I think I know what my shot's going to be, then at the last second, I bail."įranz never imagined "Blue" would last 12 seasons, saying he was "hoping for one good year." "I find some tribute to him in anything I do - a twitch, a hesitation, a stutter, even in my step. "He'll always be a part of me," Clapp said in an interview. He's overcome much, and he's a survivor."Īs for Clapp, 55, he and goofy Medavoy are forever. ![]() We've seen so many sides to him after all this time. Once the season wraps, Franz plans to kick back, do some building on his property in northern Idaho, then pursue film work. ![]() Two fresh faces will join the sprint: Currie Graham as the squad's new lieutenant, and Bonnie Sommerville as a detective. I don't want to crawl to the finish line. "They've either left the show or died or got killed off."įranz, who, with Gordon Clapp (Detective Greg Medavoy), is the only remaining original cast member, wants the show's swan-song season "to be a good, strong year. "This season, there's nobody left to kill off that's close to me," Franz said with a chuckle. His partner ( Jimmy Smits) died from disease.Īny wonder the guy's an alcoholic and looks like an unmade bed? His eldest son and namesake ( Michael DeLuise) was shot to death. His first wife ( Sharon Lawrence) was gunned down before his eyes. Ross' departure was announced as a mutual decision, with no details. ![]() "We worked so hard to get everybody's approval (for the Sipowicz-McDowell story line), and there were still a lot of people that didn't jump on the bandwagon. That turn of events left him feeling "abandoned, cut off at the knees" as an actor, said Franz, 59, in an interview at an ABC bash Tuesday. She'll remain in the story line, Franz said, "but not physically." We'll still see Sipowicz at home with his two kids, but Connie will be invisible. Sort of.ĭetective Connie McDowell (Charlotte Ross), mother of Sipowicz's newborn, left Steven Bochco's drama late last season. Even after a dozen years, Andy Sipowicz can't catch a break.Īs ABC's groundbreaking "NYPD Blue" heads into its 12th - and final - season, Dennis Franz's long-suffering detective has lose another wife.
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