Executive ADA Jack McCoy is a fictional character portrayed by Sam Waterston in the TV series Law & Order.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Second Opinion (season 5), they were 53 years old.
They appear in 400 episodes out of a total of 501 aired so far and have accumulated 9525 positive votes.
The character of Executive ADA Jack McCoy is mainly associated with ADA Claire Kincaid, ADA Jamie Ross and ADA Samantha Maroun.
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Second Opinion
episode S5.E1 september 1994Kincaid's new partner in the DA's office, Jack McCoy, pursues murder charges for a woman who provided questionable alternative treatments for women suffering from breast cancer.
Coma
episode S5.E2 september 1994Detectives and prosecutors believe that a smug comedy club owner shot his wife and put her in a coma, but they can't come up with enough hard evidence to get him convicted.
Blue Bamboo
episode S5.E3 october 1994A singer claims Battered Woman Syndrome as an excuse for killing her former employer, whom she claims abused her during her employment.
Family Values
episode S5.E4 october 1994During the investigation into a wealthy publisher's death, the victim's daughter claims to be having a relationship with her mother's new husband.
White Rabbit
episode S5.E5 october 1994A conservative suburban wife and mother turns out to be a fugitive student radical who was involved in an armored car heist and murder of a police officer 23 years earlier.
Competence
episode S5.E6 november 1994Van Buren kills an intellectually disabled, unarmed teenager at an ATM. She claims it was a robbery attempt, and that there's a second, armed suspect on the loose. But not everyone believes her.
Precious
episode S5.E7 november 1994A false kidnapping claim leads to the prosecution of a married couple after detectives discover that three of their infants have died under mysterious circumstances.
Virtue
episode S5.E8 november 1994McCoy charges a city councilman with "larceny by extortion," after a female colleague claims that she had to sleep with him or lose her chance at partnership at their law firm.
Scoundrels
episode S5.E9 november 1994An attorney may have been killed for trying to further bilk people who have lost their life savings in an S&L scandal.
House Counsel
episode S5.E10 january 1995Briscoe and Logan learn that the murder of an unassuming Parks Department accountant may have actually been a mob hit when they discover that he was a juror in the trial of a crime boss.
Guardian
episode S5.E11 january 1995A financial advisor is implicated in the drug overdose death of one of his client's children.
Progeny
episode S5.E12 january 1995The murder of an abortion doctor leads to the prosecution of a radical pro-life leader, who hopes to use the trial to grandstand against abortion laws.
Rage
episode S5.E13 february 1995A smug African American stock broker who resents other people of his own race is accused of murder. However, he hires a high-profile civil rights attorney, who presents a "black rage" defense.
Performance
episode S5.E14 february 1995The discovery of a fake pornographic "snuff tape" leads detectives to a high school gang and an alleged points-for-sex contest.
Seed
episode S5.E15 february 1995While investigating a fertility doctor for a separate case of fraud, McCoy and Kincaid discover evidence that he may be inseminating his patients with his own sperm.
Wannabe
episode S5.E16 march 1995The murder of an admissions board member for a prestigious prep school is connected to the expulsion of a subway worker's son. But a false confession and a school cover-up make prosecuting the responsible parties difficult.
Act of God
episode S5.E17 march 1995Did a struggling contractor intentionally blow up the building he was working on, or was he the intended target of the explosion?
Privileged
episode S5.E18 april 1995An alcoholic young man is accused of murdering a married couple in their bed -- but they were strangers to him, and no motive can be discerned.
Cruel and Unusual
episode S5.E19 april 1995Evidence indicates that the death, in police custody, of an autistic teenager was the result of longstanding abuse. Suspicion falls on the treatment center where he lived and on its therapist, Dr. Colter.
Bad Faith
episode S5.E20 april 1995The investigation into a police officer's death uncovers 30-year-old accusations of molestation by a Catholic priest. Detective Logan takes a personal interest in the case because of his relationships with both parties.
Purple Heart
episode S5.E21 may 1995When the man who killed and robbed a cabbie turns up dead, detectives uncover a connection between the victim's wife, the killer, and the murder weapon.
Switch
episode S5.E22 may 1995A businessman is accused of killing the psychiatrist who diagnosed his daughter with multiple personality disorder. McCoy suspects that the psychiatrist may have uncovered a repressed memory involving her mother's possible murder.
Pride
episode S5.E23 may 1995A gay city councilman is murdered. The prime suspect is a conservative rival he may have double-crossed. The investigation also sets off a series of events that could cost Logan his detective position.
Bitter Fruit
episode S6.E1 september 1995Briscoe and his new partner, Rey Curtis, track down the man accused of kidnapping and killing a young girl. But before the suspect is arraigned, the girl's mother shoots and kills him in the courtroom.
Rebels
episode S6.E2 september 1995A biker who posts to an Internet bulletin board refuses to reveal information that could help a murder investigation, arguing that he's a journalist protecting his sources.
Savages
episode S6.E3 october 1995The death penalty has just been passed in New York and prosecutors must decide whether or not it is appropriate after an unlikely suspect murders an undercover police officer.
Jeopardy
episode S6.E4 november 1995A judge throws out all of the prosecution's key evidence and dismisses murder charges against a wealthy defendant. District Attorney Adam Schiff suspects that the judge, an old friend, may be on the take.
