N.Y.P.D./Encounter on a Rooftop

Encounter on a Rooftop
Season 2, Episode 2
Airdate	October 8, 1968
Written by	Gene Radano
Directed by	Joe Manduke
Produced by	Bob Markell
← 2x01 Naked in the Streets	2x03 → Day Tripper
N.Y.P.D. — Season Two

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Encounter on a Rooftop is the second episode of the second season of N.Y.P.D., and the twenty-eighth episode overall.

Starring: Jack Warden (Mike Haines), Robert Hooks (Jeff Ward)

and Frank Converse (John Corso)

Special Guests: Moses Gunn (The Burglar), Paul Falzone (Pete)

with Denise Nicholas (Ethel), Charles White (The Candy Store Owner), Ben Yaffee (Dr. Gold), Paul Larson (The Clerical Patrolman), Alice Drumond (The Head Nurse), Rosetta Veniziana (The Old Lady), Alice Hirson (The 2nd Nurse), Margaret DePriest (The 1st Nurse), Norman Bush (2nd Male Attendant), Leon Russom (The Intern), Reuben G. Greene (1st Male Attendant), Al Hinckley (The Neighbor), Esther Rolle (The Nurse), Maria Landa (Young Lady), Tyrone Cooper (Tootsy), Lou Gary (White Boy)

Plot Overview

While responding to a report of a burglar on the roof of his apartment, Ward is shot and critically wounded by a rookie cop. While Jeff is recovering in the hospital, the young cop wrestles with the guilt he feels over the unintentional shooting. Against Haines's orders, the rookie goes back to the neighborhood in plain clothes in an attempt to find the real burglar.