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Law & Order

1990TV-1426 seasons7.3 / 10

Truth matters.

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

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Synopsis

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Season 14 episodes

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Episode 1

Bodies

45m8.4 / 10

While investigating the death of a teenaged girl, the detectives stumble on a pattern of crimes that indicate they are after a serial killer. The suspect, however, puts the prosecutors through an ethical ringer when he discloses his attorney's knowledge of the victims and their whereabouts.

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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Michael S. Chernuchin, William N. Fordes, William N. FordesGuest stars Jordan Charney, Mimi Lieber, Stephanie Berry, Leslie Hendrix, Lou Sones, Connie Winston, Barbara Spiegel, Richard Hirschfeld

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Episode 2

Bounty

45m7.4 / 10

The investigation into the murder of a bounty hunter leads to a reporter with compromised ethics and a dubious defense strategy.

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Directed by Matthew PennWritten by Michael S. ChernuchinGuest stars Karen Shallo, Leslie Hendrix, Andrea Navedo, Peter Jacobson, Gregory Weinberg, Mark Zimmerman, Reuben Jackson, Richard Topol

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Episode 3

Patient Zero

45m7.6 / 10

The investigation into the carjacking of a vehicle containing vials of a deadly virus leads the detectives on a search for the first person infected with the virus and a biochemist whose sinister motivations were driven by passion.

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Directed by David PlattWritten by Wendy BattlesGuest stars Scott Johnsen, Michael Mazzeo, Marylou Mellace, Mark Kenneth Smaltz, Helen Carey, Robert Turano, Daniel Gerroll, Khrystyne Haje

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Episode 4

Shrunk

45m7.3 / 10

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.

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Directed by Jace AlexanderWritten by Richard SwerenGuest stars J.K. Simmons, Lynn Cohen, Leslie Hendrix, Helmar Augustus Cooper, Joe Gonzalez, John Cariani, Joey Donovan Guido, Robert Foxworth

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Episode 5

Blaze

45m7.0 / 10

A teenager's need for parental love, acceptance and recognition sets in motion the events leading to the deaths of 23 concert goers for a band's illegal pyrotechnics.

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Directed by Gloria MuzioWritten by Marc Guggenheim, Aaron Zelman, Michael S. ChernuchinGuest stars Aleksa Palladino, John Doe, Mike Hodge, Carmen Roman, Jenna Stern, Steven Marcus, Gordon Joseph Weiss, Jay Patterson

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Episode 6

Identity

45m8.2 / 10

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.

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Directed by Jace AlexanderWritten by Janis DiamondGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Lorraine Toussaint, Tim Miller, Mark Hammer, Leslie Hendrix, Megan Byrne, Charlotte Colavin, Anita Flanagan

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Episode 7

Floater

45m7.6 / 10

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.

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Directed by Richard DobbsWritten by Eric OvermyerGuest stars Zena Grey, Jason Kolotouros, Erick Avari, Sean Cullen, William Bogert, Dion Graham, Greg Wood, Michael Rupert

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Episode 8

Embedded

45m6.9 / 10

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.

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Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by Craig TurkGuest stars Robert Hogan, Libby George, Nick Chinlund, Michael Medeiros, Keith Nobbs, Bess Wohl, Conan McCarty, Jonno Roberts

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Episode 9

Compassion

45m7.0 / 10

When a con man passing himself off as a grief counselor is poisoned by a respected doctor he victimized, McCoy must determine whether revenge or insanity prompted the crime.

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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Roz WeinmanGuest stars Ann Dowd, J.K. Simmons, Jack Koenig, Leslie Hendrix, Scott Dillin, Iris Little Thomas, Andrea Navedo, Fran Lebowitz

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Episode 10

Ill-Conceived

45m6.7 / 10

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.

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Directed by David PlattWritten by Aaron Zelman, Michael S. Chernuchin, Noah BaylinGuest stars Don Sparks, Roma Maffia, Rochelle Oliver, Merwin Goldsmith, Leslie Hendrix, Jacqueline Anderson, Zilah Mendoza, Agustin Rodriguez

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Episode 11

Darwinian

45m7.1 / 10

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.

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Directed by Jace AlexanderWritten by Marc GuggenheimGuest stars Dylan Baker, Lynn Cohen, Leslie Hendrix, Kate Burton, John Cariani, Gustave Johnson, Reg E. Cathey, Christopher Donahue

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Episode 12

Payback

45m7.1 / 10

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.

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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Lorenzo CarcaterraGuest stars Pippa Pearthree, Leslie Hendrix, Ben Shenkman, Larry Sherman, David Brummel, T. Scott Cunningham, Matthew Del Negro, Joseph Ragno

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Episode 13

Married with Children

45m7.3 / 10

The death of a woman who fell from a hotel balcony leads to a case involving a lesbian couple and a state law banning gay adoption

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Directed by Richard DobbsWritten by William N. Fordes, Wendy BattlesGuest stars Peter McRobbie, David Rosenbaum, Liz Larsen, Richard Hirschfeld, Patrick Breen, Robert Gerard Larkin, Olivia Crocicchia, Elizabeth Franz

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Episode 14

City Hall

45m7.0 / 10

A city employee's clerical error sets in motion a chain of events which culminates in a fatal shooting at City Hall and a secret Federal court proceeding with sinister implications.

