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Law & Order
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
- Created by:
- Dick Wolf
- Cast:
- Maura Tierney, David Ajala, James Badge Dale, Tony Goldwyn
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- NBC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 8
Episodes
Episode 1
★ 7.4Thrill
1997-09-24 · 47mThe cops break the seemingly random murder of a pizza delivery guy with a little ""undercover"" work in the park, but McCoy and Ross face a harder battle to get a conviction when the two defendants resolutely point the finger at each other, and the one item identifying the actual killer is the recording of a confession-made to a priest.
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Episode 2
★ 6.1Denial
1997-10-08 · 47mBloody sheets and an apparently stolen credit card lead Briscoe and Curtis to a pair of college age lovers who present McCoy and Ross with a united front of denial that one of them killed their newborn son and disposed of the body.
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Episode 3
★ 6.7Navy Blues
1997-10-15 · 46mMcCoy finds himself battling the Navy and the office of the Judge Advocate General as he tries to prosecute a female pilot accused of murdering her married lover after he tried to break off with her.
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Episode 4
★ 7.9Harvest
1997-10-29 · 47mA discrepancy concerning the time of death of a drive-by shooting victim leads McCoy and Ross to initiate prosecutions against both the shooter and the doctor who harvested her organs as transplant donations.
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Episode 5
★ 7.9Nullification
1997-11-05 · 47mAfter the cops trace an eagle tattoo on a man shot and killed while holding up an armored truck to a group of militia members, McCoy finds himself facing one of their number as the pro se counsel for his friends, arguing for the concept of "jury nullification", the right of a jury to protect a defendant from an unjust law by finding him not guilty despite the evidence.
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Episode 6
★ 7.8Baby, It's You (I)
1997-11-12 · 46mIt's old home week for Briscoe when an apparent murder of a teenage model in New York develops ties to Baltimore and Detectives Munch and Falsone pay a visit to the Big Apple to observe the case. Meanwhile, McCoy finds himself battling the attorney of the victim's parents for access to his clients and the Baltimore DA for jurisdiction. This crossover continues on Homicide: Life on the Street S06E05 Baby, It's You (II).
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Episode 7
★ 7.9Blood
1997-11-19 · 47mThe paternity of a black baby given up for adoption by a white mother might provide a clue to her murderer but it also unearths some long buried family secrets.
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Episode 8
★ 7.8Shadow
1997-11-26 · 47mThe murder of a bail bondsman looks fairly routine until the chance words of the chief suspect uncovers possible case-fixing between a shady lawyer and an unknown contact within the judicial system.
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Episode 9
★ 7.4Burned
1997-12-10 · 45mA message overheard on an answering machine leads Briscoe and Curtis to a confessed murderer and the home of wealthy Carl Anderton, whose stubborn non-cooperation with the district attorney threatens to create a serious miscarriage of justice.
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Episode 10
★ 7.8Ritual
1997-12-17 · 45mThe investigation into the death of a man who initially appears to be the victim of a mugging victim reveals him to be a Middle Eastern physician who performs genital mutilations on young girls.
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Episode 11
★ 8.0Under the Influence
1998-01-07 · 47mAfter Briscoe and Curtis finally determine who was driving the car that killed three people, the legal prosecution stands in danger of becoming a kangaroo court when McCoy's feelings over Kincaid mesh with the political agenda of an ambitious judge anxious to make an example of the defendant.
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Episode 12
★ 7.3Expert
1998-01-21 · 47mThe shooting of two people in a restaurant restroom takes some abrupt turns as they try to discover who exactly the intended victim was, and the prosecutors have to deal with a defendant claiming to have been in a dissociative state while committing the crime-- the same defense used years before by the defendant's father.
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Episode 13
★ 5.8Castoff
1998-01-28 · 46mThe street murder of a woman who worked with underprivileged kids takes a turn towards the bizarre when the detectives uncover she had a predilection for kinky sex, and that one of her current partners appears to be a serial killer, who offers an overexposure to television violence as his defense during his trial.
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Episode 14
★ 7.4Grief
1998-02-04 · 46mThe cops, as they try to pin down the specifics of an assault on a man reluctant to talk about it, uncover the alleged rape of two women in custodial care. But as the prosecutors attempt to prepare their case, a reluctant witness changes their view of the cases.
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Episode 15
★ 7.4Faccia a Faccia
1998-02-25 · 47mTaking on an apparent mafia murder, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are stymied by a dead witness and a seemingly incoherent mob boss.
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Episode 16
★ 7.6Divorce
1998-03-04 · 47mThe stabbing death of a psychologist draws Detectives Briscoe and Curtis into a heated divorce case and pits McCoy and Ross against a manipulative attorney.
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Episode 17
★ 7.5Carrier
1998-04-01 · 46mThe death of a college student leads to a case involving an HIV-positive male who's seeking to infect as many young women as possible. McCoy, testing right-to-privacy ethics, wants to charge him with murder.
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Episode 18
★ 7.9Stalker
1998-04-15 · 46mWhen a woman is found unconscious at the bottom of her apartment stairs, Briscoe and Curtis must figure out what happened -- before it's too late. In order to make his case, McCoy pits the two detectives against each other in the courtroom.
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Episode 19
★ 7.4Disappeared
1998-04-22 · 46mA defendant refuses to allow his lawyer to raise the issue of insanity, this complicating matters for the brother who turned him in with hopes of securing medical treatment for him.
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Episode 20
★ 7.3Burden
1998-04-24 · 47mAfter a 12-year-old quadriplegic dies at home in his bed, paramedics claim that he was suffocated and the suspects include the boy's parents and sister.
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Episode 21
★ 7.7Bad Girl
1998-04-29 · 47mSchiff's re-election may hinge on the stabbing death of a police officer; Briscoe's daughter is arrested for dealing drugs.
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Episode 22
★ 8.2Damaged
1998-05-06 · 47mThe case of a teacher's shooting uncovers a vendetta involving the rape of a mentally challenged coed by three students, whose attorney claims they weren't aware of her condition.
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Episode 23
★ 7.4Tabloid
1998-05-13 · 45mTabloid journalism comes under scrutiny during the investigations into the deaths of a gossip columnist and a celebrity target he pursued.
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Episode 24
★ 7.9Monster
1998-05-20 · 47mDuring the search for a pedophile who raped a 10-year-old, a snitch offers Briscoe a chance to avenge his daughter's death. Meanwhile, Van Buren learns that her job is in jeopardy; McCoy is ordered to appear before a disciplinary committee because of his conduct in a DUI case; and the increasingly political Schiff worries that the rape case may adversely impact his reelection bid.
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Maura Tierney
Jessica Brady
David Ajala
Theo Walker
James Badge Dale
Rob Calvino
Tony Goldwyn
Nicholas Baxter
Hugh Dancy
Nolan Price
Odelya Halevi
Samantha Maroun