
Law & Order Episode Rating Graph
Sep 1990 - present

Sep 1990 - present
7.9
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The first episode of Law & Order aired on September 13, 1990.
The last episode of Law & Order aired on May 18, 2023.
There are 488 episodes of Law & Order.
There are 22 seasons of Law & Order.
Yes.
Law & Order is set to return for future episodes.
S16 Ep22
8.2
17th May 2006
The family of a man who once turned his customers into the police is slain, and the ensuing fracas pits McCoy against a corrupt D.E.A. agent.
S16 Ep21
8.0
10th May 2006
Fontana and Green are called in to investigate when Green's former replacement, Nick Falco, is suspected of murdering a young woman he had spent the night with.
S9 Ep24
8.0
26th May 1999
McCoy and Carmichael risk violating the civil liberties of witnesses when they are forced to jail them in order to safely continue their investigation.
S16 Ep16
8.0
8th Mar 2006
The case against a high powered executive accused of killing her lover rests on the executive's estranged husband and unstable teenage daughter.
S16 Ep13
8.0
18th Jan 2006
A journalist's suicide becomes suspect after Green and Fontana find evidence at the scene suggesting that it wasn't a suicide after all.
S17 Ep11
8.0
5th Jan 2007
After Michael Jones dies in his mother's hospital room with no immediate explanation, his mother Ashley accuses her former husband's adult children, Miles and Hillary Foster, who are fighting her for control of their father's substantial fortune. The autopsy rules out the Fosters, and points Green and Cassady in the direction of illegally harvested donor bones, which Jones had received in a transplant eighteen months prior. McCoy and Rubirosa struggle to prosecute the case after it becomes clear the only way they will get the evidence they need is to test another young man who received bone grafts from the same woman who had given Michael Jones his legs.
S6 Ep23
7.9
22nd May 1996
After Briscoe, Curtis, McCoy, and Kincaid witness the execution of a criminal they brought to justice, their unique reactions to the event culminate in personal tragedies for each of them.
S17 Ep21
7.9
11th May 2007
The detectives link the deaths of two homeless men to the war in Iraq.
S16 Ep10
7.9
30th Nov 2005
After the daughter of one of Van Buren's college friends is found dead in her room, a suicide, Van Buren joins Green and Fontana in hunting down the man who burned her face with acid months earlier, ultimately leading to her suicide. Van Buren is unsucces
S17 Ep5
7.9
20th Oct 2006
When Carl Mullaly is discovered murdered in his apartment, Green and Cassady learn that he had recently been profiled on HardFocus, a tabloid talk show that exposes sex offenders who are caught via the ScumWatch website. With an eight-year-old girl as the only eye witness, detectives arrest the murderer, but McCoy and Rubirosa soon learn that HardFocus is a lot more involved than they claim.
S16 Ep14
7.9
8th Feb 2006
Fontana and Green arrest a fellow student after a young man is murdered, but McCoy faces a tough adversary when he tries to prosecute the crime.
S14 Ep24
7.9
19th May 2004
Briscoe bids farewell to the 27 as the prosecution of two women for killing each other's husbands comes to a successful conclusion.
S15 Ep22
7.9
4th May 2005
The shooting of a Panamanian jockey sends Fontana and Falco into the colorful world of horse racing, and they learn that the animal's owner used stolen funds for the purchase.
S16 Ep18
7.9
29th Mar 2006
Fontana and Green investigate when a bank manager is involved in the robbing of his own bank and learn that his daughter is being held hostage and that he had to go along with the robbery or risk losing his daughter.
S17 Ep2
7.9
29th Sep 2006
Green and Cassady investigate after the photograph of a dead woman is found on a popular website, B-Frendz.com. Their investigation leads them to a mentally disturbed young man whom the teenage daughter of the victim claims kidnapped and raped her, but his lawyer offers up an even greater incentive -- the supposed kidnapping victim, Molly Preston.
S7 Ep17
7.9
27th Mar 1997
The trial of Eddie Newman begins but the prosecution's chances of conviction are hampered by a "dream team" of defense attorneys, Gorton's personal pressures on Ross, the public questioning of the relationship between Curtis and Lisa Lundquist, and a surprise accusation.
S22 Ep21
7.9
11th May 2023
Cosgrove and Shaw suspect an art dealer was murdered but can’t make an arrest until they locate her body. Price and Maroun must go to trial with a circumstantial case and a suspect with unlimited resources. The squad celebrates a birthday.
S13 Ep23
7.9
21st May 2003
Briscoe and Green catch four murders and a kidnapping on the same day, and get handed confessions in each case.
S16 Ep15
7.9
1st Mar 2006
After the body of a teenage boy is found dead in a warehouse, detectives use DNA to connect the boy to a convicted rapist and serial killer, then to the boy's mother, Allison Ashburn, the convict's ex-wife. While trying to solve Danny's murder, Fontana and Green learn that he recently got his girlfriend Tina pregnant, and his mother had seen him recently when she had given him money despite having claimed she hadn't seen him for months. Allison finally admits that she murdered her son after the police arrest her new husband John, but claims she did it to save the world from her son, whom she was convinced would become a monster just like her father. Borgia and McCoy face an uphill battle trying to convict the perfect soccer mom.
S22 Ep22
7.8
18th May 2023
When a senator is gunned down at his daughter’s wedding, McCoy pushes for a severe sentence and squares up against a formidable defense attorney — his own daughter. Price aims to stay neutral but can’t help but empathize with the defendant over a shared trauma.
S18 Ep1
7.8
2nd Jan 2008
Cyrus Lupo returns to New York after four years abroad to deal with his own terror. Lupo and Green investigate two suicides committed the same way. The detectives are suspicious of a parolee known as "Dr. Death".
S16 Ep17
7.8
22nd Mar 2006
After Jeffrey Pope, a private military contractor, is found dead, suspicion eventually leads Green and Fontana to Robbie Howell, the younger brother of a man who died because of Pope's incompetance, and Kevin Boatman, Nick Howell's former co-worker who had witnessed the tragic events in Iraq.
S9 Ep23
7.8
26th May 1999
A shootout between a motorist and the police leads to the discovery of a gruesome Russian mob killing --- and a traumatized boy who was an eyewitness to the murder.
S17 Ep19
7.8
27th Apr 2007
Green and Cassady get mixed up with the Russian consulate after Peter Rostov dies of ricin poisoning. Their investigation leads them first to his work, where they learn he spent a great deal of time traveling back and forth between Russia, and secondly to his brother, Karl. It isn't long before they link the Rostov brothers to an illegal prostitution ring trafficking in young Russian woman, but McCoy is faced with trying to get the remaining Rostov brother to testify so he can prosecute Brezin, the father of one of the trafficked girls.
S15 Ep5
7.8
20th Oct 2004
After Green goes undercover to gather evidence on the gun dealers who murdered two detectives during a buy-and-bust, McCoy is able to connect the hit men to the attorney who paid them to avenge the death of his gun-running stepson at the hands of the same detectives during a similar buy-and-bust several years earlier.
S15 Ep23
7.8
11th May 2005
When Fontana and Falco investigate an arson which caused the death of a firefighter, they discover a murder weapon tied to a nine year old murder and a hate crime in which the defendent attempts to have his case dismissed because he became a born again Christian after committing the murder.
S14 Ep22
7.8
28th Apr 2004
Van Buren has reservations about Branch's tactics in luring a Ginza nightclub owner back to New York after the Japanese government is unwilling to extradite him to face charges of conspiracy and murder in the death of his wife on a New York City vacation.
S17 Ep20
7.8
4th May 2007
Green and Cassady follow the leads when a young boy is found murdered to a suspected serial pedophile/murderer.
S17 Ep16
7.8
23rd Feb 2007
After publisher Serena Darby is found murdered in her apartment, suspicion turns to J.P. Lange, a former professional baseball player acquitted of his wife's murder who had written a book hypothesising how he would have committed the murder. Green and Cassady follow the trail of evidence from Lange to Gerald Stockwell, a former ghostwriter on the book, but Stockwell tries to clear himself by offering McCoy and Rubirosa proof that one of the jurors in Lange's trial was paid off to force an acquittal.
S15 Ep20
7.8
13th Apr 2005
The bludgeoned corpse of a promiscuous lawyer is found in her office and detectives treat her former lovers as suspects until DNA evidence points to a co-worker. This crossover continues on Law & Order: Trial By Jury S01E08 Skeleton (II).