Hot Pursuit
episode S6.E5 november 1995A man and a woman rob a nightclub and a deli, killing the owner. When they're caught, the woman claims she was forced to participate against her will.
Paranoia
episode S6.E6 november 1995The DA's office tries to prosecute a co-ed for brutally murdering her roommate, but the only evidence is a vague confession. However, Dr. Olivet suggests that she may have suffered from paranoia due to her tragic family history.
Humiliation
episode S6.E7 november 1995After a prostitute is murdered, the detectives believe she was blackmailing a wealthy client. Kincaid prosecutes the case, but has second thoughts after the defendant's wife takes the stand.
Angel
episode S6.E8 november 1995A woman claims that a Puerto Rican man kidnapped her infant daughter while she was in a church confessional. However, she later confesses to killing her baby and cremating her body.
Blood Libel
episode S6.E9 january 1996An anti-Semitic teen is accused of killing a Jewish teacher. His defense attorney argues that the accused is really the victim of a Jewish conspiracy.
Remand
episode S6.E10 january 1996A convicted rapist in a high-profile trial from 30 years earlier receives a new trial because of legal technicalities. In addition, prosecutors must try to convict this time without a confession.
Corpus Delicti
episode S6.E11 january 1996An investigation into a horse swindling scheme escalates into a murder investigation when one of the accused's possible victims--his ex fiancée--disappears.
Trophy
episode S6.E12 january 1996A man serving time in a serial killer case claims malicious prosecution and false imprisonment after a man who killed two more boys confesses to the other murders. All of the evidence points to Jack McCoy and his former assistant.
Charm City
episode S6.E13 february 1996A man leaves a poisonous gas bomb on a train and kills a lot of people. The man is found guilty, but says this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Custody
episode S6.E14 february 1996A crack-addicted, African American mother is accused of murder and kidnapping the baby Child Welfare took from her. Her defense attorney, former A.D.A. Paul Robinette, argues that the entire child welfare system is racist.
Encore
episode S6.E15 february 1996A businessman most people suspect got away with conspiring to murder his first wife is now accused of conspiring to kill his second wife. The two cases share eerie similarities.
Savior
episode S6.E16 march 1996A hard-luck executive is accused of murdering his wife and son, and injuring his daughter. Dr. Olivet tells prosecutors that he fits the profile of a "family annihilator," but backs down when he refuses to confess on the stand.
Deceit
episode S6.E17 march 1996A married lawyer is charged with murdering a colleague with whom he was having a gay affair. However, his wife vehemently comes to his defense and threatens revenge on the prosecutors if they pursue the case.
Atonement
episode S6.E18 april 1996A model is murdered and the evidence points to her driver. He claims he acted under extreme emotional disturbance because he was infatuated with her. However, McCoy later uncovers a connection between the driver and a drug dealer.
Slave
episode S6.E19 april 1996A woman is killed after stray bullets travel through her apartment window. Briscoe and Curtis learn that an abused 13-year-old who was forced to work for a drug dealer by his drug-addicted mother was the shooter.
Girlfriends
episode S6.E20 may 1996The death of a college student at her school library appears to be connected to her involvement in a prostitution ring.
Pro Se
episode S6.E21 may 1996A schizophrenic attorney who refuses to take medication defends himself against multiple charges of murder.
Homesick
episode S6.E22 may 1996A young British au pair is suspected of poisoning the baby in her care. Her defense tries to create reasonable doubt by emphasizing the neglect of the baby's working mother.
Aftershock
episode S6.E23 may 1996After witnessing an inmate's execution, McCoy, Kincaid, Briscoe, and Curtis react in different and extreme ways.
Causa Mortis
episode S7.E1 september 1996Jack McCoy and his new assistant, Jamie Ross, get off to a rocky start together as they try to prosecute a carjacking/murder suspect after the judge excludes a cassette tape that could prove his guilt.
I.D.
episode S7.E2 september 1996A woman is charged with murdering her sister, but prosecutors learn that the defendant is actually the other sister--who assumed the real victim's identity. Meanwhile, the judge becomes hostile to the prosecution during the trial.
Good Girl
episode S7.E3 october 1996A white teenager accused of murdering an African-American man claims that she was a date-rape victim, and racial overtones threaten to overpower the actual merits of the case.
Survivor
episode S7.E4 october 1996While investigating the murder of a coin collector, detectives discover the existence of extremely rare coins that belonged to a Holocaust survivor.
Corruption
episode S7.E5 october 1996To avoid the consequences of a bad shooting, a corrupt police officer makes a deal to cooperate with a commission investigating police corruption. During his testimony, he accuses Briscoe of stealing drugs after an arrest.
Double Blind
episode S7.E6 november 1996A schizophrenic chemistry student is on trial for killing a former school janitor, but a professor claims that he is part of one of his drug studies and that his sickness is under control.
Deadbeat
episode S7.E7 november 1996A man is accused of killing his deadbeat, abusive ex son-in-law. He claims self defense, and the outcome of the case rides on determining who was in possession of the murder weapon at the time.
Family Business
episode S7.E8 november 1996Two feuding daughters of a department store owner are suspects in a murder investigation. Both have motive and connections to the murder weapon, but getting a conviction on either daughter could prove to be difficult.
Entrapment
episode S7.E9 january 1997Did the son of an assassinated African-American leader attempt to murder his father's successor, or is he the victim of an elaborate FBI frame-up?
