List of NYPD Blue Characters - Family, Friends, and Love Interests

Family, Friends, and Love Interests

• Andy Sipowicz Jr. – Andy's son with Katie. Hated his father due to Andy being a drunken, abusive, non-parenting figure in his life, but began to respect his dad when he realized Andy Sr. was staying sober and was a great cop. Andy Jr. joined the Air Force, later getting an honorable discharge because of a torn rotator cuff, and then joined the Hackensack (New Jersey) police department. His father taught him lessons about being a policeman. Andy Jr. was killed when he stopped a robber from raping a woman and the robber's partner shot him, sending his father into a tailspin that nearly destroyed his life. Andy Jr. would appear in dreams and visions to talk with his dad, often contentiously but always with father and son saying they loved each other. Played by Michael DeLuise.
• Lillian Fancy – Art's wife, who is happy and outgoing in comparison to her private and serious husband. She scared Art when she got pregnant because her diabetes nearly killed her during the pregnancy of their second daughter, but she healthily delivered a perfect baby boy. Worked for a natural-foods company that Art very reluctantly told his detectives about, and told him he should lighten up after Art became upset at the notion that he was forcing his subordinates to buy the items (they actually liked them and were happy to make purchases). Heard a lot about Andy over the years and decided Art had little reason to side with him over his past behavior. Played by Tamara Tunie.
• Robin Wirkus – The longtime girlfriend of Det. Kelly's shadowy, rich friend Jimmy Wexler, whom she married not long before he died because Jimmy wanted to ensure she'd inherit his fortune. Slept with Det. Kelly in the Season 1 finale and they began dating between the seasons, but broke up with him in the Season 2 premiere when she realized he was in love with Janice Licalsi.
• Benita Alden – A reporter whom Bobby began dating in Season 2, but after she used private information from him in a story that led to a cop committing suicide, Bobby broke things off with her.
• Marie Medavoy – Greg's unpleasant wife, whom he left in Season 1 when he learned she was cheating on him. Marie and Greg would reconcile a few times but finally got divorced in Season 4. Marie apparently hated him so much that she initially refused to attend their daughter's wedding if Greg was there, but later she changed her mind and the wedding went ahead with Greg there (off-screen).
• Dr. Mondzac – A physician at Bellevue who treated James Martinez when he was shot and covered up Andy's identity when a beating case could have led to Andy getting fired from the job. He later figured out that Bobby's mentor was suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. When Andy was going through his prostate cancer, Doc Mondzac gave him encouragement and helped Andy through the crisis.
• Theo Sipowicz – Andy and Sylvia's beloved young son. Theo looked a lot like his dad and was a sweetheart who did sometimes show the kind of stubbornness that befitted a Sipowicz. He adjusted remarkably well when Sylvia was killed and later became attached to Connie, who ended up marrying Andy and forming a new family with him and Theo and her adopted daughter Michelle.
• Katie Sipowicz – Andy's ex-wife, who initially hated him (like Andy Jr.) but later saw he was a new, different and good person (like Andy Jr.). Andy found out she had become an alcoholic after her son died and helped her find support through Alcoholics Anonymous. Katie moved in with him for a while to help take care of Theo after Sylvia died, but her hopes they would reunite romantically didn't pan out. Andy later asked her to marry him and she said yes; it was quickly apparent that Andy didn't really want to marry her, so she packed up and left after assuring Andy that she and he would always be cool with each other.
• Henry Coffield – Got angry when Bobby inherited his late mom's apartment building, because he'd counted on selling it to pay off his gambling debts. The woman who lived in his old apartment was killed by drug dealers whom Henry had planned to do a big score with, but backed out when he didn't get the building. Bobby went from hating him to sort of tolerating him to later clearing him when an elderly tenant was killed and it looked at first like Henry had done it (it was a relative who wanted her money). When Bobby died, he left the building and his pigeons to Henry, and Henry later stopped to talk with Diane, revealing that Bobby had also asked him to check in on Diane after his death to make sure she was OK.
• Dr. Victor Carreras – The young ER doctor who took care of Bobby during his catastrophic heart failure crisis in Season 6. Bobby and especially Diane liked and trusted him a lot, especially compared to an arrogant but very senior-level surgeon who did Bobby's transplant. Dr. Carreras was able to tell Diane that Bobby was not going to survive the post-operative infections and rejection of his new heart, and she tearfully said she didn't want her husband to suffer before he died. In Season 8, Diane ran into Dr. Carreras again and they began dating, which was great for her but unfortunately triggered jealousy and muted anger from Danny Sorensen (though nothing bad happened between any of them).
• Cynthia Bunin – Eddie Gibson's niece, whom Eddie dragged Andy into a blind date with that actually sort of went OK, considering what Andy is like around strangers. They ran into each other again in Season 8 and began happily dating for a while, until Cynthia's insecurities and Eddie's meddling led Andy to call things off. Cynthia returned in Season 9 and Andy was afraid she wanted to date again, and was relieved when Cynthia only wanted Andy to help Eddie confront and get treatment for his prostate cancer (which Andy did, and Eddie did get treated and recovered fully).
• Don Harrison – Rita Ortiz's ADA husband, who quickly emerged as controlling and possibly violent. Rita found out he was cheating on her with another ADA, and she threw him out of their apartment and filed for divorce. Don insisted Rita had also cheated on him, which was untrue, and made sure to contest the divorce fully. Don was killed when he resumed his affair and the ADA's husband shot her, murdered Don and then committed suicide.
• Michael Woodruff – A young African-American whose mother was murdered in Season 11. Baldwin was sure Michael knew his worthless father Craig had committed the crime, but Michael refused to talk about it and Baldwin served as Michael's mentor. Andy finally gave Michael a talking-to that led him to turn on his dad and get him arrested. Michael became Baldwin's foster charge while Craig was tried and acquitted for the crime, and later stayed with him when Craig was finally removed from the planet.
• Brigid Scofield – Greg Medavoy was smitten by this lovely real-estate agent when he helped bust a con man who'd swindled her. They began dating and Brigid fell for Greg's goofy charm and honesty. Near the series' end, Greg retired from the job to begin a new career working alongside Brigid in her office.