TV series
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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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Episode 1
A woman's death exposes an unorthodox method of treating cancer that Executive Assistant DA McCoy intends to prove is negligent homicide.
Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by Jeremy R. Littman, Michael S. ChernuchinGuest stars Jan Maxwell, Elizabeth Ashley, Tony Roberts, Jan Maxwell, Mitch Greenberg, Linda Pierce, Aleta Mitchell, George Bamford
Episode 2
A comedy-club owner comes under suspicion for having shot his wife, now comatose with a bullet in her head, after it's discovered he was abusive and she was about to divorce him.
Directed by Jace AlexanderWritten by Ed ZuckermanGuest stars Larry Miller, Debra Monk, John Cunningham, Heather Gottlieb, Frank Girardeau, Erik Jensen, Terry Layman, David Pittu
Episode 3
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.
Directed by Don Scardino, René BalcerWritten by René Balcer, René Balcer, Morgan Gendel, Hall PowellGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Ilene Kristen, Vanessa Marshall, Laura Linney, Hynden Walch, Daniel Hagen, Dan Desmond, Aida Turturro
Episode 4
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.
Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by René Balcer, William N. FordesGuest stars Stephen Shellen, Sarah Paulson, Thomas Kopache, Victor Raider-Wexler, Anna Holbrook, Robert Ari, Will Lyman, Cynthia Hayden
Episode 5
A routine investigation uncovers evidence that leads Briscoe and Logan to a long-time fugitive, a radical Vietnam War opponent on the run since a 1971 burglary that left a policeman dead.
Directed by Steven RobmanWritten by Morgan Gendel, Ed ZuckermanGuest stars Peter Friedman, Mary-Joan Negro, Peggy Roeder, Dick Anthony Williams, Marilyn Chris, William Kunstler, Norman Snow, Philip LeStrange
Episode 6
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.
Directed by Fred GerberWritten by Mark B. Perry, Michael S. ChernuchinGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Rochelle Oliver, Samuel E. Wright, Jude Ciccolella, Omar Scroggins, Lisa Louise Langford, Marcella Lowery, Jacklin Brooke Sanford
Episode 7
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.
Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by René Balcer, I.C. RapoportGuest stars Maria Tucci, Sam Gray, Kevin O'Rourke, Julie Boyd, Nada Rowand, Joel Leffert, Brooks Rogers, Becky Borczon
Episode 8
McCoy uses a charge of ""larceny by extortion"" against a councilman, whose former colleague claims he demanded sex in exchange for a law-firm partnership.
Directed by Martha MitchellWritten by Mark B. Perry, Jeremy R. LittmanGuest stars Nancy Addison, Deirdre Lovejoy, Regina Taylor, Christopher Cousins, Anthony Heald, Paul Schulze, Lily Knight, Anne Lange
Episode 9
Among the suspects in a lawyer's murder are a swindler, who conned a woman out of her family fortune, and the woman's once-wealthy son.
Directed by Marc LaubWritten by Ed Zuckerman, Charles C. MannGuest stars Edie Falco, Michael Zaslow, Jonathan Hogan, Lisa Emery, Larry Pine, Jane Hoffman, David Little, Georgine Hall
Episode 10
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.
Directed by James QuinnWritten by Michael S. Chernuchin, Barry M. SchkolnickGuest stars Fred J. Scollay, Mark Hammer, Ron Leibman, Vincent Pastore, Leslie Ayvazian, Anthony Fusco, Jessica Walter, Claiborne Cary
Episode 11
After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yard of a day-care center.
Directed by Christopher MisianoWritten by René Balcer, René Balcer, William N. Fordes, Brad MarkowitzGuest stars Jon Cypher, C. Arthur Smith, Gerry Bamman, Joan MacIntosh, Dallas Roberts, Peter McRobbie, Holter Graham, Jose Serrano
Episode 12
The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.
Directed by Don ScardinoWritten by Ed Zuckerman, Morgan Gendel, Morgan Gendel, Mark B. PerryGuest stars George T. Odom, Edward Herrmann, Jack Gilpin, Anne Bobby, Cynthia Vance, Thomas Schall, Ruth Williamson, Ken Leung
Episode 13
A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of ""black rage"" in court.
Directed by Arthur W. ForneyWritten by Michael S. ChernuchinGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Richard Libertini, Wendell Pierce, Keith Charles, Olivia Birkelund, Courtney B. Vance, Armand Schultz, Judith Moreland
Episode 14
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.
Directed by Martha MitchellWritten by René Balcer, Ed Zuckerman, Jeremy R. Littman, Jeremy R. LittmanGuest stars Yvette Hawkins, Chester A. Sims II, Monica Keena, Peter Facinelli, John MacKay, Maryann Urbano, Shane McDermott, John P. Connolly
Episode 15
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.
Directed by Don ScardinoWritten by Michael S. Chernuchin, Janis DiamondGuest stars Joan Copeland, Stephen Henderson, Mark Blum, David Margulies, Jordan Clarke, Kristin Griffith, Alyson Reed, Ivar Brogger
Episode 16
The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.
Directed by Lewis GouldWritten by René Balcer, I.C. RapoportGuest stars Doris Belack, Harry Groener, Boyd Gaines, Bruce Kirkpatrick, Graham Sack, Leslie Denniston, John C. Vennema, Matthew Carey
Episode 17
A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.
Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Ed Zuckerman, Walter DallenbachGuest stars John Newton, Robert John Burke, Melinda Mullins, Skipp Sudduth, Randy Danson, Stephen Singer, Ileen Getz, Steve Harris
Episode 18
The investigation into a double murder leads to a young alcoholic whose family once lived in the victims' house and who had admitted to his AA group that he's had nightmares about killings.
Directed by Vincent MisianoWritten by Jeremy R. Littman, Suzanne O'MalleyGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Charles Blackwell, David Leary, Eddie Malavarca, Fran Brill, Allan Miller, Alison Sheehy, Steven Martini
Episode 19
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.
Directed by Matthew PennWritten by René Balcer, Michael S. ChernuchinGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Jeffrey DeMunn, Lawrence Pressman, Lenore Harris, Sheila Tousey, Dan Ziskie, Margo Skinner, Jennifer Harmon
Episode 20
Logan relives unhappy childhood memories when a friend is found dead, a presumed suicide, until the investigation reveals recent contact with a former priest, with a history of pedophilia.
Directed by Dann FlorekWritten by René BalcerGuest stars Dann Florek, Carolyn McCormick, Christine Farrell, Kit Flanagan, Bill Raymond, Jan Leslie Harding, Scott Sowers, Bill Marcus
Episode 21
The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.
Directed by Arthur W. ForneyWritten by Morgan Gendel, William N. FordesGuest stars Michael Beach, Mike Starr, Frank Pellegrino, LisaGay Hamilton, Gina Torres, Ed Wheeler, Gabriel Casseus, Vince Pacimeo
Episode 22
Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.
Directed by Christopher MisianoWritten by Jeremy R. Littman, Sibyl GardnerGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Lynne Thigpen, Roberta Wallach, Francie Swift, Sam Groom, Gerry Becker, MacIntyre Dixon, Richmond Hoxie
Episode 23
A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.
Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by Ed Zuckerman, Gene RitchingsGuest stars Daniel Hugh Kelly, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Tim Hopper, Daniel Oreskes, Gordon Joseph Weiss, Robert Joy, Nance Williamson, John Cameron Mitchell
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
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
NBCUnited States
Wolf EntertainmentUnited States
Universal TelevisionUnited States
Universal Media StudiosUnited States
