Law & Order

Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) investigate the shooting of a member of a local co-op board and suspect it's a case of mistaken identity. They go on to link the crime to a sleazy loan company, but not before another victim surfaces. ADA McCoy (Sam Waterston) is also convinced that he's got the right man, but evidence doesn't support this claim.

A wealthy elderly man is murdered and detectives instantly suspect his much younger wife, a former stripper. McCoy and Ross, believing that the estate lawyer also had a role in the man's killing, desperately find a wy to implicate the conspiring duo.

The shooting of an ex-cop in a neighborhood notorious for prostitution leads Briscoe and Curtis to two suburban housewives who are secretly high-class hookers. When one of the housewife's specialty lipstick is matched to a lipstick sample taken from a very private spot on the victim, it seems like McCoy has an open and shut case. However, the accused soon claims rape and hires a famous women's rights attorney to defend her. Felicity Huffman (Sports Night) guest stars.

In Part One o fa Law & Order trilogy, Curtis and Briscoe find the body of a woman who has been decapitated, as well as having had her hands and feet cut off. When she is finally identified as the head of a major film studio, the detectives travel to Los Angeles to question a physical trainer to the stars who's doing more with his clients than just lifting weights. Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) and Janeane Garofalo (Mystery Men) guest star.

While in Los Angeles investigating the brutal slaying of a studio mogul, Briscoe and Curtis begin to belive that their main suspect would not have been able to commit such a crime on his own. The detectives must return to New York to follow up on a new lead, which then allows Ross and McCoy to indict a new suspect. Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) and Paul Hecht (Private Parts) guest star.

Louise and Hugh Murdoch, both well-respected professors at Stuyvesant College, are found shot to death in their apartment. The murder weapon, a Beretta 9 mm, is recovered in a nearby trashcan. Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) begin their investigation at the unfortunate couple's offices. Hugh Murdoch was a biomedical researcher who was involved in a controversial type of stem cell research. Initially they think some pro-life groups might have been behind it, but they realize that's not the case.