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New York Undercover - Episode Guide

Season 1

School Ties

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 8, 1994

School Ties

Manhattan police detectives J.C. Williams and Eddie Torres are assigned to a case dealing with a 17 year old girl who accuses a high school football player of rape. Eddie has problems going to see his mother, who is in the hospital, after six years of non-communication with each other.

Pilot

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 15, 1994

Pilot

Kids working for an auto-theft ring steal the car of a mobster's mother; J.C.'s ex-girlfriend wants to send their son to a private school.

Sins of the Father

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 22, 1994

Sins of the Father

Torres and Williams investigate an ice cream vendors murder who's drug dealings ends up in G's school.

To Protect and Serve

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1994

To Protect and Serve

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.

Garbage

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1994

Garbage

Torres and Williams go undercover to investigate a sanitation worker's murder. Sandra is embarrassed J.C. is a police officer.

After Shakespeare

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1994

After Shakespeare

A real-estate developer is suspected of fueling gang tensions to lower property values; Eddie tries to repair his relationship with his dad.

Tasha

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1994

Tasha

When a baby dies, Torres and Williams discover there's more to the story then people say. Torres's sister askes him to investigate their friends missing son.

Missing

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1994

Missing

Detectives Williams and Torres investigate an incident involving the abduction of a young boy who happens to be the son of a politician running for office. JC and Sandy come to terms with their relationship.

The Friendly Neighborhood Dealer

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1994

The Friendly Neighborhood Dealer

Detectives JC and Eddie investigate a number of street drug related overdoses all in the same neighborhood.

Mate

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1994

Mate

The detectives investigate the disappearance of a young woman involved in the adult film industry after another woman has been found murdered. The case hits close to home.

The Eyewitness Blues

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Nov 24, 1994

The Eyewitness Blues

Williams protects an eyewitness, while Torres looks for the people who want to kill her.

Blondes Have More Fun

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 8, 1994

Blondes Have More Fun

The detectives investigate a string of related murders involving members of the NY Drag community.

Los Macheteros

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1994

Los Macheteros

A violent Puerto Rican gang supporting the cause of their people causes trouble in the community. JC is concerned as Eddie goes undercover to investigate their criminal activity.

Private Enemy No. 1

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1995

Private Enemy No. 1

The detectives investigate the murder of man who played a major role during the Black Panther Movement. A suspect in the case is from JC's past.

The Smoking Section

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1995

The Smoking Section

A reverend is targeted and threatened as he fights to ban the sale of cigarettes in his community. Eddie is visited by an old love in need of help.

Mama Said Knock You Out

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1995

Mama Said Knock You Out

Detectives JC and Torres investigate a drug on streets that took the life of a promising boxer.

You Get No Respect

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1995

You Get No Respect

J.C. and Eddie enter a world of drugs, gangsters and deception in search of clues to a rap artist's murder.

Innocent Bystander

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1995

Innocent Bystander

J.C.'s son, G, becomes a target after he witnesses a mob killing.

CAT

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Feb 23, 1995

CAT

Working under cover, Eddie uses his chemistry knowledge in an attempt to bust a drug lord's operation of manufacturing a dangerous new drug.

All in the Family

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Mar 16, 1995

All in the Family

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.

Eliminate the Middleman

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1995

Eliminate the Middleman

A difficult situation arises when Eddie and J.C. discover the middleman for a drug operation is a friend of Eddie's father.

Olde Thyme Religion

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Apr 6, 1995

Olde Thyme Religion

Eddie goes under cover to investigate a murder linked to a bizarre Caribbean religion and winds up seeing visions of his own death.

The Shooter

Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Apr 13, 1995

The Shooter

The partners investigate a sharp-shooter's vendetta against his former accomplices in a financial scam; J.C. learns Sandy is pregnant.

Manchild

Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Apr 27, 1995

Manchild

G must decide if he is "man enough" to protect a friend, a 10-year-old boy involved in a gang-related shooting.