S14 Ep6
7.8
5th Nov 2003
When a man is found murdered shortly after depositing almost $400,000 in his savings account, the investigation into the source of funds reveals that the victim ran an identity theft scam which left an elderly man homeless and impoverished.
S17 Ep4
7.8
13th Oct 2006
After Eric Khabaly is seen being murdered on tape in what appears to be an American movement against Islam, Green and Cassady investigate the case which leads them to Khabaly's cousin, Ben Faoud, who appears to be connected to a terrorist cell functioning inside New York. Unfortunately, the best link to Faoud appears to surround a recent shipment of uranium, which McCoy and Rubirosa are forbidden to mention by the federal government. When news of the uranium leaks out, McCoy and Rubirosa find themselves the victims of intense federal scrutiny, and Paul Robinette's vigorous defense of young Faoud doesn't help matters.
S15 Ep12
7.8
5th Jan 2005
The investigation into the murder of a wealthy husband leads to the uncovering of a conspiracy involving infidelity and greed and leads to one defendant attempting to evade justice by killing the other.
S17 Ep12
7.8
12th Jan 2007
Green and Cassady investigate after Sean Archer, a producer who had recently adopted a child from Africa with his wife, well-known actress Sofia, is gunned down outside an ice cream shop while holding baby Christopher. The shooting is soon linked to the recent adoption of Christopher, which had received international scrutiny because it appeared to have been pushed through based on the couple's celebrity status. McCoy and Rubirosa initially investigate the murder of Sean Archer, which soon turns into an investigation of a child's death when the identity of baby Christopher comes under question.
S17 Ep22
7.8
18th May 2007
When Nicole Bailey, the ex-wife of a respected former senator, is found murdered and brutalised in her home, Green and Cassady look first at the senator, but follow the trail of clues to a dysfunctional family with a number of potentially embarrassing secrets. McCoy finds himself in the hot seat when he is forced to argue the case in front of a judge more interested in public relations than justice.
S15 Ep18
7.8
2nd Mar 2005
When a TV network executive is found murdered, Detectives Fontana and Green suspect a pair of twins who were stealing from the organization until they discover a celebrity chef with whom the married victim shared an affair. The nimble and charming chef is adroit at cultivating relationships with judges and juries alike, but prosecutor McCoy intends to reveal that the suspect's cooking show was about to be cancelled by his late lover.
S15 Ep14
7.8
19th Jan 2005
Fontana and Green are baffled by a series of flu-related deaths until they discover that the victims were given fake vaccine. McCoy goes after the con man who distributed the vaccine for murder.
S8 Ep24
7.8
20th May 1998
During the search for a pedophile who raped a 10-year-old, a snitch offers Briscoe a chance to avenge his daughter's death. Meanwhile, Van Buren learns that her job is in jeopardy; McCoy is ordered to appear before a disciplinary committee because of his conduct in a DUI case; and the increasingly political Schiff worries that the rape case may adversely impact his reelection bid.
S7 Ep23
7.8
21st May 1997
The cops uncover a man with a secret second life as they try to learn who opened fire on a group of people disembarking from a party cruise, but his guilt or innocence becomes almost a second thought as Schiff goes toe to toe with the governor and the States Attorney General over the decision to seek the death penalty.
S8 Ep22
7.8
6th May 1998
The case of a teacher's shooting uncovers a vendetta involving the rape of a mentally challenged coed by three students, whose attorney claims they weren't aware of her condition.
S16 Ep5
7.8
19th Oct 2005
Police turn their attention to the murder of an undercover reporter, but realise that the killer isn't as guilty as he appears.
S16 Ep12
7.8
11th Jan 2006
After Philip and Valerie Messick are attacked in their home, Green and Fontana follow the trail to a small-time thug named Jay Fleckner. After Valerie's testimony unintentionally helps free Fleckner, he is found dead, and detectives soon realise that Bob Cerullo, a family friend of Valerie and her late husband, was the triggerman. Unfortunately, when McCoy attempts to prosecute Cerullo, a retired cop, he threatens to claim that he deliberately planted evidence in his past cases in an attempt to get McCoy to drop all the charges.
S16 Ep9
7.8
23rd Nov 2005
The deaths of three women with the same name lead Fontana and Green to the nine-year-old conviction of Leland Barnes, who had shot and killed his wife in an office full of people. With two of the three witnesses against him dead and Jack McCoy on the hit list, the detectives struggle to determine how Barnes, who has been in prison the entire time, got someone on the outside to kill the only people who could keep him in jail. The investigation leads them to Leland's two sons, with surprising results.
S5 Ep6
7.8
2nd Nov 1994
When Lt. Van Buren is the victim of an attempted holdup by two teens, she fires her gun and kills one of them, and the detectives are faced with the fact that she shot an unarmed child in the back.
S16 Ep11
7.8
7th Dec 2005
The case of a man who defiled a copy of the Torah turns into a religious battle for McCoy.
S16 Ep20
7.8
3rd May 2006
After undercover cop Dana Baker is murdered, Fontana and Green learn that the man who killed her had discovered her identity after seeing a photograph of her.
S6 Ep21
7.8
8th May 1996
The investigation into multiple homicides at a clothing store leads to the arrest of a schizophrenic who presents McCoy with a formidable opponent when he decides to represent himself.
S15 Ep19
7.7
30th Mar 2005
Police and prosecutors go after a fanatical cult leader who encourages sex with children among her followers.
S17 Ep3
7.7
6th Oct 2006
When eight-year-old Jenna Wechsler dies as a result of a building explosion, Green and Cassady follow the trail of evidence to Rosalie Schaffner, the owner's ex-wife. McCoy and Rubirosa pursue Rosalie Schaffner despite a lack of concrete evidence, but the case takes a turn when Rubirosa finds a piece of evidence that points them in a new direction.
S4 Ep22
7.7
25th May 1994
A truck hits a pedestrian and the investigation reveals the victim's link to a baby-food company in which a new partner has connections to the Russian mob.
S11 Ep12
7.7
7th Feb 2001
The beating death of a restaurant owner leads Briscoe and Green to thrill-seeking teenagers; McCoy and Lewin are forced to decide how young is too young for the death penalty.
S17 Ep14
7.7
9th Feb 2007
A reverend confesses to the murder of a young gay actor, but McCoy and Rubirosa soon learn that he may not be the guilty party.
S22 Ep2
7.7
29th Sep 2022
Things aren't what they seem when a politician's daughter is found dead after an apparent mugging.
S10 Ep15
7.7
23rd Feb 2000
After the bodies of two teens are found, the detectives trace their identities and learn that one of them had a sister who was traveling with the girls.
S8 Ep19
7.7
22nd Apr 1998
A defendant refuses to allow his lawyer to raise the issue of insanity, this complicating matters for the brother who turned him in with hopes of securing medical treatment for him.
S15 Ep13
7.7
12th Jan 2005
When a rap producer is found shot to death in his studio, detectives focus on his protege, whose demos link him and a friend to a second murder. As the investigation unfolds, Southerlyn's opinions put her sharply at odds with both McCoy and Branch.
S13 Ep7
7.7
20th Nov 2002
A defense attorney who had just acquitted a cop killer is gunned down outside a Manhattan restaurant. The detectives start with police officers in the precinct of the injured officer, then to his brother, before they are led to a white supremacist who is part of a national network. McCoy is faced with the unlikely prospect that the defendant's attorney, his friend of 20 years and a friend of the slain lawyer, played a part in the murder of a Florida district attorney following the defendant's arrest. McCoy is able to make a deal that perserves the integrity of his adversary, but not without a cost.
S16 Ep8
7.7
16th Nov 2005
Detectives discover that the owner of a trucking company has been smuggling illegal aliens and suspect that a citizens border-patrol member has killed him.
S13 Ep2
7.7
9th Oct 2002
The murder of a female high school English teacher uncovers a love triangle that includes a female student and a male teacher, both of whom become suspects. The prosecutors have to deal with the student's multiple identities and refusal to live past adolescence.
S10 Ep1
7.7
22nd Sep 1999
A murderer's shooting spree in Central Park prompts Briscoe and his new partner, Detective Eddie Green, to trace the murder weapon's origination; McCoy makes it his mission to punish the killer and the gun manufacturer.
S20 Ep20
7.7
10th May 2010
Lupo and Bernard uncover a possible conspiracy to kill off wealthy cancer patients, so their inheritors don't have to pay an estate tax. However, legal roadblocks make the case difficult to prosecute.
