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* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Danny Cort's mother felt this way about her elder son before and after his younger brother was murdered (as it was him who brought his brother into the world of drug dealing in the first place.)
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* YankTheDogsChain: One episode has Chantal, who works as a maternity nurse at a hospital with numerous budget cuts, help to solve a kidnapping of one of the newborns and the murder of his mother. Whereas [[HopeSpot it initially looks like she will be somehow rewarded for her efforts,]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome she is nonetheless laid off at the end of the episode.]]
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Danny Cort's mother felt this way about her elder son before and after his younger brother was murdered (as it was him who brought his brother into the world of drug dealing in the firstplace.)place).
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Danny Cort's mother felt this way about her elder son before and after his younger brother was murdered (as it was him who brought his brother into the world of drug dealing in the first
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* FingerInTheMail: Danny Cort murdered and cut off the middle finger of a rival in the drug-dealing business and sent it to Williams.
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* FingerInTheMail: Danny Cort murdered and cut off [[FlippingTheBird the middle finger finger]] of a rival in the drug-dealing business and sent it to Williams.
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* BrokenPedestal: "The Friendly Neighborhood Dealer" has a retired basketball star act as a mentor and a basketball coach for children, including J.C.'s son G. It soon comes oit that he was also a drug dealer who was responsible for several overdoses of young men and in killing the father of one of the men who tried to seek revenge for his actions that killed his son. By the end of the episode after learning what he truly is from his father, G throws his autographed basketball card from the man away.
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* BrokenPedestal: "The Friendly Neighborhood Dealer" has a retired basketball star act as a mentor and a basketball coach for children, including J.C.'s son G. It soon comes oit out that he was also a drug dealer who was responsible for several overdoses of young men and in killing the father of one of the men who tried to seek revenge for his actions that killed his son. By the end of the episode after learning what he truly is from his father, is, G throws his autographed basketball card he personally received from the man him away.
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* MeaningfulName: Snake from "High on the Hog". His actions have more than earned the name: he not only machinated the death of his brother's ex-girlfriend for betraying their gang by testifying against them and his own six-year-old niece forbeing a witness, but he also sets up and brutally murders the hitman and finally kills his own brother when he confronts then denounces him.
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* MeaningfulName: Snake from "High on the Hog". His actions have more than earned the name: he not only machinated the death of his brother's ex-girlfriend for betraying their gang by testifying against them and his own six-year-old niece forbeing for being a witness, but he also sets up and brutally murders the hitman and finally kills his own brother when he confronts then denounces him.
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* TheRival: Williams and Danny Cort, oh so much and for ''very'' good reasons: Williams killed Danny's kid brother in self-defense and Danny killed [[spoiler: Williams' pregnant fiancée [[RevengeByProxy to even the score.]]]]
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** Williams and Danny Cort, oh so much and for ''very'' good reasons: Williams killed Danny's kid brother in self-defense and Danny killed [[spoiler: Williams' pregnant fiancée [[RevengeByProxy to even the score.]]]]]]]]
** Moreno and Nadine Jordan for pretty much the same: Torres, along with Williams, fatally wounded Jordan's husband during a shootout after a failed bank robbery. In retaliation, Jordan [[spoiler: executed Torres]] via car bomb, less than 24 hours after [[spoiler: he and Moreno tied the knot]].
** Williams and Danny Cort, oh so much and for ''very'' good reasons: Williams killed Danny's kid brother in self-defense and Danny killed [[spoiler: Williams' pregnant fiancée [[RevengeByProxy to even the score.
** Moreno and Nadine Jordan for pretty much the same: Torres, along with Williams, fatally wounded Jordan's husband during a shootout after a failed bank robbery. In retaliation, Jordan [[spoiler: executed Torres]] via car bomb, less than 24 hours after [[spoiler: he and Moreno tied the knot]].
