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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Law & Order Season 10 Episode 2 - Killerz
    8.3/10(574 votes)

    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.

    Director:Constantine Makris
    Writer:Richard Sweren

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  2. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 15 - Fools for Love
    8.3/10(498 votes)

    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.

    Director:Christopher Misiano
    Writers:Kathy McCormick, Lynne E. Litt

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  3. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 5 - Justice
    8.1/10(417 votes)

    S10:E5

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

    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 6 - Marathon
    8.1/10(440 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jace Alexander
    Writers:Matt Witten, Richard Sweren

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  5. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 7 - Patsy
    8.1/10(478 votes)

    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.

    Director:David Platt
    Writers:René Balcer, Lynne E. Litt

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  6. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 8 - Blood Money
    8.1/10(455 votes)

    S10:E8

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

    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Barry Schindel

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  7. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 3 - DNR
    7.8/10(445 votes)

    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.

    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 1 - Gunshow
    7.7/10(487 votes)

    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.

    Director:Edwin Sherin
    Writer:René Balcer

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  9. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 4 - Merger
    7.7/10(441 votes)

    S10:E4

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

    Director:Stephen Wertimer
    Writer:Lynn Mamet

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  10. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 9 - Sundown
    7.7/10(400 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jace Alexander
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 10 - Loco Parentis
    7.7/10(435 votes)

    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.

    Director:Constantine Makris
    Writers:Matt Witten, Richard Sweren

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  12. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 18 - Mega
    7.7/10(401 votes)

    S10:E18

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

    Director:David Platt
    Writers:William N. Fordes, Lynn Mamet

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  13. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 23 - Stiff
    7.6/10(362 votes)

    S10:E23

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

    Director:Jace Alexander
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 24 - Vaya Con Dios
    7.6/10(404 votes)

    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.

    Director:Christopher Misiano
    Writers:René Balcer, Richard Sweren

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  15. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 16 - Trade This
    7.5/10(365 votes)

    S10:E16

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

    Director:Jace Alexander
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 17 - Black, White and Blue
    7.5/10(385 votes)

    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.

    Director:Constantine Makris
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 11 - Collision
    7.4/10(366 votes)

    S10:E11

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

    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 12 - Mother's Milk
    7.4/10(393 votes)

    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.

    Director:Richard Dobbs
    Writers:Lynn Mamet, Barry Schindel

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  19. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 22 - High & Low
    7.4/10(373 votes)

    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.

    Director:Richard Dobbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 13 - Panic
    7.3/10(402 votes)

    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.

    Director:Constantine Makris
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 14 - Entitled (II)
    7.3/10(416 votes)

    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).

    Directors:Dick Wolf, Edwin Sherin
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 21 - Narcosis
    7.3/10(335 votes)

    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.

    Director:Constantine Makris
    Writers:Kathy McCormick, Lynne E. Litt

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  23. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 19 - Surrender Dorothy
    7.2/10(358 votes)

    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.

    Director:Martha Mitchell
    Writers:Matt Witten, Barry Schindel

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  24. Law & Order Season 10 Episode 20 - Untitled
    7.0/10(345 votes)

    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.

    Director:Jace Alexander
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 10 Ratings Summary

"Killerz" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order" season 10. It scored 8.3/10 based on 574 votes. Directed by Constantine Makris and written by Richard Sweren, it aired on 9/29/1999. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Fools for Love".