S16 Ep6
7.7
2nd Nov 2005
Teenage suspect Traci Sands dies in police custody after being arrested for the murder of the man who reported her to child protective services. Rodgers reveals that she died because someone outfitted her with a benecrine I.U.D. that reacted with Sands' sickle cell syndrome and ended up killing her. Fontana and Green follow the trail to a charitable clinic and nurse Gloria Rhodes, who believes she is saving the world by sterilizing women that she does not believe are worthy of having children. McCoy faces former assistant district attorney Paul Robinette in court as Robinette defends Rhodes.
S17 Ep7
7.7
3rd Nov 2006
A has-been actor wearing blood-stained clothing arrested for drunken driving reveals religious prejudices during his rantings.
S15 Ep10
7.7
1st Dec 2004
The prosecution of a drug trafficker responsible for a stash house massacre is hampered when McCoy discovers that the defendant claims diplomatic immunity, and has been working as an undercover operative aiding the U.S. military in Afghanistan.
S20 Ep23
7.7
24th May 2010
Detectives search for an anonymous blogger who has posted plans to blow up a school. Lt. Van Buren struggles to keep her personal issues private.
S6 Ep13
7.7
7th Feb 1996
A subway station gas attack, similar to one that took place in a Baltimore church five years earlier, brings Baltimore detectives Tim Bayliss and Frank Pembleton to New York to assist Briscoe and Curtis. This crossover continues on Homicide: Life on the Street S04E12 For God and Country (II).
S13 Ep12
7.7
5th Feb 2003
A dead teenager's father and a vigilante priest are suspects in the killing of a drug dealer.
S7 Ep6
7.7
6th Nov 1996
The murder of a janitor in a university laboratory building leads back to a student employee whose participation in a drug study may have prompted the crime.
S22 Ep19
7.7
27th Apr 2023
Cosgrove and Shaw investigate the murder of a family physician whose outspoken politician wife suspects she was the intended target. Price and Maroun's case hangs in the balance when the defense calls one of the doctor's young patients to testify as a witness.
S4 Ep17
7.7
9th Mar 1994
During a 24-hour period, Briscoe and Logan have a heavy caseload that includes 5 unrelated murders and a domestic quarrel, which results in the maiming of the husband.
S15 Ep15
7.7
9th Feb 2005
A conservative talk show host involved in a sexual harassment scandal is murdered, but the trail leads to the victim's wife and an obsessed stalker.
S14 Ep18
7.7
24th Mar 2004
When a Holocaust survivor is murdered on the eve of her testimony in the deportation trial of a former concentration camp guard, McCoy prosecutes the man and the Neo-Nazi sympathizer who's running a fundraising web site for him, and must debunk a Holocaust denial defense which claims that the millions of deaths resulted from disease, pestilence and wartime conditions.
S18 Ep3
7.7
9th Jan 2008
The explosion of a package including scientific research injures a pregnant security guard, leading to the investigation of the scientist's experiments.
S19 Ep7
7.7
17th Dec 2008
Cutter is determined to expose misconduct when he realizes an old friend working in the system is obstructing justice in the murder of an environmentalist.
S17 Ep6
7.7
27th Oct 2006
The shooting of a local businessman is linked to a killing in Iraq, and McCoy and Rubirosa refuse to allow the killer to plead out.
S16 Ep19
7.7
5th Apr 2006
When a teenage boy commits suicide after firing on a doctor and hitting an innocent party, Fontana and Green investigate why he was after the doctor to begin with.
S9 Ep1
7.7
23rd Sep 1998
The investigation into a girl's death reveals secrets the adoptive family was desperately trying to hide.
S15 Ep24
7.7
18th May 2005
After a man causes a massive train crash that results in multiple deaths, McCoy tries to prosecute him for murder despite his insanity defense. But McCoy finds himself hampered by a defense attorney whose own agenda may undercut that of his client.
S15 Ep17
7.7
23rd Feb 2005
The investigation into a fatal traffic accident leads Fontana and Green to a slaughtered hunting party in the woods and an unknown man who may have been pursuing vigilante justice.
S12 Ep20
7.7
24th Apr 2002
A woman is drugged and falls to her death, and the evidence suggests that her ex-boyfriend and her current husband's ex-wife may have conspired to kill her.
S11 Ep9
7.7
10th Jan 2001
An assistant manager at a jewelers discovers four bodies at the store, leading to the prosecution of an amiable murder suspect who insists on representing himself, and winning the admiration of a female juror.
S22 Ep17
7.7
30th Mar 2023
When a public defender is murdered, Cosgrove and Shaw are surprised to find Price at the scene; his involvement in the trial compromises the case.
S22 Ep1
7.7
22nd Sep 2022
A young girl is shot and Cosgrove teams with Det. Jalen Shaw to track down her killer. Benson and Stabler assist and realize it's more than a typical homicide. McCoy and Price seek justice against an international crime ring, but complications threaten the case. The crossover starts on Law & Order: Organized Crime S03E01 Gimme Shelter (I) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S24E01 Gimme Shelter (II).
S12 Ep13
7.7
30th Jan 2002
The bludgeoning of two women in their apartment leads the detectives to a suspect who has taken a hostage while demanding legal representation ... and Southerlyn's actions, while heroic, results in disbarment proceedings against her for violation of Disciplinary Rule 1-102.
S20 Ep14
7.7
1st Mar 2010
When detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard come upon the burning body of Cesar, a sixteen-year-old charter school student from a bad neighborhood, they begin to question his young mentee Moses, who was the last person to see him alive.
S16 Ep4
7.7
12th Oct 2005
The bombing death of a husband set to remove the feeding tube of his wife, who's in a persistent vegetative state, focuses the investigation on the protesters.
S15 Ep9
7.6
24th Nov 2004
When the investigation into the contract killing of a jeweler uncovers his plan to roll over on his Russian mob connections to a federal prosecutor, as well as an unhappy wife whom he refused to divorce, McCoy must determine who financed the hit.
S19 Ep11
7.6
28th Jan 2009
The owner of a trucking company, Vic Russell, is found dead after a business meeting; detectives uncover information that leads them to believe that Russell had ties to the Russian mob.
S16 Ep3
7.6
5th Oct 2005
Fontana and McCoy pursue a man believed to have murdered a young girl ten years earlier despite numerous obstacles.
S22 Ep3
7.6
6th Oct 2022
A deadly shooting has Cosgrove and Shaw racing to find the culprit before another attack is orchestrated. Price struggles to put his ethical principles aside when the US Attorney’s office pushes for the death penalty in the case.
S1 Ep12
7.6
8th Jan 1991
Stone faces pressure from the public and from Schiff as he prepares to prosecute the person accused of bombing an abortion clinic.
S16 Ep2
7.6
28th Sep 2005
Green and Fontana bring SVU Detective Olivia Benson onto their scene when a DOA has her number on his cell phone. This crossover starts on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S07E02 Design (I).
S13 Ep15
7.6
26th Feb 2003
The death of a stockbroker leads the detectives to his girlfriend whose mother is a cosmetics mogul who has a long standing friendship with Branch, and will stop at nothing to protect her corporate image by using hormone replacement therapy withdrawal as the basis for her defense.
S14 Ep11
7.6
7th Jan 2004
The apparent hit-and-run of a homeless man send the detectives on a search for the driver, a high profile female publicist, which fuels the fire for the prosecutors to obtain a murder conviction. Forensic evidence given during the trial reveal that the victim was severely beaten before being hit by the car which leads to a suspect within the homeless community.
S20 Ep12
7.6
15th Jan 2010
Blackmail is the twelfth episode of the twentieth season of the television series Law & Order. It aired on NBC January 15, 2010.
S1 Ep9
7.6
27th Nov 1990
During the investigation into the death of a little girl in a respectable, middle-class family, Greevey and Logan uncover a myriad of family secrets involving abuse, molestation, and murder.
S16 Ep7
7.6
9th Nov 2005
The team investigates the killing of a single mother and the abduction of her child.
S19 Ep9
7.6
14th Jan 2009
The murder of the plaintiff in a high-profile lawsuit against a major airline leads detectives to a defense attorney (Dallas Roberts) who is willing to do whatever it takes to ensure his big payday.
S11 Ep22
7.6
16th May 2001
Jamie Ross returns to defend a student accused in a mass school slaying.
S11 Ep10
7.6
17th Jan 2001
The death of a lab technician and the abduction of 17 infected monkeys lead to a trial involving the treatment of research animals.
