Lei & Ordem (1990)

1 - Freedom of Expression

In the wake of a murder on campus, the line between free speech and hate speech at a university is examined.

1 - Gimme Shelter (III)

A young girl is shot and Cosgrove teams with Det. Jalen Shaw to track down her killer. Benson and Stabler assist and realize its more than a typical homicide. McCoy and Price seek justice against an international crime ring, but complications threaten the case.

1 - The Right Thing

Newly acquainted partners Bernard and Cosgrove investigate the murder of a notorious entertainer. A dispute over throwing out a confession creates a rift in the DAs office.

1 - Memo from the Dark Side

The body of a young war veteran is found in a parking garage and the murder is connected to a law professor who used to work for the Department of Justice.

1 - Rumble

The beating death of a stockbroker causes a battle of epic proportions between the victims family and the faction responsible for his death.

1 - Called Home

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.

1 - Red Ball

A young girl is abducted in broad daylight, and the only link to the girl is an ex-convict who wants a deal before hes willing to talk.

1 - Paradigm

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.

1 - Bodies

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 attorneys knowledge of the victims and their whereabouts.

1 - American Jihad

An American Muslim becomes the prime suspect in a double murder after an academic challenges his religious beliefs.

1 - Who Let The Dogs Out?

The investigation into the death of a jogger mauled by a vicious dog leads to an Attica inmate, his attorneys, and an underground dog-fighting ring.

1 - Gunshow

A murderers shooting spree in Central Park prompts Briscoe and his new partner, Detective Eddie Green, to trace the murder weapons origination; McCoy makes it his mission to punish the killer and the gun manufacturer.

1 - Cherished

The investigation into a girls death reveals secrets the adoptive family was desperately trying to hide.

1 - Thrill

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.

1 - Causa Mortis

McCoys 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.

1 - Bitter Fruit

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.

1 - Prescription For Death

Greevey e Logan descobrem que um hospital está encobrindo o erro de um médico que resultou na morte de um paciente. Mais tarde, eles descobrem que o médico pode estar bêbado na hora.

2 - Human Innovation

When a prominent tech CEO is killed, Shaw and Riley untangle multiple leads to reveal a plot for retribution. Price and Maroun debate whether an overdue piece of evidence should be submitted to the jury.

2 - Battle Lines

Things arent what they seem when a politicians daughter is found dead after an apparent mugging.

2 - Impossible Dream

The COO of a major tech company is found murdered in Central Park. Price and Maroun work to untangle a web of deceit to expose a cunning narcissist.

2 - Just a Girl in the World

A crime scene investigator is murdered in her apartment. Her fiance is suspected, but then a journalist is attacked and DNA is found at the scene that links this crime to the murder.

2 - Challenged

A mentally challenged man is reunited with the mother who gave him away after his brother is killed.

2 - Darkness

Lupo and Greens 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 mans 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.

2 - Flaw (II)

Green and Fontana bring SVU Detective Olivia Benson onto their scene when a DOA has her number on his cell phone.

2 - The Dead Wives Club

When a woman abandoned by her firefighter husband for his partners widow is threatened with also losing custody of her children, she murders her romantic rival, claiming that 9/11 post-traumatic stress syndrome prompted her actions.

2 - Bounty

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

2 - Shangri-La

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 students multiple identities and refusal to live past adolescence.

2 - Armed Forces

The fatal stabbing of a man leads to the discovery of his status as a Vietnam war veteran and the truths uncovered about an incident that occured with him and three former soliders in his division.

2 - Killerz

Briscoe and Green believe a 10-year-old is responsible for a childs death, and McCoy wants her isolated to stop any future fatalities.

2 - DWB

Detectives discover a shocking twist involving unlikely suspects when they investigate the brutal beating of a black man dumped near the highway.

2 - Denial

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.

2 - I.D.

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 Rosss in-court rebuke for sexual harassment.

2 - Rebels

Briscoe and Curtis have a hard time finding cooperative witnesses when investigating the murder of a college student at a rough biker bar.

3 - Turn the Page

When a young woman is strangled, Yee connects the MO to a potential serial offender, leading Riley to revisit a case that went cold on his watch. Price makes a risky move to bait one of their own on the stand.

3 - Camouflage

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 Attorneys office pushes for the death penalty in the case.

3 - Filtered Life

Bernard and Cosgrove investigate the disappearance of a social media star whose case takes the internet by storm. Price and Maroun must weigh their decisions regarding the case against the wishes of the missing womans family.

3 - Great Satan

Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate when an aspiring musician is found dead. A bag of cash leads them to multiple suspects.

3 - Lost Boys

A young woman escapes from a polygamous cult.

3 - Misbegotten

The explosion of a package including scientific research injures a pregnant security guard, leading to the investigation of the scientists experiments.

3 - Ghosts

Fontana and McCoy pursue a man believed to have murdered a young girl ten years earlier despite numerous obstacles.

3 - The Brotherhood

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 hes brought to trial for the parolees 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 defendants fears about the power and the reach of the gang were well-placed.

3 - Patient Zero

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.

3 - True Crime

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.

3 - For Love Or Money

The death of a parolee, who was a hit man, leads to a wealthy widow and daughter and whether they hired him to kill their rich relative.

3 - DNR

As Briscoe and Green investigate the shooting of judge, suspicion quickly points to her husband as the person who ordered the hit, but McCoys case is hindered when she refuses to implicate her husband during the trial.

3 - Bait

The investigation into how a teen got wounded leads to a case involving a young womans murder and a drug operation.

3 - Navy Blues

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.

3 - Good Girl

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.

3 - Savages

McCoy and Kincaid clash over the death penalty as McCoy prosecutes a man who murdered an undercover cop during a drug bust.

