List of New York Undercover episodes
This is a complete list of episodes of the American police drama New York Undercover, which originally aired on the Fox network from September 8, 1994, to February 11, 1999, through 4 seasons with 89 episodes produced. The episode number reflects the order in which they were aired, which sometimes differed from the order of filming.
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 26 | September 8, 1994 | May 11, 1995 | ||
2 | 26 | August 31, 1995 | May 9, 1996 | ||
3 | 24 | August 29, 1996 | May 15, 1997 | ||
4 | 13 | January 8, 1998 | February 11, 1999 |
Episodes
Throughout the first three seasons, episodes regularly featured musical guests performing at Natalie's, a nightclub whose original owner was portrayed by Gladys Knight in Season 1.
Season 1 (1994–95)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Musical guest and song | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "School Ties" | Arthur W. Forney | Natalie Chaidez | Teddy Pendergrass "Close the Door" | September 8, 1994 | 70103 |
A gun battle erupts when gang members burst into the emergency room to finish off a rival, taking doctors and patients hostage in the terrifying process. | |||||||
2 | 2 | "Pilot" | Bill Duke | Story by : Dick Wolf & Kevin Arkadie Teleplay by : Kevin Arkadie | Gladys Knight (as Natalie) "Good Morning Heartache" | September 15, 1994 | 83582 |
Kids working for an auto-theft ring steal the car of a mobster's mother; J.C.'s ex-wife wants to send their son to a private school; guest Clarence Williams. | |||||||
3 | 3 | "Sins of the Father" | Arthur W. Forney | Kevin Arkadie | The O'Jays "For the Love of Money" | September 22, 1994 | 70101 |
A tip from J.C.'s son leads the detectives to a father/son drug ring at the boy's private school; guests the O'Jays. | |||||||
4 | 4 | "To Protect and Serve" | Frederick K. Keller | Charles D. Holland | Nancy Wilson "Love Won't Let Me Wait" | September 29, 1994 | 70106 |
The detectives look for clues in a collegian's murder; J.C.'s ex-wife is involved with a musician in Nancy Wilson's band. | |||||||
5 | 5 | "Garbage" | Gus Trikonis | Charles D. Holland | Bobby Womack "If You Think You're Lonely Now" | October 6, 1994 | 70104 |
J.C. and Eddie pose as garbage men to probe an employee's death and wind up disposing of hazardous waste. | |||||||
6 | 6 | "After Shakespeare" | Bill Corcoran | Nonny de la Peña & Angel Dean Lopez | Gladys Knight (as Natalie) "I Don't Want to Know" | October 13, 1994 | 70105 |
A real-estate developer is suspected of fueling gang tensions to lower property values; Eddie tries to repair his relationship with his dad. | |||||||
7 | 7 | "Tasha" | Jace Alexander | Reggie Rock Bythewood | Billy Paul "Me and Mrs. Jones" | October 27, 1994 | 70108 |
An infant's doctor is suspiciously murdered while J.C. and Eddie are investigating a baby's emergency room death. | |||||||
8 | 8 | "Missing" | Anthony Hickox | Natalie Chaidez | Stephanie Mills "What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin'" | November 3, 1994 | 70107 |
J.C. and Eddie search for suspects in an underworld of child molesters when the young son of a city council candidate is kidnapped in Central Park. | |||||||
9 | 9 | "The Friendly Neighborhood Dealer" | Reynaldo Villalobos | Reggie Rock Bythewood | Boyz II Men "On Bended Knee" | November 10, 1994 | 70102 |
J.C. and Eddie investigate a local youth center when children start overdosing on a powerful type of heroin; G enrolls in a basketball clinic. | |||||||
10 | 10 | "Mate" | Oz Scott | Kevin Arkadie | Keith Sweat "When I Give My Love" | November 17, 1994 | 70109 |