S1 Ep16
7.6
19th Feb 1991
Stone tries to salvage his prosecution of the Masucci family when Beigel faces bribery charges and seems willing to turn against his brother-in-law.
S10 Ep10
7.6
5th Jan 2000
After sanitation workers find a teenage boy's body, the investigation leads to a school bully who displays an avid interest in martial-arts weapons, and whose father bought the murder weapon.
S9 Ep2
7.6
7th Oct 1998
Detectives discover a shocking twist involving unlikely suspects when they investigate the brutal beating of a black man dumped near the highway.
S19 Ep10
7.6
21st Jan 2009
When the son and housekeeper of a pair of prominent biologists are murdered, detectives suspect the couple's work on a controversial pharmaceutical study may have made them targets for the killer.
S17 Ep8
7.6
10th Nov 2006
After Hudson Moore is found bludgeoned in the back of the Babes Being Bad bus, suspicion initially truns to the company's creator, Chris Drake, until video footage leads detectives to a young woman who was with Moore the night that he died. After concentrating their investigation on the young woman, the reasons behind Moore's murder soon become apparent, and McCoy and Rubirosa struggle to prosecute a man who, while not directly responsible for the murder, may have been responsible for the incidents that led up to it.
S12 Ep7
7.6
14th Nov 2001
A murder investigation uncovers deliberately faulty forensics in the wrongful conviction of two men 12 years earlier in the case that paved the way for Van Buren's promotion.
S22 Ep16
7.6
23rd Mar 2023
When a celebrated journalist is killed, Cosgrove and Shaw explore an unpublished report involving a prominent politician; Price and Maroun fight an uphill battle when their only credible witness is currently awaiting trial for another heinous crime.
S17 Ep18
7.6
6th Apr 2007
Green and Cassady investigate the murder of a female rapper.
S15 Ep4
7.6
6th Oct 2004
McCoy goes after the C.E.O. of a pharmaceutical company who knowingly commissioned further clinical trials on a drug to extend its patent protection yielding millions of dollars of profit without disclosing that previous clinical studies had demonstrated that the drug created a high risk of suicide in its users.
S20 Ep10
7.6
20th Nov 2009
When an elderly man defends his shop from an armed robbery, Detectives Kevin Bernard and Cyrus Lupo suspect that this incident could have been an inside job. After further investigation, the detectives discover that the mugging might have been a scare tactic for a shakedown.
S17 Ep15
7.6
16th Feb 2007
After an actress is found dead in her apartment, Green and Cassady attempt to prove that her death was not a suicide.
S7 Ep19
7.6
16th Apr 1997
The cops' best hope of finding a kidnapped hired car driver alive is one of the armed robbers who grabbed him after a job, but the immunity deal he demands in return would effectively preclude his prosecution for the shooting death of an off-duty cop, placing McCoy in a difficult position as he seeks to placate the cops, who want the guy prosecuted, and the kidnapped man's wife, who wants every avenue of saving her husband explored.
S20 Ep9
7.6
13th Nov 2009
A case that begins as a search for a missing witness spirals into a murder conspiracy with ADA Connie Rubirosa caught in the middle.
S6 Ep3
7.6
18th Oct 1995
McCoy and Kincaid clash over the death penalty as McCoy prosecutes a man who murdered an undercover cop during a drug bust.
S18 Ep18
7.6
21st May 2008
A jeweler's murder may have ties to a prostitution ring, and once the case goes to trial, D.A. McCoy's job is on the line as favors are called in.
S7 Ep5
7.6
30th Oct 1996
Curtis, angered by the attitude of an old colleague of Briscoe's, looks beyond the findings of an IAB investigation and turns up evidence of police corruption that puts the DA's office into competition with an ambitious judge and Briscoe under investigation for stealing evidence from a police lockup.
S18 Ep2
7.6
2nd Jan 2008
Lupo and Green's first offical case together is a kidnapping that happened during a citywide blackout; a housekeeper is slain and a mother and daughter are kidnapped. The evidence that links all the kidnappers is the father and husband of the kidnap victims. When they search the kidnappers' hideout, they find preparations which implies that the kidnappers knew that the blackout was coming. Cutter must convince the man to testify after he has lied about a search warrant to save the man's daughter, or else the kidnappers will all go free. Issues of a warrantless search arise. Courtroom scenes revolve around questions of Enron-like manipulation of energy.
S14 Ep19
7.6
31st Mar 2004
The District Attorney's Office is set on its ear when the investigation into the death of an A.D.A. uncovers a scandal that could imperil hundreds of cases.
S22 Ep12
7.6
26th Jan 2023
After a teenager is killed, Cosgrove and Shaw discover what lengths kids will go to become internet famous; Price and Maroun take a risk to go after whom they believe to be the real criminal in the case, but they wind up back where they started.
S22 Ep20
7.6
4th May 2023
When a respected businessman is found murdered, his surprising connection to Cosgrove’s daughter helps the police make a break in the case. Price and Maroun disagree on how to proceed at trial when the defendant’s age brings up legal precedent they must follow.
S8 Ep15
7.6
25th Feb 1998
Taking on an apparent mafia murder, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are stymied by a dead witness and a seemingly incoherent mob boss.
S11 Ep7
7.6
29th Nov 2000
Under pressure from the department's top brass, a 20-year-old murder case, initally investigated by Briscoe's now retired boss, is reopened involving the slaying of a teen-age girl with the spoiled son of a politically connected family as the prime suspect.
S13 Ep4
7.6
30th Oct 2002
A struggling actress is murdered in an apparent robbery-homicide where a video tape, made by a couple touring the city sold to a local news station, shows three suspects loading the stolen property into an SUV. They are charged with felony murder, a capital crime, and causes unrest with Southerlyn surrounding the death penalty.
S7 Ep13
7.6
19th Feb 1997
The discovery of a would-be thief refocuses a murder investigation, leaving the prosecutors the task of making a conspiracy case against the deceased's attorney and the pretty young widow.
S15 Ep1
7.6
22nd Sep 2004
An Iraqi immigrant who murders a former military policewoman in retaliation for torturing her brother at Abu Ghraib prison claims that she is covered as an enemy combatant under the terms of the Geneva Convention.
S14 Ep20
7.6
14th Apr 2004
Greed, treachery and disrespect shape the motives for murder when two men are gunned down at an exclusive restaurant.
S12 Ep16
7.6
6th Mar 2002
The investigation into the death of an 11-year-old girl uncovers the possible culpability of the child's mother and a rebirthing therapist.
S15 Ep3
7.6
29th Sep 2004
When a prison gang puts out a contract on a Sing Sing corrections officer and his family, assigning the job to a newly released ex-con, the terrified officer pleads preemptive self-defense after he's brought to trial for the parolee's murder. As the trial proceeds, the gang attempts to affect the outcome of the case by sending a death threat to the presiding judge, who refuses to be intimidated. Shortly after the conclusion of the trial, McCoy discovers that the defendant's fears about the power and the reach of the gang were well-placed.
S22 Ep7
7.6
10th Nov 2022
A crisis consultant who’s made many enemies on behalf of her clients is murdered. Price and Maroun must set aside the potential damage to a witness’s reputation in order to strengthen their case.
S14 Ep12
7.6
14th Jan 2004
The investigation into the murder of a former bookie turned mob informant reveals a disturbing new wrinkle in organized crime involving legitimate businessmen moonlighting as contract hitmen in a battle for mob leadership, and ends with a Federal ploy to nullify the plea bargain in the case, leaving McCoy seething and two more people dead.
S9 Ep21
7.6
12th May 1999
The murder of an audio installation salesman leads the detectives to a case with connections to the mafia.
S9 Ep19
7.6
21st Apr 1999
After a philosophy professor is pushed in front of a subway and killed, the investigation leads to a suspect who, following a divorce, changed his identity and disappeared with his daughters.
S17 Ep9
7.6
17th Nov 2006
Green and Cassady hunt a mass murderer Leon Vorgitch, who recently escaped from prison. The finally corner Vorgitch in a school with a room full of hostages, and before surrendering himself to police, Vorgitch shoots a number of innocent children. His unwillingness to accept a deal infuriates McCoy, as it gives him more time to escape prison again. When the father of one of his victims takes justice into his own hands and ends up being used as a campaign slogan for a local politician, McCoy and Rubirosa try to convince Robert Purcell not to let himself be a scapegoat for a political platform.