4 - Unintended Consequences

Shaw and Riley investigate a real estate agents murder. After they speak with prominent clients, an unexpected witness appears. Price and Maroun struggle to convince a jury of motive and face a difficult decision about their only witness.

4 - Benefit of the Doubt

When the young author of a tell-all book is found dead, Cosgrove asks a former mentor for help with the case. Price has an uphill battle in court when a search and seizure is deemed illegal.

4 - Fault Lines

After a family court judge is murdered, Bernard and Cosgrove dig into the many grievances against him; when the DAs office is faced with unforeseen challenges, Maroun takes matters into her own hands to save the case.

4 - Reality Bites

A mother of ten adopted special needs children is murdered. The day after her murder, her husband appears on reality TV.

4 - Falling

The detectives investigate the mystery of a falling construction crane in the city and that leads them to something much more sinister.

4 - Bottomless

The investigation into a pair of missing pants leads to the murder of a young lawyer. Lupo and Green soon turn their suspicions to a businessman who works for a shady multinational corporation called SavingsMart.

4 - Age of Innocence

The bombing death of a husband set to remove the feeding tube of his wife, whos in a persistent vegetative state, focuses the investigation on the protesters.

4 - Coming Down Hard

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.

4 - Shrunk

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.

4 - Tragedy on Rye

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.

4 - Soldier of Fortune

The daring daylight kidnapping of a diamond dealer which results in two murders at the scene uncovers an international dynasty of diamond sales and its links to a foreign civil war.

4 - Merger

The murder of a drug-laden teen presents the detectives with a host of suspects from her wealthy family.

4 - Flight

After a child in a day-care center dies of a virus, Briscoe and Curtis try to find the source of the infection, leading to a case involving an extramarital affair, embezzlement and a drug manufacturer.

4 - Harvest

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.

4 - Survivor

Briscoe and Curtiss 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 DAs office tries to establish a provenance for the missing coin collection.

4 - Jeopardy

A triple murder at a magazine publishing company leads to a case of sibling rivalry, a protective matriarch and a corrupt judge.

4 - Kiss the Girls And Make Them Die

Uma jovem é abusada sexualmente e acaba morrendo devido aos ferimentos. No entanto, o único suspeito é um empresário charmoso e bonito com a noiva de uma família poderosa de Nova York.

5 - Last Dance

When a woman is found murdered in Central Park, evidence points to two frequent park-goers: a street vendor and a tech billionaire. In the face of extreme political pressure, McCoy takes drastic action to make the case.

5 - 12 Seconds

Cosgrove and Shaw piece together the clues of what happened to a murdered law student, uncovering a web of blackmail and lies; Price fights to have a piece of shocking testimony thrown out.

5 - Free Speech

Bernard and Cosgrove investigate the murder of a congressional candidate. ADAs Price and Maroun contend with an extremist plot hellbent on thwarting the candidates agenda by any means necessary.

5 - Dignity

A doctor who performs late-term abortions is murdered in church. The case falls apart for Cutter when Rubirosa is touched by an abortion nurses testimony.

5 - Knock Off

A revered sheriff becomes a possible conspirator in a case involving a murdered tourist.

5 - Driven

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.

5 - Life Line

Police turn their attention to the murder of an undercover reporter, but realise that the killer isnt as guilty as he appears.

5 - Gunplay

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.

5 - Blaze

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

5 - The Ring

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.

5 - Possession

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.

5 - Justice

Jamie Ross returns as a defense attorney to represent a previous client who has key evidence concerning a prisoner on death row.

5 - Agony

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.

5 - Nullification

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.

5 - Corruption

Curtis, angered by the attitude of an old colleague of Briscoes, looks beyond the findings of an IAB investigation and turns up evidence of police corruption that puts the DAs office into competition with an ambitious judge and Briscoe under investigation for stealing evidence from a police lockup.

5 - Hot Pursuit

When the detectives solve a series of murders committed by a holdup team in ski masks, McCoy must determine whether a young woman found with them is an unwilling hostage, or an active participant in the crimes.

5 - Public Service Homicide

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.

6 - On the Ledge

When NYPD responds to the scene of an active shooter in a nearby hospital, Shaw is shocked at his connection to the suspect. Maroun and Price face a difficult trial when the defendant offers up an insanity plea.

6 - Vicious Cycle

When a fashion designer is killed on the night of his boutique opening, Cosgrove and Shaw must track down a suspect with very little evidence and no witnesses. Maroun is shocked to find her own name on the defenses witness list.

6 - Wicked Game

When a young man is found dead of an apparent overdose, Dixon fiercely pursues a homicide investigation as an old unsolved case comes back to haunt her. Price and Maroun risk putting a witness in harms way to expose their suspect.

6 - Human Flesh Search Engine

Bernard becomes the target of a dangerous website that is partly responsible for a homicide the detectives are investigating

6 - Sweetie

Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate when the writer of a bestselling memoir is found dead in a community of male prostitutes.

6 - Political Animal

A triple homicide has ties to a politician, but he may be just the first step toward the truth and a killer who will take desperate measures to keep his freedom.

6 - Birthright

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.

6 - Cut

When a plastic surgeons greed and narcissism contribute to his failure to care for a patient that ultimately results in her death, Branch insists that McCoy prosecute him for criminally negligent homicide, rather than leave the matter to the civil courts, after an investigation reveals a several instances of the doctors inattention to patient care.

6 - Identity

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.

6 - Hitman

The execution style shooting of a city contractor leads Detectives Briscoe and Green to suspect a professional hitman. They first focus upon possible enemies of the victim, but end up suspecting the victims wife and her boyfried of hiring the killer. However later discovered evidence leads McCoy and Southerlyn to a conspirator that no one had suspected.

