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The Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 20

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Network:NBC

Every episode of Law & Order Season 20 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 20!

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...
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  • Rubber Room
    8.6/10(461)
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    #1 - Rubber Room

    Season 20 Episode 23

    Aired 5/24/2010

    Detectives search for an anonymous blogger who has posted plans to blow up a school. Lt. Van Buren struggles to keep her personal issues private.

    Director: René Balcer

    Writer: N/A

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  • For the Defense
    8.3/10(337)
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    #2 - For the Defense

    Season 20 Episode 9

    Aired 11/13/2009

    A case that begins as a search for a missing witness spirals into a murder conspiracy with ADA Connie Rubirosa caught in the middle.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Just a Girl in the World
    8.1/10(362)
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    #3 - Just a Girl in the World

    Season 20 Episode 2

    Aired 10/2/2009

    A crime scene investigator is murdered in her apartment. Her fiance is suspected, but then a journalist is attacked and DNA is found at the scene that links this crime to the murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  • Innocence
    8.1/10(329)
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    #4 - Innocence

    Season 20 Episode 16

    Aired 3/15/2010

    A man is convicted of a hate crime for allegedly killing a gay man, but a group called the Innocence Coalition is determined to clear his name.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Doped
    8.0/10(312)
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    #5 - Doped

    Season 20 Episode 8

    Aired 11/6/2009

    A deadly drunk-driving car accident brings Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard to the scene when a suspicious nasal spray is found. After the medical examiner realizes the nasal spray is a powerful anesthetic that could easily disorient its user, the detectives become suspicious of the victim's boss, Zach Marshall

    Director: Mario Van Peebles

    Writer: N/A

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  • Four Cops Shot
    8.0/10(291)
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    #6 - Four Cops Shot

    Season 20 Episode 17

    Aired 3/22/2010

    The debate rages over how to treat an informant who shot and killed four police officers. However, did one of the officers try to put undue pressure on him to help catch a dangerous criminal?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Immortal
    8.0/10(308)
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    #7 - Immortal

    Season 20 Episode 21

    Aired 5/17/2010

    A man's double life is discovered after he is stabbed to death.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Shotgun
    7.8/10(299)
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    #8 - Shotgun

    Season 20 Episode 10

    Aired 11/20/2009

    When an elderly man defends his shop from an armed robbery, Detectives Kevin Bernard and Cyrus Lupo suspect that this incident could have been an inside job. After further investigation, the detectives discover that the mugging might have been a scare tactic for a shakedown.

    Director: Roger Young

    Writer: Julie Martin

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  • Steel-Eyed Death
    7.8/10(310)
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    #9 - Steel-Eyed Death

    Season 20 Episode 13

    Aired 3/1/2010

    When a family of four is found murdered in their home, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard discover that the deaths may be related to the deceased teenage daughter's troubled friend, Bonnie.

    Director: Michael Pressman

    Writer: N/A

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  • Love Eternal
    7.8/10(291)
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    #10 - Love Eternal

    Season 20 Episode 22

    Aired 5/17/2010

    When a reality TV crew finds a dead man's body locked in a dog cage, detectives suspect the victim's wife.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Great Satan
    7.7/10(342)
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    #11 - Great Satan

    Season 20 Episode 3

    Aired 10/9/2009

    Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate when an aspiring musician is found dead. A bag of cash leads them to multiple suspects.

    Director: Michael Dinner

    Writer: N/A

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  • Human Flesh Search Engine
    7.7/10(294)
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    #12 - Human Flesh Search Engine

    Season 20 Episode 6

    Aired 10/30/2009

    Bernard becomes the target of a dangerous website that is partly responsible for a homicide the detectives are investigating

    Director: Darnell Martin

    Writer: N/A

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  • Fed
    7.7/10(315)
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    #13 - Fed

    Season 20 Episode 11

    Aired 12/11/2009

    "Fed" is the eleventh episode of the twentieth season of NBC's long-running legal drama Law & Order.

    Director: Alex Chapple

    Writer: René Balcer

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  • Brilliant Disguise
    7.7/10(310)
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    #14 - Brilliant Disguise

    Season 20 Episode 15

    Aired 3/8/2010

    A young woman is found murdered in a hotel and the evidence leads to a medical student.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Dignity
    7.6/10(332)
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    #15 - Dignity

    Season 20 Episode 5

    Aired 10/23/2009

    A doctor who performs late-term abortions is murdered in church. The case falls apart for Cutter when Rubirosa is touched by an abortion nurse's testimony.

    Director: Jim McKay

    Writer: Dick Wolf, Julie Martin, René Balcer

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  • Boy on Fire
    7.6/10(286)
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    #16 - Boy on Fire

    Season 20 Episode 14

    Aired 3/1/2010

    When detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard come upon the burning body of Cesar, a sixteen-year-old charter school student from a bad neighborhood, they begin to question his young mentee Moses, who was the last person to see him alive.

    Director: Rose Troche

    Writer: N/A

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  • Crashers
    7.6/10(296)
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    #17 - Crashers

    Season 20 Episode 19

    Aired 5/3/2010

    When the body of a model is found burning in an alley, Detectives Lupo and Bernard search for her killer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Taxman Cometh
    7.6/10(283)
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    #18 - The Taxman Cometh

    Season 20 Episode 20

    Aired 5/10/2010

    Lupo and Bernard uncover a possible conspiracy to kill off wealthy cancer patients, so their inheritors don't have to pay an estate tax. However, legal roadblocks make the case difficult to prosecute.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Memo from the Dark Side
    7.5/10(356)
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    #19 - Memo from the Dark Side

    Season 20 Episode 1

    Aired 9/25/2009

    The body of a young war veteran is found in a parking garage and the murder is connected to a law professor who used to work for the Department of Justice.

    Director: Fred Berner

    Writer: Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  • Boy Gone Astray
    7.5/10(307)
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    #20 - Boy Gone Astray

    Season 20 Episode 7

    Aired 11/6/2009

    When a young woman is found dead in her apartment, a few tell-tale signs quickly lead Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard to believe that the killer was not after her wealth.

    Director: Rose Troche

    Writer: René Balcer

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  • Reality Bites
    7.3/10(294)
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    #21 - Reality Bites

    Season 20 Episode 4

    Aired 10/16/2009

    A mother of ten adopted special needs children is murdered. The day after her murder, her husband appears on reality TV.

    Director: Constantine Makris

    Writer: N/A

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  • Blackmail
    7.3/10(310)
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    #22 - Blackmail

    Season 20 Episode 12

    Aired 1/15/2010

    Blackmail is the twelfth episode of the twentieth season of the television series Law & Order. It aired on NBC January 15, 2010.

    Director: Marc Levin

    Writer: N/A

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  • Brazil
    7.2/10(283)
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    #23 - Brazil

    Season 20 Episode 18

    Aired 3/29/2010

    When an environmental scientist, Dr. Oscar Silva, is poisoned during a global warming symposium, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard initially suspect competitors from Dr. Silva's field of study. It is soon discovered that Dr. Silva is involved in a messy custody battle with his wife’s ex-husband, Phillip Shoemaker and the focus of the investigation quickly shifts to the victim’s family. Meanwhile, the case becomes personal for Cutter as it stirs up unpleasant memories from his own past.

    Director: Jean de Segonzac

    Writer: N/A

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Season 20 Ratings Summary

"Rubber Room" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order" season 20. It scored 8.6/10 based on 461 votes. Directed by René Balcer and written by N/A, it aired on 5/24/2010. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "For the Defense".