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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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 8 episodes
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The cops break the seemingly random murder of a pizza delivery guy with a little ""undercover"" work in the park, but McCoy and Ross face a harder battle to get a conviction when the two defendants resolutely point the finger at each other, and the one item identifying the actual killer is the recording of a confession-made to a priest.
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Directed by Martha MitchellWritten by René BalcerGuest stars Susan Blommaert, Sig Libowitz, Deirdre Lovejoy, James Handy, Charles Levin, Suzanne Costollos, Ellen Muth, Michael C. Maronna
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.
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Directed by Christopher Misiano, David ShoreWritten by René Balcer, David Shore, David ShoreGuest stars Doris Belack, Tom Carroll, Zach Chapman, Mags Chernock, Joel Colodner, Benjamin Hendrickson, Karen MacDonald, Jan Maxwell
McCoy finds himself battling the Navy and the office of the Judge Advocate General as he tries to prosecute a female pilot accused of murdering her married lover after he tried to break off with her.
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Directed by Jace AlexanderWritten by Dick Wolf, Kathy McCormick, Kathy McCormickGuest stars Patti LuPone, John Speredakos, John DiResta, Paul Geier, Jack Gwaltney, Reuben Jackson, Kurt Knudson, Steven Marcus
A discrepancy concerning the time of death of a drive-by shooting victim leads McCoy and Ross to initiate prosecutions against both the shooter and the doctor who harvested her organs as transplant donations.
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Directed by Matthew PennWritten by René Balcer, I.C. Rapoport, I.C. RapoportGuest stars Michael Nouri, Michael Durrell, Robert Stanton, Armand Schultz, Andrew Pang, Richard Thomsen, Luce Ennis, Catherine Wolf
After the cops trace an eagle tattoo on a man shot and killed while holding up an armored truck to a group of militia members, McCoy finds himself facing one of their number as the pro se counsel for his friends, arguing for the concept of "jury nullification", the right of a jury to protect a defendant from an unjust law by finding him not guilty despite the evidence.
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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by David BlackGuest stars Christine Farrell, Victor Truro, Denis O'Hare, Gerry Becker, Betsy Aidem, Jesse R. Tendler, Walt MacPherson, Alexandra Rhodie
It's old home week for Briscoe when an apparent murder of a teenage model in New York develops ties to Baltimore and Detectives Munch and Falsone pay a visit to the Big Apple to observe the case. Meanwhile, McCoy finds himself battling the attorney of the victim's parents for access to his clients and the Baltimore DA for jurisdiction. This crossover continues on Homicide: Life on the Street S06E05 Baby, It's You (II).
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Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by Jorge ZamaconaGuest stars Richard Belzer, Gia Gracielle Galeano, Dan Frazer, Maureen Anderman, Dan Hedaya, Tom Tammi, Richard Council, Yaphet Kotto
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.
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Directed by Jace AlexanderWritten by René Balcer, Craig Tepper, Craig TepperGuest stars Joan Copeland, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Kent Broadhurst, William Christian, Catherine Davis Cox, Jack Davidson, Mike Hodge, Lou Liberatore
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.
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Directed by Matthew PennWritten by Richard SwerenGuest stars David Marshall Grant, Rosemary De Angelis, Dominic Chianese, Bruce MacVittie, Jacinto Taras Riddick, Marcy Harriell, Alexandra Neil, Stu 'Large' Riley
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.
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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Siobhan Byrne O'ConnorGuest stars Mia Dillon, Sam Huntington, Joseph Siravo, Michael O'Hare, Anne Jackson, Sylva Kelegian, Ellen Lancaster, Tess O'Brien
The investigation into the death of a man who initially appears to be the victim of a mugging victim reveals him to be a Middle Eastern physician who performs genital mutilations on young girls.
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Directed by Brian MertesWritten by Kathy McCormick, Richard SwerenGuest stars Jacqueline Antaramian, Mark Casella, Todd Cerveris, Aharon Ipalé, Ava Haddad, Steve Landesberg, Connie Nelson, Nan-Lyn Nelson
After Briscoe and Curtis finally determine who was driving the car that killed three people, the legal prosecution stands in danger of becoming a kangaroo court when McCoy's feelings over Kincaid mesh with the political agenda of an ambitious judge anxious to make an example of the defendant.
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Directed by Adam DavidsonWritten by René BalcerGuest stars David Garrison, Arielle Kaplan, Kathryn Meisle, Gene Canfield, Melanie Rey, Claywood Sempliner, Daniel McDonald, Augusta Dabney
The shooting of two people in a restaurant restroom takes some abrupt turns as they try to discover who exactly the intended victim was, and the prosecutors have to deal with a defendant claiming to have been in a dissociative state while committing the crime-- the same defense used years before by the defendant's father.