6 - Formerly Famous

The shooting death of a former singers wife leads the detectives to investigate his manager and sons after his explanation of the events surrounding her death have no credibility.

6 - Marathon

A frustrating investigation of a purse-snatching victim who was fatally shot leads to tension between Briscoe and Green over age and racial innuendoes. Briscoe notices his partner has developed a dangerous habit.

6 - Scrambled

The murder of an employee at a fertility clinic leads to a case involving a dead mans first and second wives.

6 - Baby, It;s You (I)

Its 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 victims parents for access to his clients and the Baltimore DA for jurisdiction.

6 - Double Blind

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.

6 - Paranoia

Briscoe and Curtis try to solve a co-eds murder after a graphic description appears online, while McCoy finds himself up against a lawyer who is reluctant to reveal elements of her clients past.

6 - Profiteer

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.

7 - Balance of Power

When a successful investor is murdered, Shaw and Riley dig into his life to identify his killer. DA Baxter puts pressure on Price and Maroun to make sure his first case in office is a success.

7 - Only the Lonely

A crisis consultant whos made many enemies on behalf of her clients is murdered. Price and Maroun must set aside the potential damage to a witnesss reputation in order to strengthen their case.

7 - Legacy

Bernard and Cosgrove are confronted with several suspects in the shooting of a headmaster at an elite private school. A teenagers life hangs in the balance as Price and Maroun debate whos more culpable - the shooter or the enabler.

7 - Boy Gone Astray

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.

7 - Zero

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.

7 - Quit Claim

A hit-and-run investigation leads back to a title company, and Green and Lupo must go undercover to crack the case.

7 - House of Cards

The team investigates the killing of a single mother and the abduction of her child.

7 - Gov Love

The investigation into the death of a governors wife uncovers a web of infidelity, greed, and corruption which forces McCoy to counter a defense based on a ground-breaking interpretation of spousal privilege.

7 - Floater

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.

7 - Open Season

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 defendants 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 defendants arrest. McCoy is able to make a deal that perserves the integrity of his adversary, but not without a cost.

7 - Myth of Fingerprints

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 Burens promotion.

7 - Patsy

The investigation that follows the discovery of a comatose woman in her apartment leads to an unusual case involving murder and a possible frame-up, despite the prosecution having key DNA evidence to the contrary.

7 - Venom

The killing of a professional escort leads to a case involving the relationships between a young man and two older women.

7 - Blood

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.

7 - Deadbeat

The murder of a deadbeat father whose son is dying of leukemia presents McCoy and Ross with a sympathetic suspect and a moral dilemma.

7 - Humiliation

The investigation into a prostitutes murder leads to a married plastic surgeon as the obvious suspect, but Kincaid has a hunch that an elaborate frame-up is in play.

7 - In Vino Veritas

A has-been actor wearing blood-stained clothing arrested for drunken driving reveals religious prejudices during his rantings.

8 - Facade

Shaw and Riley investigate the death of a comedian after a subway altercation. When a suspect is arrested, Baxter insists they increase the charges despite Prices apprehension. At trial, a new witness comes forward to throw the case into question.

8 - Chain of Command

When a decorated military veteran is found murdered in his own home, Cosgrove and Shaw work with his daughter to uncover an important clue. Price and Maroun must untangle the stories of other service members connected to the victim to make their case.

8 - Severance

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.

8 - Doped

A deadly drunk-driving car accident brings Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard to the scene when a suspicious nasal spray is found. After the medical examiner realizes the nasal spray is a powerful anesthetic that could easily disorient its user, the detectives become suspicious of the victims boss, Zach Marshall

8 - Chattel

While investigating the murder of two divorce lawyers, detectives Lupo and Bernard uncover a child slave trade ring.

8 - Illegal

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.

8 - New York Minute

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.

8 - Cry Wolf

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 mobsters mistress.

8 - Embedded

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.

8 - Asterisk

A star baseball player becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his limousine driver when it is discovered that the driver regularly supplied steroids to the sports icon. The subsequent investigation reveals blackmail as the underlying motive for the murder.

8 - The Fire This Time

When a building is set ablaze, a girl must be identified despite her fatal burns. Through further investigation, it turns out that an extreme environmentalist group struck the match...

8 - Blood Money

A taxi driver finds that his passenger is dead, leading the detectives to a case involving an insurance scam and Holocaust victims.

8 - Punk

The murder of a corrections officer leads detectives to a womens prison where a guard was linked to an inmate Carmichael put away on drug charges and a confrontation with defense attorney Danielle Melnick.

8 - Shadow

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.

8 - Family Business

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.

8 - Angel

A mother claiming that her baby was kidnapped while she was at confession retraces her steps and actions with Curtis, which raises legal questions later when her attorney introduces a unique defense.

8 - Release

After Hudson Moore is found bludgeoned in the back of the Babes Being Bad bus, suspicion initially truns to the companys 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 Moores 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.

8 - Poison Ivy

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.

9 - Family Ties

When a congressmans aide is found dead after testifying in a corruption case, Shaw and Riley discover the suspect may be someone close to home. As Price solidifies his case against the defendant, Baxter proposes they go after an accomplice as well.

9 - The System

A suspect arrested for murder escapes police custody after months of waiting for his day in court; as a hostage situation erupts, Shaw must re-examine his conduct as the arresting officer; Price questions his faith in the justice system.

9 - The Great Pretender

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.

9 - For the Defense

A case that begins as a search for a missing witness spirals into a murder conspiracy with ADA Connie Rubirosa caught in the middle.

9 - By Perjury

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.

9 - Executioner

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.

9 - Criminal Law

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 Lelands two sons, with surprising results.

9 - All in the Family

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.

9 - Compassion

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.