Downtown Girl

Episode: 1x25 | Airdate: May 4, 1995

Downtown Girl

The investigation of a high-powered female attorney's death leads Eddie and J.C. to a prominent law firm's money-laundering scheme.

Catman Comes Back

Episode: 1x26 | Airdate: May 11, 1995

Catman Comes Back

A murder case hits J.C. and Eddie close to home when a drug lord takes vengeance to a personal level.

Season 2

High on the Hog

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Aug 31, 1995

High on the Hog

Now physically recovered, Williams is awaiting approval to return to active duty. Torres and his new partner pose as bikers to solve the double homicide of an informant and her little girl.

Tag, You're Dead

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 7, 1995

Tag, You're Dead

Williams and Torres investigate the case of a Wall Street bond salesman who claims to have shot two graffiti artists in self-defense.

Man's Best Friend

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 14, 1995

Man's Best Friend

A man gets killed by a pit bull which causes Williams and Torres to go into the world of dog betting.

Brotherhood

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1995

Brotherhood

Williams poses as a freshman to investigate a racially motivated killing on a college campus.

Digital Underground

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1995

Digital Underground

Lt. Cooper's daughter ends up missing because of a pedophile she met through email.

Buster and Claudia

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 5, 1995

Buster and Claudia

A string of robberies leads to an ex-con and his girlfriend. Torres tries to settle a dispute between his father and a mobster.

Student Affairs

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1995

Student Affairs

Williams and Torres pose as a substitute history teacher and a janitor at the high school where a crime was committed.

The Highest Bidder

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1995

The Highest Bidder

Moreno poses as a nurse. to solve a newborn's abduction.

Young, Beautiful and Dead

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1995

Young, Beautiful and Dead

Williams poses as a model to investigate the face-slashing of a teen cover girl.

Color Lines

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1995

Color Lines

A serial bomber threatens Williams and Torres.

The Finals

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1995

The Finals

Danny Cort returns with an agenda for Williams to lose his job and his best friend and to "smoke [the officer's] little kid."

Internal Affairs

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1995

Internal Affairs

Williams is investigated by the internal affairs division for Danny Cort's death (or murder?).

Bad Girls

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Dec 14, 1995

Bad Girls

Moreno poses as a prostitute to track down a serial killer; J.C. wants G to come live with him.

A Time to Kill

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1996

A Time to Kill

After being freed, a policeman's murderer is killed and the cop's partner is under investigation. Meanwhile, the murderer's girlfriend plots revenge on the gang leader who ordered the officer's death.

Bad Blood

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1996

Bad Blood

Williams and Torres investigate the murder of a free-lance writer. Moreno gets a visit by her missing husband.

Fire Show

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1996

Fire Show

Moreno poses as a firefighter in order to find out who's responsible for a female firefighter's death.

Toy Soldiers

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1996

Toy Soldiers

Three youths, who were brought from Rwanda to act as mob hit men, are befriended by Father Torres. Moreno gets an inheritance; Williams disagrees with the methods of his son's hockey coach.

Sympathy for the Devil

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1996

Sympathy for the Devil

When three youths are charged with shooting a couple, one of them insists that, while they robbed the couple, someone else fired the gun.

Checkmate

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1996

Checkmate

A hit man's widow wants to become a soldier in the mob and poses as a police officer to kill a fellow crook in Williams's and Torres's precinct.

Unis

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1996

Unis

Lt. Cooper sends two patrol officers to infiltrate a group of corrupt cops when neighborhood dealers start disappearing.

The Reckoning

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Mar 14, 1996

The Reckoning

Williams poses as a member of a militant religious group engaged in an ongoing conflict with a religious sect. Torres's father receives devastating news.

The Enforcers

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1996

The Enforcers

Williams investigate the murder of his son's tutor.

Andre's Choice

Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Apr 11, 1996

Andre's Choice

A fight promoter's death leads to a case involving blackmail, murder, and an ex-con whom Williams has helped.

No Greater Love

Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: Apr 25, 1996

No Greater Love

Torres believes the the man who confesses to a killing is taking the blame for his younger brother, who's just received a basketball scholarship to college.

