NYPD Blue - Clark / Andy Both Promoted

9X2 - Johnny Got His Gold - 11/6/2001

[@bredrew1990]

You can tell Andy was surprised but from those small reactions you can tell he's elated about being promoted to First Grade after all of the years of being passed over.

[@mkrny111]

So true. Even Bobby tried getting Andy 1st grade when he got it since he n Andy worked all the cases together as partners ☹️

[@harryc1971]

He had grown in character by so much it was not something he was chasing anymore, really was a different person by the of its run,

[@tokyochannel2020]

For some extra context, Promotion to Detective First Grade in the NYPD includes a bump in salary equal to a NYPD Lieutenant but without the command authority. When Andy is later "Promoted" to Sergeant, he actually takes a pay cut, while having more work to do.

[@cariganpintalba9498]

Really? I didn’t know that. I assumed rank had a pay range and sergeant would still be a promotion.

[@BruteStrength99]

Because 1st Grade is amongst the elite. Last I check only 120 in the department of over 40,000. Incredible.

[@rosselliot8971]

Man, lot of good vibes, lot of tension. What a show.

[@diegoabascal47]

Bobby would be very happy and proud of Andy, he had been looking for him for a long time, but the record he had isn't very pleasant, but all that effort was not in vain, but that's the look on his face when they call him Andrew... Now I know why they call him Andy XD, but anyway he got too excited about that promotion, it's a pretty beautiful and memorable scene

[@marcschneider4845]

Bobby is a fictional character.

[@CurvyTribune]

Clark Sr was mad mad 😅😅😅😅 It wasn't like Andy knew he was getting promoted

[@shimonsieskel8487]

The reactions that John Spano gave made the scene. As soon as Andy said he had been ordered there, he knew something was up. When Andy gets promoted his face gives away all the feelings

[@williamcarr1255]

The Dutchboy is not happy.😂

[@mkrny111]

Oh that’ll be a great clip when Greg tells the story of the Dutch boy nickname ☹️

[@robertsmith7849]

Andy was 3 times the Detective that Clark Sr was.

[@CraigMcfly1985]

His pops was a damn drunk and had a death wish.

[@RJC96cj]

That was after he got popped by IAB and force to retire. He hit a quick downward spiral.@@CraigMcfly1985

[@ScottMorrisIV]

Finally, Andy gets promoted to 1st Grade Detective ❗️❗️

[@joen0411]

The look on Andy’s face when the deputy commissioner called him Andrew. If all those people weren’t around, Andy would have beaten him until he confessed to a murder.

[@brianotoole4473]

Love that show!

[@thekansasjayhawk3504]

Just for calling him by his full name? That seems a bit extreme, no?

[@JM-db8ez]

@@thekansasjayhawk3504 Welcome to 2024, where extreme is the only reaction people have anymore.

[@joemckim1183]

It's a shame that Bobby wasn't around to see Andy makes first grade.

[@BruteStrength99]

It's a shame John wasn't around as well. Andy raised John from a pup.

[@zandarx]

there just isnt enough likes for this wonderful program..genius stuff...

[@DrownedInExile]

1:04 Hello Miss Legs in the front-left row!

[@crupert23225]

Dutch Boy just couldn't let it go.

[@joemckim1183]

John Sr's worst nightmare is having to watch up close and personal when Andy makes first grade.

[@paulzammataro7185]

Wow, I missed this story!

[@ironhorse127]

Go drink your grade pay. Wow, he truly detested Andy, but wasn’t 1/2 the cop Andy was.

[@jwt210]

Joe Spano had a great run on NCIS..

[@clydeferguson519]

Joe Spano and Dennis Franz had a good run on Hill Street Blues, too.

[@CraigMcfly1985]

​@Clyde Ferguson that was Boscho's greatest hits.

[@shawnuel]

But in order to see it, I'd have to watch NCIS😉

[@shawnuel]

"No, The Vatican dad...I mean, whaddya think?"

[@BruteStrength99]

I wish Detective Kelly could've scene this after everything him and Andy went through together.

[@davidbryant3532]

Scene? This country is in so much trouble with you and your fellow uneducated morons around

[@railtruckdriver853]

excellent episode!

[@BassmanII]

Bobby would've been proud.

[@Inflator82]

No, on the Vatican. 😂

[@shawnuel]

LOVE that line.

[@mikespenser4013]

Take that Dutch Boy!

[@mkrny111]

Clark sr was so full of hate n resentment to Andy that he ruins every moment ☹️☹️..

[@beav1962]

I watched the whole series first run. Gosselar wasn't bad, but I would have liked to have seen Schroeder for another season and without the drama. My biggest beef with the show was all the death circling around Andy. Still a great show.

[@Knightraven000]

Was it me, or did the commissioner call Andy " Deputy" when he shook his hand?

[@joen0411]

Sounded more like “detective” but he was mumbling so he could have fumbled his lines.

[@ellenchristensen7160]

I think he says, "congratulations, Andy."

[@michaelahern1648]

Never noticed Clark Jr. is wearing a wedding ring

[@ellenchristensen7160]

I noticed it. It was probably his real wedding ring, and he forgot to take it off. Those editors........

[@kevinkcomt4336]

Clark sr looks like wtf lol 😂 Andy’s like huh lol 😂

[@jamesbondiv4072]

Dutch Boy should've stuck to Hill Street Blues

[@harryc1971]

went to NCIS instead

[@whynotride327]

Did we ever hear of a Detective 2nd Grade?? I don't remember it at all.

[@mkrny111]

Detective 3rd 2nd and 1st grade. Andy was 2nd and way back when Bobby got promoted he mention Andy to the commissioner.

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

Shield any different?

[@libertyordeaf]

@@A_10_PaAng_111 No, it's simply a pay grade. The shield is the same and they don't outrank other detectives, at least in theory.

[@BruteStrength99]

​@@libertyordeafmore than a pay grade. It says what kind of investigator you are.

[@daviddaugherty5528]

Dutch Boy nearly shit himself when Andy got his first grade.

[@CharlesScatchard-uo1of]

😢

[@CraigMcfly1985]

I can tell the look on Clark's dad on not happy about sonny boy got promoted to detective 1st Grade not him. Well boo hoo for Clark Senior played by Joe Spano.

[@joanmjames2495]

Dutch Boy!😂

[@jamesdrynan]

Spano played the part of Clark Sr. very well. A jealous man full of unrelenting vitriol towards Andy and others.

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

And someone who is mentally ill

[@gmh471]

"Photo op for the kid." What father says that about his adult son, especially in front of another cop?