Law & Order (1990)
September 13, 1990
∙25 seasons
∙539 episodes
∙7.3 / 10
Truth matters.
Overview
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.
Episode 1
Prescription For Death
When a young woman dies during a hectic emergency room night shift, her father claims the hospital was negligent, and an investigation leads the detectives to believe that the doctor treating her may have been drunk on duty.
48 min
September 13, 1990
Episode 2
Subterranean Homeboy Blues
The shooting of two black men by a white woman in a crowded subway initially appears to be a case of self-defense, but further investigation reveals revenge as a possible motive.
47 min
September 20, 1990
Episode 3
The Reaper's Helper
The death of a man with AIDS appears to be the work of a serial killer who may have been motivated by mercy.
46 min
October 4, 1990
Episode 4
Kiss the Girls And Make Them Die
Stone has difficulty prosecuting a privileged preppie with a history of abusing his girlfriends after one of them dies at his hands.
47 min
October 11, 1990
Episode 5
Happily Ever After
Greevey and Logan have a hunch that robbery is a cover for the real motive in the death of a millionaire in a parking garage.
48 min
October 23, 1990
Episode 6
Everybody's Favorite Bagman
The mugging of a councilman leads the detectives to arrest a mobster, who in turn leads Stone and Robinette to corrupt city officials.
45 min
October 30, 1990
Episode 7
By Hooker, By Crook
When Logan and Greevey investigate how a family man came to be found unconscious in Central Park, they uncover a very high-class call girl operation run by a well-educated socialite.
47 min
November 13, 1990
Episode 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.
47 min
November 20, 1990
Episode 9
Indifference
During the investigation into the death of a little girl in a respectable, middle-class family, Greevey and Logan uncover a myriad of family secrets involving abuse, molestation, and murder.
48 min
November 27, 1990
Episode 10
Prisoner Of Love
A city arts commissioner and a socialite come under investigation when an artist noted for his sadomasochistic themes is found dead under suspicious circumstances.
46 min
December 4, 1990
Episode 11
Out Of The Half-Light
Greevey and Logan's investigation into a black teenager's 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.
47 min
December 11, 1990
Episode 12
Life Choice
Stone faces pressure from the public and from Schiff as he prepares to prosecute the person accused of bombing an abortion clinic.
48 min
January 8, 1991
Episode 13
A Death In The Family
Police start a citywide manhunt for a man suspected of killing a cop during a rooftop pursuit.
46 min
January 15, 1991
Episode 14
The Violence Of Summer
Greevey and Logan reopen an investigation to help Stone and Robinette build a stronger case against three boys accused of gang-raping a TV reporter.
47 min
February 5, 1991
Episode 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.
48 min
February 12, 1991
Episode 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.
47 min
February 19, 1991
Episode 17
Mushrooms
The accidental shooting of two children by a 14-year-old hired killer leads to a drug dealer and a real estate agent.
48 min
February 26, 1991
Episode 18
The Secret Sharers
Stone faces a flashy Texas lawyer and a hostile community as he tries to prosecute a young man accused of killing a drug dealer.
48 min
March 12, 1991
Episode 19
The Serpent's Tooth
Two brothers appear to be the logical suspects in the murder of their wealthy parents.
48 min
March 19, 1991
Episode 20
The Troubles
Logan is forced to face his cultural biases when both a Cuban drug dealer and an Irish terrorist are suspected of killing a Lebanese gunrunner.
47 min
March 26, 1991
Episode 21
Sonata For Solo Organ
Stone and Robinette prosecute a surgeon and the wealthy father of a transplant patient for illegally obtaining a kidney.
47 min
April 2, 1991
Episode 22
The Blue Wall
Cragen comes under suspicion when his mentor in the department is investigated for laundering drug money.
48 min
June 9, 1991
Episode 1
Confession
Logan crosses the line in order to obtain a confession from the man suspected of murdering Max Greevey. Stone finds that his prosecution is placed in jeopardy because of Logan's actions.
46 min
September 17, 1991
Episode 2
The Wages of Love
A double homicide casts suspicion on both the ex-wife and the former boyfriend of the murdered duo, with the dead man's murdered son holding the key to the mystery.
48 min
September 24, 1991
Episode 3
Aria
A lethal drug overdose leads the detectives to an aggressive stage mother and a pornographic movie producer.
48 min
October 1, 1991
Episode 4
Asylum
The conviction of a homeless man for murder is threatened on appeal based on the lack of a search warrant for his "home", which was a lean-to in Central Park.
47 min
October 8, 1991
Episode 5
God Bless The Child
A couple faces trial after they deny medical help to their daughter based on their religious beliefs.
48 min
October 22, 1991
Episode 6
Misconception
The mugging of a pregnant legal secretary leads to a case involving her lover, her boss and charges of murder when she loses the baby.
