This is a decent beginning of a benchmark series. Dennis Franz takes his Norman Buntz personna and moves it to New York. He is an alcoholic chain smoker with a hair trigger temper. David Caruso is his long suffering partner who is trying to rein him in. Sipowitz is embarrassed in court after using suspicious methods to attack a gang boss. He decides to go after him personally. Andy, meanwhile, is shot and this sets things in motion.