The duo poses as a pair of pornographers to locate a missing girl before she falls victim to drugs and murder; guest Keith Sweat. | |||||||
11 | 11 | "Eyewitness Blues" | Frederick K. Keller | Charles D. Holland | Salli Richardson (as Tami Barrett) "Sensuality" | November 24, 1994 | 70110 |
J.C. goes under cover as a bodyguard to protect a famous pop singer who witnessed her manager's murder. | |||||||
12 | 12 | "Blondes Have More Fun" | Helaine Head | Story by : Kevin Arkadie Teleplay by : Kevin Arkadie & Robert Ward | Mavis Staples "I'll Take You There" | December 8, 1994 | 70114 |
The detectives don dresses to investigate the murder of a popular transvestite; Sandy is offered a job in London. | |||||||
13 | 13 | "Los Macheteros" | Michael Lange | Natalie Chaidez | India "Ese Hombre" | December 15, 1994 | 70111 |
Eddie infiltrates a Puerto Rican terrorist group to probe an armored-car robbery and winds up sympathizing with their cause. | |||||||
14 | 14 | "Private Enemy No. 1" | Frederick K. Keller | Nonny de la Peña & Angel Dean Lopez | Mary J. Blige "I'm Goin' Down" | January 5, 1995 | 70113 |
J.C. thinks an old gang rival murdered a '60s activist; Eddie's journalist sister joins the guys on their rounds. | |||||||
15 | 15 | "The Smoking Section" | Mick Garris | Reggie Rock Bythewood | Gerald Levert - "A Song for You" Rev. Timothy Wright and the New York Fellowship Mass Choir - "We Need A Miracle" and "Trouble Don't Last Always" | January 19, 1995 | 70112 |
A minister (Howard Rollins) fights a cigarette company's attempts to recruit new smokers in his community. | |||||||
16 | 16 | "Mama Said Knock You Out" | Mike Vejar | Natalie Chaidez | Zhané "Free" | February 2, 1995 | 70116 |
Eddie and J.C. go under cover as a boxer and a manager to find the dealer of a new drug that killed a young boxer. | |||||||
17 | 17 | "You Get No Respect" | James A. Contner | Story by : Reggie Rock Bythewood & Robert Ward Teleplay by : Reggie Rock Bythewood | The Notorious B.I.G. "Juicy" | February 9, 1995 | 70120 |
J.C. and Eddie enter a world of drugs, gangsters and deception in search of clues to a rap artist's murder. | |||||||
18 | 18 | "Innocent Bystander" | Jace Alexander | Terry Curtis Fox | SWV "There'll Never Be" | February 16, 1995 | 70117 |
J.C.'s (Malik Yoba) son, G (George Gore II), becomes a target after he witnesses a mob killing. With Michael DeLorenzo, Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn and Fatima Faloye. | |||||||
19 | 19 | "CAT" | Reynaldo Villalobos | Michael R. Perry & Stephen Gaghan | Brian McKnight "All I Do" | February 23, 1995 | 70119 |
Working under cover, Eddie uses his chemistry knowledge in an attempt to bust a drug lord's operation of manufacturing a dangerous new drug. | |||||||
20 | 20 | "All in the Family" | Jace Alexander | Charles D. Holland & Robert Ward | James Brown "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | March 16, 1995 | 70115 |
The partners pose as black-market weapons buyers to nab a family of gun thieves; Eddie's dad blows his chance to play saxophone for James Brown. | |||||||
21 | 21 | "Eliminate the Middleman" | Michael Scott | Natalie Chaidez | Teena Marie "Wishing on a Star" | March 30, 1995 | 70125 |
A difficult situation arises when Eddie and J.C. discover the middleman for a drug operation is a friend of Eddie's father. | |||||||
22 | 22 | "Olde Tyme Religion" | William Malone | Story by : Kevin Arkadie & Robert Ward Teleplay by : Kevin Arkadie | Chanté Moore "Inside My Love" | April 6, 1995 | 70121 |
Eddie goes under cover to investigate a murder linked to a bizarre Caribbean religion and winds up seeing visions of his own death. | |||||||