Legacy
episode S7.E10 january 1997After a mother orders a professional hit on the new husband of her former daughter-in-law, detectives reopen an investigation into her son's death.
Menace
episode S7.E11 february 1997A woman jumps to her death off the Brooklyn Bridge, but evidence and eyewitnesses suggest that a crazed man made her jump after they were in an auto accident.
Barter
episode S7.E12 february 1997Detectives believe that a murder victim may have been mistaken for another target. But when the actual target is also killed, they discover that a loan shark had taken out a life insurance policy on her.
Matrimony
episode S7.E13 february 1997Evidence suggests that the murder of an elderly philanthropist was part of a conspiracy involving his lawyer and his much-younger trophy wife.
Working Mom
episode S7.E14 february 1997The death of a former police officer leads Briscoe and Curtis to a pair of suburban moms who work as prostitutes.
D-Girl
episode S7.E15 march 1997Briscoe and Curtis go to Los Angeles to question a personal trainer about a movie executive's murder. During the investigation, Curtis finds a potential romantic interest.
Turnaround
episode S7.E16 march 1997Briscoe and Curtis serve an arrest warrant on a Hollywood director in the film-executive murder case. Opposing counsel--Jamie's ex husband--challenges the warrant. Jack and Jamie now must go to L.A. to defend it.
Showtime
episode S7.E17 march 1997The prosecution's murder case against the Hollywood director threatens to fall apart. And the case could cost Jamie her job and custody of her child, and it could cost Curtis his marriage.
Mad Dog
episode S7.E18 april 1997A serial rapist recently granted parole against Jack's wishes is a suspect in a new rape and murder. Detectives can't get enough evidence to charge him, so Jack orders detectives to trail and harass him.
Double Down
episode S7.E19 april 1997Lawyers make a deal with a suspected cop killer in order to find a kidnapping victim. However, the DA's office wants to renege on the deal after the victim is found dead, and detectives suspect that he knew the victim was dead all along.
We Like Mike
episode S7.E20 april 1997A good Samaritan's life is thrown into turmoil when he is accused of murder. And when Jack asks him to testify against the real killer, things only get worse for him.
Passion
episode S7.E21 may 1997The investigation into the murder of an up-and-coming editor uncovers a love triangle between the victim, a pretentious writer, and a jealous attorney.
Past Imperfect
episode S7.E22 may 1997The death of a former model is connected to the daughter she gave up for adoption, and a possible multi-million dollar inheritance claim involving the woman's biological father.
Terminal
episode S7.E23 may 1997A man opens fire during the docking of a dinner cruise boat. The Governor appoints a special prosecutor because Schiff refuses to seek the death penalty; McCoy helps Schiff appeal while Ross helps the special prosecutor at trial. Schiff's wife is hospitalized following a stroke.
Thrill
episode S8.E1 september 1997Two punks kill a random victim for the thrill of it. But the prosecution faces the difficult task of convicting two people of the same crime.
Denial
episode S8.E2 october 1997Bloody 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.
Navy Blues
episode S8.E3 october 1997A female Navy pilot kills an officer over their affair. However, McCoy suspects that the Navy may be impeding the D.A. office's investigation because she is a valuable asset and a positive female role model.
Harvest
episode S8.E4 october 1997The prosecution of the shooter in the death of a young mother and wife hits a snag when it is suggested that her doctor may have killed her to give away her organs and advance his career.
Nullification
episode S8.E5 november 1997An attempted armored car heist leads to the prosecution of a suburban right-wing militia group that claims to be at war with the U.S. government.
Baby, It's You
episode S8.E6 november 1997Baltimore homicide detectives Munch and Falsone help Briscoe and Curtis with a murder investigation. However, the victim's family attorney interferes with the investigation by leaking information and offering rewards.
Blood
episode S8.E7 november 1997Detectives discover that a recently-murdered white woman had recently given birth to a baby whose race reveals a well-kept secret about the baby's biological father.
Shadow
episode S8.E8 november 1997The D.A.'s office resorts to extreme measures in order to prove that a defense attorney is rigging trial outcomes, but Jamie discovers that the corruption can be traced back to one of her friends and colleagues.
Burned
episode S8.E9 december 1997A teenage boy is suspected of starting a fire that killed his younger sister. But his powerful and influential grandfather does everything in his power to make the case go away.
Ritual
episode S8.E10 december 1997An Egyptian man is murdered because he had hired an Egyptian doctor to perform a female circumcision on the man's niece. A.D.A.s McCoy and Ross have to deal with a clash between cultural convictions and the law.
Under the Influence
episode S8.E11 january 1998Three people are killed when a possible drunk driver runs them over. A.D.A. McCoy is bent on getting a questionable death sentence in the case, but Ross believes that he is trying to get revenge for Claire Kincaid's death.
Expert
episode S8.E12 january 1998The daughter of a convicted murderer goes on trial, accused of attempting to murder an expert witness who testified in her father's trial on his behalf.
Castoff
episode S8.E13 january 1998A serial killer who targets the New York S&M crowd claims that television is responsible for his violent behavior.
Grief
episode S8.E14 february 1998After a comatose woman dies during childbirth, McCoy pursues murder charges against the health-care worker who impregnated her, but the investigation reveals that the victim's mother may have played a role in the incident.
