Detective Ed Green is a fictional character portrayed by Jesse L. Martin in the TV series Law & Order.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Gunshow (season 10), they were 30 years old.
They appear in 198 episodes out of a total of 501 aired so far and have accumulated 2218 positive votes.
The character of Detective Ed Green is mainly associated with Detective Lennie Briscoe, Detective Joe Fontana and Detective Nina Cassady.
Episodes198
Gunshow
episode S10.E1 september 1999After Jack is forced to settle the prosecution of a shooter who committed mass murder in Central Park, he decides to prosecute the gun manufacturer.
Killerz
episode S10.E2 september 1999A 10-year-old girl may be responsible for the murder of a little boy in her neighborhood.
DNR
episode S10.E3 october 1999Judge Denise Grobman is shot and seriously wounded when a man steals her car. Yet when investigation leads to a hired hit ordered by her husband, she vehemently refuses to believe in his guilt.
Merger
episode S10.E4 october 1999The 15-year-old daughter of a wealthy family is killed. When the child of another wealthy family is implicated, the DAs find themselves being stonewalled by both families.
Justice
episode S10.E5 november 1999A lawyer's murder is related to a case involving a death row inmate's innocence. Former prosecutor Jamie Ross represents the lawyer's accused killer, and she faces an ethical dilemma involving an "anonymous" tip and her attorney-client privilege.
Marathon
episode S10.E6 november 1999Detective Briscoe's integrity is brought into question more than once as he pursues a Hispanic robbery/murder suspect.
Patsy
episode S10.E7 november 1999A man once accused of killing his girlfriend is now accused of assaulting the girlfriend's sister. However, he vehemently claims that he is the victim of a setup in both cases.
Blood Money
episode S10.E8 december 1999The motive in the murder of a retired insurance salesman appears to be related to a series of policies he sold to Jews in Poland during the Holocaust.
Sundown
episode S10.E9 december 1999Is a man with Alzheimer's Disease competent enough to stand trial for murder? And if he is found guilty, should he be subjected to the near-inhumane conditions common for prisoners of his type?
Loco Parentis
episode S10.E10 january 2000A school bully is accused of killing a classmate. The killer's father is found to have helped foster his son's violent behavior, so the DA's office charges him with murder on account of depraved indifference.
Collision
episode S10.E11 january 2000A homeless man with bipolar disorder accused of killing a schizophrenic woman refuses to take his medications during the trial.
Mother's Milk
episode S10.E12 february 2000Jack asks Abbie to try a case involving a young mother accused of starving her baby to death.
Panic
episode S10.E13 february 2000Detectives suspect that a best-selling novelist was shot because she was having an affair with a married FBI agent who was helping her with research. It turns out that they have the right motive, but the wrong suspect.
Entitled
episode S10.E14 february 2000With the help of SVU detectives, investigators discover that the matriarch of a powerful family may have resorted to extreme measures to cover-up a murder in which her daughter is a prime suspect.
Fools for Love
episode S10.E15 february 2000A man is accused of raping and killing his girlfriend's sister and another victim. Prosecutors make a deal with the girlfriend for her testimony against the accused, but they also suspect that she was a willing participant in the murders.
Trade This
episode S10.E16 march 2000The murder of a stockbroker leads Briscoe and Green to a coworker of the victim, a coworker who is involved with a stock fraud scheme with ties to organized crime.
Black, White and Blue
episode S10.E17 march 2000A lapse in judgment by two police officers results in two African-Americans killing a white teen in Harlem. The case promises to set off a racial powder-keg, and it drives a split between between Jack McCoy and Adam Schiff.
Mega
episode S10.E18 april 2000Six people die in a helicopter explosion. Evidence points to a millionaire con-man who provides self-actualization seminars for his wealthy clients.
Surrender Dorothy
episode S10.E19 april 2000The DA's office believes that a well-known psychologist/author may have driven his daughter-in-law to suicide because her increasing rebellion against his "submissive wife" philosophy would have ruined his reputation and lucrative career.
Untitled
episode S10.E20 may 2000A man claims he acted under extreme emotional disturbance after he murders the woman who sponsored a graphic painting.
Narcosis
episode S10.E21 may 2000A prostitute's murder leads detectives on a complex investigation involving an Asian prostitution/slavery ring, police shakedowns, stolen credit cards, and a teenage Internet sex addict.
High & Low
episode S10.E22 may 2000A college coed, who is a stripper by night, gets murdered. Two drug dealers are arrested by the detectives. The dealers link her death to a famous porn star, a top business exec, and an illegal insider trading scam.
Stiff
episode S10.E23 may 2000A wealthy middle-aged woman is in a coma after an apparent prescription drug overdose. The incident is tied to a twisted sexual practice involving the husband, but her daughter also turns out to have a financial motive.
Vaya Con Dios
episode S10.E24 may 2000The DA's office prosecutes a Chilean colonel for the murder of a New Yorker working with the Communists during the Pinochet military coup. But has the office overstepped its jurisdiction?
Endurance
episode S11.E1 october 2000A frustrated, over-stressed mother is charged with murder after starting a fire that killed her disabled son, but the case weighs heavy on Jack McCoy's conscience. Nora Lewin is introduced as DA Adam Schiff's replacement.
Turnstile Justice
episode S11.E2 october 2000After a homeless man is accused of killing a woman at a subway station, McCoy learns that a health care provider may not have provided him with appropriate medical attention in order to save money.
