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The Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 10

Every episode of Law & Order Season 10 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 10!

The Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 10

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into...
  1. Background image for Gunshow
    7.7/10(420 votes)

    #1 - Gunshow

    S10:E1

    A murderer's shooting spree in Central Park prompts Briscoe and his new partner, Detective Eddie Green, to trace the murder weapon's origination; McCoy makes it his mission to punish the killer and the gun manufacturer.

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    Director:Edwin Sherin
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Killerz
    8.3/10(498 votes)

    #2 - Killerz

    S10:E2

    Briscoe and Green believe a 10-year-old is responsible for a child's death, and McCoy wants her isolated to stop any future fatalities.

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  3. Background image for DNR
    7.9/10(386 votes)

    #3 - DNR

    S10:E3

    As Briscoe and Green investigate the shooting of judge, suspicion quickly points to her husband as the person who ordered the hit, but McCoy's case is hindered when she refuses to implicate her husband during the trial.

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  4. Background image for Merger
    7.8/10(379 votes)

    #4 - Merger

    S10:E4

    The murder of a drug-laden teen presents the detectives with a host of suspects from her wealthy family.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Justice
    8.0/10(360 votes)

    #5 - Justice

    S10:E5

    Jamie Ross returns as a defense attorney to represent a previous client who has key evidence concerning a prisoner on death row.

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    Director:Matthew Penn
  6. Background image for Marathon
    8.1/10(376 votes)

    #6 - Marathon

    S10:E6

    A frustrating investigation of a purse-snatching victim who was fatally shot leads to tension between Briscoe and Green over age and racial innuendoes. Briscoe notices his partner has developed a dangerous habit.

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  8. Background image for Patsy
    8.1/10(418 votes)

    #7 - Patsy

    S10:E7

    The investigation that follows the discovery of a comatose woman in her apartment leads to an unusual case involving murder and a possible frame-up, despite the prosecution having key DNA evidence to the contrary.

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    Director:David Platt
  9. Background image for Blood Money
    8.1/10(392 votes)

    #8 - Blood Money

    S10:E8

    A taxi driver finds that his passenger is dead, leading the detectives to a case involving an insurance scam and Holocaust victims.

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    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Sundown
    7.7/10(348 votes)

    #9 - Sundown

    S10:E9

    A patient is found beaten to death in a hospital lounge -- and the resulting case involves infidelity, Alzheimer's disease and a ladies' man.

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  11. Background image for Loco Parentis
    7.8/10(371 votes)

    #10 - Loco Parentis

    S10:E10

    After sanitation workers find a teenage boy's body, the investigation leads to a school bully who displays an avid interest in martial-arts weapons, and whose father bought the murder weapon.

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  12. Background image for Collision
    7.4/10(314 votes)

    #11 - Collision

    S10:E11

    The investigation of a schizophrenic woman's death leads to a case involving a homeless man and his right to refuse medication.

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    Director:David Platt
  13. Background image for Mother's Milk
    7.4/10(340 votes)

    #12 - Mother's Milk

    S10:E12

    Bloodstains in an apartment that belonged to a young couple with a baby leads to the separated parents, each of whom claims that the other has the infant.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Panic
    7.3/10(347 votes)

    #13 - Panic

    S10:E13

    Briscoe and Green investigate the shooting of a best-selling mystery writer and the death of her accountant, with a love triangle as a possible motive for the crime.

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  15. Background image for Entitled (II)
    7.4/10(359 votes)

    #14 - Entitled (II)

    S10:E14

    The focus of the case returns to a politically influential family and, during the course of the trial, McCoy finds the powerful matriarch to be a formidable opponent. The crossover starts on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S01E15 Entitled (I).

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    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Fools For Love
    8.2/10(432 votes)

    #15 - Fools For Love

    S10:E15

    After the bodies of two teens are found, the detectives trace their identities and learn that one of them had a sister who was traveling with the girls.

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  17. Background image for Trade This
    7.5/10(318 votes)

    #16 - Trade This

    S10:E16

    The murder of a stockbroker points to organized crime when a hired hit man kills the prime suspect.

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    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Black, White and Blue
    7.5/10(334 votes)

    #17 - Black, White and Blue

    S10:E17

    The murder of a white teen-ager in Harlem seems like an open-and-shut case until two patrol officers are implicated in the crime.

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  19. Background image for Mega
    7.7/10(355 votes)

    #18 - Mega

    S10:E18

    The investigation into a helicopter bombing points to a victim's wife and her unconventional financial advisers.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Surrender Dorothy
    7.3/10(318 votes)

    #19 - Surrender Dorothy

    S10:E19

    The body of a teacher, suspected of having an affair, is found in a car trunk and the investigation involves husband and father-in-law, both of whom are psychiatrists.

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  21. Background image for Untitled
    7.0/10(299 votes)

    #20 - Untitled

    S10:E20

    A wealthy woman, who is a patron of the arts, is found dead in her apartment and the ensuing investigation leads to a suspect whose violence was spurred by a painting similar to the crime scene.

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Narcosis
    7.3/10(288 votes)

    #21 - Narcosis

    S10:E21

    The discovery of a strangled prostitute's body leads to a case involving illegal immigrants and the events have an impact on a family.

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  23. Background image for High & Low
    7.4/10(326 votes)

    #22 - High & Low

    S10:E22

    Detectives Briscoe and Green probe the strangulation of a college coed who moonlighted as a stripper, and while they believe a pair of drug-dealing skinheads committed the murder, they struggle to determine the motive of the strip club owner who paid them for the hit. However, as they work their way up the ladder of complicity, the cops learn that the slaying is keyed to an insider trading scam that forces Assistant D.A. McCoy to connect a former porn star with a businessman.

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    Director:Unknown
  24. Background image for Stiff
    7.6/10(321 votes)

    #23 - Stiff

    S10:E23

    The detectives' investigation into why a wealthy woman is comatose involves her husband, daughter and doctor.

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  25. Background image for Vaya Con Dios
    7.6/10(361 votes)

    #24 - Vaya Con Dios

    S10:E24

    The death of an elderly man trying to find who was responsible for the torture killing of his son in 1973 Chile leads to a high-level foreign colonel who is now in a Manhattan hospital.

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Season 10 Ratings Summary

"Gunshow" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order" season 10. It scored 7.7/10 based on 420 votes. Directed by Edwin Sherin and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/22/1999. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Killerz".