Law And Order Season 18

List of Law & Order episodes

The 18th season of Law & Order has a major cast shift. In the first episode, Detective Lupo arrives in NYC after a stint with NYPD Intelligence overseas.

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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. After its cancellation, AMC Network considered reviving Law & Order for a twenty-first season; however, in July 2010, Dick Wolf indicated that attempts had failed and he declared that the series had now "moved to the history books". A total of 456 original episodes and one TV movie of Law & Order aired before cancellation. Season Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired 1 22 September 13, 1990 ( June 9, 1991 (1991-06-09) 2 22 September 17, 1991 ( May 14, 1992 (1992-05-14) 3 22 September 23, 1992 ( May 19, 1993 (1993-05-19) 4 22 September 15, 1993 ( May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25) 5 23 September 21, 1994 ( May 24, 1995 (1995-05-24) 6 23 September 20, 1995 ( May 22, 1996 (1996-05-22) 7 23 September 18, 1996 ( May 21, 1997 (1997-05-21) 8 24 September 24, 1997 ( May 20, 1998 (1998-05-20) 9 24 September 23, 1998 ( May 26, 1999 (1999-05-26) Film November 8, 1998 ( 10 24 September 22, 1999 ( May 24, 2000 (2000-05-24) 11 24 October 18, 2000 ( May 23, 2001 (2001-05-23) 12 24 September 26, 2001 ( May 22, 2002 (2002-05-22) 13 24 October 2, 2002 ( May 21, 2003 (2003-05-21) 14 24 September 24, 2003 ( May 19, 2004 (2004-05-19) 15 24 September 22, 2004 ( May 18, 2005 (2005-05-18) 16 22 September 21, 2005 ( May 17, 2006 (2006-05-17) 17 22 September 22, 2006 ( May 18, 2007 (2007-05-18) 18 18 January 2, 2008 ( May 21, 2008 (2008-05-21) 19 22 November 5, 2008 ( June 3, 2009 (2009-06-03) 20 23 September 25, 2009 ( May 24, 2010 (2010-05-24) Total 456 September 13, 1990 (May 24, 2010 (2010-05-24) § 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. 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. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 1 1 "Prescription for Death" John Whitesell Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman Story by: David Black & Ed Zuckerman September 13, 1990 ( 66209 2 2 "Subterranean Homeboy Blues" E.W. Swackhamer Robert Palm September 20, 1990 ( 66205 3 3 "The Reaper's Helper" Vern Gillum Teleplay by: Thomas Francis McElroy, David Black & Robert Nathan Story by: Thomas Francis McElroy October 4, 1990 ( 66215 4 4 "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die" Charles Correll Teleplay by: Robert Nathan Story by: Dick Wolf October 11, 1990 ( 66210 5 5 "Happily Ever After" Vern Gillum Teleplay by: David Black & Robert Nathan Story by: Dick Wolf & David Black October 23, 1990 ( 66212 6 6 "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" John Patterson Dick Wolf October 30, 1990 ( 83543 7 7 "By Hooker, By Crook" Martin Davidson David Black November 13, 1990 ( 66203 8 8 "Poison Ivy" E.W. Swackhamer Teleplay by: Jacob Brackman Story by: Jack Richardson & Jacob Brackman November 20, 1990 ( 66211 9 9 "Indifference" James Quinn Robert Palm November 27, 1990 ( 66207 10 10 "Prisoner of Love" Michael Fresco Teleplay by: Robert Nathan Story by: David Black & Robert Nathan December 4, 1990 ( 66208 11 11 "Out of the Half-Light" E.W. Swackhamer Michael Duggan December 11, 1990 ( 66202 12 12 "Life Choice" Aaron Lipstadt Teleplay by: David Black & Robert Nathan Story by: Dick Wolf January 8, 1991 ( 66213 13 13 "A Death in the Family" Gwen Arner Teleplay by: Joe Viola & David Black Story by: Joe Viola January 15, 1991 ( 66204 14 14 "The Violence of Summer" Don Scardino Michael Duggan February 5, 1991 ( 66219 15 15 "The Torrents of Greed (Part I)" E.W. Swackhamer Teleplay by: Michael S. Chernuchin Story by: Michael Duggan & Michael S. Chernuchin February 12, 1991 ( 66222 16 16 "The Torrents of Greed (Part II)" E.W. Swackhamer Teleplay by: Michael S. Chernuchin Story by: Michael Duggan & Michael S. Chernuchin February 19, 1991 ( 66225 17 17 "Mushrooms" Daniel Sackheim Robert Palm February 26, 1991 ( 66218 18 18 "The Secret Sharers" E.W. Swackhamer Robert Nathan March 12, 1991 ( 66221 19 19 "The Serpent's Tooth" Don Scardino Teleplay by: René Balcer & Robert Nathan Story by: I.C. Rapoport & Joshua Stern March 19, 1991 ( 66224 20 20 "The Troubles" John Whitesell Teleplay by: Robert Palm Story by: Dick Wolf & Robert Palm March 26, 1991 ( 66214 21 21 "Sonata for a Solo Organ" Fred Gerber Teleplay by: Joe Morgenstern & Michael S. Chernuchin Story by: Joe Morgenstern & Michael Duggan April 2, 1991 ( 66226 22 22 "The Blue Wall" Vern Gillum Teleplay by: Robert Nathan Story by: Dick Wolf & Robert Nathan June 9, 1991 ( 66220 § Paul Sorvino joined the cast as Phil Cerreta. 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. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 23 1 "Confession" Fred Gerber Michael Duggan & Robert Palm September 17, 1991 67416 24 2 "The Wages of Love" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman Story by: Robert Nathan & Ed Zuckerman September 24, 1991 67405 25 3 "Aria" Don Scardino Teleplay by: Christine Roum Story by: Michael S. Chernuchin October 1, 1991 67411 26 4 "Asylum" Kristoffer Siegel-Tabori Teleplay by: Kathy McCormick Story by: Robert Palm October 8, 1991 67409 27 5 "God Bless the Child" E.W. Swackhamer David Black & Robert Nathan October 22, 1991 67404 28 6 "Misconception" Daniel Sackheim Teleplay by: Michael S. Chernuchin Story by: Michael Duggan & Michael S. Chernuchin October 29, 1991 67410 29 7 "In Memory Of" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: David Black & Robert Nathan Story by: David Black & Siobhan Byrne November 5, 1991 67413 30 8 "Out of Control" John Whitesell Teleplay by: Jack Richardson Story by: David Black & Robert Nathan November 12, 1991 67403 31 9 "Renunciation" Gwen Arner Michael S. Chernuchin & Joe Morgenstern November 19, 1991 67414 32 10 "Heaven" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: Nancy Ann Miller & Robert Palm Story by: Robert Palm November 26, 1991 67415 33 11 "His Hour Upon the Stage" Steve Cohen Robert Nathan & Giles Blunt December 10, 1991 67407 34 12 "Star Struck" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: Robert Nathan & Sally Nemeth Story by: David Black & Alan Gelb January 7, 1992 67406 35 13 "Severance" James Frawley Teleplay by: Michael S. Chernuchin & William N. Fordes Story by: Michael Duggan & William N. Fordes January 14, 1992 67418 36 14 "Blood Is Thicker" Peter Levin Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman Story by: Robert Nathan & Ed Zuckerman February 4, 1992 