Dissonance
episode S11.E3 november 2000Detectives discover that a murdered concert violinist was having an affair with her orchestra conductor.
Standoff
episode S11.E4 november 2000A corrections officer may have deliberately set up a confrontation in prison that resulted in the death of an inmate who raped his colleague and girlfriend.
Return
episode S11.E5 november 2000When a suspected murderer tries to seek shelter in Israel, the DA's office faces the difficult task of extraditing and trying him in New York while also satisfying the Jewish community.
Burn Baby Burn
episode S11.E6 november 2000A community activist who was formerly a Black Panther is accused of killing a police officer. He claims self-defense because of the history of police violence against African-Americans.
Amends
episode S11.E7 november 2000A 1981 murder case is reopened. An ambassador's son is charged, but key evidence has disappeared. Further investigation reveals that the evidence may not have disappeared by accident.
Thin Ice
episode S11.E8 december 2000A father confesses to killing his son's hockey coach over playing time. His defense is that he should not be considered responsible for his actions because he suffers from a mental defect known as "sports rage."
Hubris
episode S11.E9 january 2001A charming conman acts as his own defense attorney during his murder trial. During the trial, he deliberately tries to taint the jury by flirting with the forewoman.
Whose Monkey Is It Anyway?
episode S11.E10 january 2001An AIDS researcher is killed by a monkey released in a lab by animal rights activists. The subsequent trial turns into a test case on the ethics of using animals as test subjects.
Sunday in the Park with Jorge
episode S11.E11 january 2001A dead woman is found in Central Park after a Puerto Rican Day parade. Was the death the result of the actions of a violent Hispanic mob that was harassing women at the parade?
Teenage Wasteland
episode S11.E12 february 2001The murder of a man delivering Chinese food is linked to five bored teens who ordered the food without intending to pay for it.
Phobia
episode S11.E13 february 2001Did a baby's biological father kill one of the baby's adoptive parents in order to get him back, or because of his outrage that the child was adopted by a homosexual couple?
A Losing Season
episode S11.E14 february 2001A convicted drug dealer is accused of killing a pregnant loan officer, but it turns out to be part of a larger plot involving a professional basketball player who may be the baby's father.
Swept Away - A Very Special Episode
episode S11.E15 february 2001A reality show cast member kills one of his castmates during a heated argument. But was the confrontation staged, and who is ultimately responsible?
Bronx Cheer
episode S11.E16 march 2001The Manhattan DA's office tries a drug dealer for a murder that took place in the Bronx two years previously. Another man had been convicted of the crime by the Bronx DA's office and has been serving time.
Ego
episode S11.E17 march 2001Detectives discover that an Assistant Attorney General was having an affair with a murdered investigator in his office, and that he had made threatening statements about her to his psychiatrist.
White Lie
episode S11.E18 april 2001A drug dealer's murder leads detectives to a military officer's wife who was smuggling cocaine from Colombia.
Whiplash
episode S11.E19 april 2001Two personal injury attorneys go on trial, accused of masterminding an insurance fraud scam involving staged rear-end automobile accidents.
All My Children
episode S11.E20 may 2001A young man's murder appears to be connected to a paternity test and extortion attempt involving the victim's wealthy father.
Brother's Keeper
episode S11.E21 may 2001Briscoe and Green are suspicious of two FBI agents who provide an alibi for an Irish mobster suspected of murder. The case is further complicated by the murder of a witness and the emergence of the mobster's lookalike brother.
School Daze
episode S11.E22 may 2001Jack goes head-to-head with his former assistant, Jamie Ross, as he prosecutes the gunman in a high-school mass shooting.
Judge Dread
episode S11.E23 may 2001An accountant goes on trial after being charged with ordering a hit on the hard-as-nails judge who imposed an unusually harsh prison sentence on the accountant just to send a message.
Deep Vote
episode S11.E24 may 2001Jack tries to prove that a state senator and a mobster conspired to kill a journalist investigating voting irregularities. But connecting the dots is difficult without cooperation from the journalist's confidential source.
Who Let the Dogs Out?
episode S12.E1 september 2001A jogger is mauled to death by a pit bull, and detectives discover that the dog's original owner may have tortured it and trained it to be a killer.
Armed Forces
episode S12.E2 october 2001A murdered shoe-shine man turns out to be a veteran who was trying to return the Bronze Star he received during the Vietnam War.
For Love or Money
episode S12.E3 october 2001A career criminal is murdered, and the investigation leads detectives to a manipulative widow who may have hired the victim to murder her husband.
Soldier of Fortune
episode S12.E4 october 2001A diamond broker's death may have happened because he was on the verge of exposing a powerful Swiss diamond concern's connection to "blood diamonds" mined in Sierra Leone.
Possession
episode S12.E5 october 2001A pair of feuding siblings who share ownership of a building are suspects in the murder of a tenant who may have been keeping them from selling the building for millions of dollars.
Formerly Famous
episode S12.E6 november 2001Briscoe and Green suspect that a washed-up former Vegas lounge singer may be connected to his wife's murder. But they also discover that his wife had a history as a con artist.
Myth of Fingerprints
episode S12.E7 november 2001A fingerprint analyst's error put an innocent man in prison. Detectives discover that this may not have been the only error she has made in favor of prosecutors.
The Fire This Time
episode S12.E8 november 2001A schoolteacher dies in a building fire. The fire is linked to a group of young radical environmentalists. McCoy tries to go after the man who influenced them.