9 - The Wheel

The smoldering corpse of an Asian girl found outside the Chinese consul generals apartment leads the detectives to believe she had made a political statement. When forensics shows that she had been murdered beforehand, they find themselves in the middle of a religious conflict with the consul general their prime suspect and his attorney an old friend of District Attorney Branch.

9 - 3 Dawg Night

When a celebrity is implicated in a nightclub murder, McCoy and Southerlyn battle the flaks who attempt to insulate their client from any involvement or interrogation.

9 - Sundown

A patient is found beaten to death in a hospital lounge -- and the resulting case involves infidelity, Alzheimers disease and a ladies man.

9 - True North

The double murder of a wealthy man and his daughter leads the detectives to the wife and stepmother of the deceased. However, Canadas objection to the death penalty hampers McCoy and Carmichael in seeking crucial evidence for obtaining a conviction.

9 - Burned

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.

9 - Entrapment

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.

9 - Blood Libel

A hidden anti-Semitic message in a high school yearbook offers a clue to an art teachers murder and leads to a case that matches McCoy against Klan lawyer Roy Payne.

10 - Inconvenient Truth

Shaw and Riley investigate the death of a prominent chef when hes stabbed in his own restaurant. Price has hesitations about prosecuting the defendant after new evidence comes to light.

10 - Land of Opportunity

When a homeless migrant is murdered, evidence leads Cosgrove and Shaw to a mysterious cover-up at a construction site. Price and Maroun push a key witness to testify, knowing that speaking out could lead to legal consequences.

10 - Black and Blue

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.

10 - Shotgun

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.

10 - Pledge

When the son and housekeeper of a pair of prominent biologists are murdered, detectives suspect the couples work on a controversial pharmaceutical study may have made them targets for the killer.

10 - Tango

A high school party turns tragic when a teenager is found dead, and the detectives end up playing games with the two leading suspects to find out the real story. Unfortunately, unwanted attention from a juror for A.D.A. Rubirosa may disrupt the trial.

10 - Acid

After the daughter of one of Van Burens 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

10 - Enemy

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.

10 - Ill-Conceived

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 babys father, the boyfriend is arrested with the motive being an office affair until the victims widow discloses that it was a surrogate arrangement.

10 - Mother;s Day

The hit-and-run death of a popular high-school student leaves the detectives suspecting the girls 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 victims mother.

10 - Prejudice

The murder of a magazine publishing companys black CEO leads to a suspect who has a clear streak of racism and whose attorney intends on using that as a mental defect.

10 - Whose Monkey is it Anyway?

The death of a lab technician and the abduction of 17 infected monkeys lead to a trial involving the treatment of research animals.

10 - Loco Parentis

After sanitation workers find a teenage boys body, the investigation leads to a school bully who displays an avid interest in martial-arts weapons, and whose father bought the murder weapon.

10 - Hate

Evidence points the detectives in the direction of a fascist youth gathering after the brutal beating and murder of a high school girl.

10 - Ritual

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.

10 - Legacy

The sidewalk shooting of a young husband uncovers the fact that his wifes first husband died in a inadequately investigated accident, and that they may have been having an affair before it happened.

10 - Remand

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.

11 - Castle in the Sky

When a real estate developer is found dead in one of his buildings, Shaw and Riley sift through a long list of suspects. Dixon is concerned for the welfare of the defendants young daughter.

11 - Second Chance

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 cant agree on the best trial strategy.

11 - Fed

Fed is the eleventh episode of the twentieth season of NBCs long-running legal drama Law & Order.

11 - Lucky Stiff

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.

11 - Betrayal

The murder of a psychiatrist focuses the suspect list to his clients and wife, and the defense of the murderer will challenge the D.A.s office to somehow show the jury that a bad childhood is not a justification for crime.

11 - Bible Story

The case of a man who defiled a copy of the Torah turns into a religious battle for McCoy.

11 - Fixed

When a paroled child murderer is run down, the investigation leads to a terrified social worker and an experimental prison therapy program.

11 - Darwinian

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.

11 - Chosen

The murder of a bookie with a high-class clientelle leads the detectives to arrest his partner. Charged with first-degree murder, his attorney puts forth an unusual defense strategy that turns the trial into a political statement.

11 - The Collar

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 cant discuss anything about it, bringing McCoy to question whether the confessional seal should apply.

11 - Sunday in the Park with Jorge

Following wilding incidents in Central Park, a womans body is found in the lake and the suspects include the deceaseds wealthy husband.

11 - Collision

The investigation of a schizophrenic womans death leads to a case involving a homeless man and his right to refuse medication.

11 - Ramparts

Briscoe and Curtis reopen a case that was closed in the 60s when a vehicle is dredged from the Hudson River containing the remains of a murdered man.

11 - Under the Influence

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 McCoys feelings over Kincaid mesh with the political agenda of an ambitious judge anxious to make an example of the defendant.

11 - Menace

The detectives face a difficult struggle getting witnesses to a girls apparent suicide to come forward while Ross tries to prove that a known bully is the one really responsible for her actions.

11 - Corpus Delicti

The death of a show horse leads to a trial involving insurance fraud, a sting operation and a wealthy womans disappearance.

11 - Out Of The Half-Light

Greevey and Logans investigation into a black teenagers 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.

12 - No Good Deed

Shaw and Riley investigate the death of a therapist with a long list of troubled clients. Baxter takes over Prices chair when a disturbing connection to the defendant is discovered.

12 - Almost Famous

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.

12 - Blackmail

Blackmail is the twelfth episode of the twentieth season of the television series Law & Order. It aired on NBC January 15, 2010.

12 - Illegitimate

An NYPD officer kills a troubled fellow officer who took hostages at gunpoint; detectives Lupo and Bernard find valuable stolen documents and a dead body at the mans apartment.