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* ItsPersonal: Many of the cases, although ''the'' most personal case was between Williams and Danny-Up, with each man killing a loved one of the other and their rivalry stretching on between the first two seasons. One scene even had the latter kidnap Williams' ex-girlfriend and son and ''[[WouldHurtAChild pulling the trigger of an empty gun]]'' against G's head just to screw with his parents.
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** Many of the cases, although ''the'' most personal case was between Williams and Danny-Up, with each man killing a loved one of the other and their rivalry stretching on between the first two seasons. One scene even had the latter kidnap Williams' ex-girlfriend and son and ''[[WouldHurtAChild pulling the trigger of an empty gun]]'' against G's head just to screw with hisparents.parents.
** The hatred between Moreno and Nadine Jordan runs a close second, with the latter having [[spoiler: murdered Torres]] by car bomb not even 24 hours after they finally got married.
** Many of the cases, although ''the'' most personal case was between Williams and Danny-Up, with each man killing a loved one of the other and their rivalry stretching on between the first two seasons. One scene even had the latter kidnap Williams' ex-girlfriend and son and ''[[WouldHurtAChild pulling the trigger of an empty gun]]'' against G's head just to screw with his
** The hatred between Moreno and Nadine Jordan runs a close second, with the latter having [[spoiler: murdered Torres]] by car bomb not even 24 hours after they finally got married.
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** "Catman ComesBack: Upon learning that Danny Cort was on the loose, J.C. cries out his fiancé's name. [[spoiler: He could not save her, even as he was two rooms away.]]
** The aptly named "The Last Hurrah" has the female mastermind of a bank robbery ring out for blood after Eddie and J.C. mortally wound her boyfriend in a shootout. At the end, she calls J.C. to let him he's next on her hit list just as Eddie is about to drive off in his car. J.C. has just enough time to yell Eddie's name before [[spoiler: losing his partner to ExternalCombustion]].
** The aptly named "The Last Hurrah" has the female mastermind of a bank robbery ring out for blood after Eddie and J.C. mortally wound her boyfriend in a shootout. At the end, she calls J.C. to let him he's next on her hit list just as Eddie is about to drive off in his car. J.C. has just enough time to yell Eddie's name before [[spoiler: losing his partner to ExternalCombustion]].
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** "Catman ComesBack: Comes Back": Upon learning that Danny Cort was on the loose, loose and seeking revenge for J.C. having shot his younger brother, J.C. cries out his fiancé's name. [[spoiler: He could not save her, even as he was two rooms away.away, since Danny was literally knocking on their door by that point.]]
** The aptly named "The Last Hurrah" has the female mastermind of a bank robbery ring out for blood after Eddie and J.C. mortally wound her boyfriend in a shootout. At the end, she calls J.C. to let him he's next on her hit list just as Eddie is about to driveoff in his car.off. J.C. has just enough time to yell Eddie's name before [[spoiler: losing his partner of three seasons to ExternalCombustion]].
** The aptly named "The Last Hurrah" has the female mastermind of a bank robbery ring out for blood after Eddie and J.C. mortally wound her boyfriend in a shootout. At the end, she calls J.C. to let him he's next on her hit list just as Eddie is about to drive
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* SayMyName: Upon learning that Danny Cort was on the loose, J.C. cries out his fiancé's name. [[spoiler: He could not save her, even as he was two rooms away.]]
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* SayMyName: Done by J.C. on two separate occasions, right before [[spoiler: someone he cares about gets the ax]].
** "Catman ComesBack: Upon learning that Danny Cort was on the loose, J.C. cries out his fiancé's name. [[spoiler: He could not save her, even as he was two rooms away.]]]]
** The aptly named "The Last Hurrah" has the female mastermind of a bank robbery ring out for blood after Eddie and J.C. mortally wound her boyfriend in a shootout. At the end, she calls J.C. to let him he's next on her hit list just as Eddie is about to drive off in his car. J.C. has just enough time to yell Eddie's name before [[spoiler: losing his partner to ExternalCombustion]].
