Mercedes Herrero

Jerry Tortino, a part-time buggy driver, is found shot to death with a crescent moon branded on his neck at the West Side stables. Jerry was a former bookie who served two out of a ten-year sentence in Sing Sing and he got off easy because he ratted out a major crime boss, Federico Righetti. Three weeks after Righetti gets out of prison, Tortino is killed. Briscoe and Green talk to Righetti's nephew Peter, which doesn't get them very far. Nonetheless, there's a connection they find between the Righetti's and Tortino. It seems they share the same real estate agent, Cary Stillwell.

A young Middle Eastern man is killed on camera in what appears to be a hate crime. Detectives Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) and Nina Cassady (Milena Govich) quickly learn that prior to the murder the victim had made a frantic 911 call to the Joint Terrorist Task Force and Detective Henry Paulsen (guest star John Viscardi), who joins in the investigation. Once the suspect, Ben Faoud (guest star Bernardo Pena) is apprehended, A.D.A.s Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) succeed in convincing the F.B.I. that the suspect should be tried for murder. Faoud then hires high-power defense attorney Paul Robinette (returning guest star Richard Brooks), who demands the case be thrown out. S. Epatha Merkerson and Fred Dalton Thompson also star.

When a recipient of an organ transplant is murdered, the seemingly altruistic donor becomes the detectives' prime suspect.

A rocky start for the Underwood Presidency. Frank wants to introduce an ambitious jobs program, while Claire sets her sights on the United Nations.

Claire threatens Frank. Frank makes a politically bold move that may provoke Russia. An event at a campaign stop changes everything.

As Claire begins exploring a campaign of her own, she and Frank engage in backdoor political maneuvering. But this time they're not on the same side.