7.8/10381 votes#1 - Gunshow
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1999
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: N/A
8.3/10454 votes#2 - Killerz
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1999
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: N/A
7.9/10355 votes#3 - DNR
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1999
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: Kathy McCormick
7.8/10348 votes#4 - Merger
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1999
The murder of a drug-laden teen presents the detectives with a host of suspects from her wealthy family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10331 votes#5 - Justice
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/1999
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: Gerry Conway
8.1/10349 votes#6 - Marathon
Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/1999
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
Writer: Matt Witten
8.1/10387 votes#7 - Patsy
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/1999
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
Writer: Lynne E. Litt
8.1/10364 votes#8 - Blood Money
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/1999
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: N/A
7.7/10319 votes#9 - Sundown
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/1999
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: Krista Vernoff
7.8/10349 votes#10 - Loco Parentis
Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2000
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
Writer: Matt Witten
7.4/10292 votes#11 - Collision
Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/2000
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: Gerry Conway
7.4/10315 votes#12 - Mother's Milk
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 2/9/2000
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10324 votes#13 - Panic
Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 2/16/2000
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: N/A
7.4/10339 votes#14 - Entitled (II)
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2000
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).
Director: Dick Wolf, Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
8.2/10408 votes#15 - Fools For Love
Season 10 Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/2000
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
Writer: Kathy McCormick, Lynne E. Litt
7.5/10295 votes#16 - Trade This
Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/2000
The murder of a stockbroker points to organized crime when a hired hit man kills the prime suspect.
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: N/A
7.6/10315 votes#17 - Black, White and Blue
Season 10 Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2000
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: Matt Witten, Lynne E. Litt
7.7/10332 votes#18 - Mega
Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/2000
The investigation into a helicopter bombing points to a victim's wife and her unconventional financial advisers.
Director: David Platt
Writer: N/A
7.3/10296 votes#19 - Surrender Dorothy
Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/2000
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
Writer: Matt Witten
7.1/10273 votes#20 - Untitled
Season 10 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2000
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: N/A
7.4/10264 votes#21 - Narcosis
Season 10 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/2000
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
Writer: Kathy McCormick, Lynne E. Litt
7.5/10301 votes#22 - High & Low
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2000
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: N/A
Writer: Gerry Conway
7.6/10297 votes#23 - Stiff
Season 10 Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/2000
The detectives' investigation into why a wealthy woman is comatose involves her husband, daughter and doctor.
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: Hall Powell
7.6/10338 votes#24 - Vaya Con Dios
Season 10 Episode 24 - Aired 5/24/2000
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
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 10
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Network:NBC
Season 10 Ratings Summary
"Gunshow" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order" season 10. It scored 7.8/10 based on 381 votes. Directed by Edwin Sherin and written by N/A, it aired on 9/22/1999. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Killerz".