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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
McCoy's new second chair, ADA Jamie Ross, is determined to prosecute as harshly as possible a carjacker who took the life of a teacher as she pleaded for her life on an audio tape discovered at the crime scene.
Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by René BalcerGuest stars Jurian Hughes, George Martin, Cyndi Cartagena, Louise Sorel, Lawrence Arancio, Víctor Sierra, Tiffany Fraser, Divina Cook
Episode 2
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.
Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Ed ZuckermanGuest stars Aida Turturro, Gerry Bamman, Frank Anello, Jerry Adler, Emilio Del Pozo, Stephen Mendillo, Alan Manson, Pamela Gray
Episode 3
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.
Directed by Jace AlexanderWritten by Jeremy R. LittmanGuest stars Frank Anello, Joan Copeland, Chelsea Altman, Tommy Hollis, John MacKay, Jennifer Esposito, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Moseley
Episode 4
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.
Directed by Vincent MisianoWritten by Barry M. SchkolnickGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Tovah Feldshuh, Larry Keith, Karen Allen, Lee Bryant, Lenka Peterson, Michael Willis, Marla Sucharetza
Episode 5
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.
Directed by Matthew PennWritten by René Balcer, Gardner Stern, Gardner SternGuest stars Kevin Conway, Caroline Kava, Tim Ransom, Skipp Sudduth, Nancy Ticotin, Kirk Acevedo, Josef Sommer, Jeff Williams
Episode 6
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.
Directed by Christopher MisianoWritten by Jeremy R. Littman, William N. FordesGuest stars Christine Farrell, Fred J. Scollay, John Bedford Lloyd, Mark Bateman, Richard Hamilton, E. Katherine Kerr, Dan Ziskie, Jennifer Van Dyck
Episode 7
The murder of a deadbeat father whose son is dying of leukemia presents McCoy and Ross with a sympathetic suspect and a moral dilemma.
Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Ed Zuckerman, I.C. RapoportGuest stars Tamara Tunie, Val Avery, J. Evan Bonifant, Mark Casella, Barbara Eda-Young, Jim Frangione, David Healy, Deborah Hedwall
Episode 8
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.
Directed by Lewis GouldWritten by Gardner Stern, Barry M. SchkolnickGuest stars Rochelle Oliver, Anna Carolina Alvim, Jean De Baer, Frank Girardeau, Chuma Gault, Olek Krupa, Carmen López, Jim Moody
Episode 9
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.
Directed by Matthew PennWritten by René Balcer, Richard SwerenGuest stars Samuel E. Wright, Gloria Foster, Michelle Hurd, Ron Cephas Jones, Chris McKinney, Michael Gaston, Robert Hogan, Angela Bullock
Episode 10
The sidewalk shooting of a young husband uncovers the fact that his wife's first husband died in a inadequately investigated accident, and that they may have been having an affair before it happened.
Directed by Brian MertesWritten by Jeremy R. Littman, Ed ZuckermanGuest stars Christine Farrell, Charlotte Moore, Hugh O'Gorman, Frances Sternhagen, Bradley White, Tom Riis Farrell, Jere Shea, Johann Carlo
Episode 11
The detectives face a difficult struggle getting witnesses to a girl's apparent suicide to come forward while Ross tries to prove that a known bully is the one really responsible for her actions.
Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by I.C. Rapoport, I.C. Rapoport, Barry M. SchkolnickGuest stars Francine Beers, John Ellison Conlee, Christopher Cousins, John Cullum, Rusty De Wees, Megan Folsom, James Georgiades, Gustave Johnson
Episode 12
An unpromising case of murder suddenly develops new leads when the cops explore the possibility that the victim was mistaken for someone else. McCoy walks a thin line in the matter of ethical conduct as he tries to make a case against a lendor who uses unscrupulous methods to collect the money owed to him.
Directed by Dan KarlokWritten by René Balcer, Eddie FeldmannGuest stars George DiCenzo, Scott Bryce, Victor Argo, Greer Goodman, Dana Reeve, Scotty Bloch, Meg Mundy, Tom Brennan
Episode 13
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.