** "Catman ComesBack: Upon learning that Danny Cort was on the loose, J.C. cries out his fiancé's name. [[spoiler: He could not save her, even as he was two rooms away.
** The aptly named "The Last Hurrah" has the female mastermind of a bank robbery ring out for blood after Eddie and J.C. mortally wound her boyfriend in a shootout. At the end, she calls J.C. to let him he's next on her hit list just as Eddie is about to drive off in his car. J.C. has just enough time to yell Eddie's name before [[spoiler: losing his partner to ExternalCombustion]].
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Lt. Barker in the final season.
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* DepravedHomosexual: The killer from "Blondes Have More Fun". He kills the episode's main victim, a beloved drag queen, and then ends up killing two more drags queens, a one-time suspect, a [[spoiler: [[ArmouredClosetGay supposed]]]] virulently homophobic shop owner and kidnaps and tries to kill a gay investigate reporter, but not before attempting to frame him for the crime all because of his own sense of jealousy and desire for fame and attention. Once the detectives corner him on the rooftop of his studio however, [[DirtyCoward he jumps to his death.]]
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* VigilanteInjustice: A black man takes his sick daughter to a hospital and demands that she be treated by a white doctor, believing that black doctors are less competent. After some time, the white doctor comes out and tells him that his daughter is going to be fine. Sometime later, a black doctor comes out and informs him that she has died due to complications. The father is enraged, believing that it was the black doctor's fault. At the end of the episode, he is found having just murdered the black doctor with an injection and is informed that it was the white doctor's fault, who has a habit of prescribing potentially lethal doses of medication to his patients.
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* VigilanteInjustice: A black man takes his sick daughter to a hospital and demands that she be treated by a white doctor, believing that black doctors are less competent. After some time, the white doctor comes out and tells him that his daughter is going to be fine. Sometime later, a black doctor comes out and informs him that she has died due to complications. The father is enraged, believing that it was the black doctor's fault. At the end of the episode, he is found having just murdered the black doctor with an injection and is informed that it his daughter's death was actually the fault of the white doctor's fault, doctor, who has as it turns out, had a habit of prescribing drinking before going on shift and consequently distributing potentially lethal doses of medication to his patients. patients due to his inebriated state. Thankfully, the detectives are able to get some measure of actual justice for the little girl and her torn-apart family by catching the doctor in the act of attempting to work on patients while inebriated after luring him into a trap, resulting in his arrest.
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* AssholeVictim: Alphonse in "Student Affairs" is an obnoxious, disrespectful, manipulative and violent {{Jerkass}} who even beats up Torres when he tries to break up a fight between him and a rival student. Needless to say, while Principal Stubbs chides detectives for not doing more to prevent his murder, she's more angry about the damage it did to the school's image and the detectives are more upset [[spoiler:for the student [[SympatheticMurderer who shot him in self-defense.]]]]
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* ImplacableMan: Remmy Powers, the hitman from "The Eyewitness Blues". After singer Tammy Barrett witnesses her crooked manager's murder, he tries to kill her on ''three'' different occasions, even via a sniper's shot whilst leaving said manager's funeral. He also kills his cohort in the initial murder when he tries to get them to leave town with the money they've already procured and attempts to kill Williams and Torres when they've come to arrest him. [[LaserGuidedKarma He eventually gets struck and killed by a truck for his troubles.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Snake from "High on the Hog". His actions have more than earned the name: he not only machinated the death of his brother's ex-girlfriend for betraying their gang by testifying against them and his own six-year-old niece forbeing a witness, but he also sets up and brutally murders the hitman and finally kills his own brother when he confronts then denounces him.
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* VillainHasAPoint: During their gun fight, Danny Cort tells J.C. that he couldn't leave well alone, culminating in them to the point of trying to kill the other one. As big as a scumbag and an asshole he is, he was right. Had he not been so hard up to nail him (which even Lt. Cooper even said to put off going after him to focus on his wedding in two days), then [[spoiler: neither Danny's brother nor his ''pregnant'' fiancée would have been killed.]]