67422 37 15 "Trust" Daniel Sackheim Teleplay by: René Balcer Story by: Michael Duggan & René Balcer February 11, 1992 67417 38 16 "Vengeance" Daniel Sackheim Teleplay by: Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer Story by: Peter S. Greenberg & Michael S. Chernuchin February 18, 1992 67420 39 17 "Sisters of Mercy" Fred Gerber Teleplay by: René Balcer Story by: Robert Palm & René Balcer March 3, 1992 67423 40 18 "Cradle to Grave" James Frawley Robert Nathan & Sally Nemeth March 31, 1992 67424 41 19 "The Fertile Fields" Ed Sherin Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer April 7, 1992 67425 42 20 "Intolerance" Steven Robman Robert Nathan & Sally Nemeth April 14, 1992 67426 43 21 "Silence" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: René Balcer & Michael S. Chernuchin Story by: René Balcer & Michael Duggan April 28, 1992 67427 44 22 "The Working Stiff" Daniel Sackheim Teleplay by: Robert Palm Story by: William N. Fordes & Robert Palm May 14, 1992 67428 § 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. 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). No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 45 1 "Skin Deep" Daniel Sackheim Robert Nathan & Gordon Rayfield September 23, 1992 ( 68009 46 2 "Conspiracy" Ed Sherin Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer September 30, 1992 ( 68006 47 3 "Forgiveness" Bill D'Elia Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman Story by: Robert Nathan & Ed Zuckerman October 7, 1992 ( 68005 48 4 "The Corporate Veil" Don Scardino Michael S. Chernuchin & Joe Morgenstern October 14, 1992 ( 68007 49 5 "Wedded Bliss" Vern Gillum Robert Nathan & Edward Pomerantz October 21, 1992 ( 68004 50 6 "Helpless" James Frawley Michael S. Chernuchin & Christine Roum November 4, 1992 ( 68011 51 7 "Self-Defense" Ed Sherin René Balcer & Hall Powell November 11, 1992 ( 68008 52 8 "Prince of Darkness" Gilbert Shilton Robert Nathan & William N. Fordes November 18, 1992 ( 68003 53 9 "Point of View" Gilbert Moses Walon Green & René Balcer November 25, 1992 ( 68012 54 10 "Consultation" James Hayman Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer December 9, 1992 ( 68014 55 11 "Extended Family" Charles Correll Teleplay by: Wendell Rawls & Robert Nathan Story by: Wendell Rawls January 6, 1993 ( 68015 56 12 "Right to Counsel" James Frawley Michael S. Chernuchin & Barry M. Schkolnick January 13, 1993 ( 68019 57 13 "Night and Fog" Ed Sherin Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer February 3, 1993 ( 68018 58 14 "Promises to Keep" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: Robert Nathan & Joshua Stern Story by: William N. Fordes & Douglas Stark February 10, 1993 ( 68022 59 15 "Mother Love" Daniel Sackheim Teleplay by: Robert Nathan Story by: Walon Green & Robert Nathan February 24, 1993 ( 68024 60 16 "Jurisdiction" Bruce Seth Green Walon Green & René Balcer March 3, 1993 ( 68017 61 17 "Conduct Unbecoming" Arthur W. Forney Teleplay by: Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer Story by: Walon Green & Peter S. Greenberg March 10, 1993 ( 68023 62 18 "Animal Instinct" Ed Sherin Michael S. Chernuchin & Sibyl Gardner March 17, 1993 ( 68021 63 19 "Virus" Steven Robman Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer April 21, 1993 ( 68010 64 20 "Securitate" James Hayman Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer May 5, 1993 ( 68026 65 21 "Manhood" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: Robert Nathan Story by: Walon Green & Robert Nathan May 12, 1993 ( 68025 66 22 "Benevolence" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: René Balcer & Douglas Palau Story by: Douglas Palau May 19, 1993 ( 68028 § S. Epatha Merkerson (Anita Van Buren) and Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid) joined the cast. 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. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 67 1 "Sweeps" James Frawley Craig McNeer & Robert Nathan September 15, 1993 69009 68 2 "Volunteers" James Quinn René Balcer September 29, 1993 69017 69 3 "Discord" Ed Sherin Michael S. Chernuchin October 6, 1993 69012 70 4 "Profile" E.W. Swackhamer Teleplay by: Gordon Rayfield & Ed Zuckerman Story by: Gordon Rayfield October 13, 1993 69010 71 5 "Black Tie" Arthur W. Forney Walon Green & Michael S. Chernuchin October 20, 1993 69004 72 6 "Pride and Joy" Gilbert Shilton Edward Pomerantz & Robert Nathan October 27, 1993 69006 73 7 "Apocrypha" Gabrielle Beaumont Michael S. Chernuchin November 3, 1993 69013 74 8 "American Dream" Constantine Makris Sibyl Gardner November 9, 1993 69018 75 9 "Born Bad" Fred Gerber Michael S. Chernuchin & Sally Nemeth November 16, 1993 69021 76 10 "The Pursuit of Happiness" Dann Florek Morgan Gendel & Robert Nathan December 1, 1993 69005 77 11 "Golden Years" Helaine Head Teleplay by: Doug Palau & Ed Zuckerman Story by: Doug Palau January 5, 1994 69008 78 12 "Snatched" Constantine Makris Walon Green & René Balcer January 12, 1994 69024 79 13 "Breeder" Arthur W. Forney Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer January 19, 1994 69023 80 14 "Censure" Ed Sherin William N. Fordes February 2, 1994 69026 81 15 "Kids" Don Scardino Michael Harbert & Robert Nathan February 9, 1994 69028 82 16 "Big Bang" Dann Florek Ed Zuckerman March 2, 1994 69027 83 17 "Mayhem" James Quinn Teleplay by: Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer Story by: Michael S. Chernuchin & Walon Green March 9, 1994 69029 84 18 "Wager" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: Kevin Arkadie & Harvey Solomon Story by: Michael S. Chernuchin & Harvey Solomon March 30, 1994 69002 85 19 "Sanctuary" Arthur W. Forney Michael S. Chernuchin & William N. Fordes April 13, 1994 69030 86 20 "Nurture" Jace Alexander Paris Qualles & Ed Zuckerman May 4, 1994 69011 87 21 "Doubles" Ed Sherin Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer May 18, 1994 69001 88 22 "Old Friends" James Quinn Teleplay by: Joshua Stern Story by: Robert Nathan & Joshua Stern May 25, 1994 69031 § Sam Waterston (Jack McCoy) joined the cast. Dann Florek reprises his role as Donald Cragen in the episode “Bad Faith”. 