The Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 2

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

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

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

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

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

A lethal drug overdose leads the detectives to an aggressive stage mother and a pornographic movie producer.

Director: Don Scardino

Writer: Christine Roum

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The detectives investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Holloween party.

Director: John Whitesell

Writer: N/A

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

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

The discovery of a frozen corpse in a dumpster leads to rival Broadway producers.

Director: N/A

Writer: Robert Nathan