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* DirtyCoward: Danny-Up's bodyguard [[DumbMuscle Big Dog]] in "Catman Came Back". When in a gunfight with the detectives, he ran for his life and let [[spoiler:Danny's kid brother get fatally shot even though his boss ordered him to protect him. [[LaserGuidedKarma He eventually is shot dead by Danny with a replica of J.C.'s gun.]]]]
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* NoSocialSkills: M.E. Wong, who is usually brusque and insensitive whenever he appears. The detectives would take it in stride until [[spoiler:Sandy's murder, where he referred to her as the body and offhandedly asks why J.C. was in his robe, which earned him a shut up from Eddie.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: "The Friendly Neighborhood Dealer" has a retired basketball star act as a mentor and a basketball coach for children, including J.C.'s son G. It soon comes oit that he was also a drug dealer who was responsible for several overdoses of young men and in killing the father of one of the men who tried to seek revenge for his actions that killed his son. By the end of the episode after learning what he truly is from his father, G throws his autographed basketball card from the man away.
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* NeverMyFault: In "Mate", Eddie and his sister suspect her husband is cheating on her with his secretary and upon going to his law office, catch the two of them [[ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks making out red-handed.]] Yet, when an angry Eddie confronts his brother-in-law, he gets mad at ''them'' for invading his privacy and at Eddie for snooping around in his marriage.
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* DrivenToSuicide:
** One episode had a decorated police officer kill his niece's drug dealing boyfriend to protect her from the life, but he had killed the wrong man. Just as Williams and Torres, the latter who was reluctant to believe that he was involved initially, were to bring him in, he requested to use the bathroom and subsequently shoots himself.
** Another episode had a convicted child molester, who had just been released from prison, suspected in molesting another young girl. After being harassed by neighbors and his mother accidentally being killed in a drive-by shooting meant to kill him, he admits to his crime and in accepting that [[DespairEventHorizon his beloved mother is dead because of him and that he will never be able to stop his ways,]] he jumps to his death.
* DrugsAreBad: Seen plenty of times as drugs are usually a motive for many crimes. It becomes personal for Torres after [[spoiler:his father eventually dies of a heroin overdose.]]
** One episode had a decorated police officer kill his niece's drug dealing boyfriend to protect her from the life, but he had killed the wrong man. Just as Williams and Torres, the latter who was reluctant to believe that he was involved initially, were to bring him in, he requested to use the bathroom and subsequently shoots himself.
** Another episode had a convicted child molester, who had just been released from prison, suspected in molesting another young girl. After being harassed by neighbors and his mother accidentally being killed in a drive-by shooting meant to kill him, he admits to his crime and in accepting that [[DespairEventHorizon his beloved mother is dead because of him and that he will never be able to stop his ways,]] he jumps to his death.
* DrugsAreBad: Seen plenty of times as drugs are usually a motive for many crimes. It becomes personal for Torres after [[spoiler:his father eventually dies of a heroin overdose.]]
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** Detective Williams outlives his and Sandy's unborn child after they were both murdered.
** Lt. Cooper's eldest son died of leukemia at the age of eight.
** Detective Williams outlives his and Sandy's unborn child after they were both murdered.
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** [[spoiler: Sandy Gill, Williams' fiancee would count as well.]]
** [[spoiler: Tommy [=McNamara=].]]
** [[spoiler: Sandy Gill, Williams' fiancee would count as well.]]
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* LikeGoesWithLike: Played straight. Despite the multiracial cast, there was hardly anyone dating outside of their race.
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* LikeGoesWithLike: Played straight. Despite the multiracial cast, there was hardly anyone dating outside of their race. Season 4 did have Williams and Moreno briefly hook up, however.
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There are currently talks of a reboot in the works and that it is to air on Creator/{{ABC}}. Both Creator/MalikYoba (Williams) and Lauren Velez (Moreno) have expressed interest in reprising their roles.
