List of Law & Order episodes

Law & Order is a police procedural and legal drama series that premiered on NBC on September 13, 1990. Set in New York City, where episodes were also filmed, the series ran for twenty seasons before it was cancelled on May 14, 2010, and aired its final episode ten days later on May 24.[1]  After its cancellation, AMC Network considered reviving Law & Order for a twenty-first season;[2]  however, in July 2010, Dick Wolf indicated that attempts had failed and he declared that the series had now "moved to the history books".[3]

A total of 456 original episodes and one TV movie of Law & Order aired before cancellation.



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[hide]  *1 Series overview  ==Series overview[ edit] == ==Episodes[ edit] == ===Season 1: 1990–91[ edit] === Main article: Law & Order (season 1)*The sixth episode “Everybody's Favorite Bagman” was the original pilot made by CBS in 1988, but instead NBC decided to air “Prescription for Death” as the pilot episode of the series in 1990. ===Season 2: 1991–92<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 2)*Paul Sorvino joined the cast as Phil Cerreta. ===Season 3: 1992–93<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 3)*Paul Sorvino (Phil Cerreta) left the cast after the episode “Point of View”. He was replaced by Jerry Orbach (Lennie Briscoe) who came in during that episode. ===Season 4: 1993–94<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 4)*S. Epatha Merkerson (Anita Van Buren) and Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid) joined the cast. ===Season 5: 1994–95<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 5)*Sam Waterston (Jack McCoy) joined the cast. Dann Florek reprises his role as Donald Cragen in the episode “Bad Faith”. ===Season 6: 1995–96<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 6)*Benjamin Bratt (Rey Curtis) joined the cast; Richard Brooks reprises his role as former ADA Paul Robinette; and Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid) left the cast at the end of the season, with her character being killed. <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;"> ===Season 7: 1996–97<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 7)*Carey Lowell joined the cast as Jamie Ross, replacing Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid) ===Season 8: 1997–98<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 8)*This is the first season in the series in which no cast change was made from the previous season. ===Season 9: 1998–99<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 9)*Angie Harmon joins the cast as Abbie Carmichael in this season. Benjamin Bratt (Rey Curtis) leaves the cast after this season but returns in the twentieth season episode "Fed". ====Exiled: A Law & Order Movie<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ===Season 10: 1999–2000<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 10)*Benjamin Bratt (Rey Curtis) left the cast at the end of the ninth season, and was replaced by Jesse L. Martin (Ed Green). Steven Hill (Adam Schiff) left the cast at the end of the season; he was the last first-season cast member to leave the series. ===Season 11: 2000–01<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 11)*Dianne Wiest joins the cast as Nora Lewin in this season and Angie Harmon (Abbie Carmichael) leaves the series at the end of this season. ===Season 12: 2001–02<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 12)*Elisabeth Röhm joined the cast as Serena Southerlyn (character named after Dick Wolf’s daughter). Dianne Wiest (Nora Lewin) left the cast at the end of the season. ===Season 13: 2002–03<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 13)*Dianne Wiest (Nora Lewin) was replaced by Fred Dalton Thompson (Arthur Branch) this season. ===Season 14: 2003–04<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 14)*This is the second season in the series in which a cast change has not been made from the previous season. ===Season 15: 2004–05<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 15)*Dennis Farina joined the cast as Joe Fontana this season. ===Season 16: 2005–06<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 16)*This is the third season in which there were no cast changes in between seasons, as every principal cast member who finished season 15 returned. ===Season 17: 2006–07<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 17)*Alana de la Garza (Connie Rubirosa) and Milena Govich (Nina Cassady) joined the cast in this season. ===Season 18: 2008<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 18)*Jeremy Sisto (Cyrus Lupo) and Linus Roache (Michael Cutter) joined the cast. ===Season 19: 2008–09<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 19)*This was the fourth season with no cast changes from the end of the previous season, and it was the first season to start in November. ===Season 20: 2009–10<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: Law & Order (season 20)*This was the fifth (and final) season in which the series had no cast changes from the previous season.
 * 2 Episodes
 * 2.1 Season 1: 1990–91
 * 2.2 Season 2: 1991–92
 * 2.3 Season 3: 1992–93
 * 2.4 Season 4: 1993–94
 * 2.5 Season 5: 1994–95
 * 2.6 Season 6: 1995–96
 * 2.7 Season 7: 1996–97
 * 2.8 Season 8: 1997–98
 * 2.9 Season 9: 1998–99
 * 2.9.1 Exiled: A Law & Order Movie
 * 2.10 Season 10: 1999–2000
 * 2.11 Season 11: 2000–01
 * 2.12 Season 12: 2001–02
 * 2.13 Season 13: 2002–03
 * 2.14 Season 14: 2003–04
 * 2.15 Season 15: 2004–05
 * 2.16 Season 16: 2005–06
 * 2.17 Season 17: 2006–07
 * 2.18 Season 18: 2008
 * 2.19 Season 19: 2008–09
 * 2.20 Season 20: 2009–10
 * 3 See also
 * 4 References
 * George Dzundza (Max Greevey) left the cast at the end of the first season. He was replaced by Paul Sorvino.
 * S. Epatha Merkerson guest stars as Denise Winters in the episode "Mushrooms". She then joins the main cast as Anita Van Buren three seasons later.
 * 13 episodes (excluding the CBS pilot) were filmed from the spring to the summer of 1990 before being broadcast. 13 episodes were already in can when the show premiered on NBC.