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Directed by Lewis GouldWritten by David Shore, I.C. RapoportGuest stars Vera Farmiga, Adam Busch, Christine Farrell, Joanna Merlin, Stephen Pearlman, Matthew Sussman, Judy Kuhn, Paul D'Ambrosio
The street murder of a woman who worked with underprivileged kids takes a turn towards the bizarre when the detectives uncover she had a predilection for kinky sex, and that one of her current partners appears to be a serial killer, who offers an overexposure to television violence as his defense during his trial.
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Directed by Gloria MuzioWritten by David Black, Harold SchechterGuest stars Dennis Boutsikaris, Jon DeVries, Jane Elliot, Kelly Eviston-Quinnett, Edmund Genest, John Benjamin Hickey, Patrick Husted, Michael Alexander Jackson
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.
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Directed by Christopher MisianoWritten by Suzanne OshryGuest stars Edie Falco, Ron Frazier, Cecilia Hart, Marin Hinkle, Erik Jensen, Jonathan LaPaglia, George Palermo, Stephen Singer
Taking on an apparent mafia murder, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are stymied by a dead witness and a seemingly incoherent mob boss.
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Directed by Martha MitchellWritten by René Balcer, Eddie FeldmannGuest stars Rochelle Oliver, Philip Bosco, Michael Rispoli, Kathrine Narducci, David Wohl, Rocco Sisto, Barton Tinapp, Ken Marks
The stabbing death of a psychologist draws Detectives Briscoe and Curtis into a heated divorce case and pits McCoy and Ross against a manipulative attorney.
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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Barry M. SchkolnickGuest stars Adam LeFevre, Jill Clayburgh, Jack Ryland, Leslie Nipkow, Haviland Morris, Dennis Predovic, P.J. Brown, John Wojda
The death of a college student leads to a case involving an HIV-positive male who's seeking to infect as many young women as possible. McCoy, testing right-to-privacy ethics, wants to charge him with murder.
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Directed by J. RanelliWritten by David Black, J. RanelliGuest stars Leslie Denniston, Susan May Pratt, Fran Brill, Heather Burns, Ralph Byers, Mark Jacoby, Audrie Neenan, David Spielberg
When a woman is found unconscious at the bottom of her apartment stairs, Briscoe and Curtis must figure out what happened -- before it's too late. In order to make his case, McCoy pits the two detectives against each other in the courtroom.
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Directed by Richard DobbsWritten by Kathy McCormickGuest stars Joe Lisi, Robert Joy, Susan Floyd, Stephen Gevedon, Harry Goz, Daniel Oreskes, Marilyn Rockafellow, Brian Delate
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.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Richard Sweren, William N. FordesGuest stars Tovah Feldshuh, Kenneth Welsh, Michael Medeiros, Maggie Burke, Lee Sellars, Liam Aiken, Seth Barrish, Adam Heller
After a 12-year-old quadriplegic dies at home in his bed, paramedics claim that he was suffocated and the suspects include the boy's parents and sister.
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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by David Shore, I.C. RapoportGuest stars Gerry Bamman, Gordon Connell, Jane Connell, William Severs, Julie Follansbee, Karen Goberman, John Hickok, Louisa Holaday
Schiff's re-election may hinge on the stabbing death of a police officer; Briscoe's daughter is arrested for dealing drugs.
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Directed by Jace AlexanderWritten by René Balcer, Richard SwerenGuest stars Jason Kolotouros, Isabel Gillies, Julian Gamble, Geoffrey Nauffts, Neal Jones, Ana Gasteyer, Ilana Levine, Tom Wiggin
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.
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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Janis DiamondGuest stars Christine Farrell, Lauren Ambrose, Jennifer Estlin, Claire Beckman, John Christopher Jones, Irving Metzman, Molly Regan, Gerry Rosenthal
Tabloid journalism comes under scrutiny during the investigations into the deaths of a gossip columnist and a celebrity target he pursued.
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Directed by Brian MertesWritten by David Black, David Black, Alec BaldwinGuest stars Timothy Carhart, John Slattery, Joe Mantello, Robin Groves, LeAnna Croom, Peter McRobbie, Maeve McGuire, Leslie Watts
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.
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Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by René Balcer, Richard SwerenGuest stars O.L. Duke, John Newton, Robert Vaughn, Cliff Gorman, Pat Moya, Mark Lotito, Johnny Dapolito, Charles Malik Whitfield