Faccia a Faccia
episode S8.E15 february 1998A mafia hit man who was in the witness protection program turns up dead in Central Park. A mafia boss is implicated, but his defense wants him declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Divorce
episode S8.E16 march 1998The murder of a couples psychologist is connected to a bitterly-contested Catholic annulment and the couple's two feuding lawyers.
Carrier
episode S8.E17 april 1998The investigation into a young woman's death leads detectives to a man who has been knowingly spreading the HIV virus to his partners. McCoy pursues murder charges in a case that could have have serious political implications for Schiff.
Stalker
episode S8.E18 april 1998A stalker accused of murdering a woman could go free because the victim may have lied to police about one of his earlier attacks.
Disappeared
episode S8.E19 april 1998A disturbed, self-righteous activist opposed to high-rent developments is wanted for the kidnappings of a property owner and two of his tenants. However, the D.A.'s office may have to renege on the deal made with his brother to find him.
Burden
episode S8.E20 april 1998A doctor is accused of maliciously killing a quadriplegic boy. However, the doctor claims that it was a mercy killing and that he was acting on the family's wishes.
Bad Girl
episode S8.E21 april 1998The pursuit of the death penalty for a police officer's killer who found religion in prison becomes a political football for the DA's office. Briscoe's daughter gets in trouble with the law.
Damaged
episode S8.E22 may 1998Jack prosecutes three teenage boys for raping an intellectually disabled girl in a high school. Lennie's daughter testifies in a drug trial.
Tabloid
episode S8.E23 may 1998A man confesses to killing the gossip columnist who was responsible for his wife's death. But his defense attorney tries to put the columnist's irresponsible journalistic practices on trial to avoid his client's conviction.
Monster
episode S8.E24 may 1998Political pressures and a lack of manpower force the detectives to coerce a confession out of their only suspect in a brutal sexual assault of a young girl.
Cherished
episode S9.E1 september 1998New assistant DA Abbie Carmichael aggressively investigates an infant's death and helps uncover a conspiracy involving a Russian adoption agency, gravely ill children, and an unethical doctor.
DWB
episode S9.E2 october 1998White police officers are accused of beating and dragging an African American man to his death. McCoy tries to prosecute while facing pressure from Federal prosecutors, who want to make a deal with one of the guilty parties.
Bait
episode S9.E3 october 1998A teenager who was shot in a drug deal gone bad claims to have been coerced into working as an informant for a corrupt narcotics officer.
Flight
episode S9.E4 october 1998Prosecutors have trouble making a case against a father accused of injecting his son with deadly bacteria, so Jack is forced to play hardball with the bio-supplier that may have supplied him with it.
Agony
episode S9.E5 november 1998After a woman is brutally attacked, the police believe they have stumbled on a serial killer. Prosecutors struggle with how to put him away for life with little evidence.
Scrambled
episode S9.E6 november 1998A murder at a fertility clinic leads to a complicated, bitterly-contested case involving frozen embryos, a wealthy man, his widow, and his ex-wife.
Venom
episode S9.E7 november 1998A murder case leads detectives to a mother/son team of con artists and accusations of incest.
Punk
episode S9.E8 november 1998An inmate accused of arranging a hit on a corrections officer says that the guard raped her. She also claims that assistant DA Abbie Carmichael has a personal vendetta against her.
True North
episode S9.E9 december 1998The Manhattan DA's office finds itself in the middle of a battle over the death penalty when it asks the Canadian government to extradite a Canadian-born woman facing multiple murder charges.
Hate
episode S9.E10 january 1999When a teenage girl is found dead in a park, the detectives uncover a group of teen racists and the adult who has encouraged them. The prosecution's case sparks a debate about hate speech and the First Amendment.
Ramparts
episode S9.E11 january 1999The discovery of a dead body inside a Volkswagen van dumped in a river leads Briscoe and Curtis to investigate the disappearance of a campus radical from the late 1960s.
Haven
episode S9.E12 february 1999The unlikely suspect in the murder of a community activist and director of a community center in Harlem is a teen from the neighborhood who got into an Ivy League school with his help.
Hunters
episode S9.E13 february 1999Two violent and overzealous bounty hunters working for a bail bondsman interfere with a murder investigation. They are ultimately responsible for two more deaths during their pursuit.
Sideshow
episode S9.E14 february 1999The death of a government official in New York leads Jack McCoy to cross swords with the Independent Counsel in Washington, as he tries to keep the identity of a key witness secret.
Disciple
episode S9.E15 february 1999A rebellious child dies during an unsanctioned exorcism ceremony. The defendant claims that St. Michael instructed her to perform the exorcism.
Harm
episode S9.E16 march 1999Carmichael aggressively pursues criminally negligent homicide charges against a group of greedy doctors and a medical supplies saleswoman after a patient dies in surgery under unusual circumstances.
Shield
episode S9.E17 march 1999A female police officer is accused of killing a fellow police officer, her ex-boyfriend. She firmly maintains her innocence. However, she also says that he abused her, but nobody on the force heeded her warnings or helped her.
Juvenile
episode S9.E18 april 1999An investigative reporter is shot, and evidence indicates a link to a 20-year-old murder case. Prosecutors learn that one of the reporter's stories on the case may have helped convict an innocent man of the crime.
