From Executive Producer Dick Wolf, New York Undercover is an American television police procedural series chronicling the work of the New York Police Department's Fourth Precinct. It is a show about a squad of young urban detectives, Det. J.C. Williams struggled to raise his young son, Gregory, while Eddie Torres was shown to be fighting family and other related problems, including having to cope with his father's drug addiction and HIV-positive status, and a childhood friend turned organized-crime boss. Despite all the pain and troubles they go through with their lives, whether it involved their cases or home life, at the end of the day, they relax to the smooth music performed by different artists at Natalie's.
At the beginning of the third season, a new detective, Tommy McNamara, was introduced as a principal character. In the third-season finale in May 1997, Torres and Nina Moreno are married. However, in that same episode, Torres and McNamara are both killed by a gang of bank robbers.
The series returned with a new cast for its fourth and final season in January 1998. Williams and Moreno were assigned to the Special Investigations Division, resulting in Virginia Cooper being dropped from the cast. Joining the detectives were Lt. Malcolm Barker, Det. Nell Delaney, and Det. Alec Stone. The new unit eventually captured the last bank robber responsible for the deaths of Torres and McNamara.
Cast[]
Main Cast and Characters[]
Image | Actor | Character | Seasons |
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Malik Yoba | Detective J.C. Williams |
Seasons 1-4 | |
Michael DeLorenzo | Detective Eddie Torres |
Seasons 1-3 | |
Patti D'Arbanville | Lieutenant Virginia Cooper |
Seasons 1-3 | |
Lauren Vélez | Detective Nina Moreno |
Seasons 2-4 | |
Jonathan LaPaglia | Detective Tommy McNamara |
Season 3 | |
Marisa Ryan | Detective Nell Delaney |
Season 4 | |
Josh Hopkins | Detective Alec Stone |
Season 4 | |
Thomas Mikal Ford | Lieutenant Malcolm Barker |
Season 4 |
Episodes[]
Season 1 (26 episodes)[]
Image | Episode | Summary | Airdate |
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1.01 (#1) 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. | September 8, 1994 | |
1.02 (#2) 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. | September 15, 1994 | |
1.03 (#3) Sins of the Father |
Torres and Williams investigate an ice cream vendors murder who's drug dealings ends up in G's school. | September 22, 1994 | |
1.04 (#4) To Protect and Serve |
The detectives look for clues in a collegian's murder; J.C.'s ex-girlfriend is involved with a musician in Nancy Wilson's band. | September 29, 1994 | |
1.05 (#5) Garbage |
Torres and Williams go undercover to investigate a sanitation worker's murder. Sandra is embarrassed J.C. is a police officer. | October 6, 1994 | |
1.06 (#6) 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. | October 13, 1994 | |
1.07 (#7) 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. | October 27, 1994 | |
1.08 (#8) 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. | November 3, 1994 | |
1.09 (#9) The Friendly Neighborhood Dealer |
Detectives JC and Eddie investigate a number of street drug related overdoses all in the same neighborhood. | November 10, 1994 | |
1.10 (#10) 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. | November 17, 1994 | |
1.11 (#11) The Eyewitness Blues |
Williams protects an eyewitness, while Torres looks for the people who want to kill her. | November 24, 1994 | |
1.12 (#12) Blondes Have More Fun |
The detectives investigate a string of related murders involving members of the NY Drag community. | December 8, 1994 | |
1.13 (#13) 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. | December 15, 1994 | |
1.14 (#14) 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. | January 5, 1995 | |
1.15 (#15) 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. | January 19, 1995 | |
1.16 (#16) Mama Said Knock You Out |
Detectives JC and Torres investigate a drug on streets that took the life of a promising boxer. | February 2, 1995 | |
1.17 (#17) 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. | February 9, 1995 | |
1.18 (#18) Innocent Bystander |
J.C.'s son, G, becomes a target after he witnesses a mob killing. | February 16, 1995 | |
1.19 (#19) 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. | February 23, 1995 | |
1.20 (#20) 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. | March 16, 1995 | |
1.21 (#21) 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. | March 30, 1995 | |
1.22 (#22) 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. | April 6, 1995 | |
