Law & Order

1990
4.6
59 reviews
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Season 5 episodes (23)

1 Second Opinion
9/21/94
Season-only
An investigation is launched when a woman's body begins to emit toxic fumes after she is treated in a hospital for terminal breast cancer. With Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston.
2 Coma
9/28/94
Season-only
Kincaid and McCoy (Jill Hennessy, Sam Waterston) have to decide whether to risk killing a comatose woman to recover the bullet they need as evidence.
3 Blue Bamboo
10/5/94
Season-only
A young actress (guest star Laura Linney) claiming to have been the victim of a white slavery ring becomes the prime suspect when a wealthy Japanese businessman is murdered. With Jerry Orbach.
4 Family Values
10/12/94
Season-only
The body of a wealthy woman leads Briscoe and Logan (Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth) to suspect that her husband (Stephen Shellen) or her daughter (Sarah Paulson) had something to do with her untimely demise.
5 White Rabbit
10/19/94
Season-only
Famed attorney William M. Kunstler (guest starring as himself) is hired to defend a female political activist (guest star Mary Joan Negro) who went underground 20 years ago to avoid murder charges.
6 Competence
11/2/94
Season-only
Briscoe, Logan, McCoy and Kincaid (Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, Sam Waterston, Jill Hennessy) try to clear Van Buren's (S. Epatha Merkerson) name after she shoots a pair of young men who accost her at an automated teller machine.
7 Precious
11/9/94
Season-only
Briscoe and Logan (Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth) become suspicious of a woman (guest star Julie Boyd) who could be suffering from Munchausen syndrome by proxy when her husband (guest star Kevin O'Rourke) reports their infant daughter missing.
8 Virtue
11/23/94
Season-only
McCoy and Kincaid (Sam Waterston, Jill Hennessy) are placed in a unique situation when a high-powered city attorney (guest star Regina Taylor) accuses a city councilman of sexual harassment.
9 Scoundrels
11/30/94
Season-only
Briscoe and Logan (Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth) investigate when an underhanded lawyer is killed while probing an equally bad financier (guest star Michael Zaslow) targeted for a class-action suit.
10 House Counsel
1/4/95
Season-only
McCoy's (Sam Waterston) adversary is arrested when a juror who was bribed to throw the trial of a crime boss is murdered. Guest-starring Tom Bloom.
11 Guardian
1/11/95
Season-only
When a wealthy socialite's estranged daughter is killed, the detectives are led to the accountant (guest star Jon Cypher) responsible for the young woman's trust fund. With Jerry Orbach.
12 Progeny
1/25/95
Season-only
Kincaid and McCoy (Jill Hennessy, Sam Waterston) are determined to convict both the man (guest star Thomas Schall) who shot an abortion doctor and the activist (guest star Edward Herrmann) whose rhetoric may have encouraged the incident.
13 Rage
2/1/95
Season-only
A black stockbroker (guest star Courtney B. Vance) with a history of criminal behavior is investigated when a Wall Street executive is found murdered. With Jerry Orbach and Sam Waterston.
14 Performance
2/8/95
Season-only
While investigating a vendor (guest star Aasif Mandvi) of apparent ``snuff'' films, Briscoe and Logan (Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth) are led to teen-age boys who make videos of their sexual exploits with female classmates.
15 Seed
2/15/95
Season-only
When a woman tries to murder her husband, Briscoe and Logan (Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth) investigate a doctor (guest star David Margulies) who has been using his own sperm to artificially inseminate his patients. Jordan Clarke and Donna Mitchell also guest star.
16 Wannabe
3/15/95
Season-only
The murder of an accountant who was a trustee at an exclusive boys school puts Briscoe and Logan (Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth) on the trail of a gifted young man (guest star Graham Sack).
17 Act of God
3/22/95
Season-only
When an explosion at a construction site kills a boy, McCoy and Kincaid (Sam Waterston, Jill Hennessy) try to exonerate a demolitions expert wrongly convicted of the crime.
18 Privileged
4/4/95
Season-only
The stabbing murder of a husband and wife prompts Briscoe and Logan (Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth) to investigate Steven Bartlett (guest star Eddie Malavarca), an alcoholic who was abused as a child.
19 Cruel And Unusual
4/19/95
Season-only
McCoy and Kincaid (Sam Waterston, Jill Hennessy) are faced with an ethical dilemma when an autistic young man, possibly the victim of a controversial treatment, dies while in Logan's (Chris Noth) custody.
20 Bad Faith
4/19/95
Season-only
The death of a fellow detective causes Logan (Chris Noth) to think he may have repressed memories when he makes painful discoveries about the school he attended. With Jerry Orbach.
21 Purple Heart
5/3/95
Season-only
Separate investigations into the murders of a cabdriver and a hit man lead Logan and Briscoe (Chris Noth, Jerry Orbach) to suspect the cabbie's wife (guest star Lisa Gay Hamilton) committed both crimes.
22 Switch
5/17/95
Season-only
The father (guest star Sam Groom) of a young woman (guest star Francie Swift) with multiple-personality disorder is investigated when her psychiatrist is murdered. With Chris Noth.
23 Pride
5/17/95
Season-only
Briscoe and Logan (Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth) investigate when a newly elected city councilman is killed, presumably because he was gay.

About this show

In the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories. From Emmy-winning creator Dick Wolf, with its groundbreaking "ripped-from-the-headlines" format, comes the highly-acclaimed, longest-running crime series in television history.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
59 reviews
austen wilson
October 29, 2015
Its best show to ever from seson 1 to the present before the chief goes over to svu
Hannah Victoria Farrell
April 10, 2015
The best show I have ever seen in the entire world truly outstanding
6 people found this review helpful
Kathryn M
October 4, 2021
Up to season 10 (maybe 12) this is the best police drama.