Tabula Rasa
episode S9.E19 april 1999The prime suspect in the murder of a college professor is a domineering father who kidnapped his children and disappeared 15 years earlier.
Empire
episode S9.E20 may 1999A businessman planning to build a new football stadium in New York City is on trial for murder. But the prosecution's star witness, a professional fundraiser who was having an affair with the victim, may have her own sinister motives.
Ambitious
episode S9.E21 may 1999The son of an imprisoned crime boss and a couple of strip club owners become the central figures in a murder investigation.
Admissions
episode S9.E22 may 1999An Hispanic mathematics professor is the prime suspect in the murder of a graduate student. He claims he is being racially profiled, but detectives have two potential motives. However, they cannot place him at the scene of the crime.
Refuge: Part 1
episode S9.E23 may 1999A brutal murder of a Russian man has ties to the Russian mob. However, the only witness who isn't compromised is a traumatized 10-year-old boy who is reluctant to testify.
Refuge: Part 2
episode S9.E24 may 1999Hitmen reach the last witness in the Russian mob case, which leads to the discovery of a money laundering scheme. And a related bomb scare at the police precinct forces McCoy to defy Schiff and go all out to prosecute the offenders.
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.
Publish and Perish
episode S15.E21 april 2005Fontana and his new temporary partner, Nick Falco, investigate the murder of a porn star. After the woman charged with her murder is also killed, they uncover a connection to both victims and a politically ambitious ex-police commissioner.
Sport of Kings
episode S15.E22 may 2005A jockey's murder leads detectives to a businessman who is accused of stealing from his company's pension fund to purchase personal luxury items.
In God We Trust
episode S15.E23 may 2005A man confesses to a nine-year-old racially motivated murder. His defense attorney argues that he should not be punished because he is a born-again Christian and has already done his penance.
Locomotion
episode S15.E24 may 2005A failed suicide attempts leads to a train crash that kills 12 people. The defendant's attorney initially offers an insanity defense. However, he is soon fired, as the defendant represents himself and changes his plea.
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.
Bogeyman
episode S18.E15 april 2008Lupo and his new partner, Kevin Bernard, discover that a woman's suicide may actually be a murder. The case appears to be tied to a secretive religious group that some people consider a cult, but is the group to blame?
Strike
episode S18.E16 may 2008A legal aid strike forces A.D.A. Rubirosa to go head-to-head with Cutter in a murder trial, when she is appointed as the defendant's counsel.
Personae Non Grata
episode S18.E17 may 2008A murder investigation leads Lupo and Bernard to Plattsburgh, where a con artist is posing as her runaway daughter on a social networking website to lure men out of their money.
Excalibur
episode S18.E18 may 2008While preparing a murder case, the DA's office stumbles on a potential scandal involving a prostitution business and the governor of New York, and it could have serious implications on Jack McCoy's future as District Attorney.
Rumble
episode S19.E1 november 2008Jack McCoy uses a post-9/11 terrorism statute to prosecute a group of street fighters involved in a deadly retaliatory brawl--a move that A.D.A. Cutter strongly disagrees with.
Challenged
episode S19.E2 november 2008A intellectually disabled man who witnessed a murder holds the key to revealing the victim's shocking family secret, as well as shocking information about the identity of the killer.
Lost Boys
episode S19.E3 november 2008An investigation into the death of a 17-year-old boy leads Lupo and Bernard into the world of a fundamentalist Mormon sect, its polygamist leader, and one of his wives who is trying to get away from him.
Falling
episode S19.E4 november 2008A fatality in a crane accident leads prosecutors to a case involving the victim's wife, who is discovered to be in a coma, and a controversial procedure that could intentionally stunt a handicapped young girl's growth.
Knock Off
episode S19.E5 december 2008The investigation into the murder of an upstate New York man in Chinatown appears to be cut and dry, until detectives discover a possible cover-up in the case that leads all the way to the governor's office.
Sweetie
episode S19.E6 december 2008While investigating the death of a former male prostitute whose memoirs have become a best-seller, Lupo and Bernard discover that the writer was a fraud and that his memoirs were based on another person's life.
Zero
episode S19.E7 december 2008A law clerk enamored with A.D.A. Cutter may have an undue influence over the judge she works for in one of Cutter's trials, but could there be another reason for her actions?
Chattel
episode S19.E8 january 2009While investigating the deaths of two married divorce lawyers, Lupo and Bernard uncover a connection to couple running a Haitian child slavery ring.
By Perjury
episode S19.E9 january 2009Cutter finds himself pitted against a lawyer whose manipulation of the legal system keeps letting him get away with murder, and Lupo's mistake risks the current case and Cutter's life.
Pledge
episode S19.E10 january 2009The prime suspect in the murders of the son and housekeeper of married university researchers is a journalist who appears to be obsessed with girls from a particular sorority.
Lucky Stiff
episode S19.E11 january 2009A con artist is convicted in the death of one of his "business partners." But when he and his wife are killed after his conviction, a new motive--and new suspects--emerge in the original crime.
Illegitimate
episode S19.E12 february 2009The DA's office tries to prove that a businessman who believes that he is the illegitimate son of President Kennedy was the mastermind of a plot that ended with three dead bodies.