Directed by Lewis GouldWritten by Richard Sweren, Ed ZuckermanGuest stars George Grizzard, Arija Bareikis, Stephen C. Bradbury, Todd Davis, Boyd Gaines, Anna Holbrook, Michael Lombard, Maya McLaughlin
Episode 14
The murder of an ex-cop with a penchant for blackmail and illicit sex brings feminist lawyer Lanie Stieglitz into court against McCoy to defend a suburban wife and mother.
Directed by Jace AlexanderWritten by Jeremy R. Littman, I.C. RapoportGuest stars Elaine Stritch, Felicity Huffman, Scarlett Lam, Jodie Markell, Richard Poe, David Chandler, Richard Bright, Pamela Stewart
Episode 15
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.
Directed by Constantine Makris, Edwin SherinWritten by René Balcer, Ed Zuckerman, Gardner SternGuest stars Michael Zaslow, Janeane Garofalo, Lauren Graham, Harrison Young, Keith Szarabajka, Jeffrey D. Sams, Paul Hecht, Scott Cohen
Episode 16
Back in New York with their suspect, Briscoe and Curtis try to pin down his schedule on the night of the murder, but find instead that another man was in the area at the right time and more importantly, might have a motive for the crime. But after the issuance of a new arrest warrant, McCoy and Ross have to fly to LA to defend their warrant against attacks by the man's defense counsel, Ross's former husband Neal Gorton.
Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by René Balcer, Ed Zuckerman, Gardner SternGuest stars Michael Zaslow, Lauren Graham, Tom Kane, Keith Szarabajka, Nicholas J. Giangiulio, Jeffrey D. Sams, Paul Hecht, Scott Cohen
Episode 17
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.
Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by René Balcer, Ed Zuckerman, Gardner SternGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Michael Zaslow, Janeane Garofalo, Lauren Graham, Keith Szarabajka, Paul Hecht, Scott Cohen, Stewart Bick
Episode 18
McCoy becomes obsessed with nailing a serial rapist recently released on parole and pushes the cops perilously close to harassment as he attempts to connect the man with a new rape and murder matching his previous M.O.
Directed by Christopher MisianoWritten by René BalcerGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Burt Young, Alice Liu, David Fonteno, Lisa LoCicero, Laurie Kennedy, Olivia Negron, Teddy Coluca
Episode 19
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.
Directed by Arthur W. ForneyWritten by Ed Zuckerman, Shimon Wincelberg, Shimon Wincelberg, Richard SwerenGuest stars Carolyn McCormick, Edie Falco, Don Hewitt Sr., Nancy Addison, Shawn Elliott, Mary Fogarty, Marlene Forte, Jerome Le Page
Episode 20
A young man who claims to have helped a murdered young man change a flat tire is first the cops' primary suspect, then the prosecutors' chief witness.
Directed by David PlattWritten by Gardner Stern, I.C. RapoportGuest stars Casey Siemaszko, Stuart Burney, Benny Nieves, Reiko Aylesworth, Fernando López, John Doman, Frank John Hughes, Sam Reni
Episode 21
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.
Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Barry M. Schkolnick, Barry M. Schkolnick, Richard SwerenGuest stars Cynthia Harris, Barbara Berjer, Sara Botsford, John Carpenter, William Cain, Larry Clarke, MacIntyre Dixon, Robert Foxworth
Episode 22
The cops have a definite clue when a bloodstain that's not the same as the victim reveals that the killer was a blood relative, and the prosecutors stumble when their chief suspect claims their chief witness is her lawyer, and his knowledge of the crime represents privileged communications.
Directed by Christopher MisianoWritten by Janis DiamondGuest stars Katherine Borowitz, Bob Kaliban, Kitty Mei-Mei Chen, Rene Augesen, Bray Poor, Paul Lieber, Jack Hallett, David McCallum
Episode 23
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.
Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by René Balcer, Ed ZuckermanGuest stars Donald Corren, Dani Klein, Lianna Pai, Kent Williams, Peter Jay Fernandez, David Cromwell, Roy Thinnes, John Driver
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
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Universal Media StudiosUnited States