S20 Ep18
7.6
29th Mar 2010
When an environmental scientist, Dr. Oscar Silva, is poisoned during a global warming symposium, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard initially suspect competitors from Dr. Silva's field of study. It is soon discovered that Dr. Silva is involved in a messy custody battle with his wife’s ex-husband, Phillip Shoemaker and the focus of the investigation quickly shifts to the victim’s family. Meanwhile, the case becomes personal for Cutter as it stirs up unpleasant memories from his own past.
S20 Ep17
7.6
22nd Mar 2010
The debate rages over how to treat an informant who shot and killed four police officers. However, did one of the officers try to put undue pressure on him to help catch a dangerous criminal?
S15 Ep16
7.6
16th Feb 2005
McCoy prosecutes a famous basketball star accused of murdering a man who was suing him because of a massive brawl between players and fans.
S17 Ep17
7.6
30th Mar 2007
Green and Cassady investigate an arson turned homicide when a body found in a burned church turns out to have been murdered before the fire started.
S17 Ep1
7.6
22nd Sep 2006
Green and Cassady investigate the death of a cop accidentally killed during a botched robbery which leads them to stolen photographs of a celebrity mother married to a player.
S18 Ep8
7.6
13th Feb 2008
A riot at an immigration rally ends in murder, and the political climate causes McCoy to assign a special prosecutor increasing tensions at the office.
S13 Ep5
7.6
6th Nov 2002
The discovery of a body in Hells Kitchen who had been wearing a $40,000 diamond ring leads the detectives back to the World Trade Center attacks as the victim had been reported to have died when Tower One collapsed. The ensuing investigation leads to a fiancee and a lover and the determination that the events of 9/11 may have been good timing to hide the fact that she was murdered the night before.
S8 Ep7
7.6
19th Nov 1997
The paternity of a black baby given up for adoption by a white mother might provide a clue to her murderer but it also unearths some long buried family secrets.
S18 Ep14
7.6
23rd Apr 2008
Internal affairs takes a special interest in Detective Green after a gambler is found dead by his bullet, and the investigation turns up a part of his past he's taken pains to conceal.
S13 Ep14
7.6
19th Feb 2003
The bludgeoning of a luxury sports car dealer leads the detectives to a mentally challenged man and his girlfriend who is extremely attractive and whose expensive tastes leads her to be equally manipulative.
S19 Ep22
7.6
3rd Jun 2009
A prominent charity executive is murdered and claims of stalking and blackmail surface during the investigation.
S16 Ep1
7.6
21st Sep 2005
A young girl is abducted in broad daylight, and the only link to the girl is an ex-convict who wants a deal before he's willing to talk.
S13 Ep22
7.6
14th May 2003
It's a race against time as the detectives go on the hunt for a sniper whose victims are shot in broad daylight.
S3 Ep2
6.9
30th Sep 1992
The assassination of an African-American leader leads to the arrest of a man whose ex-wife was suspected of having an affair with the victim.
S20 Ep5
7.0
23rd Oct 2009
A doctor who performs late-term abortions is murdered in church. The case falls apart for Cutter when Rubirosa is touched by an abortion nurse's testimony.
S3 Ep3
7.1
7th Oct 1992
A priest-turned-lawyer uses race and class as the basis for his defense of a young Mexican man who murdered his wealthy girlfriend after she broke up with him.
S4 Ep15
7.1
9th Feb 1994
A 14-year-old's shooting death involves the son of a former police detective, who's also an old friend of Briscoe's.
S3 Ep15
7.1
24th Feb 1993
The absence of a murder weapon complicates the investigation into the murder of a drug addict who stole from her family to support her habit.
S4 Ep12
7.1
12th Jan 1994
A millionaire friend of Schiff's won't cooperate with the police following his son's kidnapping.
S4 Ep10
7.1
1st Dec 1993
A "green-card" bride from Russia is suspected of murdering her rich, but cold husband, who was threatening to divorce her just weeks before she would qualify to remain in this country.
S4 Ep13
7.1
19th Jan 1994
While investigating a woman's claim that she passed out in a taxi and awoke to find her newborn missing, Briscoe and Logan uncover a scam involving private adoptions.
S4 Ep16
7.1
2nd Mar 1994
A scientist becomes the chief suspect when his estranged wife, who's been delaying divorce proceedings, is the victim of a letter bomb.
S3 Ep5
7.1
21st Oct 1992
The discovery of a young woman's body in the river leads to an investigation of illegal sweatshops and the enslavement of young immigrants.
S21 Ep10
7.1
19th May 2022
The murder of an off-duty NYPD detective threatens to tear the city apart; Cosgrove mourns the loss of a friend and asks Capt. Benson for help solving the case; McCoy and Price disagree on how to prosecute the culprit.
S4 Ep11
7.2
5th Jan 1994
An emaciated elderly woman is found dead of an apparent heart attack and her granddaughter is charged with neglect and grave indifference to human life.
S3 Ep13
7.2
3rd Feb 1993
The confession of an elderly man that he assisted his wife in committing suicide doesn't fully satisfy Stone when rumors surface that the man was once a Nazi collaborator.
S3 Ep4
7.2
14th Oct 1992
A teenager's fatal heart attack is traced to fraud and greed on the part of the manufacturer of his pacemaker and their supplier.
S3 Ep12
7.2
13th Jan 1993
After Stone accepts a plea bargain from the much younger and poorer lover of a wealthy older woman found murdered in her apartment, he begins to have doubts that he has sent the right man to prison, especially as he learns more about the attorney who handled the woman's estate.
S5 Ep4
7.2
12th Oct 1994
After it's determined that a wealthy woman did not commit suicide but was murdered, the detectives question both her first and second husbands and her teenage daughter.
S2 Ep11
7.2
10th Dec 1991
The discovery of a frozen corpse in a dumpster leads to rival Broadway producers.
S12 Ep21
7.2
1st May 2002
The investigation into the death of a private investigator uncovers corruption, deceit, and immigration fraud in a Youth Baseball League whose manager will go to any lengths to win.
S7 Ep21
7.2
7th May 1997
Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a pretty young book editor who was reputedly having an affair with one of her authors, and find themselves focusing on the author's long time companion, who steadfastly denies there was anything wrong with their relationship.
S13 Ep3
7.2
16th Oct 2002
Investigating the death of a rock band singer who had large amounts of cocaine and heroin in her system, the detectives question a former boyfriend who was a disgruntled band mate of her late husband. The prosecuters are hampered by the actions of a retired detective, who worked a case with Briscoe several years back, turned writer whose unconventional research tactics makes him a suspect as well.
S3 Ep9
7.2
25th Nov 1992
Logan gets a new partner and Stone faces an old friend from law school as they investigate a woman's claim of self-defense in the shooting death of a small time hood.
S2 Ep22
7.2
12th May 1992
The murder of a Wall Street legend begins a case involving an ailing union worker and a former governor and old friend of Schiff's.
S3 Ep16
7.2
3rd Mar 1993
Stone battles the Brooklyn DA's office over prosecutorial jurisdiction in the case of a mentally handicapped man who confesses to the stabbing deaths of two women.
S2 Ep10
7.2
26th Nov 1991
The investigation into a social-club fire which claimed 53 fatalities leads to a connection between arson, illegal immigrants and the sale of green cards.
S3 Ep7
7.2
11th Nov 1992
Cerreta and Stone find themselves on opposite sides of the fence when a storeowner kills two robbers and then claims self-defense as a justification.
S3 Ep19
7.2
21st Apr 1993
While investigating several deaths at a diabetes clinic, Briscoe and Logan discover that teenage computer hackers may have tampered with the clinic's medical database.
S3 Ep22
7.2
19th May 1993
Logan and Briscoe begin their investigation into the death of a hearing-impaired young woman by questioning her two most recent boyfriends.
S10 Ep17
7.2
22nd Mar 2000
The murder of a white teen-ager in Harlem seems like an open-and-shut case until two patrol officers are implicated in the crime.
S4 Ep20
7.2
4th May 1994
Briscoe and Logan investigate the disappearance of a child from her abusive foster home and find her being held by a loving but disturbed woman who insists she has acted only for the child's own good.
S4 Ep18
7.2
30th Mar 1994
Briscoe and Logan bet that the killing of a star athlete's father is linked to gambling debts and threats to the baseball player's family.
S1 Ep2
7.2
20th Sep 1990
The shooting of two black men by a white woman in a crowded subway initially appears to be a case of self-defense, but further investigation reveals revenge as a possible motive.