3 Dawg Night
episode S12.E9 november 2001A hip-hop star goes on trial for the murder of a nightclub patron who accused him of being a sellout.
Prejudice
episode S12.E10 december 2001The DA's office charges a racist who killed an African-American CEO over a taxicab with a hate crime. The defense responds by arguing that racism is a mental defect.
The Collar
episode S12.E11 january 2002A priest is murdered in his confessional, but another priest was the actual target. However, the targeted priest refuses to cooperate with the investigation, claiming that his communication with the killer is privileged.
Undercovered
episode S12.E12 january 2002An insurance company employee is killed because he was on a committee that rejected coverage of an expensive but effective drug for a young girl suffering from leukemia.
DR 1-102
episode S12.E13 january 2002Serena is asked as a lawyer to help resolve a hostage situation. But her actions threaten to get her disbarred because she didn't disclose to the captor that she works as a prosecutor and wasn't his personal counsel.
Missing
episode S12.E14 february 2002A former aide for a state senator disappears and later turns up dead. The investigation uncovers the aide's affair with a powerful state official and her being pregnant.
Access Nation
episode S12.E15 february 2002McCoy takes on a cyber investigating company after information it sells to a convicted rapist is used in the murder of his therapist.
Born Again
episode S12.E16 march 2002A therapist is charged with murder after an 11-year-old girl dies during a "rebirthing" procedure.
Girl Most Likely
episode S12.E17 march 2002Was a high school girl killed because she was going to report a sexual assault by two classmates, or because another classmate was afraid that she was going to "out" her?
Equal Rights
episode S12.E18 april 2002The DA's office believes that an abused wife hired her brother-in-law to kill her husband. The defense claims that the woman suffers from battered wife syndrome, but was is it a case of self-defense or revenge?
Slaughter
episode S12.E19 april 2002An activist college student is killed for investigating a meat packing plant. McCoy later uncovers a connection between the plant and five E. coli deaths at a fast food chain.
Dazzled
episode S12.E20 april 2002A woman is drugged and falls to her death, and the evidence suggests that her ex-boyfriend and her current husband's ex-wife may have conspired to kill her.
Foul Play
episode S12.E21 may 2002An investigation into the murder of a private investigator leads to the discovery of a Honduran immigrant illegally playing in a New York youth baseball league.
Attorney Client
episode S12.E22 may 2002A sleazy criminal defense attorney is accused of killing his wife and using knowledge he obtained as a lawyer to frame a client. During the trial, he tries to further manipulate the system to avoid a conviction.
Oxymoron
episode S12.E23 may 2002A doctor's murder helps detectives uncover an organized crime attempt to corner the prescription oxycodone market.
Patriot
episode S12.E24 may 2002A Desert Storm veteran who fancies himself a soldier on the War on Terror is charged with murdering an Arab man. The case becomes more complicated when evidence after the fact suggests that the victim may have indeed been a terrorist.
American Jihad
episode S13.E1 october 2002A teenage converted Muslim from a wealthy New York family acts as his own counsel in his murder trial, claiming that he is a victim of an American Anti-Muslim conspiracy.
Shangri-La
episode S13.E2 october 2002The investigation into the murder of a high-school teacher unearths some unsettling truths about another teacher and one of the students.
True Crime
episode S13.E3 october 2002McCoy becomes suspicious of a former police officer and current true crime writer investigating the death of a controversial rock singer, when the singer's wife is killed.
Tragedy on Rye
episode S13.E4 october 2002Three suspects are arrested when a tourist's home video shows them leaving the victim's apartment with stolen property. McCoy and Southerlyn are surprised when Branch announces they will seek the death penalty.
The Ring
episode S13.E5 november 2002A ring found on a skeleton in Hell's Kitchen indicates that the victim is a woman who was reportedly killed in the World Trade Center on 9-11. A member of a powerful political New York family is charged with her murder.
Hitman
episode S13.E6 november 2002A mob-connected contractor is murdered, and his wife and her lover are connected to a hit man hired to kill him. But the case turns out to be much more complicated than it seems.
Open Season
episode S13.E7 november 2002A defense attorney is murdered hours after his client accused of shooting a cop is acquitted. Detectives suspect that a right-wing militia group is involved, and that the lives of other attorneys may be in jeopardy.
Asterisk
episode S13.E8 november 2002A star baseball player accused of killing a limo driver claims that "roid rage" made him do it.
The Wheel
episode S13.E9 december 2002The discovery of a badly-burned dead body outside a Chinese official's penthouse puts the Manhattan DA's office in the middle of a dispute between the Chinese government and a religion it officially considers a cult.
Mother's Day
episode S13.E10 january 2003A mother claims self-defense after she kills her schizophrenic son who was involved in a hit-and-run death.
Chosen
episode S13.E11 january 2003A defense attorney tries to exploit the jury's sympathy for Israel in the hopes that it will get his bookie client found innocent of a murder charge.
Under God
episode S13.E12 february 2003A drug dealer turns up dead, leading detectives to members of a neighborhood watch group whose lives were poisoned by the victim. The priest who leads the group confesses to the crime, claiming that God told him to do it.
Absentia
episode S13.E13 february 2003A man scheduled to testify in a murder trial disappears. The DA's office discovers that he's actually a radical who disappeared 20 years earlier after being charged with killing his girlfriend.
