“NYPD Blue” closed out its 12-year-run tonight with a tasteful, workmanlike, not-particularly-“special” episode, ending with now-Sgt. Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) thanked one-by-one by the other cops in the station. A fitting end to a pioneering show that, I admit, I haven’t watched regularly in several years.
In the end, ‘Blue’ deserves credit for paving the way for such “adult” cop shows as “The Shield,” as well as popularizing the short-sleave-shirt-with-a-tie look. And the Jimmy Smits death story arc was quite well-done as well.
ABC is soo dumb. They must not care about this show anymore. They should have ended the show in May sweeps. I guess now that they have Desperate Housewives, its time to close the book on old shows ASAP.
Posted by: A at March 2, 2005 12:54 AM