NYPD Blue - Kill me please - A Great Scene !!!

[@wavealip8059]

The actors who played dad, mom and homeless man were all outstanding. Very rare to get this type of performances out of guest stars.

[@joshnlevinson]

Wasn't rare on this show

[@NightLetterLondon]

The truth is, the success of this show was built on guest performances. Guest upon guest of unforgettable performances.

[@luisreyes8903]

The single best piece of perfect dialogue is Bobby replying with “I can’t”. Nothing more. Basically admitting but without over dramatizing the FACT that he wanted to kill this guy. Great piece of restraint by the writer right there. Excellent. Too many times does a writer want to flex his skills but less is more at times.

[@b.vonschnauser207]

NYPD Blue was a talent factory.

[@markemanuele1929]

This episode had tears flowing from my eyes many times, but the most when Det. Sipowicz read the Psalm from the homeless man's bible in the final scene. In my mind, this was the most dramatic episode of the entire series.

[@SisyphusQuit]

Later Andy says that when the dad asked Bobby to shoot him that he was asking the wrong guy. Great line

[@freemanmedia1486]

Wow, I forgot how much emotion this episode bought out in me. One of the best shows of all time. Specially the Bobby-Andy days. Nothing was hotter than this

[@rafaelhakimian6873]

I prefer the John Jr.-Andy days the most

[@shawnuel]

Trivia nugget: This was the 2nd occurrence of an "Andy/Bobby" partnership in a Bochco show. There was also Bobby Hill and Andy Renko in Hill Street Blues.

[@truittlilly3247]

This series of episodes brought tears to my eyes

[@lonniefox4420]

This show was so good

[@stevedrums1675]

the woman who played that man's wife was a stunning portrayal. I never liked the ending of this episode, but everything else leading up to this scene was acting out of this world.

[@jgrj52]

Why didn't you like the ending? I really want to know?

[@stevedrums1675]

@@jgrj52 : it was too perfect. Andy reading from the Bible and everyone else placed perfectly and erect and stiff. The ending always seemed a little too perfect for my taste whereas everything else in those two episodes was raw and really pulled you in.

[@jamesdrynan]

Doing evil things is a choice, not a punishment. The acting here is darkly dramatic. Brian Markinson's tortured portrayal is brilliant.

[@justanotherdrunk]

one of my top 10 scenes of the series!

[@rickysavesparagain]

This scene alone should have gotten this actor an Emmy.

[@marcschneider4845]

I don't know. People have urges that they often can't control. Saying it's a choice, not a punishment seems to me overly simplistic. Why can't it be both?

[@garylobo348]

What sadness that permeates NY as a whole. It's America's largest city. And it's saddest. This show captured that every single week.

[@dzanier]

I was born and raised there. It’s really not the saddest. I bet Los Angeles is.

[@rrp2600]

Human tragedy is common everywhere. NY is just densely populated. The best and the worst of humanity will be concentrated there.

[@Alvin-1138]

Its just Math. It also has the most happy people, the most arts, the most industry.

[@greygremlin1248]

My dad wasn't a saint. But it's people this that make me not complain about my own father. He was cold, but was NEVER abusive in any way towards me.

[@joshnlevinson]

Yes, not raping and murdering your own children is always a great bar to set as a parent.

[@danielnazario4378]

This was the most powerful episode I'd ever seen. I too had tears and when Andy read that scripture I had to look it up in my Bible. I hi lighted it,because it resonates with me and is now one of my favorite psalms.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

"Kill me. Please. *Please.* Shoot me in the head". "I can't" "Why?" "Cause that would be the *easy* way out for you, and I don't do requests".

[@kirok2011]

Andy to Bobby He asked you to shoot him , He was asking the wrong cop

[@douglaslowe5]

@@kirok2011 yep. but andy would have done him a favor if he did..letting him off easy

[@BlueWahoosFan]

Bobby said, "I can't." Bobby thought, "I want to."

[@Euripides_Panz]

Then he changed his name, reinventing himself to become Commander Silas Nash and decided to wage war against the Cylons.

[@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568]

madame mukataya

[@Snuffaluffagis]

are you talking about the potato known as joe ?

[@TakataScience]

I loved this show but the dialogue in this story line was just odd.

[@ericmichaud1273]

I think it's because the guy is a religious zealot who probably has the Bible memorized

[@edwinsGT8866]

Almost Coen esque, I thought.

[@joshnlevinson]

It was classic Milch. You had the sense of what was going on, but individual pieces of dialogue could be very confusing. This was a regular occurrence on Deadwood, another of Milch's shows.

[@fascinatingtome]

@@joshnlevinson At 2:40, Milch is revisiting his own horrible, sad, formative experience at a summer camp as a boy.

[@Dan6erous]

This dialogue sounds a lot like Deadwood. ;)

[@fdderek]

the actor finely depicted the after affects of the soulness minions of orthodoxy

[@M21L35]

This scene alone, justifies the continuance of the series.....I'll forever fail to understand, & lament, any logical reasoning for its cancelation.

[@shawnuel]

Franz being 61. Steven Bochco and Bill Clark being even older. Ratings slipping. 12 seasons is an admirable run for any series. Dennis Franz literally retired after the run of the show was over. I think they felt there was no more story left to tell.

[@bonnielucas3244]

I have watched a number of programs with people who were molested, who made it to the point where they could function pretty well, with lots of excellent help. Did this man seek help as he should? He certainly had a good income and complex thought process. I did not watch the entire show here.

[@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568]

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[@burtoncapps5477]

I know it's cold and mean but, I would surely help him. Not Bobby killing him but arrange another prisoner's take care of this sick, evil, perv. ASAP