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There are currently talks of a reboot in the works and that it is to air on Creator/{{ABC}}. Both Creator/MalikYoba (Williams) and Lauren Velez Creator/LaurenVelez (Moreno) have expressed interest in reprising their roles.
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* BestServedCold: The episode where Internal Affairs went after J.C. for the murder of Danny Cort had a Black staffer explain that years earlier two White cops had [[PoliceBrutality physically and verbally harassed him while on a date]] [[DirtyCop and laughed over what they did.]] In the present day, [[WhosLaughingNow now as someone who held both of their jobs in his hands]], explains to Torres what happened to them: while one was now a night watchman at a loading dock, the other AteHisGun after losing his job.
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* TheVerse: The show is set in the ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' continuity thanks to both shows sharing the same psychologists.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Many of the most vicious criminals still have loved ones that they genuinely care about.
** Danny Cort had his kid brother, a law school student and their mother, who pretty much disowned him after her younger son's death.
** Orlando Maldone, the drug lord who [[spoiler: shot Nina in the season 2 finale,]] loved and doted on his young daughter, Lucia.
** Danny Cort had his kid brother, a law school student and their mother, who pretty much disowned him after her younger son's death.
** Orlando Maldone, the drug lord who [[spoiler: shot Nina in the season 2 finale,]] loved and doted on his young daughter, Lucia.
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* {{Flatline}}: This happened to [[spoiler: Moreno]] in the season 2 finale and season 3 premiere.
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* {{Flatline}}: This happened to [[spoiler: Moreno]] FingerInTheMail: Danny Cort murdered and cut off the middle finger of a rival in the season 2 finale drug-dealing business and season 3 premiere.sent it to Williams.
* {{Flatline}}: This happened to [[spoiler: Moreno]] in the season 2 finale and season 3 premiere. [[spoiler: She]] was brought back via MagicalDefibrillator.
* InTheBlood: Nina's mother is also a police officer.
* KnightTemplarParent: An episode had a young supermodel end up being attacked and having her face slashed up. Even though there was a variety of suspects and the motive appeared to be [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]], it was later discovered that her [[spoiler: overprotective father attacked her, to get her out of the business.]]
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* MalcolmXerox: Minister Malik in the episode "''The Reckoning''".
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* MalcolmXerox: Minister Malik in the episode "''The Reckoning''".''The Reckoning''.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lt. Cooper's eldest son died of leukemia at the age of eight.
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* TeenPregnancy: J.C. and his former girlfriend Chantal had their son, G, when they were teenagers. The same thing happened to Nina and her daughter, only she was forced to give her up by her mother.
* TrueCompanions: All of them, specifically [[HeterosexualLifePartners J.C. and Eddie.]]
* TrueCompanions: All of them, specifically [[HeterosexualLifePartners J.C. and Eddie.]]
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''New York Undercover'' is a DramaticHourLong Detective Drama created by Creator/DickWolf and Kevin Arkadie that ran from 1994 to 1998 (four seasons). Two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct, Julius Clarence "J.C." Williams and Eduardo "Eddie" Torres are assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases by their superior, Lt. Virginia Cooper. Tehy are joined by Det. Nina Moreno in season two and Det. Tommy [=McNamara=] in season three.
Along with dealing with the cases themselves, there are sub-plots dealing with the personal lives of Williams and Torres: Williams dealing with his ex-girlfriend Chantel and visiting their son, Gregory (just usually called G), and Torres usually interacting with his father Mike, a recovering heroin addict. Many episodes feature an R&B cafe called Natalie's, which is just an easy way for [[CelebrityStar musical guest stars]] to get on the show (Natalie herself being played by Gladys Knight).