12 - Submission

When the police shut down a dog-fighting ring, the investigation becomes a murder case after a womans finger is found inside one of the dogs; things get more complicated as the case deepens, and the interest of a pushy reporter is sparked.

12 - Family Friend

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 Valeries 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.

12 - Mammon

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.

12 - Payback

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.

12 - Under God

A dead teenagers father and a vigilante priest are suspects in the killing of a drug dealer.

12 - Undercovered

The father of a dying girl gets his revenge on an insurance executive who denied a certain leukemia treatment for his daughter. One problem arises when the father is technically on both sides of the law.

12 - Teenage Wasteland

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.

12 - Mother;s Milk

Bloodstains in an apartment that belonged to a young couple with a baby leads to the separated parents, each of whom claims that the other has the infant.

12 - Haven

Briscoe and Curtis probe the murder of a popular Harlem community leader while McCoy and Carmichael struggle to prevent a chaotic situation.

12 - Expert

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 defendants father.

12 - Barter

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.

12 - Trophy

McCoy finds that his career is on the line when his former female assistant and ex lover accuses him of forging evidence that helped put an innocent man in prison.

13 - In Harm;s Way

When a sports star is killed, Shaw and Riley suspect the shooter missed their intended target. Baxters daughter comes forward as a witness, but her testimony could impact his campaign.

13 - Mammon

When a graduate student is found dead, Cosgrove and Shaw follow the evidence to a suspect with no clear motive. Price and Maroun uncover a money-grabbing scheme within a church. McCoy warns them to focus on the suspects and not the institution.

13 - Steel-Eyed Death

When a family of four is found murdered in their home, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard discover that the deaths may be related to the deceased teenage daughters troubled friend, Bonnie.

13 - Crimebusters

An unconscious war widow and her lifeless infant are found in the rubble of a bombed army recruitment center; Jack McCoy is forced to make one of the most unpopular decisions of his career.

13 - Angelgrove

A terrorist organization seems to be tied in with the violent death of an art dealer, until the victims troubled son with ties to a fanatic religious group is investigated.

13 - Heart of Darkness

A journalists suicide becomes suspect after Green and Fontana find evidence at the scene suggesting that it wasnt a suicide after all.

13 - Ain;t No Love

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, Southerlyns opinions put her sharply at odds with both McCoy and Branch.

13 - Married with Children

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

13 - Absentia

When the witness in a jewelry store robbery-homicide fails to appear in court, McCoy suspects foul play until he discovers that the man is a fugitive in a 20-year-old murder case.

13 - DR 1-102

The bludgeoning of two women in their apartment leads the detectives to a suspect who has taken a hostage while demanding legal representation ... and Southerlyns actions, while heroic, results in disbarment proceedings against her for violation of Disciplinary Rule 1-102.

13 - Phobia

When a gay man is beaten to death during the abduction of his adopted infant son, Detectives Briscoe and Green suspect that ransom from the murder victims wealthy partner may have been the motive for the crime. But as more is learned about the childs birth mother and homophobic biological father, Assistant D.A.s McCoy and Carmichael find that what appeared to be a botched kidnapping might be more accurately prosecuted as a hate crime.

13 - Panic

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.

13 - Hunters

Briscoe and Curtis race against time to find the killer of a parolee before two bounty hunters find the suspected murderer.

13 - Castoff

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.

13 - Matrimony

The discovery of a would-be thief refocuses a murder investigation, leaving the prosecutors the task of making a conspiracy case against the deceaseds attorney and the pretty young widow.

13 - Charm City (I)

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.

14 - Heroes

After shots are fired in a popular nightclub, Cosgrove and Shaw suspect the spree was a ruse to target a sole victim. When security footage mysteriously disappears, Price and Maroun must rely on a witness who values reputation over facts.

14 - Boy on Fire

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.

14 - Rapture

The creator of a religious website is murdered and the trail leads to a corrupt charitable organization.

14 - Burn Card

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 hes taken pains to conceal.

14 - Magnet

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.

14 - Fluency

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.

14 - City Hall

A city employees 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.

14 - Star Crossed

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.

14 - Missing

When a girls parents frantically search for her, Briscoe and Green see that the girls belongings were packed up in her apartment. They learn that the girl had been seeing a married man -- her boss. When the boss is brought up on charges, his wife sheds some new evidence.

14 - A Losing Season

When a pregnant loan officer is found in the trunk of her car with fatal gunshot wounds, Detectives Briscoe and Green at first suspect a carjacking or the womans fiance and co-worker. But as the womans premature baby clings to life in the hospital, the investigation turns to professional basketball player Cris Cody, whose ties to the dead woman may extend beyond the loans she approved for him--and may include reason for him to want her and her unborn child dead.

14 - Entitled (II)

The focus of the case returns to a politically influential family and, during the course of the trial, McCoy finds the powerful matriarch to be a formidable opponent.

14 - Sideshow (I)

When Briscoe and Curtis discover that a high-level federal official found murdered was recently transferred from Baltimore, they re-team with Baltimore homicide detectives. The joint investigation reveals that the victim was involved in an affair with a high-level government official whose career will be destroyed if it becomes public. The independent counsel summons McCoy and Ed Danvers to Washington to demand McCoy reveal his source or be jailed for contempt.

14 - Grief

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.

14 - Working Mom

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.

14 - Custody

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.

15 - Fear and Loathing

Cosgrove and Shaw must unravel a string of false crime reports to get to the truth surrounding a respected doctors murder. Shaw becomes the target of retaliation when he files a complaint against two patrol officers.

15 - Brilliant Disguise

A young woman is found murdered in a hotel and the evidence leads to a medical student.