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). No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 89 1 "Second Opinion" Ed Sherin Michael S. Chernuchin & Jeremy R. Littman September 21, 1994 69408 90 2 "Coma" Jace Alexander Ed Zuckerman September 28, 1994 69406 91 3 "Blue Bamboo" Don Scardino Teleplay by: René Balcer & Morgan Gendel Story by: René Balcer & Hall Powell October 5, 1994 69402 92 4 "Family Values" Constantine Makris René Balcer & William N. Fordes October 12, 1994 69401 93 5 "White Rabbit" Steven Robman Ed Zuckerman & Morgan Gendel October 19, 1994 69411 94 6 "Competence" Fred Gerber Michael S. Chernuchin & Mark B. Perry November 2, 1994 69409 95 7 "Precious" Constantine Makris René Balcer & I.C. Rapoport November 9, 1994 69410 96 8 "Virtue" Martha Mitchell Mark B. Perry & Jeremy R. Littman November 23, 1994 69412 97 9 "Scoundrels" Marc Laub Ed Zuckerman & Charles C. Mann November 30, 1994 69415 98 10 "House Counsel" James Quinn Michael S. Chernuchin & Barry M. Schkolnick January 4, 1995 69413 99 11 "Guardian" Christopher Misiano Teleplay by: René Balcer & William N. Fordes Story by: René Balcer & Brad Markowitz January 11, 1995 69404 100 12 "Progeny" Don Scardino Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman & Morgan Gendel Story by: Morgan Gendel & Mark B. Perry January 25, 1995 69416 101 13 "Rage" Arthur W. Forney Michael S. Chernuchin February 1, 1995 69414 102 14 "Performance" Martha Mitchell Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman & Jeremy R. Littman Story by: René Balcer & Jeremy R. Littman February 8, 1995 69419 103 15 "Seed" Don Scardino Michael S. Chernuchin & Janis Diamond February 15, 1995 69420 104 16 "Wannabe" Lewis H. Gould René Balcer & I.C. Rapoport March 15, 1995 69417 105 17 "Act of God" Constantine Makris Ed Zuckerman & Walter Dallenbach March 22, 1995 69422 106 18 "Privileged" Vincent Misiano Jeremy R. Littman & Suzanne O'Malley April 5, 1995 69418 107 19 "Cruel and Unusual" Matthew Penn René Balcer & Michael S. Chernuchin April 19, 1995 69423 108 20 "Bad Faith" Dann Florek René Balcer April 26, 1995 69426 109 21 "Purple Heart" Arthur W. Forney Morgan Gendel & William N. Fordes May 3, 1995 69421 110 22 "Switch" Christopher Misiano Jeremy R. Littman & Sibyl Gardner May 17, 1995 69425 111 23 "Pride" Ed Sherin Ed Zuckerman & Gene Ritchings May 24, 1995 69427 § 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. "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. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 112 1 "Bitter Fruit" Constantine Makris René Balcer & Jeremy R. Littman September 20, 1995 K0105 113 2 "Rebels" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman & Suzanne O'Malley Story by: Suzanne O'Malley September 27, 1995 K0106 114 3 "Savages" Jace Alexander Morgan Gendel, Barry M. Schkolnick & Michael S. Chernuchin October 18, 1995 K0103 115 4 "Jeopardy" Christopher Misiano René Balcer & Jeremy R. Littman November 1, 1995 K0107 116 5 "Hot Pursuit" Lewis H. Gould Ed Zuckerman & Morgan Gendel November 8, 1995 K0110 117 6 "Paranoia" Fred Gerber Michael S. Chernuchin November 15, 1995 K0104 118 7 "Humiliation" Matthew Penn Michael S. Chernuchin & Barry M. Schkolnick November 22, 1995 K0111 119 8 "Angel" Arthur W. Forney Michael S. Chernuchin & Janis Diamond November 29, 1995 K0114 120 9 "Blood Libel" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: I.C. Rapoport Story by: René Balcer & I.C. Rapoport January 3, 1996 K0109 121 10 "Remand" Jace Alexander René Balcer & Elaine Loeser January 10, 1996 K0113 122 11 "Corpus Delicti" Christopher Misiano Ed Zuckerman & Barry M. Schkolnick January 17, 1996 K0115 123 12 "Trophy" Martha Mitchell Teleplay by: Jeremy R. Littman Story by: Jeremy R. Littman & Ed Zuckerman January 31, 1996 K0114 124 13 "Charm City" Ed Sherin Michael S. Chernuchin & Jorge Zamacona February 2, 1996 K0116 125 14 "Custody" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: Morgan Gendel Story by: René Balcer & Morgan Gendel February 21, 1996 K0117 126 15 "Encore" Matthew Penn Ed Zuckerman & Jeremy R. Littman February 28, 1996 K0120 127 16 "Savior" David Platt Michael S. Chernuchin & Barry M. Schkolnick March 13, 1996 K0121 128 17 "Deceit" Vincent Misiano René Balcer & Eddie Feldmann March 27, 1996 K0118 129 18 "Atonement" Martha Mitchell Teleplay by: Morgan Gendel Story by: Ed Zuckerman & Morgan Gendel April 10, 1996 K0123 130 19 "Slave" Jace Alexander René Balcer & Elaine Loeser April 21, 1996 K0122 131 20 "Girlfriends" Christopher Misiano Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman & Suzanne O'Malley Story by: Ed Zuckerman & Jeremy R. Littman May 1, 1996 K0124 132 21 "Pro Se" Lewis H. Gould René Balcer & I.C. Rapoport May 8, 1996 K0119 133 22 "Homesick" Matthew Penn Teleplay by: Barry M. Schkolnick & Elaine Loeser Story by: Michael S. Chernuchin & Barry M. Schkolnick May 15, 1996 K0126 134 23 "Aftershock" Martha Mitchell Teleplay by: Janis Diamond Story by: Michael S. Chernuchin & Janis Diamond May 22, 1996 K0125 § Carey Lowell joined the cast as Jamie Ross, replacing Jill Hennessy (Claire Kincaid) No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 135 1 "Causa Mortis" Ed Sherin René Balcer September 18, 1996 K1106 136 2 "I.D." Constantine Makris Ed Zuckerman September 25, 1996 K1107 137 3 "Good Girl" Jace Alexander Jeremy R. Littman October 7, 1996 K1103 138 4 "Survivor" Vincent Misiano Barry M. Schkolnick October 23, 1996 K1104 139 5 "Corruption" Matthew Penn Teleplay by: Gardner Stern Story by: René Balcer & Gardner Stern October 30, 1996 K1101 140 6 "Double Blind" Christopher Misiano Jeremy R. Littman & William N. Fordes November 6, 1996 K1105 141 7 "Deadbeat" Constantine Makris Ed Zuckerman & I.C. Rapoport November 13, 1996 K1108 142 8 "Family Business" Lewis H. Gould Gardner Stern & Barry M. Schkolnick November 20, 1996 K1111 143 9 "Entrapment" Matthew Penn René Balcer & Richard Sweren January 8, 1997 K1109 144 10 "Legacy" Brian Mertes Ed Zuckerman & Jeremy R. Littman January 15, 1997 K1113 145 11 "Menace" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: I.C. Rapoport Story by: Barry M. Schkolnick & I.C. Rapoport February 5, 1997 K1114 146 12 "Barter" Dan Karlok René Balcer & Eddie Feldmann February 12, 1997 K1110 147 13 "Matrimony" Lewis H. Gould Ed Zuckerman & Richard Sweren February 19, 1997 K1115 148 14 "Working Mom" Jace Alexander Jeremy R. Littman & I.C. Rapoport February 26, 1997 K1118 149 15 "D-Girl" Ed Sherin René Balcer, Ed Zuckerman & Gardner Stern March 13, 1997 K1119 150 16 "Turnaround" Ed Sherin René Balcer, Ed Zuckerman & Gardner Stern March 20, 1997 K1120 151 17 "Showtime" Ed Sherin René Balcer, Ed Zuckerman & Gardner Stern March 27, 1997 K1121 152 18 "Mad Dog" Christopher Misiano René Balcer April 2, 1997 K1116 153 19 "Double Down" Arthur W. Forney Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman & Shimon Wincelberg Story by: Richard Sweren & Shimon Wincelberg April 16, 1997 K1122 154 20 "We Like Mike" David Platt Gardner Stern & I.C. Rapoport April 30, 1997 K1125 155 21 "Passion" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: Barry M. Schkolnick Story by: Barry M. Schkolnick & Richard Sweren May 7, 1997 K1124 156 22 "Past Imperfect" Christopher Misiano Janis Diamond May 14, 1997 K1112 157 23 "Terminal" Constantine Makris René Balcer & Ed Zuckerman May 21, 1997 K1102 § This is the first season in the series in which no cast change was made from the previous season. This is the first season to feature 24 episodes. 