1.23 (#23) The Shooter |
The partners investigate a sharp-shooter's vendetta against his former accomplices in a financial scam; J.C. learns Sandy is pregnant. | April 13, 1995 | |
1.24 (#24) Manchild |
G must decide if he is "man enough" to protect a friend, a 10-year-old boy involved in a gang-related shooting. | April 27, 1995 | |
1.25 (#25) 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. | May 4, 1995 | |
1.26 (#26) Catman Comes Back |
A murder case hits J.C. and Eddie close to home when a drug lord takes vengeance to a personal level. | May 11, 1995 |
Season 2 (26 episodes)[]
Image | Episode | Summary | Airdate |
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2.01 (#27) 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. | August 31, 1995 | |
2.02 (#28) 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. | September 7, 1995 | |
2.03 (#29) 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. | September 14, 1995 | |
2.04 (#30) Brotherhood |
Williams poses as a freshman to investigate a racially motivated killing on a college campus. | September 21, 1995 | |
2.05 (#31) Digital Underground |
Lt. Cooper's daughter ends up missing because of a pedophile she met through email. | September 28, 1995 | |
2.06 (#32) 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. | October 5, 1995 | |
2.07 (#33) Student Affairs |
Williams and Torres pose as a substitute history teacher and a janitor at the high school where a crime was committed. | October 12, 1995 | |
2.08 (#34) The Highest Bidder |
Moreno poses as a nurse. to solve a newborn's abduction. | October 19, 1995 | |
2.09 (#35) Young, Beautiful and Dead |
Williams poses as a model to investigate the face-slashing of a teen cover girl. | November 2, 1995 | |
2.10 (#36) Color Lines |
A serial bomber threatens Williams and Torres. | November 9, 1995 | |
2.11 (#37) 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." | November 16, 1995 | |
2.12 (#38) Internal Affairs |
Williams is investigated by the internal affairs division for Danny Cort's death (or murder?). | November 30, 1995 | |
2.13 (#39) Bad Girls |
Moreno poses as a prostitute to track down a serial killer; J.C. wants G to come live with him. | December 14, 1995 | |
2.14 (#40) A Time to Kill |
After being freed, a policeman's murderer is killed and the cop's partner is under investigation. | January 4, 1996 | |
2.15 (#41) Bad Blood |
Williams and Torres investigate the murder of a free-lance writer. Moreno gets a visit by her missing husband. | January 18, 1996 | |
2.16 (#42) Fire Show |
Moreno poses as a firefighter in order to find out who's responsible for a female firefighter's death. | February 1, 1996 | |
2.17 (#43) Toy Soldiers |
The detectives, with the help of Eddie's brother the priest, discover that teenage Rwandan refugees were the assassins in two mob-related cases. | February 8, 1996 | |
2.18 (#44) 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. | February 15, 1996 | |
2.19 (#45) 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. | February 22, 1996 | |
2.20 (#46) Unis |
Lt. Cooper sends two patrol officers to infiltrate a group of corrupt cops when neighborhood dealers start disappearing. | March 7, 1996 | |
2.21 (#47) 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. | March 14, 1996 | |
2.22 (#48) The Enforcers |
Williams investigate the murder of his son's tutor. | April 4, 1996 | |
2.23 (#49) Andre's Choice |
A fight promoter's death leads to a case involving blackmail, murder, and an ex-con whom Williams has helped. | April 11, 1996 | |
2.24 (#50) 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. | April 25, 1996 | |
2.25 (#51) 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. | May 2, 1996 | |
2.26 (#52) If This World Were Mine |
A gun-ring leader seeks revenge on Torres. | May 9, 1996 |
Season 3 (24 episodes)[]
Image | Episode | Summary | Airdate |
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3.01 (#53) 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. | August 29, 1996 | |
3.02 (#54) A Time of Faith: Part 2 |
Williams discover that Rev. Harris may be part of the bombings. Nina moves in with Eddie. | September 5, 1996 | |
3.03 (#55) 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. | September 12, 1996 | |
3.04 (#56) 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. | September 19, 1996 | |
3.05 (#57) 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. | September 26, 1996 | |
3.06 (#58) Kill the Noise |
A war happens between east coast and west coast rappers when a California rapper is shot. | October 31, 1996 | |