48 min
October 29, 1991
Episode 7
In Memory Of
The renovation of a brownstone uncovers the remains of a boy who disappeared 31 years earlier, reviving a wrenching and long-suppressed memory in his childhood friend and neighbor.
48 min
November 5, 1991
Episode 8
Out Of Control
The detectives investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Holloween party.
48 min
November 12, 1991
Episode 9
Renunciation
A hit-and-run investigation leads to the discovery of a schoolteacher carrying on an affair with one of her students. Cerreta and Logan suspect that she may have manipulated him into killing her husband.
47 min
November 19, 1991
Episode 10
Heaven
The investigation into a social-club fire which claimed 53 fatalities leads to a connection between arson, illegal immigrants and the sale of green cards.
47 min
November 26, 1991
Episode 11
His Hour Upon The Stage
The discovery of a frozen corpse in a dumpster leads to rival Broadway producers.
48 min
December 10, 1991
Episode 12
Star Struck
An obsessive fan pleads temporary insanity when he is charged with attempting to murder the soap-opera actress who is the center of his life.
47 min
January 7, 1992
Episode 13
Severance
Stone faces an old rival in court as he tries to link a hit man and three murders to a sleazy lawyer and a powerful man behind bars.
47 min
January 14, 1992
Episode 14
Blood Is Thicker...
An apparent mugging ends in the death of a wealthy woman but the case comes to hang on a silver pin that may have been in the victim's possession.
48 min
February 4, 1992
Episode 15
Trust
Stone is determined to see that a teenage boy doesn't get away with murder twice when the young man is brought to trial for the shooting death of one of his friends.
48 min
February 11, 1992
Episode 16
Vengeance
The parents of a murdered woman contest Stone's prosecution of her killer so that he can be extradited to their home state, where the death penalty still exists.
47 min
February 18, 1992
Episode 17
Sisters Of Mercy
Cerreta and Logan investigate the accusation that a nun in charge of a shelter for teens molested a young addict.
47 min
March 3, 1992
Episode 18
Cradle To Grave
The discovery of a dead baby leads to a case involving a slumlord who would not provide any heat and who defends her actions by blaming the rent laws.
47 min
March 31, 1992
Episode 19
The Fertile Fields
The brutal murder of a Jewish jeweler appears to be a hate crime, but the investigation soon leads back to the man's brother and his shady business deals.
47 min
April 7, 1992
Episode 20
Intolerance
When a Chinese-American honors student is killed, the investigation uncovers a racist mother who's son was competing with the victim for the same scholarship.
47 min
April 14, 1992
Episode 21
Silence
A politician opposes the prosecution of his son's murderer because it might mean revealing that his late son was gay.
47 min
April 28, 1992
Episode 22
The Working Stiff
The murder of a Wall Street legend begins a case involving an ailing union worker and a former governor and old friend of Schiff's.
47 min
May 12, 1992
Episode 2
Conspiracy
The assassination of an African-American leader leads to the arrest of a man whose ex-wife was suspected of having an affair with the victim.
48 min
September 30, 1992
Episode 3
Forgiveness
A priest-turned-lawyer uses race and class as the basis for his defense of a young Mexican man who murdered his wealthy girlfriend after she broke up with him.
48 min
October 7, 1992
Episode 4
The Corporate Veil
A teenager's fatal heart attack is traced to fraud and greed on the part of the manufacturer of his pacemaker and their supplier.
47 min
October 14, 1992
Episode 5
Wedded Bliss
The discovery of a young woman's body in the river leads to an investigation of illegal sweatshops and the enslavement of young immigrants.
47 min
October 21, 1992
Episode 6
Helpless
Dr. Olivet accuses her gynecologist of rape, but Stone finds his case in trouble when he discovers that Olivet tape-recorded the crime.
47 min
November 4, 1992
Episode 7
Self Defense
Cerreta and Stone find themselves on opposite sides of the fence when a storeowner kills two robbers and then claims self-defense as a justification.
47 min
November 11, 1992
Episode 8
Prince of Darkness
Cerreta poses as a weapons dealer to help Stone build a case against a Columbian hit man, but the deal takes an unexpected turn, resulting in bloodshed.
47 min
November 18, 1992
Episode 9
Point of View
Logan gets a new partner and Stone faces an old friend from law school as they investigate a woman's claim of self-defense in the shooting death of a small time hood.
47 min
November 25, 1992
Episode 10
Consultation
An engineer and a tribal chief become the chief suspects in the death of a Nigerian woman who died while smuggling heroin internally.
47 min
December 9, 1992
Episode 11
Extended Family
The apparent abduction of a little girl by her natural mother becomes complicated by charges of sexual molestation.
