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Sorensen was introduced midway through the sixth season as the 15th squad's replacement for the deceased Bobby Simone. He was partnered with Detective Andy Sipowicz. Because he was replacing the well-liked Simone, Sorensen encountered some initial hostility from Sipowicz, who was Simone's former partner, and Detective Diane Russell, Simone's widow. Sipowicz and Russell were also skpetical of Sorensen's youth, as he was only 28 at the time he earned his gold detective's shield. The confident Sorensen was quickly able to earn the respect and acceptance of his co-workers by proving himself a highly capable detective. Jimmy Smits as Bobby Simone Bobby Simone was a fictional character in the television series NYPD Blue. ...
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Sorensen soon struck up a volatile romantic relationship with uniformed officer Mary Franco. However, the relationship was undermined by Sorensen's troubled psyche. It was hinted that he had a difficult childhood and was left with a lot of deep unresolved issues that caused him personal torment. His personal demons were a constant barrier to emotional intimacy in his relationship with Franco.
Sorensen also had something of a savior complex. On one occassion, Sorensen forced one of his informants, over the objection of Franco, to spend the night at his apartment out of concern that the informant would overdose if he was out on the street. Sorensen fell into a downward spiral when he found out the next morning that the informant, who left in the middle of the night through the bathroom window, had overdosed in an abandoned building. He was burned to death when the building was set on fire by an arsonist.
Sorensen was visibly shaken by the death, as it reminded him of how his sisters had died when he was young. After finding Sorensen in tears in the locker room, Russell took a maternal interest in Sorensen and attempted to counself him through his grief. Sorensen, an alcoholic, showed up drunk on Russell's doorstep later that evening. Russell, a recovering alcoholic herself, let him sleep it off on her couch, and in the morning again offered him her counsel.
Romantic feelings soon developed between Sorensen and Russell. Ultimately, Sorensen broke up with Franco, and began a highly destructive relationship with Russell. Russell eventually ended the relationship out of guilt, feeling she had betrayed her deceased husband.
Sorensen was thrown into a personal tailspin, and work relations between he and Russell quickly deteriorated. Sorensen began drinking heavily and on one occassion showed up on the job with alcohol on his breath, something that did not go unnoticed by recovering alcoholic Sipowicz. During this time, Sorensen also got involved in a dangerous relationship with Kristen, a dancer at a seedy strip club. The owners of the club, who were under police investigation, approached Sorensen about working for them by providing information about the investigation. Sorensen took the news to his boss, Lt. Rodriguez, who authorized Sorensen to go undercover.
While at the strip club one evening, Sorensen got into a fight with an obsessive fan of Kristen's. Sipowicz, who had grown concerned over his partner's self-destructive actions and had come to the club reel him in, broke up the fight and took the drunken Sorensen home. There, Sorensen and Sipowicz had a conversation about Sorensen's relationship with Russell. Sipowicz also attempted to talk Sorensen out of his self-destructive ways, pointing out the dangers of getting involved with Kristen and working undercover at the club.
The next morning, Sorensen failed to show up at work, causing Sipowicz and Detective Connie McDowell to go to his apartment. They found no sign of Sorensen, but did find Kristen's dead body. After Sorensen had been missing for several months, an informant tipped the squad off to the location of a burried rug in Brooklyn. Inside the rug was Sorensen's body. The club owners had Sorensen and Kristen murdered after being tipped off that Sorensen was working undercover.
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