The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct.
Ty Davis becomes a policeman like his father and Carlos becomes a paramedic. The two recruits work with older, wiser partners. Carlos works with the serious Monty "Doc" Parker and Ty works with John "Sully" Sullivan, his father's old partner. Meanwhile paramedics Bobby and Kim rush from emergency to emergency; officers Bosco and Yokas and firefighter Jimmy have other problems to deal with.
The shooting of paramedic Jerry has Doc, Ty, and Carlos feeling guilty; Ty questions Sully about his father's death; A worried Jimmy gives ex-wife Kim a bulletproof vest; Fred wants Faith to quit her job.
The "feud" between Doherty and Bosco escalates; a watch's owner is sought.
Davis meets a young rape victim; a teenage prostitute victimizes Kim.
Yokas surprises Bosco with her method of dealing with a gang member.
Doherty risks his life when a rookie is lost inside a burning building.
Carlos' rig accidentally hits a pregnant woman; Bosco looks for a suspect.
Boscorelli attempts to settle a feud between families on Thanksgiving.
Rescue crews must demolish walls to extricate an extremely obese woman from her home.
Rescue crews race to save lives after a building collapses on demolition workers.
Sullivan copes with a friend's death; Bobby tries to heal old wounds at home.
Bobby helps his ex-con brother; Doc hospitalizes his crotchety father; a loan shark stalks Doherty.
The streets become a war zone when Yokas and Bosco pursue a gang of robbers.
A gunman opens fire at a gay wedding ceremony; two young women steal a car.
Davis mistakenly shoots an African-American man helping a downed Sully.
Doc and Carlos argue over how to handle a young street tough.
Crews camp backstage during a senatorial debate between the first lady and the mayor.
Doherty climbs into an industrial mixer to rescue a trapped worker.
Crews search for a toddler who wandered off after an accident.
Firefighters battle a motel inferno while officers search for the arsonist.
A car chase ends in a fiery crash; Bosco attends the opera with his girlfriend.
Firefighter Doherty rescues Doc and Carlos from a burning building.
The officers rush to find a kidnap victim who has been buried alive.
Yokas discovers she is pregnant while on the trail of a rapist terrorizing the community.
The fallout of a violent fast-food robbery raises issues of racial prejudice.
Recovering Doherty returns to firefighting but may be pushing himself too far.
Kim hopes to reunite her broken family and must face painful truths about her mother and sister.
Officer Davis rescues a traffic reporter from a sinking helicopter.
Off-duty cops and paramedics try to relax after witnessing a fiery crash that killed teenagers.
Yokas confronts her alcoholic father and suffering mother.
Taylor catches Doherty in a compromising position with another woman at his bachelor party.
Doc wrestles with the memory of a life-changing deed he performed 20 years ago.
A sniper terrorizes the beat cops; Davis watches an officer die in his arms.
Bosco risks his position when he goes after his mother's abusive boyfriend.
Sully's career is on the line when he is accused of fabricating evidence.
Yokas, Bosco, Carlos and Doc get trapped in an abandoned basement.
An old girlfriend asks Bobby to help a childhood friend, a former boxer who is now a drug addict.
Bosco and Yokas search for a drug addict who shot a paramedic.
When a stress debriefing does not work, Carlos is ordered to attend a sensitivity seminar.
Firefighters from rival precincts must unite to conquer a warehouse inferno.
A lethal batch of heroin circulates, killing addicts faster than paramedics can respond.
Doc proposes marriage to Dr. Morales, but her lucrative job offer in another city stymies Doc's joy.
Feeling neglected by her husband, Yokas dresses in leather and looks for a wild evening.
Crews respond to a school shooting in which several teachers and students are killed.
Everyone tries to cope with the physical and mental toll of the week's events.
It's September 21, 2001 and the squads continue to battle through their emotions and their misgivings about their hero status, while working double shifts and spending every free moment at "the pile" searching for the missing; Kim returns to work and teams up with Doc, which allows an emotionally frayed Alex to return to paramedic duty; an exhausted Sully attempts to co-exist with his prospective in-laws while he waits for an opportunity to marry Tatiana.
Yokas and Bosco lose a jumper, the whole Third Watch join in to save a little girl's life.
Doc's colleagues nominate him as their choice for the "Paramedic of the Year" award but he is questioning his life choices. Faith is worried about her health while Kim worries about loosing Joey's custody to Jimmy.
Bosco and Yokas misjudge a sexual encounter in a car with tragic consequences.
No one can find Bosco after a sexual assault suspect is found dead. While Bosco spends time with family, Yokas, Ty and Sully try to clear him as a murder suspect.
Boscoe and Faith are on a call of a possible terrorist threat, that ends up being an explosive event.
Doc is up for paramedic of the year and is being followed by a film crew.