23 | 23 | "The Shooter" | Bill Corcoran | Charles D. Holland | Christopher Williams "Love Ballad" | April 13, 1995 | 70122 |
The partners investigate a sharp-shooter's vendetta against his former accomplices in a financial scam; J.C. learns Sandy is pregnant. | |||||||
24 | 24 | "Manchild" | Frederick K. Keller | Story by : Natalie Chaidez & Reggie Rock Bythewood Teleplay by : Larry Moskowitz | Intro "What's Going On" | April 27, 1995 | 70128 |
G must decide if he is "man enough" to protect a friend, a 10-year-old boy involved in a gang-related shooting. | |||||||
25 | 25 | "Downtown Girl" | Don Kurt | Larry Moskowitz | Jon Secada "Where Do I Go From You" | May 4, 1995 | 70129 |
The investigation of a high-powered female attorney's death leads Eddie and J.C. to a prominent law firm's money-laundering scheme. | |||||||
26 | 26 | "Catman Comes Back" | Frederick K. Keller | Natalie Chaidez | Montell Jordan "What You Won't Do for Love" | May 11, 1995 | 70127 |
A murder case hits J.C. and Eddie close to home when a drug lord (Ice-T) takes vengeance to a personal level; guest Al Green. |
Season 2 (1995–96)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Musical guest and song | Original air date | Prod. code |
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27 | 1 | "High on the Hog" | Frederick K. Keller | Larry Moskowitz | Al Jarreau "We're In This Love Together" | August 31, 1995 | K0503 |
28 | 2 | "Tag, You're Dead" | Jace Alexander | Steven Phillip Smith | Mary J. Blige "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | September 7, 1995 | K0507 |
29 | 3 | "Man's Best Friend" | Frederick K. Keller | Natalie Chaidez | Guy "Tell Me What You Like" | September 14, 1995 | K0504 |
30 | 4 | "Brotherhood" | James Charleston | Story by : E. Monique Floyd, Ayanna N. Floyd & Reggie Rock Bythewood Teleplay by : Reggie Rock Bythewood | Chaka Khan "Sweet Thing" | September 21, 1995 | K0506 |
31 | 5 | "Digital Underground" | Frederick K. Keller | Shane Salerno | Brandy and Tevin Campbell "The Closer I Get to You" | September 28, 1995 | K0508 |
32 | 6 | "Buster and Claudia" | Don Kurt | Michael Mahern | B.B. King "The Thrill Is Gone" | October 5, 1995 | K0510 |
33 | 7 | "Student Affairs" | Michael Lange | Larry Moskowitz | Jon B. "My Cherie Amour" | October 12, 1995 | K0511 |
34 | 8 | "The Highest Bidder" | Frederick K. Keller | Judith McCreary | D'Angelo "Brown Sugar" | October 19, 1995 | K0513 |
35 | 9 | "Young, Beautiful and Dead" | Michael Lange | Natalie Chaidez | Silk "Wildflower" | November 2, 1995 | K0512 |
36 | 10 | "Color Lines" | Frederick K. Keller | Shane Salerno | Marnell Kenan "Run to You" | November 9, 1995 | K0514 |
37 | 11 | "The Finals" | Don Kurt | Reggie Rock Bythewood | Al Green "Love and Happiness" | November 16, 1995 | K0515 |
38 | 12 | "Internal Affairs" | Melanie Mayron | Larry Moskowitz | George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars "(Not Just) Knee Deep" | November 30, 1995 | K0516 |
39 | 13 | "Bad Girls" | Peter R. McIntosh | Michael Mahern | Dionne Farris "Food for Thought" | December 14, 1995 | K0517 |
40 | 14 | "A Time to Kill" | Frederick K. Keller | Judith McCreary | Monifah "I Miss You (Come Back Home)" | January 4, 1996 | K0519 |
41 | 15 | "Bad Blood" | Matthew Penn | Reggie Rock Bythewood & Jamal Joseph | Brownstone "Don't Ask My Neighbors" | January 18, 1996 | K0501 |
42 | 16 | "Fire Show" | Jace Alexander | Natalie Chaidez | Tito Nieves "Lo Prometido Es Deuda" | February 1, 1996 | K0518 |
43 | 17 | "Toy Soldiers" | Melanie Mayron | Larry Moskowitz | Luther Vandross "A House Is Not a Home" | February 8, 1996 | K0502 |
