly revenge to protect his bullied son. Medavoy has to placate 2 actors who come to blows on stage.

Sorry, Wong Suspect

A young girl is found stabbed, in Chinatown. Suspicion falls on the ex-boyfriend. Simone & Sipowicz Investigate. Martinez & Lezniak have to investigate a robbery, together, despite the bad feeling between them. Medavoy moves into the bunk-room.

The Backboard Jungle

A basketball game, held in the memory of a young boy, erupts into violence. 2 dead, 7 wounded. Andy has a race relation's problem with the organizer of the event that was witnessed by a reporter. Fancy and Sipowicz's relationship is on shaky ground as details of this event come to light and Andy is ...

A girl's body is found, burned, in an abandoned basement. Information from the husband of the girl's best friend points to a Russian, who had tried to date her, but had been refused. Simone puts together a scenario, involving the husband and 2 of his associates. Medavoy gets some overtime, on bodygu...

These Old Bones

A bruised and battered wife tells Sipowicz that her husband claimed to have killed somebody 8 years previously. Sipowicz follows a trail, leading back to 2 previous relationships. Russell is told that her father has been shot and killed. Her brother claims to have done it, but Simone thinks he's not...

A Tushful of Dollars

Russell gets a lawyer for her mother. Simone and Sipowicz investigate the shooting of a known mobster's son. Suspicion falls on his younger brother, but the father interferes with the search. Medavoy and Russell get a call to where a woman has been shot, while in bed. Her son tells Russell that he g...

The Nutty Confessor

Martinez and Lezniak's relationship takes a step forward. Simone and Sipowicz are called to a bloody murder scene with satanistic overtones. A doctor is mugged and shot on a visit to his secretary's apartment. Russell and Medavoy feel the wrath of his wife's anger.

A University Professor is found decapitated. His mother gives Simone and Sipowicz a hard time. Lezniak gets jealous when Martinez meets a porn star. Andy's son turns up, out of the blue.

After a young girl is strangled and thrown from a roof, Simone and Sipowicz find a similar case in another district. The investigating officer comes to the 15th, to share information and immediately gets in Andy's bad books. Russell and Martinez disagree over the claims of rape made by a woman, agai...

Hollie and the Blowfish

Medavoy and Martinez investigate the murder of a voodoo priest. Russell gets assigned to help a drug enforcement team, working in the Precinct. Simone spots an old acquaintance, Hollie, who used to give him good information.

A dead man is found, dumped in an alley. His name has possible mob connections. Donna gives Russell information about a possible hi-jack. A surveillance op goes wrong, when Simone and Sipowicz assist the FBI.

A woman is found, murdered, in her apartment. Neighbours fingers point at the junkie nephew. Simone and Sipowicz investigate. Medavoy and Martinez search for a biker, seen in a bar, where the bouncer is beaten to death. Sylvia nears the end of her pregnancy.

A Death in the Family

After a shooting at a bar, Simone and Sipowicz are sent to the hospital and find that they know one of the victims. The whole squad is involved in the hunt for the killers.

🎭 Cast of NYPD Blue Season 3

Dennis Franz

Jimmy Smits

Kim Delaney

James McDaniel

Nicholas Turturro

Nicholas Turturro

Justine Miceli

Adrienne Lesniak

Gail O'Grady

Donna Abandando

Sharon Lawrence

Sharon Lawrence

Gordon Clapp

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