Star Crossed
episode S13.E14 february 2003A young man with an 80 IQ confesses to committing a murder. However, assistant DA Southerlyn suspects that a beautiful but manipulative woman he was trying to impress may have talked him into his plea.
B*tch
episode S13.E15 february 2003A successful businesswoman is accused of killing her stock broker and lover over insider trading issues. However, she claims she suffered a psychotic break because she was undergoing hormone replacement therapy.
Suicide Box
episode S13.E16 march 2003An African-American teenager shoots a police officer because he's angry about the lack of investigation into his brother's death. A reopening of that investigation aggravates some deep racial tensions.
Genius
episode S13.E17 april 2003A promising young writer confesses to the murder and robbery of a cabbie and demands that he receive the death penalty.
Maritime
episode S13.E18 april 2003A former star quarterback and his agent go missing after an all-night boating party and are presumed dead. The quarterback's deadbeat, drug-addicted brother quickly becomes the prime suspect.
Seer
episode S13.E19 april 2003A murder suspect uses his "psychic powers" to lead detective Green to the crime scene and murder weapon. Is he truly psychic, or just an obsessed stalker?
Kid Pro Quo
episode S13.E20 april 2003A prep school headmaster is accused of murdering his school's admissions director after overruling her on a controversial admissions selection.
House Calls
episode S13.E21 may 2003Did a shady doctor irresponsibly prescribe pain-killing drugs to one of his patients, which resulted in her death?
Sheltered
episode S13.E22 may 2003As the DA's office tries to prosecute a teenage sniper who killed four people, prosecutors discover that he was abducted from his real family as a child and emotionally abused by the man he was living with.
Couples
episode S13.E23 may 2003Briscoe and Green catch three murder cases and one kidnapping on the same day, and one murder is tied to a fourth murder which happened ten years ago. Each case apparently involves domestic disputes gone wrong.
Smoke
episode S13.E24 may 2003The child of a popular comic dies after he is reportedly thrown out of a window during a fire. However, the investigation also uncovers allegations that the comic molested an 11-year-old boy years earlier.
Bodies
episode S14.E1 september 2003A serial killer refuses to tell Jack McCoy the names and locations of all of his victims. The killer's defense attorney has the information too, but refuses to disclose it because of attorney-client privilege.
Bounty
episode S14.E2 october 2003A bounty hunter's murder in a motel room is connected to a journalist who may have fabricated a story about the criminal the bounty hunter was chasing.
Patient Zero
episode S14.E3 october 2003A carjacking murder investigation becomes complicated by a SARS outbreak in New York City, and the discovery of medical container with the virus in the stolen car.
Shrunk
episode S14.E4 october 2003A popular Broadway composer is accused of murder. His psychiatrist blames it on a traumatic episode he had as a teenager, but McCoy discovers that the doctor may also have a motive.
Blaze
episode S14.E5 october 2003The leader of a rock band is accused of tampering with a flamethrower at a concert, which caused the deaths of 23 people. However, an enamored teenage fan may be willing to commit perjury to give him an alibi.
Identity
episode S14.E6 november 2003An 80-year-old man is accused of killing the man who stole his identity and caused him to lose his home. However, the defendant's son wants him declared incompetent to stand trial.
Floater
episode S14.E7 november 2003A murder investigation leads detectives to a judge who may be taking bribes from a select group of divorce lawyers to rig their cases.
Embedded
episode S14.E8 november 2003A reporter, just back from Iraq, is shot in the back by a military-issue handgun. Did he put soldiers' lives at risk with his reporting, and was the shooting payback for it?
Compassion
episode S14.E9 november 2003Did a pediatric oncologist kill a con artist over a failed investment, or did she actually crack mentally over the stress of dealing with terminally-ill children?
Ill-Conceived
episode S14.E10 december 2003An illegal Mexican immigrant is accused of killing his wife's sweatshop boss because he was their baby's father. He claims, however, that his wife was forced to be her boss's surrogate mother.
Darwinian
episode S14.E11 january 2004A homeless man goes on trial for manslaughter, accused of killing another homeless man. His defense attorney argues that the laws of civilized society should not apply to homeless people because of their realities.
Payback
episode S14.E12 january 2004A real estate broker is accused of being an unlikely hit man for a former mob boss recently released from prison and trying to get his old crew back.
Married with Children
episode S14.E13 february 2004The detectives break the news of a woman's murder to her sister, but she turns out to really be her ex-wife and disappears with the victim's adopted child, who had previously lived with the couple.
City Hall
episode S14.E14 february 2004A city councilman and a water inspector are victims of a shooting in City Hall. Prosecution of the guilty party is difficult because the murder weapon was obtained through a secretive FISA warrant.
Veteran's Day
episode S14.E15 february 2004An angry veteran whose son died in Iraq claims extreme emotional disturbance after he is charged with killing a young Iraq War protester he thought was provoking him.
Can I Get a Witness?
episode S14.E16 february 2004A boy is murdered in the park in front of two witnesses by a man on a bicycle. When the witnesses are repeatedly threatened and one turns up dead, the case against the murderer begins to unravel.
Hands Free
episode S14.E17 march 2004Some of a man's body parts are found in separate garbage cans and an early suspect is his deaf girlfriend. The investigation soon discovers that this woman is nowhere close to who she seems.