Crimebusters
episode S19.E13 february 2009Detectives have two viable suspects in the firebombing of an Army recruiting center that killed an infant inside the building, but an overzealous vigilante crime-fighting group interferes with the investigation
Rapture
episode S19.E14 february 2009The owner of a Rapture website is killed by a man working to return Soviet Jews to Israel to fulfill Biblical prophecy. However, the killer seeks shelter at the Iranian embassy, leaving the DA's office in an unenviable position.
Bailout
episode S19.E15 march 2009The manager of a failing youth recreation center faces trial in the kidnapping and death of a young woman. However, he blames his troubles on a disgraced Wall Street CEO--the victim's lover--who failed to provide an important donation.
Take-Out
episode S19.E16 march 2009The investigation into the murder of a journalist could shed new light on an espionage case involving a man serving life in prison for spying for the Chinese government.
Anchors Away
episode S19.E17 march 2009A 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
Promote This!
episode S19.E18 april 2009The prosecution of a group of teenagers for the brutal beating of an illegal Honduran immigrant proves to be a thorny and delicate issue for the District Attorney's office.
All New
episode S19.E19 may 2009A firefighter and his wife are brutally killed. The DA's office faces the politically unpopular decision to prosecute another firefighter, who may have resorted to extreme measures to cover up his crime.
Exchange
episode S19.E20 may 2009As Cutter and Rubirosa prosecute a mentally disturbed woman for the deaths of two British researchers, they begin to suspect that the defendant's brother may have orchestrated the entire episode for personal gain.
Skate or Die
episode S19.E21 may 2009The murders of three homeless men lead detectives to a possible serial killer.
The Drowned and the Saved
episode S19.E22 june 2009A murder investigation uncovers connections to the governor's wife, and perhaps a scandal involving the governor and an appointment for an open US Senate seat. But can Jack McCoy successfully prosecute and not risk his chances at being elected?
Memo from the Dark Side
episode S20.E1 september 2009The shooting death of a veteran of the War on Terror leads to an investigation and conspiracy indictment against a former Bush Justice Department employee on conspiracy charges involving the torture of prisoners.
Just a Girl in the World
episode S20.E2 october 2009A crime scene technician is killed, and Detective Lupo jeopardizes the investigation when he gets sexually involved with a second victim who later becomes a suspect in the original case.
Great Satan
episode S20.E3 october 2009The DA's office is forced to tackle an embarrassing case involving domestic terrorists, the explosion of a synagogue with materials supplied by the police, and an informant who may have been lying all along to keep out of trouble.
Reality Bites
episode S20.E4 october 2009The father of several adopted special needs children is accused of killing his wife over her reluctance to sign off on a reality show based on their family, and the subsequent trial threatens to turn into a media circus.
Dignity
episode S20.E5 october 2009A late-term abortion doctor is killed, which leads to the emotionally-charged trial of a pro-life advocate, and threatens to drive a wedge between Cutter and Rubirosa.
Human Flesh Search Engine
episode S20.E6 october 2009The DA's office takes on the operator of a website dedicated to righting social wrongs after a delusional woman used information gathered on a website to kill a man.
Boy Gone Astray
episode S20.E7 november 2009The DA's office has to deal with a drug-related murder by two young teenage boys who have been trained as assassins by a Mexican drug cartel.
Doped
episode S20.E8 november 2009What appears to be a tragic drunk driving accident with multiple fatalities becomes more complicated when investigators discover that the driver was about to blow the whistle on the pharmaceutical company she worked for.
For the Defense
episode S20.E9 november 2009The DA's office discovers that a former prosecutor now working as a defense attorney has been getting damaging witnesses in his trials killed, and that Rubirosa was unknowingly a co-conspirator in one of his cases.
Shotgun
episode S20.E10 november 2009A small businessman in Spanish Harlem becomes a hero after shooting three armed robbers. However, the investigation later discovers that there are holes in his story and that it may not have been a case of self-defense.
Fed
episode S20.E11 december 2009Lupo and Bernard discover that a murdered member of a progressive community activist group may have been a conservative trying to expose the group's wrongdoings. Meanwhile, Van Buren gets bad news from former detective Rey Curtis.
Blackmail
episode S20.E12 january 2010The death of a journalist who worked for a celebrity gossip website leads detectives to her publisher, who sought to use information she gathered for a story to blackmail a well-known talk show host.
Steel-Eyed Death
episode S20.E13 march 2010A family of four is brutally murdered. The investigation leads detectives to "horrorcore" culture, an accomplice who claims to have suffered from amnesia, and an accused killer with an unlikely post-traumatic stress disorder defense.
Boy on Fire
episode S20.E14 march 2010Two teens from an underachieving high school are accused of burning to death a student from a more successful charter school, and Lupo and Bernard suspect that their principal is providing them with a phony alibi.
Brilliant Disguise
episode S20.E15 march 2010Is a graduate student working in the medical lab at a prestigious university robbing and killing female escorts to support his gambling addictions? And how far will his loyal fiancée go to protect him?
Innocence
episode S20.E16 march 2010Cutter is forced to play hardball with his mentor after her Innocence Project group gets his guilty verdict in a murder trial set aside, but is he ready to handle the unexpected consequences of his actions?
Four Cops Shot
episode S20.E17 march 2010The 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?