 * The episode "The Wages of Love" guest-starred Jerry Orbach as a defense attorney. He became Mike Logan's new partner the next season as wisecracking detective Lennie Briscoe.
 * Dann Florek (Don Cragen) and Richard Brooks (Paul Robinette) left the cast after the episode “Benevolence;” they both returned in guest roles. Florek was replaced by S. Epatha Merkerson (Anita Van Buren), and Brooks was replaced by Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid).
 * Michael Moriarty (Benjamin Stone) left the cast at the end of the season. He was replaced by Sam Waterston (Jack McCoy).
 * This season the opening sequence changed to a shorter version with more bass.
 * Beginning with this season, Florek directed several episodes before joining the cast of its 1999 spin-off, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
 * This is the final season in which Chris Noth was a member of the regular cast as Mike Logan; he later would reprise his character in the TV movie Exiled: A Law & Order Movie in 1998, and on the series second spin-off, Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2005 until 2008. He was replaced by Benjamin Bratt (Rey Curtis).
 * "Charm City," episode 124, is the first part of a two-part crossover with the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "For God and Country." It is the first of three such crossover episodes with Homicide.
 * The season finale episode "Aftershock" was the first and only episode of the entire Law & Order series to not feature a case and instead focus on the characters' private lives. Claire Kincaid is killed in a car accident, injuring Detective Lennie Briscoe.
 * This is the final season to feature Carey Lowell in the main cast as Jamie Ross. She would make a guest appearance in an episode in the next two seasons as well as becoming a judge on the series third spin-off, Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
 * "Baby, It's You" is the second crossover episode with Homicide: Life on the Street.
 * "Sideshow" is the third and final crossover with Homicide: Life on the Street. After the cancellation of Homicide: Life on the Street, John Munch (Richard Belzer) becomes part of the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
 * This was also the season that aired with the creation of the series’ first spin-off Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
 * "Entitled" is a two-part episode that begins on SVU, marking the fourth and final guest appearance of John Munch (Richard Belzer) following the three crossovers with Homicide: Life on the Street.
 * This is the first season not to premiere in September.
 * In the aftermath of 9/11, the main title voiceover by Steven Zirnkilton was changed for the first few episodes to include the following dedication: "On September 11, 2001, New York City was ruthlessly and criminally attacked. While no tribute can ever heal the pain of that day, the producers of Law & Order dedicate this season to the victims & their families and to the firefighters & police officers who remind us every day with their lives & courage what it truly means to be an American".
 * This voiceover was also heard at the beginning of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, whose series premiere was suitably altered to reflect the events; the latter becameL&O’s second spin-off.
 * "Absentia" was the first episode in the series to have more than 1 director listed.
 * Jerry Orbach (Lennie Briscoe) left the cast at the end of the season. The character Lennie Briscoe retired from the 27th precinct and was transferred to the series third spin-off, Law & Order: Trial by Jurywhich premiered with L&O next season.
 * Elisabeth Röhm (Serena Southerlyn) left the cast midway through the season; in the episode "Ain't No Love" she was replaced by Annie Parisse as Alexandra Borgia in the episode "Fluency".
 * Michael Imperioli temporarily replaced Jesse L. Martin (Ed Green) in the last four episodes as Nick Falco while Martin was filming "Rent".
 * The series' third spin-off was created, Law & Order: Trial by Jury this season. It featured Jerry Orbach reprising his role as Lennie Briscoe, before his death in 2004. The episode "Tombstone" is the first half of a crossover with Law & Order: Trial by Jury episode "Skeleton".
 * This was the final season to have 24 episodes.
 * This is Annie Parisse's first full season in the role of ADA Alexandra Borgia. She joined the cast after the 13th episode of the previous season.
 * Parisse and Dennis Farina (Joe Fontana) leave the cast after this season.
 * Michael Imperioli (Nick Falco) reprises his role in the episode "Hindsight".
 * Law & Order: Trial by Jury was canceled by the end of the 2005–06 season, only lasting one season.
 * "Flaw" is the second part of a two-parter that begins on the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Design".
 * Fred Dalton Thompson (Arthur Branch) and Milena Govich left the cast at the end of the season. Govich was replaced by Jeremy Sisto (who guest stars as a defense lawyer in the episode "The Family Hour") who joined the cast as Cyrus Lupo in the next season.
 * Jesse L. Martin (Ed Green) left the cast and was replaced by Anthony Anderson (Kevin Bernard) in the episode "Burn Card".
 * Production of the eighteenth season was interrupted by the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike when executive producer René Balcer and the rest of the writing staff participated in the work stoppage, making this season the first to start in January.
 * During this season, Law & Order: UK made its début in United Kingdom on ITV1
 * Benjamin Bratt (Rey Curtis) reprised his role in the episode "Fed".
 * Prior to the show's cancellation, S. Epatha Merkerson (Anita Van Buren) announced she was leaving the cast in the season finale after playing her character for sixteen years, the 20th season being her 17th season.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sep_164-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[164]

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