Evil Breeds
episode S14.E18 march 2004The main witness in the deportation trial of a purported Nazi war criminal is found beaten to death in her home. Suspicion soon falls upon the former guard, as well as a white supremacist entrepreneur who supported his cause.
Nowhere Man
episode S14.E19 march 2004Detectives discover that a murdered assistant district attorney had an assumed identity, and that he never graduated from law school. They also discover that he made a mob-related murder case in his files disappear.
Everybody Loves Raimondo's
episode S14.E20 april 2004A film producer is killed at Raimondo's, a restaurant known for its mob ties and celebrity clientèle. Briscoe and Green discover that the producer was feuding with a novelist over profits for a movie based on the writer's book about Raimondo's.
Vendetta
episode S14.E21 april 2004A former prisoner exonerated on murder charges kills another man. He claims he wouldn't have done it if he wasn't wrongfully imprisoned in the first place, so prosecutors must prove that he had a prior history of criminal behavior.
Gaijin
episode S14.E22 april 2004The murder of a prominent Japanese model visiting New York City may have been a Yakuza-related murder for hire.
Caviar Emptor
episode S14.E23 may 2004A Persian caviar businessman is found dead in his bed, and the victim's children and new young wife become murder suspects.
C.O.D.
episode S14.E24 may 2004Two women are accused of conspiring to murder each other's husbands, but Jack and Serena are forced to try the cases simultaneously and separately. Meanwhile, Detective Briscoe announces his retirement.
Paradigm
episode S15.E1 september 2004Green and his new partner, Joe Fontana, investigate the murder of an Iraq War veteran who has more incriminating Abu Ghraib prison photos. An Iraqi woman who is an American citizen is charged, but she claims to be a prisoner of war.
The Dead Wives Club
episode S15.E2 september 2004A "9-11 Widow" who received a lucrative settlement after her firefighter husband's death is murdered. Another firefighter's ex-wife, who was dumped for the victim after 9-11, is charged.
The Brotherhood
episode S15.E3 september 2004A prison guard is charged with killing a released member of a white supremacist prison gang. The guard says the victim threatened him and his family. The gang also threatens the judge presiding over the trial.
Coming Down Hard
episode S15.E4 october 2004Two student suicides are connected to a university drug study. The investigation uncovers that the pharmaceutical company that commissioned the study may have known about adverse side-effects, but tried to cover it up.
Gunplay
episode S15.E5 october 2004Black market gun dealers murder two undercover officers during a gun buy. During prosecution, McCoy begins to suspect that a bitter defense attorney may have masterminded the entire episode.
Cut
episode S15.E6 october 2004A novelist dies after undergoing multiple plastic surgeries. Detectives believe that her doctor took unnecessary risks and falsified documents to cover it up. The DA's office charges him with criminally negligent homicide.
Gov Love
episode S15.E7 november 2004McCoy takes on gay marriage at the state Supreme Court when a man refuses to testify in a case involving the death of the governor of Connecticut's wife, because he says that he is married to the defendant.
Cry Wolf
episode S15.E8 november 2004A mob boss is accused of ordering a hit on a urban vigilante group leader who was seeing his mistress. However, when the mistress is killed before the trial, he insists that he truly loved her and had absolutely nothing to do with it.
All in the Family
episode S15.E9 november 2004A diamond broker's wife is accused of hiring Russian mobsters to arrange a hit on her husband.
Enemy
episode S15.E10 december 2004An Afghani drug lord is implicated in a drug-related massacre in New York. However, prosecution is difficult because the government considers him an ally in the War on Terror in Afghanistan.
Fixed
episode S15.E11 december 2004A frustrated prison social worker is accused of taking the law into her own hands with a dangerous man whom she knew was violating the terms of his parole agreement.
Mammon
episode S15.E12 january 2005A contractor is suspected in the murder of an investment banker after detectives discover that the home's security system has been tampered with, and he was having an affair with the man's wife.
Ain't No Love
episode S15.E13 january 2005A young hip-hop performer is accused of murdering a rap mogul, but his friend testifies during the trial that he is the killer. Serena objects to prosecution tactics, and Branch fires her.
Fluency
episode S15.E14 january 2005Sixteen people die from influenza after they received counterfeit flu vaccine shots. New A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia helps Jack McCoy prosecute the responsible party for manslaughter.
Obsession
episode S15.E15 february 2005The investigation into the death of a conservative talk show host leads to a stalker who claims to be having an affair with his wife. McCoy suspects that the wife manipulated her into killing him.
The Sixth Man
episode S15.E16 february 2005A hot-tempered basketball star is accused of killing one of his hecklers. The investigation and trial, however, reveal that the heckler's pattern of harassment may have crossed the line of decency on several occasions.
License to Kill
episode S15.E17 february 2005McCoy faces the unpopular decision to pursue charges against a vigilante who used his car to track down a man who murdered a group of hunters.
Dining Out
episode S15.E18 march 2005The host of a popular cooking show is on trial for killing a television executive. However, the trial takes an unexpected turn when a juror enamored with the client is accused of trying to profit from the trial.
Sects
episode S15.E19 march 2005A murder/attempted suicide investigation leads to a religious cult that promotes pedophilia, but finding charges that will stick to the group's leader proves to be difficult.
Tombstone
episode S15.E20 april 2005A lawyer from a prestigious corporate law firm is murdered. One of the firm's senior partners is reluctant to testify against the accused for selfish reasons. Detective Green is critically wounded escorting a reluctant witness.