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Directed by Gloria MuzioWritten by Marc Guggenheim, Richard SwerenGuest stars Tovah Feldshuh, Maggie Burke, Leslie Crocker Snyder, Alvin Epstein, Ernest Mingione, Paul Austin, Lance Reddick, Mark Zeisler

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Episode 15

Veteran's Day

45m7.0 / 10

A decorated Gulf War veteran grief-stricken over the Afghanistan combat death of his son murders an anti-war protester, claiming at trial that he acted under extreme emotional distress.

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Directed by David PlattWritten by Noah BaylinGuest stars Joe Morton, Michael Mazzeo, Leslie Hendrix, Helmar Augustus Cooper, Charlotte Colavin, Paul Calderon, Saundra Santiago, Wayne Duvall

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Episode 16

Can I Get a Witness?

45m6.4 / 10

McCoy faces an uphill battle in proving that witnesses to the murder of a drug mule were bribed, intimidated, and eventually murdered on the orders of the drug dealer accused of the crime.

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Directed by Don ScardinoWritten by Aaron ZelmanGuest stars Dorian Missick, Hazelle Goodman, Karen Shallo, Kate Rigg, Gerry Becker, David Little, Chadwick Boseman, Susan Kelechi Watson

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Episode 17

Hands Free

45m7.4 / 10

When McCoy fails to win a murder conviction against an eccentric cross dressing millionaire for the death of his neighbor, he redoubles the effort to convict the man for murdering his second wife years earlier by demonstrating that he murdered a witness to the crime.

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Directed by Gloria MuzioWritten by Janis DiamondGuest stars Kate Miller, Peter McRobbie, Susan Blommaert, Leslie Hendrix, Dennis Boutsikaris, Joe Holt, Megan Byrne, Mark Kenneth Smaltz

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Episode 18

Evil Breeds

45m7.2 / 10

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.

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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Barry Schindel, Noah Baylin, Noah BaylinGuest stars Jordan Charney, Richard Hirschfeld, William H. Burns, George Bartenieff, Logan Marshall-Green, William Atherton, Shirl Bernheim, Daniel Cantor

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Episode 19

Nowhere Man

45m7.7 / 10

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.

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Directed by Martha MitchellWritten by William N. FordesGuest stars Steve Schirripa, Peter McRobbie, Lee Wilkof, Michael Bloomberg, Doug Stender, Merri Ann Milwe, Vyto Ruginis, John Viscardi

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Episode 20

Everybody Loves Raimondo's

45m7.0 / 10

Greed, treachery and disrespect shape the motives for murder when two men are gunned down at an exclusive restaurant.

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Directed by Richard DobbsWritten by Richard Sweren, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Lorenzo CarcaterraGuest stars Krysten Ritter, Susie Essman, Lenny Venito, Bill Camp, Jim Bracchitta, Lauren Klein, Connie Winston, Liz Larsen

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Episode 21

Vendetta

45m7.5 / 10

The investigation into a bar room brawl fatality reveals a detective's decades-old vendetta against a petty criminal turned murderer who was falsely accused of one murder after evading conviction on another.

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Directed by David PlattWritten by Michael S. Chernuchin, David Nahmod, David NahmodGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, David Little, Giancarlo Esposito, Marylou Mellace, Fran Lebowitz, Angel Desai, Abigail Lopez, David Warshofsky

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Episode 22

Gaijin

45m7.4 / 10

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.

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Directed by Jace AlexanderWritten by Wendy BattlesGuest stars Spencer Garrett, Chris Chalk, Gerry Bamman, Sam Turich, Robert Ari, Brian D. Coats, Jim R. Coleman, Donna Hanover

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Episode 23

Caviar Emptor

45m7.1 / 10

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.

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Directed by Richard DobbsWritten by Roz WeinmanGuest stars Thom Christopher, Maz Jobrani, Sakina Jaffrey, Jeffrey DeMunn, Marjan Neshat, Tim Miller, Tanya Berezin, J.K. Simmons

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Episode 24

C.O.D.

45m8.4 / 10finale

Briscoe bids farewell to the 27 as the prosecution of two women for killing each other's husbands comes to a successful conclusion.

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Directed by Matthew PennWritten by Marc Guggenheim, Richard SwerenGuest stars John Benjamin Hickey, Glynnis O'Connor, Joe Gonzalez, Andrea Navedo, Janet Sarno, David Brummel, Robert Turano, E.J. Carroll

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Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026

More about Law & Order

Cast

Reid ScottVincent Riley
Anthony AndersonKevin Bernard
Tony GoldwynNicholas Baxter
Hugh DancyNolan Price
Odelya HaleviSamantha Maroun
Mehcad BrooksJalen Shaw
Benjamin BrattRey Curtis
Jesse L. MartinEd Green

Credits

Created by
Dick Wolf

Production details

Status
Returning Series
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
545
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • NBCUnited States
  • Wolf EntertainmentUnited States
  • Universal TelevisionUnited States
  • Universal Media StudiosUnited States

Themes

crime investigationcriminal justice systemcriminal lawhomicide detectivelawyerlegal dramanew york citypolice