Detective David Saperstein is a member of Wozniak's crew. He was critically injured at the end of the episode "Fall of Man" by Wozniak and was killed, in the guise of a bomb threat, by Wozniak in the episode "Undiscovered Country". Wozniak killed him in the hospital, making it look like he died from complications from his injuries. He was portrayed by Santino Fontana.
History[]
In "Fall of Man", Wozniak is convinced that Saperstein is the rat. When Harlee fears that Woz is going to kill Saperstein, she has Stahl arrest Sapterstein to protect him. Before agreeing to testify against his friends, Saperstein says he has to talk to his mother. He tells her he has to go away on a case but she knows he’s lying. He also asks her about her blood sugar. Saperstein then pretends his mother is having heart palpitations. He injects Stahl with something and then grabs his gun and escapes. Stahl puts out of Federal warrant for Saperstein’s arrest. Harlee tries to warn Saperstein not to go to Woz but he’s already headed to him. Later, Sap shows up and tackles Frank. Woz tells the son to watch and then sits back and watches the fight. When Saperstein knocks Frank out, Woz tells Sap he knows he’s the rat and pushes him off the fourth floor. When Frank gets up, Woz shoots him so that he falls over the half wall as well and throws the gun down after the two of them. Saperstein initially survived, just barely breathing.
In "Eye of the Hurricane", he appears in a flashback.
Appearances[]
| Shades of Blue: Season 1 | ||||||||||
| "Pilot": | "Original Sin": | "False Face, False Heart": | "Who Can Tell Me Who I Am": | "Equal and Opposite": | "Fall of Man": | "Undiscovered Country": | ||||
| Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | Appears | ||||
| "Good Cop, Bad Cop": | "Live Wire Act": | "What Devil Do": | "The Breach": | "For I Have Sinned": | "One Last Lie": | |||||
| Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | |||||
| Shades of Blue: Season 2 | ||||||||||
| "Unforgiven": | "Eye of the Hurricane": | "Ghost Hunt": | "Daddy's Girl": | "Sweet Caroline": | "Fracture": | "A House Divided": | ||||
| Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | ||||
| "Unpaid Debts": | "Chaos is Come Again: | "Whoever Fights Monsters": | "The Quality of Mercy": | "Behind The Mask": | "Broken Dolls": | |||||
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | |||||