Red Ball
episode S16.E1 september 2005When a little girl is abducted as part of a car-jacking, McCoy must bargain with the devil in the form of a system-savvy criminal.
Flaw
episode S16.E2 september 2005The death of a con-man who tried to call Olivia Benson just before he was murdered brings Olivia and Fin to the assistance of Fontana and Green, and leads to a slippery mother/daughter team.
Ghosts
episode S16.E3 october 2005A deathbed confession reopens one of Fontana's old murder cases involving a young model, one in which he believed that the father was the killer. Branch and the father want the case to go away, but McCoy is bent on going to trial.
Age of Innocence
episode S16.E4 october 2005The bombing death of a husband set to remove the feeding tube of his wife, who's in a persistent vegetative state, focuses the investigation on the protesters.
Life Line
episode S16.E5 october 2005A businessman is coerced by a gang to murder an investigative journalist in order to guarantee protection for his son, who is serving time in prison.
Birthright
episode S16.E6 november 2005A nurse is accused of performing illegal sterilizations on troubled teens without their knowledge, which resulted in the death of one of her patients.
House of Cards
episode S16.E7 november 2005A single mother is killed and her baby stolen, and police find the child with a woman who took the baby while pretending to be pregnant.
New York Minute
episode S16.E8 november 2005The murder of a trucker blows open a case involving illegal trafficking and the citizen border patrol
Criminal Law
episode S16.E9 november 2005Three women with identical names are murdered with the same m.o.. And Fontana and Green's investigation turns up a "hit list" with Jack McCoy's name on it, as well as a number of witnesses in one of his trials.
Acid
episode S16.E10 november 2005Van Buren relentlessly pursues a cocky suspect she believes was responsible for driving a friend's daughter to suicide, because he allegedly attacked her with drain cleaner. But her resulting actions could put the case in jeopardy.
Bible Story
episode S16.E11 december 2005A synagogue's Chumash is stolen and desecrated, and the crime must be solved before a religious war breaks out in downtown Manhattan.
Family Friend
episode S16.E12 january 2006After an accountant for the mob is stabbed to death, a corrupt police officer who grew up with the victim takes justice into his own hands. However, pursuing the case could put the officer's other convictions in jeopardy.
Heart of Darkness
episode S16.E13 january 2006McCoy pursues murder charges against a woman in an assisted suicide case, but he finds out during the trial that a third party may have also been involved.
Magnet
episode S16.E14 february 2006A teenager from a rich family kills a schoolmate because he refused to sell him test answers. His defense argues that he was not responsible for his actions because of the medication he was prescribed.
Choice of Evils
episode S16.E15 march 2006A suburban mom ends up admitting to the detectives that she shot and killed her own teenage son out of fear that the boy would become a menace to society.
Cost of Capital
episode S16.E16 march 2006The murder of a banker leads to the discovery that he was having a relationship with his boss. McCoy's case rides on the testimony of the defendant's 14-year-old daughter. However, her testimony also reveals a shocking family secret.
America, Inc.
episode S16.E17 march 2006While Jack is prosecuting a man who murdered a military contractor, the prosecution is interrupted by the recent capture of a terrorist.
Thinking Makes It So
episode S16.E18 march 2006Fontana is accused of using excessively violent tactics to force a kidnapping suspect to reveal the location of the victim. Prosecutors are left to decide whether the ends justified the means.
Positive
episode S16.E19 april 2006A boy's suicide note alleging misconduct of his sister's doctor results in the investigation of a physician administering illegal AIDS drugs.
Kingmaker
episode S16.E20 may 2006A paper reveals the identity of an undercover officer, getting her killed, and the trail may lead to a politician's office.
Hindsight
episode S16.E21 may 2006Fontana and Green investigate Green's former replacement, Nick Falco, who becomes a suspect in an investigation after a woman he had spent the night with is found slashed to death in his bathroom.
Invaders
episode S16.E22 may 2006A case involving fake DEA badges leads to the death of A.D.A. Borgia. McCoy is forced to resort to dubious legal tactics to ensure that Borgia's killers are brought to justice.
Fame
episode S17.E1 september 2006A botched burglary ends in murder, and the apartment in question belongs to a paparazzi who may have compromising photos of a celebrity and her baby.
Avatar
episode S17.E2 september 2006A murder is discovered on a social-networking website, and sorting out all the suspects and those who have moral responsibility complicates convicting the killer.
Home Sweet
episode S17.E3 october 2006A girl is killed in a building explosion. The owner was offered millions to sell the property, but turned down the highest offer--much to the chagrin of his ex-wife.
Fear America
episode S17.E4 october 2006An Arab man killed on video, purportedly by a white supremacist group, may have actually been killed for helping the FBI infiltrate an Arab terrorist cell in New York city.
Public Service Homicide
episode S17.E5 october 2006Green and Cassady investigate the murder of a child molester exposed on a national television news program.
Profiteer
episode S17.E6 october 2006An executive of a body armor company is gunned down while arriving at his daughter's $2 million sweet-16 party; detectives tie the incident to a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq when his vest failed.
In Vino Veritas
episode S17.E7 november 2006A washed-up, anti-Semitic actor is arrested with blood on his clothes. Detectives later discover that a Jewish television producer he has connections to has been murdered. But what role, if any, did he play in it?
Release
episode S17.E8 november 2006A co-ed is accused of murdering a man inside a "Babes Being Bad" tour bus. But was she raped by the owner of the company, and is he ultimately responsible for the murder?