Deep Cover

Episode: 2x25 | Airdate: May 2, 1996

Deep Cover

Torres tries to gain the confidence of a gun ring's leader. Williams pretends to be a Jamaican who's prepared to place a substantial firearms order.

Season 3

A Time of Faith: Part 1

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Aug 29, 1996

A Time of Faith: Part 1

Harlem churches are targets of bombings. Eddie tries to help Nina recover from her shot wound. Williams has issues with newcomer Det. McNamara. G's friendship with a white person is being questioned.

A Time of Faith: Part 2

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 5, 1996

A Time of Faith: Part 2

Williams discover that Rev. Harris may be part of the bombings. Nina moves in with Eddie.

Tough Love

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 12, 1996

Tough Love

Williams befriends a woman whose boyfriend is a leader of a gang that robs apartments. Eddie asks Nina not to go back to work.

Blue Boy

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Sep 19, 1996

Blue Boy

A recently released child molester is a suspect in the rape of an eleven year old girl. G is in trouble at school.

Rules of Engagement

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Sep 26, 1996

Rules of Engagement

Nina and McNamara work together on a case where two robbers are murdered. Nina freezes in battle and decides to turn in her gun. G hangs out with young thieves.

Kill the Noise

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1996

Kill the Noise

A war happens between east coast and west coast rappers when a California rapper is shot.

Smack is Back

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1996

Smack is Back

Torres' father dies of a drug overdose and Torres believes that it was suicide. Williams tries to get custody of G.

Don't Blink

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1996

Don't Blink

Nina's new undercover case questions her future as a cop.

Without Mercy

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1996

Without Mercy

Torres goes undercover at an AIDS clinic to solve a murder case of a bisexual man. Cooper and Captain O'Byrne start to become closer.

Going Platinum

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1996

Going Platinum

Williams goes undercover as a security guard. McNamara's discovers more of his father's case. Captain O'Byrne confesses his love for Cooper.

Brown Like Me

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Dec 19, 1996

Brown Like Me

Torres and Nina become involved with two feuding Latino gangs.

The Reaper

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Jan 9, 1997

The Reaper

Lt. Cooper is taken hostage in her office by a man threatening to blow up the precinct if his son is not reprieved from a death-row sentence. Nina learns that the daughter she gave up for adoption 11 years ago wants to meet her.

Fade Out

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1997

Fade Out

A thirteen-year-old boy has a videotape of a murder. Torres and Williams try to protect him; The boy's mother turns out to be Williams's old high-school girlfriend, whom he betrayed by sleeping with her best friend, Chantal.

The Solomon Papers

Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Jan 30, 1997

The Solomon Papers

Feds may be part of a drug case and McNamara might lose it all to prove it. Cooper and her husband tell their kids about their separation.

School's Out

Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Feb 6, 1997

School's Out

Moreno joins in the investigation when her daughter's adoptive mother tells her that the girl has been kidnapped.

Outrage

Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1997

Outrage

The detectives have to prove that a Gulf War veteran has stolen missiles. Williams meets with G's French teacher about G's crush on her.

The Promised Land

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1997

The Promised Land

Williams discovers evidence relating to Martin Luther King Jr's murder.

Descell

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1997

Descell

Nina and McNamara go undercover to find out who tried to kill an executive. Williams and Natasha get close.

Hubris

Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Mar 27, 1997

Hubris

A female bounty hunter uses Williams to help find a fugitive in protective custody. Nina and McNamara suspect the wife of a recently deceased cop. Natasha visits the precinct.

The Unthinkable

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Apr 17, 1997

The Unthinkable

The detectives suspect a mother of being involved in a carjacking involving her two children. Nina deals with her custody battle for Melissa.

Vendetta

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Apr 24, 1997

Vendetta

McNamara goes undercover involving a Chinese Mafia that has a link with his father's death. Torres asks his sister for money to buy an engagement ring for Nina.

Is It a Crime?

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: May 1, 1997

Is It a Crime?