44 | 18 | "Sympathy for the Devil" | Martha Mitchell | Shane Salerno | Xscape "All This Love" | February 15, 1996 | K0520 |
45 | 19 | "Checkmate" | Oscar L. Costo | Judith McCreary | Roberta Flack "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | February 22, 1996 | K0521 |
46 | 20 | "Unis" | Arthur W. Forney | Story by : Dick Wolf & Steven Phillip Smith Teleplay by : Steven Phillip Smith | The Barrio Boyzz "A Love of Your Own" | March 7, 1996 | K0522 |
47 | 21 | "The Reckoning" | Jesús Treviño | Judith McCreary | Aaron Neville "Use Me" | March 14, 1996 | K0509 |
48 | 22 | "The Enforcers" | Matthew Penn | Michael Mahern | Koko Taylor "Wang Dang Doodle" | April 4, 1996 | K0523 |
49 | 23 | "Andre's Choice" | Bill Corcoran | Suzanne O'Malley | Eddie Levert and Gerald Levert "You Got Your Hooks in Me" | April 11, 1996 | K0524 |
50 | 24 | "No Greater Love" | Melanie Mayron | Natalie Chaidez | Ashford & Simpson "It Seems to Hang On" | April 25, 1996 | K0525 |
51 | 25 | "Deep Cover: Part 1" | Oscar L. Costo | Larry Moskowitz | The Four Tops and The Temptations Medley: "My Girl"/"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" | May 2, 1996 | K0526 |
52 | 26 | "If This World Were Mine: Part 2" | Arthur W. Forney | Reggie Rock Bythewood, Larry Moskowitz & Steven Phillip Smith | Monica "Let's Stay Together" | May 9, 1996 | K0527 |
Season 3 (1996–97)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Musical guest and song | Original air date | Prod. code |
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53 | 1 | "A Time of Faith (Part 1)" | Frederick K. Keller | Reggie Rock Bythewood | 112 - "After the Love Has Gone" Kirk Franklin and the Family (as church choir) - "Melodies from Heaven" | August 29, 1996 | K1501 |
54 | 2 | "A Time of Faith (Part 2)" | Frederick K. Keller | Denitria Harris-Lawrence | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - "Tha Crossroads" Kirk Franklin and the Family (as church choir) - "Melodies from Heaven" | September 5, 1996 | K1502 |
55 | 3 | "Tough Love" | Helaine Head | Story by : Reggie Rock Bythewood & Larry Moskowitz Teleplay by : Larry Moskowitz | The Isley Brothers "Between the Sheets" | September 12, 1996 | K1503 |
56 | 4 | "Blue Boy" | Frederick K. Keller | Natalie Chaidez | Soraya "Quédate" | September 19, 1996 | K1504 |
57 | 5 | "Rule of Engagement" | Martha Mitchell | Judith McCreary | BLACKstreet "Yearning for Your Love" | September 26, 1996 | K1505 |
58 | 6 | "Kill the Noise" | Don Kurt | Judith McCreary | New Edition "You Don't Have to Worry" | October 31, 1996 | K1511 |
59 | 7 | "Smack is Back" | Jesús Salvador Treviño | Steven Phillip Smith | Tito Puente "Asia Mood" | November 7, 1996 | K1506 |
60 | 8 | "Don't Blink" | Allen Coulter | Reggie Rock Bythewood | George Benson "This Masquerade" | November 14, 1996 | K1507 |
61 | 9 | "Without Mercy" | Frederick K. Keller | Gar Anthony Haywood | The Tony Rich Project "Leavin'" | November 21, 1996 | K1508 |
62 | 10 | "Going Platinum" | Allen Coulter | Larry Moskowitz | Phil Collins "Oughta Know by Now" | December 5, 1996 | K1509 |
63 | 11 | "Brown Like Me" | Norberto Barba | Reggie Rock Bythewood & Jorge A. Reyes | Celia Cruz "Azúcar Negra" | December 19, 1996 | K1510 |
64 | 12 | "Grim Reaper" | Frederick K. Keller | Judith McCreary | Groove Theory "People Make the World Go Round" | January 9, 1997 | K1512 |
65 | 13 | "Fade Out" | Matthew Penn | Denitria Harris-Lawrence | Aaliyah "Choosey Lover" | January 16, 1997 | K1513 |
66 | 14 | "The Solomon Papers" | Allen Coulter | Natalie Chaidez | Me'Shell Ndege'Ocello "Ecclesiastes: Free My Heart" | January 30, 1997 | K1514 |