Deadlock
episode S17.E9 november 2006An ambitious defense attorney tries to use a murder case as a referendum on the death penalty, but Jack is worried that her client may not be getting the best advice.
Corner Office
episode S17.E10 december 2006A high-end escort is arrested for the murder of a lawyer tied to a corporate scandal and scheduled to testify before Congress. But somebody other than the victim may have been paying for her services.
Remains of the Day
episode S17.E11 january 2007The investigation into the death of a gold-digger's drug addict son uncovers a potential plot to illegally harvest dead body parts for medical transplants.
Charity Case
episode S17.E12 january 2007The adopted infant of a soap opera star and a relative of the baby's biological father are central to a murder investigation.
Talking Points
episode S17.E13 february 2007A Ph.D. student working on stem cell research goes on trial after the attempted murder of a controversial, outspoken right-wing pundit results in the death of an audience member.
Church
episode S17.E14 february 2007The death of a gay male actor exposes a scandal that threatens to bring down the powerful pastor of a large New York church who preaches intolerance toward homosexuals.
Melting Pot
episode S17.E15 february 2007The murder of a film director leads to motives that include immigration and Muslim fanaticism, but picking the correct one may be difficult.
Murder Book
episode S17.E16 february 2007Green and Cassady investigate the death of a publishing agent who approved a book written by an ex-athlete that describes how he would have murdered his wife if he was in fact the real killer.
Good Faith
episode S17.E17 march 2007A fundamentalist Christian goes on trial for murder, but he claims that he was protecting his daughter from Divine Retribution for learning Evolution theory in school.
Bling
episode S17.E18 april 2007A jeweler who caters to the hip-hop community pleads guilty to killing a female rap star. But he later claims that a violent record producer intimidated him into confessing to the crime.
Fallout
episode S17.E19 april 2007The DA's office prosecutes a Russian police officer for poisoning to death a Russian immigrant who kidnapped his daughter for a prostitution ring in New York.
Captive
episode S17.E20 may 2007While investigating a kidnapping and murder of a young boy, a second kidnapped boy, missing for years, is found living with his captor. But how will Jack handle prosecuting the case when things are not as clear as they seem at first?
Over Here
episode S17.E21 may 2007While prosecuting an Iraq War veteran for murder, Jack discovers that his crime may be related to the deplorable conditions he was subjected to at a V.A. hospital.
The Family Hour
episode S17.E22 may 2007While investigating the murder of a senator's ex-wife, detectives find an alarming history of domestic abuse involving the entire family. However, the investigation comes to an abrupt halt when another dead body turns up.
Called Home
episode S18.E1 january 2008Former New York detective Cyrus Lupo returns after his brother's suicide. The investigation reveals a relationship between two assisted suicides, a notorious assisted suicide doctor, his daughter, and an investigative journalist.
Darkness
episode S18.E2 january 2008A mother and daughter are kidnapped during a blackout, and the blackout impedes Green and Lupo's investigation. Once the kidnappers are located, A.D.A. Cutter discovers that they had prior knowledge that the blackout was going to happen.
Misbegotten
episode S18.E3 january 2008A pipe bomb injures a pregnant security guard, and when Lupo crosses a line gathering evidence it may harm the DA's case.
Bottomless
episode S18.E4 january 2008A murder over a missing pair of dry-cleaned pants leads the DA's office to a public health scandal involving a giant discount department store chain.
Driven
episode S18.E5 january 2008The DA's office faces the difficult task of ensuring equal justice for an African American father and a white mother for their roles in the shooting deaths of two people during a racially-motivated confrontation.
Political Animal
episode S18.E6 january 2008A fugitive con artist working as a political fund-raiser is charged in a triple homicide. In order to cast reasonable doubt during the trial, he points the finger at several prominent politicians he supported.
Quit Claim
episode S18.E7 february 2008A.D.A. Cutter matches wits with a slippery, manipulative con artist who is the lone surviving suspect connected to a real estate scam involving organized crime.
Illegal
episode S18.E8 february 2008An auxiliary police officer is accused of shooting and killing a protester at an immigration rally. McCoy is accused of having a liberal ax to grind when he vigorously pursues charges against the officer.
Executioner
episode S18.E9 february 2008An innocent doctor is murdered in a case of mistaken identity. The intended target performed a botched lethal injection in South Carolina.
Tango
episode S18.E10 february 2008Cutter prosecutes a junkie and her pimp boyfriend for the brutal rape and murder of a young woman. But is he exploiting ADA Rubirosa's attractiveness to gain favor with a juror and improve their chances at a conviction?
Betrayal
episode S18.E11 march 2008A wife is accused of shooting her therapist husband over an inappropriate relationship with a teenage client. She acts as her own counsel and claims she was also one of his teenage victims
Submission
episode S18.E12 march 2008The discovery of a dog fighting ring leads to an investigation of the disappearance of one of the participants' wives. A television reporter's testimony helps charge the husband, but did she conspire to frame him?
Angelgrove
episode S18.E13 march 2008A fanatical Christian teenager is implicated in the stoning death of his mother because of her adultery. Did the boy's pastor incite him to take action, and is he criminally responsible?
Burn Card
episode S18.E14 april 2008When Detective Green shoots a murder suspect, an internal investigation reveals that he had a gambling problem and once owed money to the suspect. The DA's office reluctantly pursues murder charges against him.