S14 Ep2
7.2
1st Oct 2003
The investigation into the murder of a bounty hunter leads to a reporter with compromised ethics and a dubious defense strategy.
S3 Ep14
7.2
10th Feb 1993
The investigation into the murder of a young physician leads to the discovery of an unorthodox and illegal relationship between her fiance and his psychiatrist.
S3 Ep20
7.2
5th May 1993
When a Romanian immigrant kills, his lawyer announces he will plead his client "not guilty due to cultural insanity" claiming the man had been conditioned to violence in his homeland.
S1 Ep19
7.2
19th Mar 1991
Two brothers appear to be the logical suspects in the murder of their wealthy parents.
S9 Ep6
7.2
11th Nov 1998
The murder of an employee at a fertility clinic leads to a case involving a dead man's first and second wives.
S9 Ep3
7.2
14th Oct 1998
The investigation into how a teen got wounded leads to a case involving a young woman's murder and a drug operation.
S4 Ep21
7.3
18th May 1994
An assailant breaks the wrist of a tennis player prior to a tournament, and a competitor is among the suspects.
S19 Ep3
7.3
19th Nov 2008
A young woman escapes from a polygamous cult.
S4 Ep9
7.3
16th Nov 1993
A lawyer decides to defend her teenage client charged with murder as an adult with the claim that he's violent because of a genetic predisposition due to an extra Y chromosome.
S21 Ep7
7.3
28th Apr 2022
Bernard and Cosgrove are confronted with several suspects in the shooting of a headmaster at an elite private school. A teenager's life hangs in the balance as Price and Maroun debate who's more culpable - the shooter or the enabler.
S10 Ep22
7.3
17th May 2000
Detectives Briscoe and Green probe the strangulation of a college coed who moonlighted as a stripper, and while they believe a pair of drug-dealing skinheads committed the murder, they struggle to determine the motive of the strip club owner who paid them for the hit. However, as they work their way up the ladder of complicity, the cops learn that the slaying is keyed to an insider trading scam that forces Assistant D.A. McCoy to connect a former porn star with a businessman.
S22 Ep11
7.3
12th Jan 2023
When an ex-con is found beaten to death, Cosgrove and Shaw arrest an unlikely culprit. Maroun must put her personal feelings for the suspect aside and take the lead in court when she and Price can't agree on the best trial strategy.
S2 Ep20
7.3
14th Apr 1992
When a Chinese-American honors student is killed, the investigation uncovers a racist mother who's son was competing with the victim for the same scholarship.
S5 Ep3
7.3
5th Oct 1994
The killing of a Japanese nightclub owner who was visiting New York leads to the arrest of a singer who once worked for the deceased, and whose lawyer uses the ""battered-woman syndrome"" as a defense.
S12 Ep11
7.3
9th Jan 2002
The death of a cleric leads the detectives to a priest who was given information by a murder suspect outside of the church but insists that he can't discuss anything about it, bringing McCoy to question whether the confessional seal should apply.
S19 Ep15
7.3
11th Mar 2009
As detectives investigate the death of a bank executive's mistress, they uncover a kidnapping and extortion plot.
S2 Ep8
7.3
12th Nov 1991
The detectives investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Holloween party.
S6 Ep9
7.3
3rd Jan 1996
A hidden anti-Semitic message in a high school yearbook offers a clue to an art teacher's murder and leads to a case that matches McCoy against "Klan lawyer" Roy Payne.
S12 Ep6
7.3
7th Nov 2001
The shooting death of a former singer's wife leads the detectives to investigate his manager and sons after his explanation of the events surrounding her death have no credibility.
S3 Ep21
7.3
12th May 1993
The statement of a drug dealer who survived a shoot-out that killed a cop leads Logan and Briscoe to suspect that the cop died because he was gay and his fellow officers were reluctant to back him up.
S10 Ep13
7.3
16th Feb 2000
Briscoe and Green investigate the shooting of a best-selling mystery writer and the death of her accountant, with a love triangle as a possible motive for the crime.
S7 Ep8
7.3
20th Nov 1996
The murder of Richard Speigel, chief financial officer for an exclusive, family-owned department store goes from the sitting room to the bedroom and into the board room as suspicion shifts from co-workers to family members.
S4 Ep3
7.3
6th Oct 1993
A college student charges an admittedly promiscuous rock star with rape, but he claims the act was consensual.
S2 Ep14
7.3
4th Feb 1992
An apparent mugging ends in the death of a wealthy woman but the case comes to hang on a silver pin that may have been in the victim's possession.
S15 Ep11
7.3
8th Dec 2004
When a paroled child murderer is run down, the investigation leads to a terrified social worker and an experimental prison therapy program.
S9 Ep7
7.3
18th Nov 1998
The killing of a professional escort leads to a case involving the relationships between a young man and two older women.
S8 Ep23
7.3
13th May 1998
Tabloid journalism comes under scrutiny during the investigations into the deaths of a gossip columnist and a celebrity target he pursued.
S12 Ep18
7.3
3rd Apr 2002
A stock analyst's murder leads the detectives to a corporation whose stock had fallen ... and plenty of suspects in the investors.
S21 Ep9
7.3
12th May 2022
Bernard and Cosgrove must sift through fact and fiction to find the killer of a young Manhattan socialite. The murder trial takes a turn that becomes personal for Price and puts Maroun in a compromising situation.
S10 Ep16
7.3
1st Mar 2000
The murder of a stockbroker points to organized crime when a hired hit man kills the prime suspect.
S8 Ep9
7.3
10th Dec 1997
A message overheard on an answering machine leads Briscoe and Curtis to a confessed murderer and the home of wealthy Carl Anderton, whose stubborn non-cooperation with the district attorney threatens to create a serious miscarriage of justice.
S3 Ep1
7.3
23rd Sep 1992
When a sleazy photographer is murdered, his models appear to be the most likely suspects.
S6 Ep22
7.3
15th May 1996
After an infant is found dead in his crib, it's determined he was poisoned, and all evidence points to the child's au pair.
S19 Ep4
7.3
26th Nov 2008
The detectives investigate the mystery of a falling construction crane in the city and that leads them to something much more sinister.
S2 Ep12
7.3
7th Jan 1992
An obsessive fan pleads temporary insanity when he is charged with attempting to murder the soap-opera actress who is the center of his life.
S19 Ep21
7.3
20th May 2009
Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate a serial killer who targets homeless men and discover that a copycat may be at work.
S4 Ep4
7.3
13th Oct 1993
Stone finds himself up against an ambitious black lawyer defending a white, racist serial killer.
S19 Ep20
7.3
13th May 2009
Two engaged scientists die in a fire and their mentally challenged neighbor is injured while trying to help them. The detectives discover that the couple was stabbed before the fire and this leads them to a disturbed and extremely jealous woman.
S12 Ep17
7.3
27th Mar 2002
When a high school student is found dead in an apartment building, Briscoe and Green suspect that the murder was a result of her running a website. As McCoy and Southerlyn investigate the case further, they realize that her best friend, who was reluctant to come forward as a witness, may be the answer to the murder.
S9 Ep15
7.3
24th Feb 1999
After a teen is found dead in the emergency room, the investigation leads to a case involving a religious ritual and a defendant who claims that the action taken was dictated by a saint's voice.
S2 Ep19
7.3
7th Apr 1992
The brutal murder of a Jewish jeweler appears to be a hate crime, but the investigation soon leads back to the man's brother and his shady business deals.
S5 Ep7
7.3
9th Nov 1994
When Briscoe and Logan suspect that a missing infant may have been murdered by her parents rather than kidnapped, they uncover a terrible family secret which hides a mentally ill serial killer.
S10 Ep21
7.3
10th May 2000
The discovery of a strangled prostitute's body leads to a case involving illegal immigrants and the events have an impact on a family.
S6 Ep11
7.3
17th Jan 1996
The death of a show horse leads to a trial involving insurance fraud, a sting operation and a wealthy woman's disappearance.
S3 Ep11
7.3
6th Jan 1993
The apparent abduction of a little girl by her natural mother becomes complicated by charges of sexual molestation.
S7 Ep4
7.3
23rd Oct 1996
Briscoe and Curtis's investigation of the murder of a rare coin dealer nets them a millionaire as a suspect, but Ross has to play detective too as the DA's office tries to establish a provenance for the missing coin collection.