3.07 (#59) Smack is Back |
Torres' father dies of a drug overdose and Torres believes that it was suicide. Williams tries to get custody of G. | November 7, 1996 | |
3.08 (#60) Don't Blink |
Nina's new undercover case questions her future as a cop. | November 14, 1996 | |
3.09 (#61) 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. | November 21, 1996 | |
3.10 (#62) 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. | December 5, 1996 | |
3.11 (#63) Brown Like Me |
Torres and Nina become involved with two feuding Latino gangs. | December 19, 1996 | |
3.12 (#64) 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. | January 9, 1997 | |
3.13 (#65) Fade Out |
A thirteen-year-old boy has a videotape of a murder. The boy's mother turns out to be Williams's old high-school girlfriend, whom he betrayed by sleeping with her best friend, Chantal. | January 16, 1997 | |
3.14 (#66) 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. | January 30, 1997 | |
3.15 (#67) School's Out |
Moreno joins in the investigation when her daughter's adoptive mother tells her that the girl has been kidnapped. | February 6, 1997 | |
3.16 (#68) 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. | February 13, 1997 | |
3.17 (#69) The Promised Land |
Williams discovers evidence relating to Martin Luther King Jr's murder. | February 20, 1997 | |
3.18 (#70) Descell |
Nina and McNamara go undercover to find out who tried to kill an executive. Williams and Natasha get close. | March 13, 1997 | |
3.19 (#71) 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. | March 27, 1997 | |
3.20 (#72) 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. | April 17, 1997 | |
3.21 (#73) 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. | April 24, 1997 | |
3.22 (#74) 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. | May 1, 1997 | |
3.23 (#75) 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. | May 8, 1997 | |
3.24 (#76) The Last Hurrah |
The detectives go after a bank robbery ring. Torres and Nina get married. | May 15, 1997 |
Season 4 (13 episodes)[]
Image | Episode | Summary | Airdate |
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4.01 (#77) Change Change Change |
Six months after the deaths of Macnamara and Torres, JC and Nina are reassigned to the Special Investigations Division to go after Nadine Jordan. | January 8, 1998 | |
4.02 (#78) Drop-Dead Gorgeous |
After a model's drug overdose, Williams and Barker pose as publishers of a new magazine. | January 15, 1998 | |
4.03 (#79) Pipeline |
The unit goes after a Ukrainian kingpin who is using a "pipeline" to distribute cocaine and causing massive deaths. Meanwhile, Nina considers giving up her badge to spend time with her daughter. | January 22, 1998 | |
4.04 (#80) Spare Parts |
Missing teenagers prompt the unit to investigate a private hospital's organ-donor program. | January 29, 1998 | |
4.05 (#81) Mob Street |
Detective Stone becomes torn between work and family while trying to reveal a stock-manipulation scam being conducted by a brokerage firm. | February 12, 1998 | |
4.06 (#82) 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. | March 12, 1998 | |
4.07 (#83) 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. | March 19, 1998 | |
4.08 (#84) Capital Punishment |
In order to uncover the detectives responsible for a series of killings, Williams and Delaney pose as uniformed cops. | March 26, 1998 | |
4.09 (#85) 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. | May 28, 1998 | |
4.10 (#86) 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. G catches Nina and his dad together in bed. | June 4, 1998 | |
4.11 (#87) Going Native |
The unit goes after the leader of a criminal empire who is extorting money from several businesses in Manhattan. The case gets personal for Barker when he is reunited with an old girlfriend. | June 11, 1998 | |
4.12 (#88) The Troubles |
When a woman becomes a fugitive, Nina uses her daughter to help find her. Delaney poses as a bartender in order to learn why three Irish terrorists were killed and why they were in America. | June 25, 1998 | |
4.13 (#89) Catharsis |
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. | February 11, 1999 |
Seasons[]
Image | Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | |
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Season premiere | Season finale | |||
Season 1 | 26 | September 8, 1994 | May 11, 1995 | |
Season 2 | 26 | August 31, 1995 | May 9, 1996 | |
Season 3 | 24 | August 29, 1996 | May 15, 1997 | |
Season 4 | 13 | January 8, 1998 | February 11, 1999 |