Along with dealing with the cases themselves, there are sub-plots dealing with the personal lives of Williams and Torres: Williams dealing with his ex-girlfriend Chantel and visiting their son, Gregory (just usually called G), and Torres usually interacting with his father Mike, a recovering heroin addict. Many episodes feature an R&B cafe called Natalie's, which is just an easy way for [[CelebrityStar musical guest stars]] to get on the show (Natalie herself being played by Gladys Knight).
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''New York Undercover'' is a DramaticHourLong Detective Drama created by Creator/DickWolf and Kevin Arkadie that ran from 1994 to 1998 (four seasons). Two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct, Julius Clarence "J.C." Williams and Eduardo "Eddie" Torres are assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases by their superior, Lt. Virginia Cooper. Tehy They are joined by Det. Nina Moreno in season two and Det. Tommy [=McNamara=] in season three.
Along with dealing with the cases themselves, there are sub-plots dealing with the personal lives of Williams and Torres: Williams dealing with his ex-girlfriend Chantel and visiting their son, Gregory (just usually called G), and Torres usually interacting with his father Mike, a recovering heroin addict. Many episodes feature an R&Bcafe café called Natalie's, which is just an easy way for [[CelebrityStar musical guest stars]] to get on the show (Natalie herself being played by Gladys Knight).
Along with dealing with the cases themselves, there are sub-plots dealing with the personal lives of Williams and Torres: Williams dealing with his ex-girlfriend Chantel and visiting their son, Gregory (just usually called G), and Torres usually interacting with his father Mike, a recovering heroin addict. Many episodes feature an R&B
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By the end of the season three finale however, [=McNamara=] and Torres (the latter married to Nina and transferring to a new precinct) are killed off. At the start of the fourth season, everything changes. Williams and Moreno transfer to New York's Special Investigations Division answering to Lt. Malcolm Barker (and ultimately writing Cooper out of the show). They also work with Det. Nell Delaney and Det. Alec Stone. Natalie's and the musical guests that appeared were written out entirely as were any living reoccurring character from the past three seasons except for G. As a result of all these changes, ratings for the show dramatically dropped forcing Fox to cancel the series.
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By the end of the season three finale finale, however, [=McNamara=] and Torres (the latter married to Nina and transferring to a new precinct) are killed off. At the start of the fourth season, everything changes. Williams and Moreno transfer to New York's Special Investigations Division answering to Lt. Malcolm Barker (and ultimately writing Cooper out of the show). They also work with Det. Nell Delaney and Det. Alec Stone. Natalie's and the musical guests that appeared were written out entirely as were any living reoccurring character characters from the past three seasons except for G. As a result of all these changes, ratings for the show dramatically dropped dropped, forcing Fox to cancel the series.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Happens from time to time, but one episode had a particularly nasty example. It involved two rival motorcycle gangs and had members from one gang kill the family of one of the rival gang's members. As an act of revenge, the killers are then hanged by their arms and had a chain attached to each leg which was attached to a motorcycle. [[AnArmAndALeg We know what happens next,]] [[ScreamDiscretionShot even with the scene cutting to black over their agonized screams.]]
* EmpathyDollShot: In the aforementioned episode of the motorcycle gangs, after her mother is killed, the daughter then wanders out of her room, unbeknownst to what just occurred and holding a teddy bear. [[WouldHurtAChild The next scene is of the bear slowly falling to the ground.]]
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* SayMyName: '''''Sandy!''''' As yelled by J.C. after learning Danny Cort was on the loose. [[spoiler: He could not save her, even as he was two rooms away.]]
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* SayMyName: '''''Sandy!''''' As yelled by Upon learning that Danny Cort was on the loose, J.C. after learning Danny Cort was on the loose.cries out his fiancé's name. [[spoiler: He could not save her, even as he was two rooms away.]]
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* VigilanteExecution: Played straight with J.C. [[spoiler: killing Danny Cort]], averted with [[spoiler: Eddie, who had the man who shot Nina cornered, but shot ''away'' from him at the last moment.]]
