Nina gave her up for adoption as she was a teen mom, but has since tried to become a part of her life, something Melissa has resisted. Nina Moreno (played by Lauren Velez) is also back, and although she's retired, she still has ties to the unit. She also happens to be Melissa's birth mother. He's a strong and reassuring presence that viewers will instantly connect with. Williams is still very much part of the 4th Precinct, where he's now overseeing the unit and its next generation of detectives. Malik Yoba was at the heart of the original series - he stayed from start to finish - and his character J.C. They're not exactly rookies, but they are relatively new to the force. Welcome back to the 4th Precinct, where they're mourning the death of a dear colleague and discovering Lexy's real identity - she's one of them: an undercover cop on a year-long mission, who's just failed big time.ĬOMMENTS: Picking up 20 years after the end of the original series, this new New York Undercover follows detectives Melissa Ortiz, a fiery young woman who blends well undercover, and Nat Gilmore, charismatic with an easy smile and a quick fuse, as they investigate the city’s most dangerous criminals from Harlem to Battery Park.

Moments later, at Natalie's, an iconic Harlem night club, J.C WILLIAMS receives a phone call. Guns are drawn, and long shoot-out short: Young Heavy gets shot by Moses Chauncey, the undercover cop with the wire bleeds out and takes his last breath Lexy tries to escape but Lisa and Moses manage to take her down. When Young Heavy discovers after some chit chat that one of the guys is wearing a wire, the cops make their move. NAT GILMORE (30s), LISA KIM (30s) and MOSES HERNANDEZ (20s) are tense.

Not far away, cops are watching and listening. Three Brooklyn-based gangsters are waiting for them. Lexy gets out of one of them, with YOUNG HEAVY (20s). Moments later, two Range Rovers pull up in front of a Brooklyn Waterfront warehouse. She picks up her gun. Before she goes, she watches her man, who's still asleep. Seconds later, the woman, LEXY (20s), is getting ready to leave the apartment. SCRIPT SYNOPSIS: We open in a sunlit bedroom, music up. So, how does this new New York Undercover stack up to the NYPD Blue rebooot? Read on. The Alphabet Network has another 90s classic series revival in the works with NYPD Blue ( read my review), and it seems likely they'll order one or the other, but not both. Both FOX and ABC were interested in the revival, but the latter offered a pilot production commitment the producers couldn't resist. This would be his first series on ABC since the 2003 Dragnet reboot, which aired for only one season. He's also developing Law & Order: Hate Crimes to launch next season, as well as an FBI spinoff pilot at CBS called FBI: Most Wanted. If New York Undercover gets picked up to series by ABC, it would extend Dick Wolf's presence on network television across three different networks. He currently has Law & Order: SVU and the three Chicago dramas on NBC, plus the freshman drama FBI on CBS. The ABC follow-up is not exactly the first reboot of the show since the original series rebooted itself in its fourth and final season with a largely new cast joining Malik Yoba. New York Undercover is part of the Wolf-verse since its storyline takes place in the same fictional universe as the Law & Order franchise, the Chicago series and Homicide: Life on the Street (how long before that one gets rebooted too?). It was the first police drama on American television to feature two people of color in starring roles, as part of an all-African-American Thursday Night line-up that also included Living Single and Martin. It starred Malik Yoba and Michael DeLorenzo as two undercover detectives in New York City’s Fourth Precinct. Created by superstar producer Dick Wolf and Kevin Arkadie, the original New York Undercover aired on FOX for four seasons between 1994-1998.

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