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. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 158 1 "Thrill" Martha Mitchell René Balcer September 24, 1997 ( K2508 159 2 "Denial" Christopher Misiano Teleplay by: David Shore Story by: David Shore & René Balcer October 8, 1997 ( K2504 160 3 "Navy Blues" Jace Alexander Teleplay by: Kathy McCormick Story by: Dick Wolf & Kathy McCormick October 15, 1997 ( K2510 161 4 "Harvest" Matthew Penn Teleplay by: I.C. Rapoport Story by: I.C. Rapoport & René Balcer October 29, 1997 ( K2506 162 5 "Nullification" Constantine Makris David Black November 5, 1997 ( K2507 163 6 "Baby, It's You" Ed Sherin Jorge Zamacona November 12, 1997 ( K2511 164 7 "Blood" Jace Alexander Teleplay by: Craig Tepper Story by: René Balcer & Craig Tepper November 19, 1997 ( K2502 165 8 "Shadow" Matthew Penn Richard Sweren November 26, 1997 ( K2505 166 9 "Burned" Constantine Makris Siobhan Byrne-O'Connor December 10, 1997 ( K2501 167 10 "Ritual" Brian Mertes Kathy McCormick & Richard Sweren December 17, 1997 ( K2516 168 11 "Under the Influence" Adam Davidson René Balcer January 7, 1998 ( K2517 169 12 "Expert" Lewis H. Gould David Shore & I.C. Rapoport January 21, 1998 ( K2518 170 13 "Castoff" Gloria Muzio David Black & Harold Schechter January 28, 1998 ( K2512 171 14 "Grief" Christopher Misiano Suzanne Oshry February 4, 1998 ( K2514 172 15 "Faccia a Faccia" Martha Mitchell René Balcer & Eddie Feldmann February 25, 1998 ( K2519 173 16 "Divorce" Constantine Makris Barry M. Schkolnick March 4, 1998 ( K2520 174 17 "Carrier" J. Ranelli David Black April 1, 1998 ( K2525 175 18 "Stalker" Richard Dobbs Kathy McCormick April 15, 1998 ( K2523 176 19 "Disappeared" David Platt Richard Sweren & William N. Fordes April 22, 1998 ( K2528 177 20 "Burden" Constantine Makris David Shore & I.C. Rapoport April 24, 1998 ( K2526 178 21 "Bad Girl" Jace Alexander René Balcer & Richard Sweren April 28, 1998 ( K2524 179 22 "Damaged" Constantine Makris Janis Diamond May 6, 1998 ( K2522 180 23 "Tabloid" Brian Mertes Teleplay by: David Black Story by: David Black & Alec Baldwin May 13, 1998 ( K2515 181 24 "Monster" Ed Sherin René Balcer & Richard Sweren May 20, 1998 ( K2527 § 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". "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. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 182 1 "Cherished" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: Kathy McCormick Story by: Carl Nelson, Scott Tobin & Kathy McCormick September 23, 1998 E0203 183 2 "DWB" Constantine Makris René Balcer October 7, 1998 E0205 184 3 "Bait" Lewis H. Gould Teleplay by: David Shore Story by: David Shore & I.C. Rapoport October 14, 1998 E0204 185 4 "Flight" David Platt Richard Sweren & William N. Fordes October 21, 1998 E0209 186 5 "Agony" Constantine Makris Kathy McCormick November 4, 1998 E0216 187 6 "Scrambled" Martha Mitchell Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman Story by: Judith Hooper & Dick Teresi November 11, 1998 E0208 188 7 "Venom" Jace Alexander Teleplay by: I.C. Rapoport Story by: David Shore & I.C. Rapoport November 18, 1998 E0206 189 8 "Punk" Matthew Penn Teleplay by: Matt Witten Story by: Richard Sweren & Matt Witten November 25, 1998 E0215 190 9 "True North" Arthur W. Forney Ed Zuckerman December 9, 1998 E0207 191 10 "Hate" Constantine Makris René Balcer January 6, 1999 E0214 192 11 "Ramparts" Matthew Penn Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt January 13, 1999 E0211 193 12 "Haven" David Platt David Shore & I.C. Rapoport February 10, 1999 E0219 194 13 "Hunters" Richard Dobbs Teleplay by: Gerry Conway Story by: William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway February 10, 1999 E0218 195 14 "Sideshow" Ed Sherin René Balcer February 17, 1999 E0210 196 15 "Disciple" Martha Mitchell Teleplay by: Richard Sweren & Lynne E. Litt Story by: Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt February 24, 1999 E0220 197 16 "Harm" Richard Dobbs René Balcer & Eddie Feldmann March 3, 1999 E0213 198 17 "Shield" Stephen Wertimer Teleplay by: David Shore, I.C. Rapoport & René Balcer Story by: David Shore & I.C. Rapoport March 24, 1999 E0220 199 18 "Juvenile" Lewis H. Gould Richard Sweren & Lynne E. Litt April 14, 1999 E0223 200 19 "Tabula Rasa" Richard Dobbs Kathy McCormick & William N. Fordes April 21, 1999 E0222 201 20 "Empire" Matthew Penn Teleplay by: Robert Palm Story by: René Balcer & Robert Palm May 5, 1999 E0217 202 21 "Ambitious" Christopher Misiano Teleplay by: Barry M. Schkolnick Story by: Richard Sweren & Barry M. Schkolnick May 12, 1999 E0221 203 22 "Admissions" Jace Alexander Teleplay by: Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt Story by: William N. Fordes & Lynne E. Litt May 19, 1999 E0224 204 23 "Refuge (Part I)" Constantine Makris René Balcer May 26, 1999 E0212 205 24 "Refuge (Part II)" Constantine Makris René Balcer May 26, 1999 ( E0225 § Title Directed by Written by Original air date Exiled: A Law & Order Movie Jean de Segonzac Teleplay by: Charles Kipps Story by: Charles Kipps & Chris Noth November 8, 1998 ( 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. 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. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 206 1 "Gunshow" Ed Sherin René Balcer September 22, 1999 E1106 207 2 "Killerz" Constantine Makris Richard Sweren September 29, 1999 E1103 208 3 "DNR" David Platt Teleplay by: Kathy McCormick Story by: William N. Fordes October 6, 1999 E1109 209 4 "Merger" Stephen Wertimer Lynn Mamet October 13, 1999 E1101 210 5 "Justice" Matthew Penn Teleplay by: Gerry Conway Story by: William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway November 10, 1999 E1104 211 6 "Marathon" Jace Alexander Richard Sweren & Matt Witten November 17, 1999 E1105 212 7 "Patsy" David Platt René Balcer & Lynne E. Litt November 24, 1999 E1102 213 8 "Blood Money" Matthew Penn Barry Schindel December 1, 1999 E1111 214 9 "Sundown" Jace Alexander Teleplay by: Krista Vernoff Story by: William N. Fordes & Krista Vernoff December 15, 1999 E1107 215 10 "Loco Parentis" Constantine Makris Richard Sweren & Matt Witten January 5, 2000 E1115 216 11 "Collision" David Platt Teleplay by: Gerry Conway Story by: William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway January 26, 2000 E1116 217 12 "Mother's Milk" Richard Dobbs Lynn Mamet & Barry Schindel February 9, 2000 E1110 218 13 "Panic" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: William N. Fordes & Lynn Mamet Story by: Kathy McCormick & Matt Witten February 16, 2000 E1117 219 14 "Entitled" Ed Sherin Teleplay by: Richard Sweren Story by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer & Robert Palm February 18, 2000 E1112 220 15 "Fools for Love" Christopher Misiano Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt February 23, 2000 E1113 221 16 "Trade This" Jace Alexander Teleplay by: Barry Schindel Story by: René Balcer & Barry Schindel March 1, 2000 E1118 222 17 "Black, White and Blue" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: Lynne E. Litt & Matt Witten Story by: Richard Sweren & Lynne E. Litt March 22, 2000 E1120 223 18 "Mega" David Platt Lynn Mamet April 5, 2000 E1121 224 19 "Surrender Dorothy" Martha Mitchell Barry Schindel & Matt Witten April 26, 2000 E1125 225 20 "Untitled" Jace Alexander Teleplay by: Barry M. Schkolnick Story by: Richard Sweren & Barry M. Schkolnick May 3, 2000 E1124 226 21 "Narcosis" Constantine Makris Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt May 10, 2000 E1123 227 22 "High & Low" Richard Dobbs Teleplay by: Gerry Conway Story by: William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway May 17, 2000 E1122 228 23 "Stiff" Jace Alexander Teleplay by: Hall Powell Story by: René Balcer & Hall Powell May 24, 2000 E1119 229 24 "Vaya Con Dios" Christopher Misiano René Balcer & Richard Sweren May 24, 2000 E1108 § 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. This is the first season not to premiere in September. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 230 1 "Endurance" Constantine Makris Matt Witten October 18, 2000 ( E1304 231 2 "Turnstile Justice" Richard Dobbs Barry Schindel October 25, 2000 ( E1303 232 3 "Dissonance" Lewis H. Gould Wendy Battles November 1, 2000 ( E1307 233 4 "Standoff" Jace Alexander P.K. Todd November 8, 2000 ( E1308 234 5 "Return" Stephen Wertimer Aaron Zelman November 15, 2000 ( E1309 235 6 "Burn, Baby, Burn" David Platt Richard Sweren November 22, 2000 ( E1306 236 7 "Amends" Matthew Penn William N. Fordes November 29, 2000 ( E1302 237 8 "Thin Ice" Jace Alexander Teleplay by: Barry Schindel & Matt Witten Story by: Bernard Goldberg December 20, 2000 ( E1310 238 9 "Hubris" Constantine Makris Kathy McCormick & Wendy Battles January 10, 2001 ( E1311 239 10 "Whose Monkey Is It Anyway?" Vincent Misiano William M. Finkelstein January 17, 2001 ( E1318 240 11 "Sunday in the Park with Jorge" James Quinn William M. Finkelstein January 24, 2001 ( E1301 241 12 "Teenage Wasteland" Constantine Makris Barry Schindel & Aaron Zelman February 7, 2001 ( E1315 242 13 "Phobia" David Platt Kathy McCormick, Lynn Mamet & Wendy Battles February 14, 2001 ( E1313 243 14 "A Losing Season" Jace Alexander Barry Schindel & Wendy Battles February 21, 2001 ( E1322 244 15 "Swept Away" James Quinn William M. Finkelstein February 28, 2001 ( E1319 245 16 "Bronx Cheer" Richard Dobbs Teleplay by: Richard Sweren Story by: Richard Sweren & Wendy Battles March 14, 2001 ( E1316 246 17 "Ego" James Quinn Wendy Battles March 21, 2001 ( E1324 247 18 "White Lie" Don Scardino Richard Sweren & Aaron Zelman April 4, 2001 ( E1312 248 19 "Whiplash" Richard Dobbs Matt Witten & Aaron Zelman April 18, 2001 ( E1323 249 20 "All My Children" David Platt Barry Schindel & Noah Baylin May 2, 2001 ( E1326 250 21 "Brother's Keeper" Constantine Makris René Balcer & Joe Gannon May 9, 2001 ( E1325 251 22 "School Daze" Richard Dobbs Teleplay by: Barry Schindel & Eric Overmyer Story by: Dick Wolf May 16, 2001 ( E1329 252 23 "Judge Dread" David Platt Richard Sweren & Aaron Zelman May 23, 2001 ( E1327 253 24 "Deep Vote" Jace Alexander William N. Fordes & Matt Witten May 23, 2001 ( E1331 § 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. 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 became L&O’s second spin-off. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 254 1 "Who Let the Dogs Out?" Don Scardino Kathy McCormick & Douglas Stark September 26, 2001 ( E2208 255 2 "Armed Forces" Martha Mitchell Richard Sweren & Sean Jablonski October 3, 2001 ( E2210 256 3 "For Love or Money" Constantine Makris Wendy Battles & Sean Jablonski October 10, 2001 ( E2207 257 4 "Soldier of Fortune" Richard Dobbs Barry Schindel October 24, 2001 ( E2206 258 5 "Possession" James Quinn Robert Palm October 31, 2001 ( E2202 259 6 "Formerly Famous" Richard Dobbs Wendy Battles & Marc Guggenheim November 7, 2001 ( E2201 260 7 "Myth of Fingerprints" David Platt Teleplay by: Terri Kopp & Aaron Zelman Story by: Eric Overmyer November 14, 2001 ( E2209 261 8 "The Fire This Time" David Platt David Black November 21, 2001 ( E2205 262 9 "3 Dawg Night" Stephen Wertimer Teleplay by: Richard Sweren Story by: Richard Sweren & Aaron Zelman November 28, 2001 ( E2203 263 10 "Prejudice" Ed Sherin Jill Goldsmith December 12, 2001 ( E2213 264 11 "The Collar" Matthew Penn Richard Sweren January 9, 2002 ( E2214 265 12 "Undercovered" Jace Alexander Wendy Battles & Noah Baylin January 16, 2002 ( E2220 266 13 "DR 1-102" Richard Dobbs Marc Guggenheim & Aaron Zelman January 30, 2002 ( E2216 267 14 "Missing" David Platt Eric Overmyer & Matt Witten February 6, 2002 ( E2212 268 15 "Access Nation" Constantine Makris Sean Jablonski & Terri Kopp February 27, 2002 ( E2215 269 16 "Born Again" Jace Alexander Teleplay by: Jill Goldsmith & Matt Witten Story by: William N. Fordes March 6, 2002 ( E2204 270 17 "Girl Most Likely" Steve Shill Lynn Mamet March 27, 2002 ( E2227 271 18 "Equal Rights" James Quinn Terri Kopp April 3, 2002 ( E2221 272 19 "Slaughter" Constantine Makris Rob Wright April 10, 2002 ( E2218 273 20 "Dazzled" Lewis H. Gould Eric Overmyer & Matt Witten April 24, 2002 ( E2224 274 21 "Foul Play" Richard Dobbs Stuart Feldman May 1, 2002 ( E2222 275 22 "Attorney Client" Matthew Penn Jill Goldsmith May 8, 2002 ( E2225 276 23 "Oxymoron" Constantine Makris Michael Harbert May 15, 2002 ( E2217 277 24 "Patriot" David Platt William N. Fordes & Sean Jablonski May 22, 2002 ( E2226 § Dianne Wiest (Nora Lewin) was replaced by Fred Dalton Thompson (Arthur Branch) this season. "Absentia" was the first episode in the series to have more than 1 director listed. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 278 1 "American Jihad" Constantine Makris Aaron Zelman & Marc Guggenheim October 2, 2002 ( E3304 279 2 "Shangri-La" Constantine Makris Michael S. Chernuchin October 9, 2002 ( E3301 280 3 "True Crime" Martha Mitchell Wendy Battles & Noah Baylin October 16, 2002 ( E3305 281 4 "Tragedy on Rye" David Platt William N. Fordes October 30, 2002 ( E3303 282 5 "The Ring" Richard Dobbs Michael S. Chernuchin November 6, 2002 ( E3309 283 6 "Hitman" Richard Dobbs Eric Overmyer November 13, 2002 ( E3302 284 7 "Open Season" Matthew Penn Richard Sweren November 20, 2002 ( E3306 285 8 "Asterisk" Steve Shill Terri Kopp November 27, 2002 ( E3308 286 9 "The Wheel" Richard Dobbs Jill Goldsmith December 11, 2002 ( E3307 287 10 "Mother's Day" Jace Alexander Janis Diamond January 8, 2003 ( E3311 288 11 "Chosen" Ed Sherin Michael S. Chernuchin January 15, 2003 ( E3310 289 12 "Under God" Gloria Muzio Marc Guggenheim & Noah Baylin February 5, 2003 ( E3313 290 13 "Absentia" Martha Mitchell & Darnell Martin Eric Overmyer February 12, 2003 ( E3314 291 14 "Star Crossed" David Platt Richard Sweren February 19, 2003 ( E3315 292 15 "Bitch" Constantine Makris Michael S. Chernuchin & Roz Weinman February 26, 2003 ( E3320 293 16 "Suicide Box" Matthew Penn Aaron Zelman March 26, 2003 ( E3312 294 17 "Genius" Jace Alexander William N. Fordes April 2, 2003 ( E3318 295 18 "Maritime" Gloria Muzio Wendy Battles April 17, 2003 ( E3319 296 19 "Seer" James Quinn Jill Goldsmith April 23, 2003 ( E3316 297 20 "Kid Pro Quo" David Platt Eric Overmyer & Roz Weinman April 30, 2003 ( E3325 298 21 "House Calls" Jace Alexander Janis Diamond May 7, 2003 ( E3323 299 22 "Sheltered" Richard Dobbs Terri Kopp May 14, 2003 ( E3324 300 23 "Couples" David Platt Lorenzo Carcaterra May 21, 2003 ( E3317 301 24 "Smoke" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: Michael S. Chernuchin Story by: Dick Wolf May 21, 2003 ( E3322 § This is the second season in the series in which a cast change has not been made from the previous season. 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 Jury which premiered with L&O next season. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production Code 302 1 "Bodies" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: William N. Fordes Story by: Michael S. Chernuchin & William N. Fordes September 24, 2003 ( E4302 303 2 "Bounty" Matthew Penn Michael S. Chernuchin October 1, 2003 ( E4304 304 3 "Patient Zero" David Platt Wendy Battles October 8, 2003 ( E4301 305 4 "Shrunk" Jace Alexander Richard Sweren October 22, 2003 ( E4305 306 5 "Blaze" Gloria Muzio Marc Guggenheim, Aaron Zelman & Michael S. Chernuchin October 29, 2003 ( E4309 307 6 "Identity" Jace Alexander Janis Diamond November 5, 2003 ( E4311 308 7 "Floater" Richard Dobbs Eric Overmyer November 12, 2003 ( E4307 309 8 "Embedded" Ed Sherin Craig Turk November 19, 2003 ( E4303 310 9 "Compassion" Constantine Makris Roz Weinman November 26, 2003 ( E4308 311 10 "Ill-Conceived" David Platt Aaron Zelman, Noah Baylin & Michael S. Chernuchin December 3, 2003 ( E4306 312 11 "Darwinian" Jace Alexander Marc Guggenheim January 7, 2004 ( E4313 313 12 "Payback" Constantine Makris Lorenzo Carcaterra January 14, 2004 ( E4310 314 13 "Married with Children" Richard Dobbs Wendy Battles & William N. Fordes February 4, 2004 ( E4315 315 14 "City Hall" Gloria Muzio Richard Sweren & Marc Guggenheim February 11, 2004 ( E4318 316 15 "Veteran's Day" David Platt Noah Baylin February 18, 2004 ( E4314 317 16 "Can I Get a Witness?" Don Scardino Aaron Zelman February 25, 2004 ( E4320 318 17 "Hands Free" Gloria Muzio Janis Diamond March 3, 2004 ( E4316 319 18 "Evil Breeds" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: Noah Baylin Story by: Barry Schindel & Noah Baylin March 24, 2004 ( E4326 320 19 "Nowhere Man" Martha Mitchell William N. Fordes March 31, 2004 ( E4324 321 20 "Everybody Loves Raimondo's" Richard Dobbs Teleplay by: Lorenzo Carcaterra Story by: Richard Sweren & Lorenzo Carcaterra April 14, 2004 ( E4327 322 21 "Vendetta" David Platt Teleplay by: David Nahmod Story by: Michael S. Chernuchin & David Nahmod April 21, 2004 ( E4317 323 22 "Gaijin" Jace Alexander Wendy Battles April 28, 2004 ( E4325 324 23 "Caviar Emptor" Richard Dobbs Roz Weinman May 12, 2004 ( E4321 325 24 "C.O.D." Matthew Penn Richard Sweren & Marc Guggenheim May 19, 2004 ( E4319 § Dennis Farina joined the cast as Joe Fontana this 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. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 326 1 "Paradigm" Matthew Penn Teleplay by: Richard Sweren Story by: Dick Wolf September 22, 2004 ( E5301 18.86 327 2 "The Dead Wives Club" David Platt Nick Santora September 22, 2004 ( E5307 15.39 328 3 "The Brotherhood" Jean de Segonzac Teleplay by: Alfredo Barrios, Jr. Story by: Wendy Battles & Alfredo Barrios, Jr. September 29, 2004 ( E5304 12.94 329 4 "Coming Down Hard" Richard Dobbs Davey Holmes October 6, 2004 ( E5308 12.51 330 5 "Gunplay" Constantine Makris William N. Fordes & Lois Johnson October 20, 2004 ( E5306 13.07 331 6 "Cut" Richard Dobbs Wendy Battles October 27, 2004 ( E5302 13.23 332 7 "Gov Love" Michael Pressman Richard Sweren & Ross Berger November 10, 2004 ( E5313 15.15 333 8 "Cry Wolf" Don Scardino Nick Santora & Lorenzo Carcaterra November 17, 2004 ( E5312 13.80 334 9 "All in the Family" Jace Alexander William N. Fordes November 24, 2004 ( E5303 12.62 335 10 "Enemy" Richard Dobbs Alfredo Barrios, Jr. December 1, 2004 ( E5314 14.71 336 11 "Fixed" Ed Sherin Roz Weinman & Eric Overmyer December 8, 2004 ( E5311 15.69 337 12 "Mammon" Jace Alexander William N. Fordes & Douglas Stark January 5, 2005 ( E5316 14.28 338 13 "Ain't No Love" Paris Barclay Richard Sweren & Lois Johnson January 12, 2005 ( E5315 14.69 339 14 "Fluency" Matthew Penn Nick Santora January 19, 2005 ( E5318 15.12 340 15 "Obsession" Constantine Makris Wendy Battles & Alfredo Barrios, Jr. February 9, 2005 ( E5319 13.16 341 16 "The Sixth Man" David Platt Teleplay by: Lois Johnson Story by: Lois Johnson & Richard Sweren February 16, 2005 ( E5321 13.73 342 17 "License to Kill" Constantine Makris Richard Sweren & Stuart Feldman February 23, 2005 ( E5322 14.54 343 18 "Dining Out" Jean de Segonzac Davey Holmes March 2, 2005 ( E5317 14.66 344 19 "Sects" Richard Dobbs Frank Pugliese March 30, 2005 ( E5324 13.49 345 20 "Tombstone" Eric Stoltz Rick Eid April 13, 2005 ( E5325 16.85 346 21 "Publish and Perish" Constantine Makris Tom Szentgyorgi April 20, 2005 ( E5328 14.33 347 22 "Sport of Kings" Michael Pressman Teleplay by: Richard Sweren & Wendy Battles Story by: Richard Sweren, Nick Santora & Wendy Battles May 4, 2005 ( E5323 11.70 348 23 "In God We Trust" David Platt Richard Sweren May 11, 2005 ( E5326 12.22 349 24 "Locomotion" Matthew Penn Teleplay by: Eric Overmyer Story by: Roz Weinman May 18, 2005 ( E5329 12.41 § 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. 