Williams investigates a case where a girl fell down an elevator shaft in her building. Torres goes shopping for Nina's engagement ring.

No Place Like Hell

Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: May 8, 1997

No Place Like Hell

Williams goes undercover at a prison to find evidence that will catch a drug lord. William's new friend in prison becomes involved in a murder. Torres proposes to Nina.

The Last Hurrah

Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: May 15, 1997

The Last Hurrah

The detectives go after a bank robbery ring. Torres and Nina get married.

Season 4

Change Change Change

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1998

Change Change Change

JC and Nina are called into the office of the chief of detectives after 6 months of being off to deal with the deaths of McNamara and Torres. They are assigned to the Special Investigations Division. Along with new detectives Alec Stone, Nell Delaney, and Lt. Malcolm Barker they go after armored car robbers. During the investigation JC and Nina find out they have been recruited to go after Nadine Jordan, the women who killed McNamara and Torres.

Drop-Dead Gorgeous

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1998

Drop-Dead Gorgeous

After a model's drug overdose, Williams and Barker pose as publishers of a new magazine.

Pipeline

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1998

Pipeline

The unit goes after a Ukrainian kingpin who is using this "pipeline" to distribute cocaine, and causing massive deaths. But when the unit bust him, they find out that he is under diplomatic immunity and can't be prosecuted by the laws of the US. Under direct orders they are told that the case in closed. In secrecy under the order of the Chief of Detectives the unit goes undercover to shut down the "pipeline" once and for all. During the investigation, Nina considers giving up her badge if that means she can be with her daughter.

Spare Parts

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1998

Spare Parts

Missing teenagers prompt the unit to investigate a private hospital's organ-donor program.

Mob Street

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1998

Mob Street

Detective Stone becomes torn between work and family while trying to reveal a stock-manipulation scam being conducted by a brokerage firm.

Rat Trap

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1998

Rat Trap

Delaney is torn between family ties and duty when her brother becomes the suspect in an arson case when the unit probes mysterious fires in the garment district.

Quid Pro Quo

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Mar 19, 1998

Quid Pro Quo

The detectives discover that the CIA is involved in a money-laundering scheme involving the killer of Moreno's husband at a bank in a Cuban neighborhood.

Capital Punishment

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Mar 26, 1998

Capital Punishment

In order to uncover the detectives responsible for a series of killings, Williams and Delaney pose as uniformed cops.

The Unusual Suspects

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: May 28, 1998

The Unusual Suspects

Following the shooting of a nanny and a baby, Stone, Delaney, Williams and Barker go undercover to try to capture the weapons-suppliers. Meanwhile, Nina and J.C. grow close to each other.

Sign o' the Times

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Jun 4, 1998

Sign o' the Times

The Special Investigations Division tries to track a serious serial killer who targets young men on the rave scene by giving them tainted drugs. During this G catches Nina and his dad together in bed.

Going Native

Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Jun 11, 1998

Going Native

The unit goes after the leader of a criminal empire who is extorting money from several businesses in Manhattan. This case turns personal for Barker when he is reunited with an old flame and is treated like family by the target. Meanwhile JC and Nina try to find where their relationship is at after sleeping together.

The Troubles

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Jun 25, 1998

The Troubles

When a woman becomes a fugitive, Nina uses her only resource to help find her, her daughter. Stone's life becomes threatened. Delaney poses as a bartender, in order to learn why three Irish terrorists were killed and why they were in America.

Catharsis

Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Feb 11, 1999

Catharsis

Nadine Jordan, the accused killer of Torres and McNamara has been convicted of their murders. She receives a life sentence with no parole which upsets Moreno. Meanwhile The District Attorney who prosecutes a radical terrorist by the name of Eve Flemming finds that his daughter is kidnapped and held for ransom until Flemming is released from prison. He receives a videotape of her tied up and crying for help. Barker devises a plan where they are going to play along to see where Flemming's people lead them to. One part of the plan includes Moreno going undercover as a fugitive to get close to Flemming. While undercover in the prison, Moreno finally gets the chance to settle the score with her husband and partner killer.

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