Doherty fights through a burning apartment building to save a frightened boy of Joey's age. Meanwhile, a guilt-ridden Doc can't stay away from a recuperating teenager, Ryan Buckley.
Carlos has a life-changing experience in the hospital after he falls down the fire pole. Tatiana leaves her mother-in-law alone in the house for a moment, with disastrous results.
Bosco tries to protect an old ESU sharp shooter from spiraling out of control.
Bosco is giving Faith the cold shoulder and teams up with Ross for patrol. Faith teams up with rookie Gusler.
Tatiana panics and leaves Sully's apartment.
Alex's father is found, and the funeral held 233 days after 9/11.
Fred reluctantly goes to the doctor for a physical. The power goes out while he and Faith are leaving the doctor's office, and they're left stuck in an elevator. Everyone else is dealing with the pressures of the city with no electricity.
A citywide blackout fuels a rioting mob that traps Davis and Sullivan.
Bosco chafes under a female unit leader's authority while investigating a weapons ring.
The parents of a missing boy seek vengeance on a known child molester.
Doherty struggles to extricate trapped motorists in a multivehicle collision.
Russian gangster Chevchenko shatters Sully's world.
Russian gangster Chevchenko shatters Sully's world.
Bosco burns to catch an arsonist after failing to rescue a woman from store fire.
Yokas and her daughter are taken hostage during a bank heist.
A suspect will get away with murder unless a boy steps forward to testify.
A shooter ambushes Bosco, Doc and Carlos as they transport an injured witness.
Doc breaks in a rookie paramedic; the Sex Crimes Unit approaches Carlos.
A patient claims Carlos groped her; Yokas breaks up a domestic dispute.
Yokas' daughter gets trapped in a snowdrift after using a drug.
Yokas keeps vigil as Emily fights for her life; Sgt. Cruz is on a mission.
Bosco and Cruz are trapped in a meth-lab inferno.
Phony distress calls keep the police on edge and prevent responses to real crimes.
Firefighters struggle to free an impaled driver; Sully puts Davis at risk.
Ty, Bosco and friends help Sully to dry out.
Kim falls for a famous journalist in the aftermath of an armored car crash.
Noble is arrested and agrees to use his contacts to set up a drug deal with a notorious dealer.
Bosco must choose between truth and his partner's desire to find her sister's killer.
Cruz and Bosco are on a collision course with their informant.
Yokas lies injured after a shootout.
Doc deals with the loss of Alex Taylor and Johnson.
Doc gets a taste of paramedic bureaucracy.
Doherty finds it difficult to earn his men's respect.
Cruz looks for a way to move herself back up the ranks.
The NYPD special unit scrambles to protect the jurist.
Davis confronts the biker trying to kill Judge Halsted.
Cruz and Bosco work with the FBI to pursue a suspect.
Bosco and Monroe attempt to stop a small-time mobster.
Just before Christmas, Sully rushes into a fiery house.
An anonymous caller alerts police to a young man bleeding in an alley.
Police are on alert after a woman is murdered.
Kim worries when Doherty is offered a promotion.
Bosco overreacts when a gangster provokes his mother.
One of the precinct's own takes his co-workers hostage.
Bosco's trouble-prone brother offers him a tip.
Cruz believes Bosco's brother is involved in a shooting.
Monroe is suspended after her gun is used in a crime.
Rival investigations clash over two drug dealers.
Bosco is suspicious of his brother's defense attorney.
A headless torso's discovery causes grief at the precinct.
A vengeful father declares war on the police.
Cruz and others are at the hospital dealing with victims.
Cruz fixes a crime scene after Yokas guns down a criminal.
Davis is assigned a new trainee.
Recently promoted Yokas struggles with her new job.
Yokas continues her uneasy partnership with Miller.
Internal Affairs takes Cruz into custody.
Cruz is denied bail and sent to Rykers on remand.
Cruz confronts a nervous city councilman.
Davis risks his career when he confronts Captain Finney.
Monroe's fellow cops discover she informed on Cruz.
Sullivan and Monroe track down ex-cops to build a case.
The murder investigation of Davis' father nears a climax.
The station is secretly evacuated.
Finney races to help a boy who has been kidnapped.
Cruz puts aside her troubles to pursue a gang member.
Doctors arrive after a thief displays disease symptoms.This episode is Part 1 of a crossover with Medical Investigation that concludes on "Half Life" (season 1 episode 17).
Cruz seeks to put gang chieftain Marcel in prison.
Bosco dislikes being paired on patrol with Monroe.
Cruz delves into a frightening cultic world.
A driver in a traffic tie-up goes on a shooting spree.
Yokas negotiates when a young man threatens to kill his father.
Gangsters assault the 55th Precinct station.
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