S7 Ep3
7.3
2nd Oct 1996
Briscoe and Curtis have to break the mutual alibi of two girlfriends as they try to find the killer of a young black man, whose angry parents pressure McCoy to indict a young woman who claims the victim had raped her.
S20 Ep7
7.3
6th Nov 2009
When a young woman is found dead in her apartment, a few tell-tale signs quickly lead Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard to believe that the killer was not after her wealth.
S2 Ep17
7.3
3rd Mar 1992
Cerreta and Logan investigate the accusation that a nun in charge of a shelter for teens molested a young addict.
S21 Ep8
7.3
5th May 2022
When the CFO of a Fortune 500 company is found strangled in her home, Bernard and Cosgrove work to connect multiple dead ends to find her killer. The prosecution is faced with an uphill battle as McCoy and Price butt heads over a choice that could cost them the case.
S18 Ep9
7.3
20th Feb 2008
A case of mistaken identity leads Green and Lupo to suspect that a murdered doctor may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
S13 Ep1
7.3
2nd Oct 2002
An American Muslim becomes the prime suspect in a double murder after an academic challenges his religious beliefs.
S6 Ep6
7.3
15th Nov 1995
Briscoe and Curtis try to solve a co-ed's murder after a graphic description appears online, while McCoy finds himself up against a lawyer who is reluctant to reveal elements of her client's past.
S6 Ep17
7.3
27th Mar 1996
When a young attorney is murdered shortly after he decides to file a sexual harassment claim against his employer, Briscoe and Curtis quickly discover that the alleged harasser and his wife each have an excellent motive for murder.
S14 Ep10
7.3
3rd Dec 2003
The owner of a clothing company with alien immigrant workers is found murdered which sends the detectives on a search for an unidentified evening caller whose girlfriend, also a worker in the factory, recently gave birth. Upon discovery that the victim was also the baby's father, the boyfriend is arrested with the motive being an office affair until the victim's widow discloses that it was a surrogate arrangement.
S1 Ep3
7.3
4th Oct 1990
The death of a man with AIDS appears to be the work of a serial killer who may have been motivated by mercy.
S6 Ep18
7.3
10th Apr 1996
The investigation into the murder of a model with a passion for cocaine and partying focuses on the men in her life -- a nightclub owner, a basketball player, a photographer and a limousine driver.
S9 Ep18
7.3
14th Apr 1999
The investigation into the shooting of a newspaper columnist leads to a murder case from two decades earlier and involves a suspect who at that time had been a juvenile.
S4 Ep5
7.3
20th Oct 1993
The police suspect a cover up when they receive an anonymous tip that a wealthy man was murdered by his wife, who refuses to allow an autopsy after a physician declares that the death occurred from natural causes.
S2 Ep4
7.3
8th Oct 1991
The conviction of a homeless man for murder is threatened on appeal based on the lack of a search warrant for his "home", which was a lean-to in Central Park.
S5 Ep10
7.3
4th Jan 1995
The killing of a man who had served as a juror in a mob trial leads to a battle of wills between McCoy and his long-time friend, the suspect's attorney.
S5 Ep15
7.3
15th Feb 1995
A routine investigation into a woman's death leads Briscoe and Logan to a fertility doctor guilty of unethical practices, but who cannot apparently be touched because of confidentiality rules, and patient reluctance to talk.
S9 Ep13
7.3
10th Feb 1999
Briscoe and Curtis race against time to find the killer of a parolee before two bounty hunters find the suspected murderer.
S14 Ep4
7.3
22nd Oct 2003
The police and prosecutors investigate the connection between an award-winning songwriter and the young woman found murdered in his home to discover who would profit by her death at his hands.
S5 Ep19
7.3
19th Apr 1995
The death of an autistic youth in custody reveals a multitude of unusual and possibly illegal therapies being used, but also parents reluctant to pursue a prosecution.
S9 Ep5
7.3
4th Nov 1998
After the detectives find a murdered postman and a woman who was left for dead in her apartment, the investigation leads to a serial killer and a surprise.
S12 Ep5
7.3
31st Oct 2001
Investigating the murder of a woman in a rent-controlled apartment, the detectives discover that she was engaged in a long-running battle with her landlord and had been blocking the potentially lucrative sale of the building.
S1 Ep10
7.3
4th Dec 1990
A city arts commissioner and a socialite come under investigation when an artist noted for his sadomasochistic themes is found dead under suspicious circumstances.
S18 Ep5
7.3
23rd Jan 2008
Lupo and Green investigate the shooting death of young white teenager and a 9 year old black girl. The investigation hits a brick wall when both white and black communities refuse to talk - an unfortunate result of formerly black neighbourhoods being bought out by rich whites. The detectives discover that the teenage victim and two of his friends had a basketball taken from them by a black teenager which eventually led to an altercation with deadly consequences and subsequently to surprising culprits.
S6 Ep14
7.3
21st Feb 1996
Paul Robinette places the system on trial when he defends a young black woman accused of kidnapping her biological baby from his white, adoptive parents.
S1 Ep13
7.3
15th Jan 1991
Police start a citywide manhunt for a man suspected of killing a cop during a rooftop pursuit.
S1 Ep6
7.3
30th Oct 1990
The mugging of a councilman leads the detectives to arrest a mobster, who in turn leads Stone and Robinette to corrupt city officials.
S11 Ep11
7.3
24th Jan 2001
Following ""wilding incidents"" in Central Park, a woman's body is found in the lake and the suspects include the deceased's wealthy husband.
S15 Ep8
7.4
17th Nov 2004
The detectives are skeptical when a former street activist turned shock jock with a history of staging phony muggings to gain publicity for his causes appears to be the subject of an attempt on his life after publicly assailing a mobster, but they begin to believe his story after they discover that the married jock was involved with the mobster's mistress.
S2 Ep21
7.4
28th Apr 1992
A politician opposes the prosecution of his son's murderer because it might mean revealing that his late son was gay.
S14 Ep23
7.4
12th May 2004
When a caviar importer is murdered the day after his wedding to a much-younger woman, the large pool of suspects includes his new wife, his children, and his chief competitor, each of whom has a compelling motive for committing the crime.
S2 Ep13
7.4
14th Jan 1992
Stone faces an old rival in court as he tries to link a hit man and three murders to a sleazy lawyer and a powerful man behind bars.
S4 Ep7
7.4
3rd Nov 1993
Stone and Kincaid try to prove that the young woman believed to have planted a bomb in a parking garage had been brainwashed and was acting under the direct orders of a charismatic cult leader.
S8 Ep2
7.4
8th Oct 1997
Bloody sheets and an apparently stolen credit card lead Briscoe and Curtis to a pair of college age lovers who present McCoy and Ross with a united front of denial that one of them killed their newborn son and disposed of the body.
S7 Ep15
7.4
13th Mar 1997
A headless corpse fished out of the river sends Briscoe and Curtis out to Los Angeles to obtain a blood sample from their chief suspect while McCoy and Ross back in New York try to obtain a court order for the procedure.
S1 Ep11
7.4
11th Dec 1990
Greevey and Logan's investigation into a black teenager's claim that she was raped by white policemen is hampered by a publicity hungry, black politician who will not grant the detectives access to the victim.
S11 Ep4
7.4
8th Nov 2000
After a prisoner's murder, an investigation leads to a suspect, but the question arises if he acted on his own or on orders from within the prison.
S4 Ep1
7.4
15th Sep 1993
A guest is murdered on-air on a controversial talk show. Meanwhile Logan and Briscoe have a new boss, Lt. Anita Van Buren, and Stone gets a new collague; the police and district attorney attempt to prosecute the show's abrasive host.
S5 Ep14
7.4
8th Feb 1995
Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high school.
S1 Ep4
7.4
11th Oct 1990
Stone has difficulty prosecuting a privileged preppie with a history of abusing his girlfriends after one of them dies at his hands.
S5 Ep22
7.4
17th May 1995
Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.
S18 Ep15
7.4
30th Apr 2008
A novelist's apparent suicide soon changes to a murder investigation with suspects that include a cult and her husband, but Cutter's case may not be closed when jury tampering puts lives at risk.
S9 Ep10
7.4
6th Jan 1999
Evidence points the detectives in the direction of a fascist youth gathering after the brutal beating and murder of a high school girl.
S14 Ep7
7.4
12th Nov 2003
The husband of a woman whose partially decomposed body is found floating in the Hudson River becomes the prime suspect in her murder until the prosecutors uncover a connection between her prospective attorney and a judge who has heard a suspiciously high number of his cases.
S5 Ep23
7.4
24th May 1995
A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.
