7.9/10434 votes#1 - Confession
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1991
Logan crosses the line in order to obtain a confession from the man suspected of murdering Max Greevey. Stone finds that his prosecution is placed in jeopardy because of Logan's actions.
Director: Fred Gerber
Writer: Robert Palm, Michael Duggan
7.5/10439 votes#2 - The Wages of Love
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1991
A double homicide casts suspicion on both the ex-wife and the former boyfriend of the murdered duo, with the dead man's murdered son holding the key to the mystery.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: Robert Nathan
7.7/10399 votes#3 - Aria
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1991
A lethal drug overdose leads the detectives to an aggressive stage mother and a pornographic movie producer.
Director: Don Scardino
Writer: Christine Roum
7.6/10363 votes#4 - Asylum
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1991
The conviction of a homeless man for murder is threatened on appeal based on the lack of a search warrant for his "home", which was a lean-to in Central Park.
Director: Kristoffer Tabori
Writer: Kathy McCormick
7.7/10358 votes#5 - God Bless The Child
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1991
A couple faces trial after they deny medical help to their daughter based on their religious beliefs.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Black, Robert Nathan
7.5/10419 votes#6 - Misconception
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1991
The mugging of a pregnant legal secretary leads to a case involving her lover, her boss and charges of murder when she loses the baby.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: N/A
7.6/10370 votes#7 - In Memory Of
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1991
The renovation of a brownstone uncovers the remains of a boy who disappeared 31 years earlier, reviving a wrenching and long-suppressed memory in his childhood friend and neighbor.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: David Black, Robert Nathan
7.4/10350 votes#8 - Out Of Control
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1991
The detectives investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Holloween party.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
7.4/10352 votes#9 - Renunciation
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1991
A hit-and-run investigation leads to the discovery of a schoolteacher carrying on an affair with one of her students. Cerreta and Logan suspect that she may have manipulated him into killing her husband.
Director: Gwen Arner
Writer: N/A
7.6/10344 votes#10 - Heaven
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1991
The investigation into a social-club fire which claimed 53 fatalities leads to a connection between arson, illegal immigrants and the sale of green cards.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.2/10337 votes#11 - His Hour Upon The Stage
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1991
The discovery of a frozen corpse in a dumpster leads to rival Broadway producers.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Nathan
7.6/10363 votes#12 - Star Struck
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1992
An obsessive fan pleads temporary insanity when he is charged with attempting to murder the soap-opera actress who is the center of his life.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.8/10346 votes#13 - Severance
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1992
Stone faces an old rival in court as he tries to link a hit man and three murders to a sleazy lawyer and a powerful man behind bars.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
7.7/10345 votes#14 - Blood Is Thicker...
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1992
An apparent mugging ends in the death of a wealthy woman but the case comes to hang on a silver pin that may have been in the victim's possession.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10339 votes#15 - Trust
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1992
Stone is determined to see that a teenage boy doesn't get away with murder twice when the young man is brought to trial for the shooting death of one of his friends.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: René Balcer
7.8/10340 votes#16 - Vengeance
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1992
The parents of a murdered woman contest Stone's prosecution of her killer so that he can be extradited to their home state, where the death penalty still exists.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: René Balcer
7.5/10348 votes#17 - Sisters Of Mercy
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/3/1992
Cerreta and Logan investigate the accusation that a nun in charge of a shelter for teens molested a young addict.
Director: Fred Gerber, René Balcer
Writer: René Balcer
7.8/10345 votes#18 - Cradle To Grave
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/1992
The discovery of a dead baby leads to a case involving a slumlord who would not provide any heat and who defends her actions by blaming the rent laws.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
7.4/10316 votes#19 - The Fertile Fields
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/1992
The brutal murder of a Jewish jeweler appears to be a hate crime, but the investigation soon leads back to the man's brother and his shady business deals.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: René Balcer
7.5/10324 votes#20 - Intolerance
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/1992
When a Chinese-American honors student is killed, the investigation uncovers a racist mother who's son was competing with the victim for the same scholarship.
Director: Steven Robman
Writer: N/A
7.7/10313 votes#21 - Silence
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1992
A politician opposes the prosecution of his son's murderer because it might mean revealing that his late son was gay.
Director: Edwin Sherin, René Balcer
Writer: René Balcer
7.9/10329 votes#22 - The Working Stiff
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1992
The murder of a Wall Street legend begins a case involving an ailing union worker and a former governor and old friend of Schiff's.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Robert Palm
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Confession" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 434 votes. Directed by Fred Gerber and written by Robert Palm, Michael Duggan, it aired on 9/17/1991. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Wages of Love".