Brazil
episode S20.E18 march 2010When an environmental scientist, Dr. Oscar Silva, is poisoned during a global warming symposium, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard initially suspect competitors from Dr. Silva's field of study. It is soon discovered that Dr. Silva is involved in a messy custody battle with his wife's ex-husband, Phillip Shoemaker and the focus of the investigation quickly shifts to the victim's family. Meanwhile, the case becomes personal for Cutter as it stirs up unpleasant memories from his own past.
Crashers
episode S20.E19 may 2010A 20-year-old is accused of killing his sister after they crashed the mayor's black-tie party, but detectives also soon find unexpected links between the suspect and the office of a New York senator who was also at the party.
The Taxman Cometh
episode S20.E20 may 2010Lupo and Bernard uncover a possible conspiracy to kill off wealthy cancer patients in the calendar year 2010 so that their inheritors don't have to pay an Estate Tax, but legal roadblocks make the case difficult to prosecute.
Immortal
episode S20.E21 may 2010A fatal stabbing leads to the discovery that a bio-research firm has been exploiting the cells of an African American man who died 50 years ago for medical research, but has never compensated his dirt-poor descendants.
Love Eternal
episode S20.E22 may 2010Detectives suspect that a tacky and volatile wife murdered her husband, but they soon discover that the victim may have backed out of a conspiracy with fellow husbands to hide assets from their wives until their divorces.
Rubber Room
episode S20.E23 may 2010Lupo and Bernard believe they are in a race against time to find a student threatening on an Internet blog to blow up a school--only to discover that they are looking for a disgruntled teacher instead.
The Right Thing
episode S21.E1 february 2022Newly acquainted partners Detective Kevin Bernard and Detective Frank Cosgrove investigate the murder of a notorious entertainer. A dispute over throwing out a confession creates a rift in the District Attorney's office.
Impossible Dream
episode S21.E2 march 2022The 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.
Filtered Life
episode S21.E3 march 2022Detectives Kevin Bernard and Frank Cosgrove investigate the disappearance of a social media star whose case takes the internet by storm; whilst A.D.A.'s Nolan Price and Samantha Maroun must weigh their decisions regarding the case against the wishes of the missing woman's family.
Fault Lines
episode S21.E4 march 2022After a family court judge is murdered, Bernard and Cosgrove dig into the many grievances against him. When the DA's office is faced with unforeseen challenges, Maroun takes matters into her own hands to save the case.
Free Speech
episode S21.E5 april 2022Bernard and Cosgrove investigate the murder of a congressional candidate. Price and Maroun contend with an extremist plot hellbent on thwarting the candidate's agenda by any means necessary.
Wicked Game
episode S21.E6 april 2022When 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 harm's way to expose their suspect and reveal the monster underneath.
Legacy
episode S21.E7 april 2022Bernard and Cosgrove are confronted with several suspects in the shooting of a headmaster at an elite private school. A teenager's life hangs in the balance as Price and Maroun debate who's more culpable: the shooter or the enabler.
Severance
episode S21.E8 may 2022When 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.
The Great Pretender
episode S21.E9 may 2022Bernard 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.
Black and Blue
episode S21.E10 may 2022The 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, sparking sharp condemnation from all sides.
Gimme Shelter - Part Three
episode S22.E1 september 2022After uncovering key evidence, McCoy and Price seek justice against an international crime ring, but complications threaten the outcome of their case.
Battle Lines
episode S22.E2 september 2022Cosgrove and Shaw investigate the murder of a teenage girl who was in NYC for a college visit. The case is complicated when it's revealed that the victim was the daughter of the staunchly pro-life governor of Texas, and it's discovered that the victim was actually in NYC to have an abortion.
Camouflage
episode S22.E3 october 2022A 32-year-old white man murders seven Asian-Americans in the NYC subway by firearm. Nolan Price normally opposes the death penalty but the circumstances of the case are such that he is willing to advocate for capital punishment.
Benefit of the Doubt
episode S22.E4 october 2022When 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.
12 Seconds
episode S22.E5 october 2022Cosgrove 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.
Vicious Cycle
episode S22.E6 november 2022When 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 defense's witness list.
Only the Lonely
episode S22.E7 november 2022A crisis consultant who's made many enemies on behalf of her clients is murdered. Price and Maroun must set aside the potential damage to a witness's reputation in order to strengthen their case.
Chain of Command
episode S22.E8 november 2022When 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.
The System
episode S22.E9 december 2022A 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.
Land of Opportunity
episode S22.E10 january 2023When 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.
Second Chance
episode S22.E11 january 2023When 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 can't agree on the best trial strategy.
Almost Famous
episode S22.E12 january 2023After a teenager is killed, Cosgrove and Shaw discover what lengths kids will go to these days to become Internet famous.
Mammon
episode S22.E13 february 2023A student found dead in her home, leads Cosgrove and Shaw who seems to be without a motive. Price and Maroun reveal a church embezzling the money of their followers, but have difficulty suing clergy men.
Heroes
episode S22.E14 february 2023Following a shooting in a night club, resulting in the murder of a famous model, the police investigate whether this was a random or targeted shooting.
Fear and Loathing
episode S22.E15 february 2023Cosgrove and Shaw must unravel a string of false crime reports to get to the truth surrounding a respected doctor's murder; Shaw becomes the target of retaliation when he files a complaint against two patrol officers.
Deadline
episode S22.E16 march 2023When 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.
