"New York Undercover" (1994) TV series 1994-1998

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Creators:

Kevin Arkadie
Dick Wolf

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

8 September 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Music | Romance

Plot:

Drugs, robbery, corruption, rape, murder. Cops versus criminals. The undercover war has started. Welcome to New York City.

Plot Keywords:

Black Cop | Police

Awards:

9 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Malik Yoba	...	Det. James 'J.C.' Williams / ... (89 episodes, 1994-1998)
Michael DeLorenzo	...	Det. Eddie Torres (76 episodes, 1994-1997)
Lauren Vélez	...	Det. Nina Moreno / ... (44 episodes, 1995-1998)
Patti D'Arbanville	...	Lt. Virginia Cooper (40 episodes, 1994-1997)

Also Known As:

Uptown Undercover

Runtime:

60 min (88 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Chambers Paper Fibres, Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cry Wolf

Quotes:

Moreno: Did you sleep with her?
Eddie Torres: I don't think you would call what we did sleeping.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Jackie Brown (1997)

Soundtrack:

Beautiful

Complete Disaster!

I thought this show was very good. When I saw the first season, I was somewhat iffy about where it was going. The next season they added the beautiful Lauren Velez, and I think it was then that the show took off. I became a New York Undercover addict! I even enjoyed the episodes in which they brought in Detective Macnamara, played by Jonathan LaPaglia. The next thing I know, New York Undercover just went down hill due to the killing off of the characters Torres and Macnamara. I thought for sure that the season after Macnamara was introduced, that it would get better just as the show always seemed to do at the start of every new season. Well, Mr. Wolf handed fans a HUGE disappointment. I agree with the person who stated that this show could have survived at least two or three more seasons had they kept the Eddie Torres character. Dick Wolf should have seen disaster on the rise. Viewers were used to seeing Torres and Williams. You can't kill off one of the lead characters and expect to have a chance at good ratings. Not only did they kill off Torres and Macnamara, but they killed the spirit of the show. Tommy Ford as Lt. Barker looked more like a pimp than a cop. And who were these other rejects? Even Lt. Cooper left the show. I think fans only watched the very FIRST episode of the last season because they wanted to know if in fact Torres' character was really dead. Once they found out, that was it. Dick Wolf has learned his lesson I'm sure. When you've got a good thing, keep it the way it is. Nobody likes drastic changes to something that they're used to. He's learning that with Law & Order.