S7 Ep2
7.4
25th Sep 1996
The cops tackle identifying a corpse left in an elevator, and McCoy finds his prosecution of the suspect later hampered by a vindictive judge who resents Ross's in-court rebuke for sexual harassment.
S8 Ep14
7.4
4th Feb 1998
The cops, as they try to pin down the specifics of an assault on a man reluctant to talk about it, uncover the alleged rape of two women in custodial care. But as the prosecutors attempt to prepare their case, a reluctant witness changes their view of the cases.
S3 Ep17
7.4
10th Mar 1993
Stone and the police battle the closed ranks of the Navy to investigate the death of a female Naval officer during a party in a Manhattan hotel.
S10 Ep11
7.4
26th Jan 2000
The investigation of a schizophrenic woman's death leads to a case involving a homeless man and his right to refuse medication.
S10 Ep23
7.4
24th May 2000
The detectives' investigation into why a wealthy woman is comatose involves her husband, daughter and doctor.
S6 Ep2
7.4
27th Sep 1995
Briscoe and Curtis have a hard time finding cooperative witnesses when investigating the murder of a college student at a rough biker bar.
S18 Ep13
7.4
19th Mar 2008
A terrorist organization seems to be tied in with the violent death of an art dealer, until the victim's troubled son with ties to a fanatic religious group is investigated.
S6 Ep1
7.4
20th Sep 1995
Briscoe and his new partner, Det. Reynaldo Curtis, investigate the murder of a young girl who disappeared between school and her music lesson, with a blurry film from an ATM machine as their clue.
S5 Ep16
7.4
15th Mar 1995
The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.
S8 Ep8
7.4
26th Nov 1997
The murder of a bail bondsman looks fairly routine until the chance words of the chief suspect uncovers possible case-fixing between a shady lawyer and an unknown contact within the judicial system.
S1 Ep15
7.4
12th Feb 1991
An assault on a candy storeowner leads Stone and Robinette to build a case against a powerful mafia don.
S13 Ep10
7.4
8th Jan 2003
The hit-and-run death of a popular high-school student leaves the detectives suspecting the girl's father was the real target. When evidence reveals that the death was possibly a random killing, they are able to track down their suspect to his apartment. However things get complicated when their killer is murdered, and the person who committed the crime happens to be the victim's mother.
S3 Ep10
7.4
9th Dec 1992
An engineer and a tribal chief become the chief suspects in the death of a Nigerian woman who died while smuggling heroin internally.
S4 Ep14
7.4
2nd Feb 1994
A phone call threatening a woman's young daughter leads to a case that causes Kincaid to resign from Schiff's office because of an affair in her past.
S7 Ep7
7.4
13th Nov 1996
The murder of a deadbeat father whose son is dying of leukemia presents McCoy and Ross with a sympathetic suspect and a moral dilemma.
S6 Ep10
7.4
10th Jan 1996
The victim in a 30-year-old rape and stabbing case is fearful when information received by Briscoe and Curtis creates the possibility of a new trial for the perpetrator.
S1 Ep18
7.4
12th Mar 1991
Stone faces a flashy Texas lawyer and a hostile community as he tries to prosecute a young man accused of killing a drug dealer.
S4 Ep6
7.4
27th Oct 1993
A 17-year-old boy becomes the chief suspect in the murder of his father, raising questions of self-defense and abuse that the family does not want to face.
S14 Ep8
7.4
19th Nov 2003
After a reporter accused of causing the deaths of soldiers with whom he was embedded in Iraq by reporting on their troop movements is shot and wounded on the eve of his return to the front, the ballistics report indicates that the gun belonged to one of the dead soldiers, leading the detectives to uncover who brought the gun back from the front and committed the crime.
S10 Ep20
7.4
3rd May 2000
A wealthy woman, who is a patron of the arts, is found dead in her apartment and the ensuing investigation leads to a suspect whose violence was spurred by a painting similar to the crime scene.
S13 Ep18
7.4
17th Apr 2003
A missing football player becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a woman whose body is discovered floating in the East River.
S21 Ep5
7.4
7th Apr 2022
Bernard and Cosgrove investigate the murder of a congressional candidate. ADAs Price and Maroun contend with an extremist plot hellbent on thwarting the candidate's agenda by any means necessary.
S5 Ep12
7.4
25th Jan 1995
The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.
S9 Ep12
7.4
10th Feb 1999
Briscoe and Curtis probe the murder of a popular Harlem community leader while McCoy and Carmichael struggle to prevent a chaotic situation.
S7 Ep9
7.4
8th Jan 1997
The case against Huey Tate, a young man accused of shooting the well-known leader of the African-American Congress comes undone when the New York authorities learn that their chief witness was once an informant for the FBI, and is still under their protection.
S1 Ep1
7.4
13th Sep 1990
When a young woman dies during a hectic emergency room night shift, her father claims the hospital was negligent, and an investigation leads the detectives to believe that the doctor treating her may have been drunk on duty.
S1 Ep2
7.2
20th Sep 1990
The shooting of two black men by a white woman in a crowded subway initially appears to be a case of self-defense, but further investigation reveals revenge as a possible motive.
S1 Ep3
7.3
4th Oct 1990
The death of a man with AIDS appears to be the work of a serial killer who may have been motivated by mercy.
S1 Ep4
7.4
11th Oct 1990
Stone has difficulty prosecuting a privileged preppie with a history of abusing his girlfriends after one of them dies at his hands.
S1 Ep5
7.5
23rd Oct 1990
Greevey and Logan have a hunch that robbery is a cover for the real motive in the death of a millionaire in a parking garage.
S1 Ep6
7.3
30th Oct 1990
The mugging of a councilman leads the detectives to arrest a mobster, who in turn leads Stone and Robinette to corrupt city officials.
S1 Ep7
7.5
13th Nov 1990
When Logan and Greevey investigate how a family man came to be found unconscious in Central Park, they uncover a very high-class call girl operation run by a well-educated socialite.
S1 Ep8
7.5
20th Nov 1990
The shooting of a black honors student stirs up racial tensions, especially after it becomes apparent that the cop responsible for the death may have planted a gun on the body to excuse the shooting.
S1 Ep9
7.6
27th Nov 1990
During the investigation into the death of a little girl in a respectable, middle-class family, Greevey and Logan uncover a myriad of family secrets involving abuse, molestation, and murder.
S1 Ep10
7.3
4th Dec 1990
A city arts commissioner and a socialite come under investigation when an artist noted for his sadomasochistic themes is found dead under suspicious circumstances.
S1 Ep11
7.4
11th Dec 1990
Greevey and Logan's investigation into a black teenager's claim that she was raped by white policemen is hampered by a publicity hungry, black politician who will not grant the detectives access to the victim.
S1 Ep12
7.6
8th Jan 1991
Stone faces pressure from the public and from Schiff as he prepares to prosecute the person accused of bombing an abortion clinic.
S1 Ep13
7.3
15th Jan 1991
Police start a citywide manhunt for a man suspected of killing a cop during a rooftop pursuit.
S1 Ep14
7.5
5th Feb 1991
Greevey and Logan reopen an investigation to help Stone and Robinette build a stronger case against three boys accused of gang-raping a TV reporter.
S1 Ep15
7.4
12th Feb 1991
An assault on a candy storeowner leads Stone and Robinette to build a case against a powerful mafia don.
S1 Ep16
7.6
19th Feb 1991
Stone tries to salvage his prosecution of the Masucci family when Beigel faces bribery charges and seems willing to turn against his brother-in-law.
S1 Ep17
7.5
26th Feb 1991
The accidental shooting of two children by a 14-year-old hired killer leads to a drug dealer and a real estate agent.
S1 Ep18
7.4
12th Mar 1991
Stone faces a flashy Texas lawyer and a hostile community as he tries to prosecute a young man accused of killing a drug dealer.
S1 Ep19
7.2
19th Mar 1991
Two brothers appear to be the logical suspects in the murder of their wealthy parents.
S1 Ep20
7.4
26th Mar 1991
Logan is forced to face his cultural biases when both a Lebanese gunrunner and an Irish terrorist are suspected of killing a drug dealer.
S1 Ep21
7.5
2nd Apr 1991
Stone and Robinette prosecute a surgeon and the wealthy father of a transplant patient for illegally obtaining a kidney.
S1 Ep22
7.6
9th Jun 1991
Cragen comes under suspicion when his mentor in the department is investigated for laundering drug money.