Talk:Andy Sipowicz

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The article claims, "When his father worked as a meter reader he was stabbed in the eye with a screwdriver by a black man who did not want to pay his electric bill."

This is not entirely accurate (in fact, its dead wrong.) This is the warmed-over half truth that Andy has believed his entire life in order to justify his racism. After having a dream about his father, Andy remembers that his father was fired for drinking on the job. His father defiantly returns to his route to finish his job anyway, but since it is now after dark, he is attacked by a black man who mistakes him for a robber lurking outside of his home.

Bhwilkinson 16:18, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article states, "With the exception of Andy Jr.'s death, however, Sipowicz remained sober." It has been a long time since I saw this episode but I seem to recall that a drinking binge was triggered by a small toast given to celebrate his up coming wedding. I dont think this had to do with his son’s death but I could be wrong. I dont know if this is the drinking that the writer of the article is referring to or if there was a second drinking binge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.253.248 (talk) 00:17, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, he does drink at that event with Sylvia's family (it's not to celebrate their upcoming wedding tho, they're not engaged yet). This is in the first season in a kind of grey time in his sobriety where he's what some might call a "dry drunk." He's stopped drinking, but not really faced all the carnage left behind, nor gotten support to maybe have a better chance of not going back to drinking. Sylvia tells him he she cannot be with him if he's drinking. This pushes him to go to AA, something that even years later on the show, is never a comfortable fit for him. He does, however, become more self-aware and then, yes, it is true from that point on that the only time he relapses is when Andy Jr. is killed. NSpector (talk) 20:11, 15 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]