- Gunshow
- Killerz
- DNR
- Merger
- Justice
- Marathon
- Patsy
- Blood Money
- Sundown
- Loco Parentis
- Collision
- Mother's Milk
- Panic
- Entitled
- Fools for Love
- Trade This
- Black, White and Blue
- Mega
- Surrender Dorothy
- Untitled
- Narcosis
- High & Low
- Stiff
- Vaya Con Dios
- Endurance
- Turnstile Justice
- Dissonance
- Standoff
- Return
- Burn Baby Burn
- Amends
- Thin Ice
- Hubris
- Whose Monkey Is It Anyway?
- Sunday in the Park with Jorge
- Teenage Wasteland
- Phobia
- A Losing Season
- Swept Away - A Very Special Episode
- Bronx Cheer
- Ego
- White Lie
- Whiplash
- All My Children
- Brother's Keeper
- School Daze
- Judge Dread
- Deep Vote
- Who Let the Dogs Out?
- Armed Forces
- For Love or Money
- Soldier of Fortune
- Possession
- Formerly Famous
- Myth of Fingerprints
- The Fire This Time
- 3 Dawg Night
- Prejudice
- The Collar
- Undercovered
- DR 1-102
- Missing
- Access Nation
- Born Again
- Girl Most Likely
- Equal Rights
- Slaughter
- Dazzled
- Foul Play
- Attorney Client
- Oxymoron
- Patriot
- American Jihad
- Shangri-La
- True Crime
- Tragedy on Rye
- The Ring
- Hitman
- Open Season
- Asterisk
- The Wheel
- Mother's Day
- Chosen
- Under God
- Absentia
- Star Crossed
- B*tch
- Suicide Box
- Genius
- Maritime
- Seer
- Kid Pro Quo
- House Calls
- Sheltered
- Couples
- Smoke
- Bodies
- Bounty
- Patient Zero
- Shrunk
- Blaze
- Identity
- Floater
- Embedded
- Compassion
- Ill-Conceived
- Darwinian
- Payback
- Married with Children
- City Hall
- Veteran's Day
- Can I Get a Witness?
- Hands Free
- Evil Breeds
- Nowhere Man
- Everybody Loves Raimondo's
- Vendetta
- Gaijin
- Caviar Emptor
- C.O.D.
- Paradigm
- The Dead Wives Club
- The Brotherhood
- Coming Down Hard
- Gunplay
- Cut
- Gov Love
- Cry Wolf
- All in the Family
- Enemy
- Fixed
- Mammon
- Ain't No Love
- Fluency
- Obsession
- The Sixth Man
- License to Kill
- Dining Out
- Sects
- Tombstone
- Red Ball
- Flaw
- Ghosts
- Age of Innocence
- Life Line
- Birthright
- House of Cards
- New York Minute
- Criminal Law
- Acid
- Bible Story
- Family Friend
- Heart of Darkness
- Magnet
- Choice of Evils
- Cost of Capital
- America, Inc.
- Thinking Makes It So
- Positive
- Kingmaker
- Hindsight
- Invaders
- Fame
- Avatar
- Home Sweet
- Fear America
- Public Service Homicide
- Profiteer
- In Vino Veritas
- Release
- Deadlock
- Corner Office
- Remains of the Day
- Charity Case
- Talking Points
- Church
- Melting Pot
- Murder Book
- Good Faith
- Bling
- Fallout
- Captive
- Over Here
- The Family Hour
- Called Home
- Darkness
- Misbegotten
- Bottomless
- Driven
- Political Animal
- Quit Claim
- Illegal
- Executioner
- Tango
- Betrayal
- Submission
- Angelgrove
- Burn Card
Best moments10
- When Detective Green shoots a murder suspect, an internal investigation reveals that he had a gambling problem and once owed money to the suspect. The DA's office reluctantly pursues murder charges against him.
- Black market gun dealers murder two undercover officers during a gun buy. During prosecution, McCoy begins to suspect that a bitter defense attorney may have masterminded the entire episode.
- An African-American teenager shoots a police officer because he's angry about the lack of investigation into his brother's death. A reopening of that investigation aggravates some deep racial tensions.
- A lawyer from a prestigious corporate law firm is murdered. One of the firm's senior partners is reluctant to testify against the accused for selfish reasons. Detective Green is critically wounded escorting a reluctant witness.
- A boy's suicide note alleging misconduct of his sister's doctor results in the investigation of a physician administering illegal AIDS drugs.
- A community activist who was formerly a Black Panther is accused of killing a police officer. He claims self-defense because of the history of police violence against African-Americans.
- A murder is discovered on a social-networking website, and sorting out all the suspects and those who have moral responsibility complicates convicting the killer.
- An Afghani drug lord is implicated in a drug-related massacre in New York. However, prosecution is difficult because the government considers him an ally in the War on Terror in Afghanistan.
- A Desert Storm veteran who fancies himself a soldier on the War on Terror is charged with murdering an Arab man. The case becomes more complicated when evidence after the fact suggests that the victim may have indeed been a terrorist.
- An ambitious defense attorney tries to use a murder case as a referendum on the death penalty, but Jack is worried that her client may not be getting the best advice.
- Burn Card
- Gunplay
- Suicide Box
- Tombstone
- Positive
- Burn Baby Burn
- Avatar
- Enemy
- Patriot
- Deadlock