Bias
episode S22.E17 march 2023When a public defender is murdered, Cosgrove and Shaw are surprised to find Price at the crime scene; his involvement in the trial compromises the case.
Collateral Damage
episode S22.E18 april 2023When 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 cult's true mastermind.
Private Lives
episode S22.E19 april 2023Cosgrove and Shaw investigate the murder of a family physician whose outspoken politician wife suspects she was the intended target. The case hangs in the balance when the defense calls one of the doctor's young patients to testify.
Class Retreat
episode S22.E20 may 2023When a businessman is found murdered, his surprising connection to Cosgrove's daughter helps the police make a break in the case. Price and Maroun disagree on how to proceed when the defendant's age brings up precedent they must follow.
Appraisal
episode S22.E21 may 2023Cosgrove and Shaw suspect an art dealer was murdered but can't 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.
Open Wounds
episode S22.E22 may 2023When a senator is gunned down at his daughter's wedding, McCoy pushes for a severe sentence and squares up against a formidable defense attorney - his own daughter. Price can't help but empathize with the defendant over a shared trauma.
- Second Opinion
- Coma
- Blue Bamboo
- Family Values
- White Rabbit
- Competence
- Precious
- Virtue
- Scoundrels
- House Counsel
- Guardian
- Progeny
- Rage
- Performance
- Seed
- Wannabe
- Act of God
- Privileged
- Cruel and Unusual
- Bad Faith
- Purple Heart
- Switch
- Pride
- Bitter Fruit
- Rebels
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- Jeopardy
- Hot Pursuit
- Paranoia
- Humiliation
- Angel
- Blood Libel
- Remand
- Corpus Delicti
- Trophy
- Charm City
- Custody
- Encore
- Savior
- Deceit
- Atonement
- Slave
- Girlfriends
- Pro Se
- Homesick
- Aftershock
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- I.D.
- Good Girl
- Survivor
- Corruption
- Double Blind
- Deadbeat
- Family Business
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- Legacy
- Menace
- Barter
- Matrimony
- Working Mom
- D-Girl
- Turnaround
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- We Like Mike
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- Past Imperfect
- Terminal
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- Navy Blues
- Harvest
- Nullification
- Baby, It's You
- Blood
- Shadow
- Burned
- Ritual
- Under the Influence
- Expert
- Castoff
- Grief
- Faccia a Faccia
- Divorce
- Carrier
- Stalker
- Disappeared
- Burden
- Bad Girl
- Damaged
- Tabloid
- Monster
- Cherished
- DWB
- Bait
- Flight
- Agony
- Scrambled
- Venom
- Punk
- True North
- Hate
- Ramparts
- Haven
- Hunters
- Sideshow
- Disciple
- Harm
- Shield
- Juvenile
- Tabula Rasa
- Empire
- Ambitious
- Admissions
- Refuge: Part 1
- Refuge: Part 2
- 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
- Publish and Perish
- Sport of Kings
- In God We Trust
- Locomotion
- 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
- Bogeyman
- Strike
- Personae Non Grata
- Excalibur
- Rumble
- Challenged
- Lost Boys
- Falling
- Knock Off
- Sweetie
- Zero
- Chattel
- By Perjury
- Pledge
- Lucky Stiff
- Illegitimate
- Crimebusters
- Rapture
- Bailout
- Take-Out
- Anchors Away
- Promote This!
- All New
- Exchange
- Skate or Die
- The Drowned and the Saved
- Memo from the Dark Side
- Just a Girl in the World
- Great Satan
- Reality Bites
- Dignity
- Human Flesh Search Engine
- Boy Gone Astray
- Doped
- For the Defense
- Shotgun
- Fed
- Blackmail
- Steel-Eyed Death
- Boy on Fire
- Brilliant Disguise
- Innocence
- Four Cops Shot
- Brazil
- Crashers
- The Taxman Cometh
- Immortal
- Love Eternal
- Rubber Room
- The Right Thing
- Impossible Dream
- Filtered Life
- Fault Lines
- Free Speech
- Wicked Game
- Legacy
- Severance
- The Great Pretender
- Black and Blue
- Gimme Shelter - Part Three
- Battle Lines
- Camouflage
- Benefit of the Doubt
- 12 Seconds
- Vicious Cycle
- Only the Lonely
- Chain of Command
- The System
- Land of Opportunity
- Second Chance
- Almost Famous
- Mammon
- Heroes
- Fear and Loathing
- Deadline
- Bias
- Collateral Damage
- Private Lives
- Class Retreat
- Appraisal
- Open Wounds
Best moments10
- Three 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.
- While preparing a murder case, the DA's office stumbles on a potential scandal involving a prostitution business and the governor of New York, and it could have serious implications on Jack McCoy's future as District Attorney.
- The 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?
- An 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.
- The prime suspect in the murder of a college professor is a domineering father who kidnapped his children and disappeared 15 years earlier.
- Judge 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.
- The murder of an abortion doctor leads to the prosecution of a radical pro-life leader, who hopes to use the trial to grandstand against abortion laws.
- The 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.
- After Jack is forced to settle the prosecution of a shooter who committed mass murder in Central Park, he decides to prosecute the gun manufacturer.
- A 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.
- Criminal Law
- Excalibur
- Vaya Con Dios
- Illegal
- Tabula Rasa
- DNR
- Progeny
- Blood Money
- Gunshow
- High & Low