15 - Bailout

As detectives investigate the death of a bank executives mistress, they uncover a kidnapping and extortion plot.

15 - Bogeyman

A novelists apparent suicide soon changes to a murder investigation with suspects that include a cult and her husband, but Cutters case may not be closed when jury tampering puts lives at risk.

15 - Choice of Evils

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 boys mother, Allison Ashburn, the convicts ex-wife. While trying to solve Dannys 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 hadnt 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.

15 - Obsession

A conservative talk show host involved in a sexual harassment scandal is murdered, but the trail leads to the victims wife and an obsessed stalker.

15 - Veteran;s Day

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.

15 - Bitch

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.

15 - Access Nation

The murder of a psychologist leads to a case involving a computer company that sells information and their responsibility in shielding their clients history in order to serve their needs.

15 - Swept Away - A Very Special Episode

When a participant in a TV reality show is murdered, McCoy goes after the producers and network executives for deliberately fomenting hostility among the participants to boost the ratings. All too appropriately, the outcome of the case hinges on a videotape made by a hidden-camera.

15 - Fools For Love

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.

15 - Disciple

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 saints voice.

15 - Faccia a Faccia

Taking on an apparent mafia murder, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are stymied by a dead witness and a seemingly incoherent mob boss.

15 - D-Girl

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.

15 - Encore

A jogger killed in Central Park turns out to be the second wife of a former comedy club owner, who was acquitted of killing his first wife. And convicting him this time may hinge on tracing the path of a Columbian coin used as a subway token slug.

15 - The Torrents Of Greed (1)

An assault on a candy storeowner leads Stone and Robinette to build a case against a powerful mafia don.

16 - Deadline

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.

16 - Innocence

A man is convicted of a hate crime for allegedly killing a gay man, but a group called the Innocence Coalition is determined to clear his name.

16 - Take-Out

The search for a writers killer leads detectives to a closed espionage case.

16 - Strike

A legal aid strike ends in the death of a lawyer, and the investigation leads to a golf greenskeeper who proclaims his innocence, again. Then the case takes an even stranger twist when Rubirosa is pitted against Cutter because of the strike that started it all.

16 - Cost of Capital

The case against a high powered executive accused of killing her lover rests on the executives estranged husband and unstable teenage daughter.

16 - The Sixth Man

McCoy prosecutes a famous basketball star accused of murdering a man who was suing him because of a massive brawl between players and fans.

16 - Can I Get a Witness?

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.

16 - Suicide Box

A media-savvy attorney defends a black teenager accused of shooting an off-duty policy officer.

16 - Born Again

The investigation into the death of an 11-year-old girl uncovers the possible culpability of the childs mother and a rebirthing therapist.

16 - Bronx Cheer

When a woman is found strangled to death with a large quantity of the drug Ecstasy in her handbag, Detectives Briscoe and Green have difficulty gathering sufficient evidence for an indictment of their prime suspect, drug-dealer Francis Taz Partell. But when they question one of his former associates, they discover new evidence indicating that Taz is responsible for the earlier murder of a bouncer in Bronx county.

16 - Trade This

The murder of a stockbroker points to organized crime when a hired hit man kills the prime suspect.

16 - Harm

Briscoe and Curtis investigate a possible homicide while probing the assault of a retired divorce attorney.

16 - Divorce

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.

16 - Turnaround

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 mans defense counsel, Rosss former husband Neal Gorton.

16 - Savior

A down-on-his-luck ad executive becomes the prime suspect when his wife and son are killed, and his daughter wounded on a night that he claims was spent drinking.

16 - The Torrents Of Greed (2)

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.

17 - Bias

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.

17 - Four Cops Shot

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?

17 - Anchors Away

A murdered television news reporter was investigating allegations that a billionaire Wall Street investment adviser was a fraud, but figuring out who killed her proves to be difficult

17 - Personae Non Gratae

An online romance may be at the heart of a mechanics murder, but Detectives Lupo and Bernard must unravel some truly bizarre developments before the full story is known.

17 - America, Inc.

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 Popes incompetance, and Kevin Boatman, Nick Howells former co-worker who had witnessed the tragic events in Iraq.

17 - License to Kill

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.

17 - Hands Free

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.

17 - Genius

Investigating the murder of a cab driver, the detectives come to suspect a famous author and his protege, a former child prodigy.

17 - Girl Most Likely

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.

17 - Ego

When the dead body of Karen Hall, an investigator with the State Attorney Generals Office Criminal Division, is found in a Manhattan river, Detectives Briscoe and Green find that her boss, Frank Conroy, had written off her disappearance as a random kidnapping from an Albany train station. But as more is learned about Conroys controlling relationships -- with the dead woman, with his wife and with a long-term girlfriend -- he quickly becomes a suspect.

17 - Black, White and Blue

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.

17 - Shield

Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of a police officer who was shot while on an undercover stakeout.

17 - Carrier

The death of a college student leads to a case involving an HIV-positive male whos seeking to infect as many young women as possible. McCoy, testing right-to-privacy ethics, wants to charge him with murder.

17 - Showtime

The trial of Eddie Newman begins but the prosecutions chances of conviction are hampered by a dream team of defense attorneys, Gortons personal pressures on Ross, the public questioning of the relationship between Curtis and Lisa Lundquist, and a surprise accusation.

17 - Deceit

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.

18 - Collateral Damage

When a young woman dies a slow and painful death from an untreated infection, Cosgrove and Shaw suspect she was under the influence of a powerful cult; Price and Maroun put pressure on its members to find the cults true mastermind.

18 - Brazil

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. Silvas field of study. It is soon discovered that Dr. Silva is involved in a messy custody battle with his wifes ex-husband, Phillip Shoemaker and the focus of the investigation quickly shifts to the victims family. Meanwhile, the case becomes personal for Cutter as it stirs up unpleasant memories from his own past.

