At the beginning of the season, Sylvia becomes pregnant with Andy's child. A baby boy, Theo, is born at the end of the season. Sipowicz's older son, Andy Jr., who announces that he plans to join the police force in New Jersey. Sipowicz finally bonds with his long-estranged son when Andy Jr. is gunned down trying to help people in a bar holdup. This causes the elder Sipowicz to fall off the wagon.