47 min
January 6, 1993
Episode 12
Right To Counsel
After Stone accepts a plea bargain from the much younger and poorer lover of a wealthy older woman found murdered in her apartment, he begins to have doubts that he has sent the right man to prison, especially as he learns more about the attorney who handled the woman's estate.
47 min
January 13, 1993
Episode 13
Night And Fog
The confession of an elderly man that he assisted his wife in committing suicide doesn't fully satisfy Stone when rumors surface that the man was once a Nazi collaborator.
47 min
February 3, 1993
Episode 14
Promises To Keep
The investigation into the murder of a young physician leads to the discovery of an unorthodox and illegal relationship between her fiance and his psychiatrist.
47 min
February 10, 1993
Episode 15
Mother Love
The absence of a murder weapon complicates the investigation into the murder of a drug addict who stole from her family to support her habit.
47 min
February 24, 1993
Episode 16
Jurisdiction
Stone battles the Brooklyn DA's office over prosecutorial jurisdiction in the case of a mentally handicapped man who confesses to the stabbing deaths of two women.
47 min
March 3, 1993
Episode 17
Conduct Unbecoming
Stone and the police battle the closed ranks of the Navy to investigate the death of a female Naval officer during a party in a Manhattan hotel.
47 min
March 10, 1993
Episode 18
Animal Instinct
The initial investigation into the death of a research scientist leads to an animal-rights group until evidence surfaces that her husband's affair with a coworker may point to a possible motive for the murder.
47 min
March 17, 1993
Episode 19
Virus
While investigating several deaths at a diabetes clinic, Briscoe and Logan discover that teenage computer hackers may have tampered with the clinic's medical database.
47 min
April 21, 1993
Episode 20
Securitate
When a Romanian immigrant kills, his lawyer announces he will plead his client "not guilty due to cultural insanity" claiming the man had been conditioned to violence in his homeland.
47 min
May 5, 1993
Episode 21
Manhood
The statement of a drug dealer who survived a shoot-out that killed a cop leads Logan and Briscoe to suspect that the cop died because he was gay and his fellow officers were reluctant to back him up.
47 min
May 12, 1993
Episode 22
Benevolence
Logan and Briscoe begin their investigation into the death of a hearing-impaired young woman by questioning her two most recent boyfriends.
47 min
May 19, 1993
Episode 2
Volunteers
A disruptive, unbalanced homeless man is found severely beaten in an alley of the middle class neighborhood he calls home, leading Stone to try and prosecute one of the residents for premeditated murder.
47 min
September 29, 1993
Episode 3
Discord
A college student charges an admittedly promiscuous rock star with rape, but he claims the act was consensual.
46 min
October 6, 1993
Episode 4
Profile
Stone finds himself up against an ambitious black lawyer defending a white, racist serial killer.
45 min
October 13, 1993
Episode 5
Black Tie
The police suspect a cover up when they receive an anonymous tip that a wealthy man was murdered by his wife, who refuses to allow an autopsy after a physician declares that the death occurred from natural causes.
45 min
October 20, 1993
Episode 6
Pride and Joy
A 17-year-old boy becomes the chief suspect in the murder of his father, raising questions of self-defense and abuse that the family does not want to face.
47 min
October 27, 1993
Episode 7
Apocrypha
Stone and Kincaid try to prove that the young woman believed to have planted a bomb in a parking garage had been brainwashed and was acting under the direct orders of a charismatic cult leader.
47 min
November 3, 1993
Episode 8
American Dream
A skeleton unearthed at a building site resurrects one of Stone's old cases, and brings him face to face with the tenacious, brilliant culprit, who is seeking a new trial.
47 min
November 9, 1993
Episode 9
Born Bad
A lawyer decides to defend her teenage client charged with murder as an adult with the claim that he's violent because of a genetic predisposition due to an extra Y chromosome.
46 min
November 16, 1993
Episode 10
The Pursuit of Happiness
A "green-card" bride from Russia is suspected of murdering her rich, but cold husband, who was threatening to divorce her just weeks before she would qualify to remain in this country.
47 min
December 1, 1993
Episode 11
Golden Years
An emaciated elderly woman is found dead of an apparent heart attack and her granddaughter is charged with neglect and grave indifference to human life.
47 min
January 5, 1994
Episode 12
Snatched
A millionaire friend of Schiff's won't cooperate with the police following his son's kidnapping.
47 min
January 12, 1994
Episode 13
Breeder
While investigating a woman's claim that she passed out in a taxi and awoke to find her newborn missing, Briscoe and Logan uncover a scam involving private adoptions.
47 min
January 19, 1994
Episode 14
Censure
A phone call threatening a woman's young daughter leads to a case that causes Kincaid to resign from Schiff's office because of an affair in her past.
47 min
February 2, 1994
Episode 15
Kids
A 14-year-old's shooting death involves the son of a former police detective, who's also an old friend of Briscoe's.