18 - Promote This!

Detectives Kevin Bernard (Anthony Anderson) and Cyrus Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) investigate the case of Oswaldo Morales (guest star Hector Javier Munoz), an illegal immigrant found unconscious but still alive on a service road. When the detectives find a possible link to Oswaldos attack and nine recent bias-related incidents, they uncover a deep-seeded, dangerous bias against Hispanic men within the community.

18 - Excalibur

A jewelers murder may have ties to a prostitution ring, and once the case goes to trial, D.A. McCoys job is on the line as favors are called in.

18 - Thinking Makes It So

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.

18 - Dining Out

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 suspects cooking show was about to be cancelled by his late lover.

18 - Evil Breeds

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 whos 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.

18 - Maritime

A missing football player becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a woman whose body is discovered floating in the East River.

18 - Equal Rights

A stock analysts murder leads the detectives to a corporation whose stock had fallen ... and plenty of suspects in the investors.

18 - White Lie

When a couple is found dead in their apartment, Detectives Briscoe and Green follow the trail of drugs and money, which leads to Caryn Wyman, the wife of a U.S. Army Major responsible for the countrys anti-drug efforts in Colombia. Despite the evidence linking Caryn to the drugs, she is fearful of cooperating with the police--until A.D.A. McCoy convinces her and her husband that she has no choice but to risk her life to catch the killer.

18 - Mega

The investigation into a helicopter bombing points to a victims wife and her unconventional financial advisers.

18 - Juvenile

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.

18 - Stalker

When a woman is found unconscious at the bottom of her apartment stairs, Briscoe and Curtis must figure out what happened -- before its too late. In order to make his case, McCoy pits the two detectives against each other in the courtroom.

18 - Mad Dog

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.

18 - Atonement

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.

19 - Private Lives

Cosgrove and Shaw investigate the murder of a family physician whose outspoken politician wife suspects she was the intended target. Price and Marouns case hangs in the balance when the defense calls one of the doctors young patients to testify as a witness.

19 - Crashers

When the body of a model is found burning in an alley, Detectives Lupo and Bernard search for her killer.

19 - All New

Firefighter Thomas Cooper and his wife Linda are tortured and murdered in their new townhouse. The murders are thought to be linked to an old unsolved drug case, but then the detectives learn about a firefighter named Nick Spence, who had just joined Coopers company and was being severely hazed. The investigation suffers a setback when Spence dies in a fire under suspicious circumstances.

19 - Positive

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.

19 - Sects

Police and prosecutors go after a fanatical cult leader who encourages sex with children among her followers.

19 - Nowhere Man

The District Attorneys 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.

19 - Seer

The prime suspect in the murder of a woman outside a sex club claims to have merely witnessed the crime via a psychic vision.

19 - Slaughter

The investigation of a students killing leads to a case involving meat contamination at a food service.

19 - Whiplash

When an hispanic male is found dead from a severe chest trauma, Detectives Briscoe and Green discover that he and two other illegal immigrants had been in a staged automobile accident. As evidence mounts linking numerous similar car crashes with the same employer, chiropractor, insurance adjuster, and lawyers, A.D.A.s McCoy and Carmichael must determine who is ultimately responsible for the mans death, from which so many others profited.

19 - Surrender Dorothy

The body of a teacher, suspected of having an affair, is found in a car trunk and the investigation involves husband and father-in-law, both of whom are psychiatrists.

19 - Tabula Rasa

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.

19 - Disappeared

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.

19 - Double Down

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 mans wife, who wants every avenue of saving her husband explored.

19 - Slave

A woman is shot while sleeping, and the investigation leads the police to a boy whose crack-addicted mother has entrusted him to a dealers care.

20 - Class Retreat

When a respected businessman is found murdered, his surprising connection to Cosgroves daughter helps the police make a break in the case. Price and Maroun disagree on how to proceed at trial when the defendants age brings up legal precedent they must follow.

20 - The Taxman Cometh

Lupo and Bernard uncover a possible conspiracy to kill off wealthy cancer patients, so their inheritors dont have to pay an estate tax. However, legal roadblocks make the case difficult to prosecute.

20 - Exchange

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.

20 - Kingmaker

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.

20 - Tombstone (I)

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).

20 - Everybody Loves Raimondo;s

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

20 - Kid Pro Quo

The murder of an admissions director of a private school leads the detectives to investigate a pair of angry parents whose children were denied admission, but then set their sights on the headmaster when they discover that the victim was about to go public with the denied admissions.

20 - Dazzled

A woman is drugged and falls to her death, and the evidence suggests that her ex-boyfriend and her current husbands ex-wife may have conspired to kill her.

20 - All My Children

The murder of a prep school student points to a mystery woman who may have been extorting money from the victims wealthy father.

20 - Untitled

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.

20 - Empire

The death of a corporate mogul caused by an overdose of a sexual performance-enhancing drug leads to a case with a witness that puts Curtis in a compromising position.

20 - Burden

After a 12-year-old quadriplegic dies at home in his bed, paramedics claim that he was suffocated and the suspects include the boys parents and sister.

20 - We Like Mike

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.

20 - Girlfriends

After a college co-eds body is found, the detectives look for a campus rapist, but the medical examiners report puts them on a different path, one involving prostitution.

21 - Appraisal

Cosgrove and Shaw suspect an art dealer was murdered but cant 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.

21 - Immortal

A mans double life is discovered after he is stabbed to death.

21 - Skate or Die

Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate a serial killer who targets homeless men and discover that a copycat may be at work.