67 | 15 | "School's Out" | Martha Mitchell | Steven Phillip Smith | Gerald Levert "A Song for You" | February 6, 1997 | K1516 |
68 | 16 | "Outrage" | Allen Coulter | Larry Moskowitz | James Ingram "One Hundred Ways" | February 13, 1997 | K1517 |
69 | 17 | "The Promised Land" | Don Kurt | Reggie Rock Bythewood | Richie Havens "God Bless the Child" | February 20, 1997 | K1519 |
70 | 18 | "Descell" | Frederick K. Keller | Reggie Rock Bythewood | Mint Condition "Family Affair" | March 13, 1997 | K1521 |
71 | 19 | "Hubris" | Timothy Van Patten | Judith McCreary | Lisa Stansfield "You Know How to Love Me" | March 27, 1997 | K1520 |
72 | 20 | "The Unthinkable" | Frederick K. Keller | Denitria Harris-Lawrence | Curtis Mayfield "No One Knows About a Good Thing (You Don't Have to Cry)" | April 17, 1997 | K1523 |
73 | 21 | "Vendetta" | Nick Gomez | Larry Moskowitz | Erykah Badu "Stay" | April 24, 1997 | K1524 |
74 | 22 | "Is It a Crime?" | Jesús Salvador Treviño | Steven Phillip Smith | Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers featuring Damian Marley & Julian Marley "So Much Trouble in the World" | May 1, 1997 | K1525 |
75 | 23 | "No Place Like Hell" | Norberto Barba | Reggie Rock Bythewood | Tracy Chapman "The Promise" | May 8, 1997 | K1526 |
76 | 24 | "The Last Hurrah" | Don Kurt | Judith McCreary | Johnny Gill "Sunshine" | May 15, 1997 | K1527 |
Season 4 (1998–99)
Major cast and plot changes were made to the series at the beginning of season 4. Jonathan LaPaglia and Michael DeLorenzo departed at the end of the prior season (leading to the shooting death of Det. Tommy McNamara and the bombing death of Det. Eddie Torres), Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn was dropped from the cast (resulting in the departure of Lt. Virgina Cooper), and Malik Yoba and Lauren Velez's characters were re-assigned to a new unit, with new co-workers. Consequently, the nightclub Natalie's was eliminated as a regular setting, and the weekly musical guest appearances came to an end. As a result of all these changes, ratings for the show dramatically dropped forcing Fox to cancel the series, leaving the series finale "Catharsis" unaired until the series entered syndication in 1998; the episode aired on February 11, 1999.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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77 | 1 | "Change, Change, Change" | Don Kurt | Brad Kern | January 8, 1998 | K2701 |
78 | 2 | "Drop Dead Gorgeous" | Norberto Barba | Kim Newton | January 15, 1998 | K2704 |
79 | 3 | "Pipeline" | Norberto Barba | Darin Goldberg & Shelley Meals | January 22, 1998 | K2705 |
80 | 4 | "Spare Parts" | Frederick K. Keller | Edward Tivnan | January 29, 1998 | K2702 |
81 | 5 | "Mob Street" | Don Kurt | Brad Kern | February 12, 1998 | K2706 |
82 | 6 | "Rat Trap" | Timothy Van Patten | Kim Newton | March 12, 1998 | K2708 |
83 | 7 | "Quid Pro Quo" | Martha Mitchell | Denitria Harris-Lawrence | March 19, 1998 | K2709 |
84 | 8 | "Capital Punishment" | Melanie Mayron | Edward Tivnan | March 26, 1998 | K2707 |
85 | 9 | "The Unusual Suspects" | Allen Coulter | Denitria Harris-Lawrence | May 28, 1998 | K2703 |
86 | 10 | "Sign o' the Times" | Timothy Van Patten | Darin Goldberg & Shelley Meals | June 4, 1998 | K2710 |
87 | 11 | "Going Native" | Peter R. McIntosh | Jarrett Bryant & Brad Kern | June 11, 1998 | K2711 |
88 | 12 | "The Troubles" | Robert Wiemer | Story by : Denitria Harris-Lawrence & Kim Newton & Andrew Smith Teleplay by : Denitria Harris-Lawrence & Kim Newton | June 25, 1998 | K2712 |
89 | 13 | "Catharsis" | Don Kurt | Story by : Gay Walch Teleplay by : Brad Kern & Gay Walch | February 11, 1999 | K2713 |