47 min
February 9, 1994
Episode 16
Big Bang
A scientist becomes the chief suspect when his estranged wife, who's been delaying divorce proceedings, is the victim of a letter bomb.
47 min
March 2, 1994
Episode 17
Mayhem
During a 24-hour period, Briscoe and Logan have a heavy caseload that includes 5 unrelated murders and a domestic quarrel, which results in the maiming of the husband.
47 min
March 9, 1994
Episode 18
Wager
Briscoe and Logan bet that the killing of a star athlete's father is linked to gambling debts and threats to the baseball player's family.
46 min
March 30, 1994
Episode 19
Sanctuary
A black minister fans the flames of racial intolerance after a hit-and-run in Harlem claims the life of a 12-year-old and the Jewish driver isn't indicted.
47 min
April 13, 1994
Episode 20
Nurture
Briscoe and Logan investigate the disappearance of a child from her abusive foster home and find her being held by a loving but disturbed woman who insists she has acted only for the child's own good.
46 min
May 4, 1994
Episode 21
Doubles
An assailant breaks the wrist of a tennis player prior to a tournament, and a competitor is among the suspects.
46 min
May 18, 1994
Episode 22
Old Friends
A truck hits a pedestrian and the investigation reveals the victim's link to a baby-food company in which a new partner has connections to the Russian mob.
46 min
May 25, 1994
Episode 2
Coma
A comedy-club owner comes under suspicion for having shot his wife, now comatose with a bullet in her head, after it's discovered he was abusive and she was about to divorce him.
47 min
September 28, 1994
Episode 3
Blue Bamboo
The killing of a Japanese nightclub owner who was visiting New York leads to the arrest of a singer who once worked for the deceased, and whose lawyer uses the ""battered-woman syndrome"" as a defense.
47 min
October 5, 1994
Episode 4
Family Values
After it's determined that a wealthy woman did not commit suicide but was murdered, the detectives question both her first and second husbands and her teenage daughter.
47 min
October 12, 1994
Episode 5
White Rabbit
A routine investigation uncovers evidence that leads Briscoe and Logan to a long-time fugitive, a radical Vietnam War opponent on the run since a 1971 burglary that left a policeman dead.
47 min
October 19, 1994
Episode 6
Competence
When Lt. Van Buren is the victim of an attempted holdup by two teens, she fires her gun and kills one of them, and the detectives are faced with the fact that she shot an unarmed child in the back.
47 min
November 2, 1994
Episode 7
Precious
When Briscoe and Logan suspect that a missing infant may have been murdered by her parents rather than kidnapped, they uncover a terrible family secret which hides a mentally ill serial killer.
47 min
November 9, 1994
Episode 8
Virtue
McCoy uses a charge of ""larceny by extortion"" against a councilman, whose former colleague claims he demanded sex in exchange for a law-firm partnership.
47 min
November 23, 1994
Episode 9
Scoundrels
Among the suspects in a lawyer's murder are a swindler, who conned a woman out of her family fortune, and the woman's once-wealthy son.
47 min
November 30, 1994
Episode 10
House Counsel
The killing of a man who had served as a juror in a mob trial leads to a battle of wills between McCoy and his long-time friend, the suspect's attorney.
47 min
January 4, 1995
Episode 11
Guardian
After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yard of a day-care center.
47 min
January 11, 1995
Episode 12
Progeny
The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.
47 min
January 25, 1995
Episode 13
Rage
A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of ""black rage"" in court.
48 min
February 1, 1995
Episode 14
Performance
Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high school.
47 min
February 8, 1995
Episode 15
Seed
A routine investigation into a woman's death leads Briscoe and Logan to a fertility doctor guilty of unethical practices, but who cannot apparently be touched because of confidentiality rules, and patient reluctance to talk.
47 min
February 15, 1995
Episode 16
Wannabe
The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.
47 min
March 15, 1995
Episode 17
Act of God
A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.
47 min
March 22, 1995
Episode 18
Privileged
The investigation into a double murder leads to a young alcoholic whose family once lived in the victims' house and who had admitted to his AA group that he's had nightmares about killings.
47 min
April 5, 1995
Episode 19
Cruel and Unusual
The death of an autistic youth in custody reveals a multitude of unusual and possibly illegal therapies being used, but also parents reluctant to pursue a prosecution.
48 min
April 19, 1995
Episode 20
Bad Faith
Logan relives unhappy childhood memories when a friend is found dead, a presumed suicide, until the investigation reveals recent contact with a former priest, with a history of pedophilia.
47 min
April 26, 1995
Episode 21
Purple Heart
The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.
48 min
May 3, 1995
Episode 22
Switch
Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.
48 min
May 17, 1995
Episode 23
Pride
A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.
47 min
May 24, 1995