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* NewJackSwing: The show features some in its score and licensed tracks alongside hip hop and soul. Not surprising, since it was created by the record label that spearheaded the new jack swing movement, the now-defunct Uptown/MCA Records.
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* FakeAmerican: Australian Johnathan [=LaPaglia=] does a very convincing New York accent as Tommy [=McNamara=].
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%% * ItsPersonal: Many of the cases.
* LikeGoesWithLike: Played straight. Despite the multiracial cast, there was hardly anyone dating outside of their race.
* LikeGoesWithLike: Played straight. Despite the multiracial cast, there was hardly anyone dating outside of their race.
* ItsPersonal: Many of the cases, although ''the'' most personal case was between Williams and Danny-Up, with each man killing a loved one of the other and their rivalry stretching on between the first two seasons. One scene even had the latter kidnap Williams' ex-girlfriend and son and ''[[WouldHurtAChild pulling the trigger of an empty gun]]'' against G's head just to screw with his parents.
* LikeGoesWithLike: Played straight. Despite the multiracial cast, there was hardly anyone dating outside of their race.
* LocalHangout: Natalie's, which had several popular classic and 90's recording artists performing at the club and who would give a performance as the closing credits rolled.
* LikeGoesWithLike: Played straight. Despite the multiracial cast, there was hardly anyone dating outside of their race.
* LocalHangout: Natalie's, which had several popular classic and 90's recording artists performing at the club and who would give a performance as the closing credits rolled.
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* TheRival: Williams and Danny Cort, oh so much and for ''very'' good reasons: Williams killed Danny's kid brother in self-defense and Danny killed [[spoiler: Williams' pregnant fiancée [[RevengeByProxy to even the score.]]]]
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* ManipulativeBitch: Simone, J.C.'s RomanticFalseLead, who was little more than a pawn working for [[spoiler: Danny Cort.]]
* NothingButHits: Many, many of the music played throughout the show and even the musical guest star of the episode performing at Natalie's.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: A given for a show created by Creator/DickWolf. Some notable cases included the [=JonBenet=] Ramsey case and the murder of Music/TupacShakur.
* TheRival: Williams and Danny Cort, oh so much and for ''very'' good reasons: Williams killed Danny's kid brother in self-defense and Danny killed [[spoiler: Williams' pregnant fiancée [[RevengeByProxy to even the score.]]]]]]]]
* SayMyName: '''''Sandy!''''' As yelled by J.C. after learning Danny Cort was on the loose. [[spoiler: He could not save her, even as he was two rooms away.]]
* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Tommy [=McNamara=] was added onto the show [[ExecutiveMeddling by the network]] as they felt that they needed a WhiteMaleLead to bring in more viewers of a wider demographic. Neither fans nor the crew ever warmed up to his addition and he was gone a season later.
* NothingButHits: Many, many of the music played throughout the show and even the musical guest star of the episode performing at Natalie's.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: A given for a show created by Creator/DickWolf. Some notable cases included the [=JonBenet=] Ramsey case and the murder of Music/TupacShakur.
* TheRival: Williams and Danny Cort, oh so much and for ''very'' good reasons: Williams killed Danny's kid brother in self-defense and Danny killed [[spoiler: Williams' pregnant fiancée [[RevengeByProxy to even the score.
* SayMyName: '''''Sandy!''''' As yelled by J.C. after learning Danny Cort was on the loose. [[spoiler: He could not save her, even as he was two rooms away.]]
* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Tommy [=McNamara=] was added onto the show [[ExecutiveMeddling by the network]] as they felt that they needed a WhiteMaleLead to bring in more viewers of a wider demographic. Neither fans nor the crew ever warmed up to his addition and he was gone a season later.
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* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Danny Cort's mother felt this way about her elder son before and after his younger brother was murdered (as it was him who brought his brother into the world of drug dealing in the first place.)
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* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Danny Cort's mother felt this way about her elder son before and after his younger brother was murdered (as it was him who brought his brother into the world of drug dealing in the first place.)