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". No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 350 1 "Red Ball" Matthew Penn David Wilcox September 21, 2005 ( 16001 13.03 351 2 "Flaw" Jean de Segonzac Chris Levinson September 28, 2005 ( 16002 15.06 352 3 "Ghosts" Constantine Makris Rick Eid October 5, 2005 ( 16003 12.59 353 4 "Age of Innocence" David Platt Davey Holmes October 12, 2005 ( 16005 10.92 354 5 "Lifeline" Rosemary Rodriguez Greg Plageman October 19, 2005 ( 16006 12.33 355 6 "Birthright" Constantine Makris David Slack November 2, 2005 ( 16007 12.57 356 7 "House of Cards" Michael Pressman Wendy Battles November 9, 2005 ( 16008 10.86 357 8 "New York Minute" Don Scardino Nicholas Wootton November 16, 2005 ( 16009 11.44 358 9 "Criminal Law" Ed Sherin David Wilcox November 23, 2005 ( 16010 11.93 359 10 "Acid" Michael Pressman Richard Sweren November 30, 2005 ( 16011 12.87 360 11 "Bible Story" Rick Wallace Richard Sweren December 7, 2005 ( 16004 12.13 361 12 "Family Friend" Jean de Segonzac Philippe Browning January 11, 2006 ( 16012 12.83 362 13 "Heart of Darkness" Richard Dobbs Carter Harris January 18, 2006 ( 16013 12.38 363 14 "Magnet" Adam Bernstein David Black February 8, 2006 ( 16014 14.53 364 15 "Choice of Evils" Michael Pressman David Wilcox March 1, 2006 ( 16016 12.39 365 16 "Cost of Capital" Michael Watkins Teleplay by: Tom Smuts Story by: Rick Eid March 8, 2006 ( 16010 11.79 366 17 "America, Inc." Jean de Segonzac Richard Sweren March 22, 2006 ( 16017 9.00 367 18 "Thinking Makes It So" Tony Goldwyn Michael S. Chernuchin March 29, 2006 ( 16019 9.35 368 19 "Positive" Richard Dobbs Sonny Postiglione April 5, 2006 ( 16020 10.84 369 20 "Kingmaker" Don Scardino David Slack May 3, 2006 ( 16018 10.66 370 21 "Hindsight" Jean de Segonzac Chris Levinson May 10, 2006 ( 16021 12.68 371 22 "Invaders" Matthew Penn Richard Sweren & David Wilcox May 17, 2006 ( 16022 13.59 § Alana de la Garza (Connie Rubirosa) and Milena Govich (Nina Cassady) joined the cast in this season. 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. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 372 1 "Fame" Jean de Segonzac Nicholas Wootton September 22, 2006 ( 17001 11.07 373 2 "Avatar" Vincent Misiano David Slack September 29, 2006 ( 17002 10.03 374 3 "Home Sweet" Richard Dobbs Michael S. Chernuchin October 6, 2006 ( 17003 9.64 375 4 "Fear America" Constantine Makris Sonny Postiglione & Robert Nathan October 13, 2006 ( 17004 9.43 376 5 "Public Service Homicide" Constantine Makris Chris Levinson October 20, 2006 ( 17005 10.20 377 6 "Profiteer" Arthur W. Forney David Wilcox October 27, 2006 ( 17007 9.02 378 7 "In Vino Veritas" Tim Hunter David Wilcox November 3, 2006 ( 17006 10.87 379 8 "Release" Michael Pressman Rick Eid & Nicholas Wootton November 10, 2006 ( 17008 9.57 380 9 "Deadlock" Alex Chapple David Slack November 17, 2006 ( 17009 9.94 381 10 "Corner Office" Joan Stein Schimke Rick Eid & Richard Sweren December 8, 2006 ( 17010 10.23 382 11 "Remains of the Day" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: David Wilcox Story by: David Wilcox & Shiya Ribowsky January 5, 2007 ( 17011 9.77 383 12 "Charity Case" Michael Pressman Nicholas Wootton January 12, 2007 ( 17012 9.02 384 13 "Talking Points" Matthew Penn Michael S. Chernuchin February 2, 2007 ( 17013 9.53 385 14 "Church" Constantine Makris Rick Eid February 9, 2007 ( 17014 9.63 386 15 "Melting Pot" Jean de Segonzac Richard Sweren February 16, 2007 ( 17015 9.01 387 16 "Murder Book" Constantine Makris David Wilcox February 23, 2007 ( 17016 8.67 388 17 "Good Faith" Sam Weisman David Slack March 30, 2007 ( 17017 7.47 389 18 "Bling" Karen Gaviola Matthew McGough April 6, 2007 ( 17018 8.22 390 19 "Fallout" Constantine Makris Sonny Postiglione April 27, 2007 ( 17019 7.52 391 20 "Captive" Michael Watkins Richard Sweren May 4, 2007 ( 17020 8.88 392 21 "Over Here" Constantine Makris William N. Fordes May 11, 2007 ( 17021 8.30 393 22 "The Family Hour" Matthew Penn Richard Sweren & David Slack May 18, 2007 ( 17022 9.23 § Jeremy Sisto (Cyrus Lupo) and Linus Roache (Michael Cutter) joined the cast. 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. No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 394 1 "Called Home" Allen Coulter René Balcer January 2, 2008 18001 13.45 395 2 "Darkness" Michael Dinner William N. Fordes & David Slack January 2, 2008 18006 13.45 396 3 "Misbegotten" Michael Watkins David Wilcox & Stephanie Sengupta January 9, 2008 18002 11.05 397 4 "Bottomless" Alex Chapple Ed Zuckerman January 16, 2008 18004 11.55 398 5 "Driven" Alan Taylor Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo January 23, 2008 18009 10.33 399 6 "Political Animal" Jean de Segonzac Ed Zuckerman & David Slack January 30, 2008 18011 11.14 400 7 "Quit Claim" Jim McKay William N. Fordes & David Wilcox February 6, 2008 18010 10.07[100] 401 8 "Illegal" Constantine Makris William N. Fordes & David Slack February 13, 2008 18003 10.24[101] 402 9 "Executioner" Constantine Makris Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo February 20, 2008 18012 10.85[102] 403 10 "Tango" Dean White Stephanie Sengupta February 27, 2008 18013 11.45[103] 404 11 "Betrayal" Marc Levin Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo March 5, 2008 18005 9.68[104] 405 12 "Submission" Constantine Makris Ed Zuckerman March 12, 2008 18007 11.68[105] 406 13 "Angelgrove" Darnell Martin David Wilcox & Stephanie Sengupta March 19, 2008 18008 10.45[106] 407 14 "Burn Card" Mario Van Peebles Ed Zuckerman & David Wilcox April 23, 2008 18014 12.63[107] 408 15 "Bogeyman" Tim Hunter Teleplay by: Richard Sweren Story by: Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo April 30, 2008 18015 9.62[108] 409 16 "Strike" Marisol Torres William N. Fordes & David Slack May 7, 2008 18016 8.76[109] 410 17 "Personae Non Gratae" John David Coles Stephanie Sengupta & Matthew McGough May 14, 2008 18017 8.35[110] 411 18 "Excalibur" Jim McKay René Balcer & Ed Zuckerman May 21, 2008 18018 8.45[111] § 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. During this season, Law & Order: UK made its début in United Kingdom on ITV1 No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 412 1 "Rumble" Constantine Makris Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose November 5, 2008 ( 19003 7.85[112] 413 2 "Challenged" Fred Berner René