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The Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 20

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

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...
  1. Background image for Memo from the Dark Side
    7.5/10(367 votes)

    #1 - Memo from the Dark Side

    S20:E1

    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.

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  2. Background image for Just a Girl in the World
    8.1/10(371 votes)

    #2 - Just a Girl in the World

    S20:E2

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  3. Background image for Great Satan
    7.7/10(351 votes)

    #3 - Great Satan

    S20:E3

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Reality Bites
    7.3/10(302 votes)

    #4 - Reality Bites

    S20:E4

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

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  5. Background image for Dignity
    7.6/10(344 votes)

    #5 - Dignity

    S20:E5

    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.

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  6. Background image for Human Flesh Search Engine
    7.7/10(303 votes)

    #6 - Human Flesh Search Engine

    S20:E6

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

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Boy Gone Astray
    7.5/10(316 votes)

    #7 - Boy Gone Astray

    S20:E7

    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.

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    Director:Rose Troche
  9. Background image for Doped
    8.0/10(319 votes)

    #8 - Doped

    S20:E8

    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

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    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for For the Defense
    8.3/10(345 votes)

    #9 - For the Defense

    S20:E9

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Shotgun
    7.8/10(306 votes)

    #10 - Shotgun

    S20:E10

    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.

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    Director:Roger Young
  12. Background image for Fed
    7.7/10(325 votes)

    #11 - Fed

    S20:E11

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

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    Director:Alex Chapple
  13. Background image for Blackmail
    7.3/10(318 votes)

    #12 - Blackmail

    S20:E12

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

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    Director:Marc Levin
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Steel-Eyed Death
    7.9/10(319 votes)

    #13 - Steel-Eyed Death

    S20:E13

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Boy on Fire
    7.6/10(294 votes)

    #14 - Boy on Fire

    S20:E14

    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.

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    Director:Rose Troche
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Brilliant Disguise
    7.7/10(317 votes)

    #15 - Brilliant Disguise

    S20:E15

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Innocence
    8.1/10(336 votes)

    #16 - Innocence

    S20:E16

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Four Cops Shot
    7.9/10(298 votes)

    #17 - Four Cops Shot

    S20:E17

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Brazil
    7.1/10(292 votes)

    #18 - Brazil

    S20:E18

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Crashers
    7.6/10(304 votes)

    #19 - Crashers

    S20:E19

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Taxman Cometh
    7.6/10(290 votes)

    #20 - The Taxman Cometh

    S20:E20

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Immortal
    8.0/10(316 votes)

    #21 - Immortal

    S20:E21

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Love Eternal
    7.8/10(298 votes)

    #22 - Love Eternal

    S20:E22

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Rubber Room
    8.6/10(469 votes)

    #23 - Rubber Room

    S20:E23

    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.

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    Director:René Balcer
    Writer:Unknown

Season 20 Ratings Summary

"Memo from the Dark Side" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order" season 20. It scored 7.5/10 based on 367 votes. Directed by Fred Berner and written by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, it aired on 9/25/2009. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Just a Girl in the World".