21 - Hindsight

Fontana and Green are called in to investigate when Greens former replacement, Nick Falco, is suspected of murdering a young woman he had spent the night with.

21 - Publish and Perish

Fontana and his temporary partner, Det. Nick Falco, must tread lightly when they discover links between a powerful police commissioner and the murders of an infamous porn actress and a maverick publisher.

21 - Vendetta

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

21 - House Calls

The suspicious death of a Russian model leads the detectives to suspect medical malpractice.

21 - Foul Play

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.

21 - Brother;s Keeper

Briscoe and Green discover a murdered businessman may have been the target of a well-known criminal , but the investigation stumbles when the FBI acts as the suspects alibi.

21 - Narcosis

The discovery of a strangled prostitutes body leads to a case involving illegal immigrants and the events have an impact on a family.

21 - Ambitious

The murder of an audio installation salesman leads the detectives to a case with connections to the mafia.

21 - Bad Girl

Schiffs re-election may hinge on the stabbing death of a police officer; Briscoes daughter is arrested for dealing drugs.

21 - Passion

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 authors long time companion, who steadfastly denies there was anything wrong with their relationship.

21 - Pro Se

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.

22 - Open Wounds

When a senator is gunned down at his daughters wedding, McCoy pushes for a severe sentence and squares up against a formidable defense attorney — his own daughter. Price aims to stay neutral but cant help but empathize with the defendant over a shared trauma.

22 - Love Eternal

When a reality TV crew finds a dead mans body locked in a dog cage, detectives suspect the victims wife.

22 - The Drowned and the Saved

A prominent charity executive is murdered and claims of stalking and blackmail surface during the investigation.

22 - Invaders

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.

22 - Sport of Kings

The shooting of a Panamanian jockey sends Fontana and Falco into the colorful world of horse racing, and they learn that the animals owner used stolen funds for the purchase.

22 - Gaijin

Van Buren has reservations about Branchs 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.

22 - Sheltered

Its a race against time as the detectives go on the hunt for a sniper whose victims are shot in broad daylight.

22 - Attorney Client

The wife of an attorney with many disgruntled clients is killed but the detectives believe that he was the intended target as he was willing to reveal information despite confidentially agreements. As the investigation continues, his tumultuous love life is exposed and the prosecutors are suspicious of his desire to return to the courtroom.

22 - School Daze

Jamie Ross returns to defend a student accused in a mass school slaying.

22 - High & Low

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.

22 - Admissions

A coeds killing leads to a case involving the deceaseds relationship with a professor and two male students who vouch for each others whereabouts on the night of the murder.

22 - Damaged

The case of a teachers shooting uncovers a vendetta involving the rape of a mentally challenged coed by three students, whose attorney claims they werent aware of her condition.

22 - Past Imperfect

The cops have a definite clue when a bloodstain thats 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.

22 - Homesick

After an infant is found dead in his crib, its determined he was poisoned, and all evidence points to the childs au pair.

23 - Rubber Room

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.

23 - In God We Trust

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.

23 - Caviar Emptor

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.

23 - Couples

Briscoe and Green catch four murders and a kidnapping on the same day, and get handed confessions in each case.

23 - Oxymoron

The investigation of a womans strangulation leads to a case involving the selling of drugs and a gangsters son.

23 - Judge Dread

An attempted murder of a tough Judge leads Briscoe and Green on a wild goose chase to track down the inimical criminal. When the perpetrator is found, Carmichael and McCoy have a difficult time making a case.

23 - Stiff

The detectives investigation into why a wealthy woman is comatose involves her husband, daughter and doctor.

23 - Refuge

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.

23 - Tabloid

Tabloid journalism comes under scrutiny during the investigations into the deaths of a gossip columnist and a celebrity target he pursued.

23 - Terminal

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.

23 - Aftershock

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.

24 - C.O.D.

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

24 - Smoke

Briscoe and Green are assigned to a case involving an eccentric comedian who may have killed his young son by dangling him off a ledge.

24 - Patriot

A tenement building explodes and the lone victim is Joseph Haden. The building was rent controlled and there had been a tenant strike, so the police initially suspect arson. But the landlord doesnt have insurance, ruling out their arson theory, and the medical examiner discovers that Hadens neck was broken and he was tied up before the explosion happened. Trying to figure out Haden is even more difficult. He didnt appear to have a family or a girlfriend and never got any substantial mail. He worked at the Jiffy Job service station making minimum wage, yet had $90,000 in the bank. Briscoe and Green do some more digging and find out that Haden was using an alias, and his real name was Yusuf Haddad.

24 - Deep Vote

A womans murder leads the police to discover the actual target was a reporter who did a story about improprieties in a recent senatorial election. Carmichael cant get the reporter to reveal her sources for a story that contains allegations that the vote was fixed and ballots tampered with, even though the reporters life is at risk. Without the source, McCoy and Carmichael have a difficult time making a case against the Senator, who they believe has ties to the mob and ordered the hit on the reporter. The case hinges on 2000 missing ballots from the vote that were stolen by the mob. Once the ballots are found, there is a big court battle about whether or not the ballots should be counted. McCoy believes that the ballots will show Bentons motive for ordering the hit, but an appellate court wont allow it, so their case is virtually dead. In the end, McCoy is able to convince the reporter to reveal her source and have him testify against the senator.

24 - Vaya Con Dios

The death of an elderly man trying to find who was responsible for the torture killing of his son in 1973 Chile leads to a high-level foreign colonel who is now in a Manhattan hospital.

24 - Refuge (Part II)

McCoy and Carmichael risk violating the civil liberties of witnesses when they are forced to jail them in order to safely continue their investigation.

24 - Monster

During the search for a pedophile who raped a 10-year-old, a snitch offers Briscoe a chance to avenge his daughters 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.