Balcer & Ed Zuckerman November 12, 2008 ( 19001 7.91[113] 414 3 "Lost Boys" Chris Zalla Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo November 19, 2008 ( 19004 7.58[114] 415 4 "Falling" Michael Watkins Stephanie Sengupta & Keith Eisner November 26, 2008 ( 19005 7.63[115] 416 5 "Knock Off" Constantine Makris Teleplay by: William N. Fordes & Matthew McGough Story by: Jonathan Rintels December 3, 2008 ( 19006 11.26[116] 417 6 "Sweetie" Mario Van Peebles Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas December 10, 2008 ( 19007 7.46[117] 418 7 "Zero" Marisol Torres Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas December 17, 2008 ( 19002 6.95[118] 419 8 "Chattel" Jim McKay William N. Fordes & Matthew McGough January 7, 2009 ( 19009 10.11[119] 420 9 "By Perjury" Darnell Martin Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose January 14, 2009 ( 19010 8.20[120] 421 10 "Pledge" Alex Chapple Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo January 21, 2009 ( 19008 8.49[121] 422 11 "Lucky Stiff" Marc Levin Ed Zuckerman & Matthew McGough January 28, 2009 ( 19012 8.89[122] 423 12 "Illegitimate" Josh Marston Stephanie Sengupta & Keith Eisner February 4, 2009 ( 19011 8.69[123] 424 13 "Crimebusters" Alex Chapple Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo February 11, 2009 ( 19013 7.52[124] 425 14 "Rapture" Fred Berner Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas February 18, 2009 ( 19014 7.15[125] 426 15 "Bailout" Jean de Segonzac Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose March 11, 2009 ( 19015 7.58[126] 427 16 "Take-Out" Jim McKay William N. Fordes & Keith Eisner March 18, 2009 ( 19016 7.07[127] 428 17 "Anchors Away" Alex Chapple Ed Zuckerman & Matthew McGough March 25, 2009 ( 19017 7.25[129] 429 18 "Promote This!" Michael Watkins Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose April 29, 2009 ( 19019 7.69[130] 430 19 "All New" Roger Young William N. Fordes & Keith Eisner May 6, 2009 ( 19020 8.14[131] 431 20 "Exchange" Ernest Dickerson Stephanie Sengupta May 13, 2009 ( 19018 7.82[132] 432 21 "Skate or Die" Norberto Barba Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas May 20, 2009 ( 19021 6.70[133] 433 22 "The Drowned and the Saved" Fred Berner Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo June 3, 2009 ( 19022 8.79[134] § This was the fifth (and final) season in which the series had no cast changes from the previous season. 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.[135] No. in series No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 434 1 "Memo from the Dark Side" Fred Berner René Balcer & Keith Eisner September 25, 2009 ( 20001 6.29[136] 435 2 "Just a Girl in the World" Marisol Torres Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose October 2, 2009 ( 20002 6.68[137] 436 3 "Great Satan" Michael Dinner Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas October 9, 2009 ( 20003 7.23[138] 437 4 "Reality Bites" Constantine Makris Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas October 16, 2009 ( 20004 7.60[139] 438 5 "Dignity" Jim McKay Richard Sweren & Julie Martin October 23, 2009 ( 20005 7.17[140] 439 6 "Human Flesh Search Engine" Darnell Martin Ed Zuckerman & Matthew McGough October 30, 2009 ( 20006 7.00[141] 440 7 "Boy Gone Astray" Rose Troche Teleplay by: Keith Eisner Story by: René Balcer & Keith Eisner November 6, 2009 ( 20007 7.99[142] 441 8 "Doped" Mario Van Peebles Richard Sweren & Christopher Ambrose November 6, 2009 ( 20008 8.41[142] 442 9 "For the Defense" William Klayer Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas November 13, 2009 ( 20009 7.50[143] 443 10 "Shotgun" Roger Young Richard Sweren & Julie Martin November 20, 2009 ( 20010 7.52[144] 444 11 "Fed" Alex Chapple Teleplay by: Keith Eisner Story by: René Balcer & Keith Eisner December 11, 2009 ( 20011 8.77[145] 445 12 "Blackmail" Marc Levin Ed Zuckerman & Matthew McGough January 15, 2010 ( 20012 7.32[146] 446 13 "Steel-Eyed Death" Michael Pressman Richard Sweren, Christopher Ambrose & Julie Martin March 1, 2010 ( 20013 7.58[147] 447 14 "Boy on Fire" Rose Troche Teleplay by: Luke Schelhaas & Matthew McGough Story by: Ed Zuckerman & Matthew McGough March 1, 2010 ( 20014 7.86[147] 448 15 "Brilliant Disguise" Alex Chapple Teleplay by: Keith Eisner Story by: René Balcer & Keith Eisner March 8, 2010 ( 20015 5.18[148] 449 16 "Innocence" Fred Berner Richard Sweren & Julie Martin March 15, 2010 ( 20016 6.90[149] 450 17 "Four Cops Shot" Jim McKay Ed Zuckerman, Luke Schelhaas & Matthew McGough March 22, 2010 ( 20017 5.93[150] 451 18 "Brazil" Jean de Segonzac Teleplay by: Keith Eisner Story by: René Balcer & Keith Eisner March 29, 2010 ( 20018 6.01[151] 452 19 "Crashers" Darnell Martin Richard Sweren, Christopher Ambrose & Julie Martin May 3, 2010 ( 20019 6.18[152] 453 20 "The Taxman Cometh" Fred Berner Teleplay by: William N. Fordes Story by: Ed Zuckerman & William N. Fordes May 10, 2010 ( 20020 6.17[153] 454 21 "Immortal" Jim McKay Richard Sweren & Julie Martin May 17, 2010 ( 20021 5.91[154] 455 22 "Love Eternal" William Klayer Ed Zuckerman May 17, 2010 ( 20022 6.24[154] 456 23 "Rubber Room" René Balcer René Balcer May 24, 2010 ( 20023 7.60[155] § Season Episodes DVD release dates Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 Discs 1 22 October 15, 2002 (156] June 16, 2003 (157] April 14, 2003 ( 6 2 22 May 4, 2004 (158] February 28, 2004 (159] January 19, 2005 ( 3 3 22 May 24, 2005 (160] November 21, 2005 (161] March 8, 2006 ( 3 4 22 December 6, 2005 (162] July 17, 2006 (163] September 19, 2006 ( 3 5 23 April 3, 2007 (164] July 23, 2007 (165] July 30, 2007 ( 5 6 23 December 2, 2008 (166] February 16, 2009 (167] March 4, 2009 ( 5 7 23 January 19, 2010 (168] April 12, 2010 (169] April 21, 2010 (170] 5 8 24 December 7, 2010 (171] TBA August 4, 2011 (172] 5 9 24 December 6, 2011 (173] TBA TBA 5 Film June 12, 2012 (174] March 21, 2011 (175] TBA 1 10 24 February 23, 2012 (176] TBA TBA 5 11 24 November 6, 2012 (177] TBA TBA 5 12 24 February 26, 2013 (178] TBA TBA 5 13 24 November 5, 2013 (179] TBA TBA 5 14 24 September 14, 2004 (180] TBA TBA 3 15 24 November 4, 2014 (181] TBA TBA 5 16 22 November 4, 2014 (182] TBA TBA 5 17 22 November 4, 2014 (183] TBA TBA 5 18 18 May 5, 2015 (184] TBA TBA 4 19 22 May 5, 2015 (185] TBA TBA 5 20 23 May 5, 2015 (186] TBA TBA 5 Total 456 November 8, 2011 (187] TBA TBA 104 § List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes List of Law & Order: Trial by Jury episodes List of Law & Order: LA episodes § Episode guide from NBC.com

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