6.6/10998 votes#1 - The Right Thing
Season 21 Episode 1 - Aired 2/24/2022
Newly acquainted partners Bernard and Cosgrove investigate the murder of a notorious entertainer. A dispute over throwing out a confession creates a rift in the DA's office.
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6.5/10494 votes#2 - Impossible Dream
Season 21 Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2022
The COO of a major tech company is found murdered in Central Park. Price and Maroun work to untangle a web of deceit to expose a cunning narcissist.
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7.1/10402 votes#3 - Filtered Life
Season 21 Episode 3 - Aired 3/10/2022
Bernard and Cosgrove investigate the disappearance of a social media star whose case takes the internet by storm. Price and Maroun must weigh their decisions regarding the case against the wishes of the missing woman's family.
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7.1/10381 votes#4 - Fault Lines
Season 21 Episode 4 - Aired 3/17/2022
After a family court judge is murdered, Bernard and Cosgrove dig into the many grievances against him; when the DA's office is faced with unforeseen challenges, Maroun takes matters into her own hands to save the case.
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6.1/10483 votes#5 - Free Speech
Season 21 Episode 5 - Aired 4/7/2022
Bernard and Cosgrove investigate the murder of a congressional candidate. ADAs Price and Maroun contend with an extremist plot hellbent on thwarting the candidate's agenda by any means necessary.
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7.0/10351 votes#6 - Wicked Game
Season 21 Episode 6 - Aired 4/14/2022
When a young man is found dead of an apparent overdose, Dixon fiercely pursues a homicide investigation as an old unsolved case comes back to haunt her. Price and Maroun risk putting a witness in harm's way to expose their suspect.
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6.6/10340 votes#7 - Legacy
Season 21 Episode 7 - Aired 4/28/2022
Bernard and Cosgrove are confronted with several suspects in the shooting of a headmaster at an elite private school. A teenager's life hangs in the balance as Price and Maroun debate who's more culpable - the shooter or the enabler.
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6.9/10265 votes#8 - Severance
Season 21 Episode 8 - Aired 5/5/2022
When the CFO of a Fortune 500 company is found strangled in her home, Bernard and Cosgrove work to connect multiple dead ends to find her killer. The prosecution is faced with an uphill battle as McCoy and Price butt heads over a choice that could cost them the case.
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6.8/10277 votes#9 - The Great Pretender
Season 21 Episode 9 - Aired 5/12/2022
Bernard and Cosgrove must sift through fact and fiction to find the killer of a young Manhattan socialite. The murder trial takes a turn that becomes personal for Price and puts Maroun in a compromising situation.
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6.3/10318 votes#10 - Black and Blue
Season 21 Episode 10 - Aired 5/19/2022
The murder of an off-duty NYPD detective threatens to tear the city apart; Cosgrove mourns the loss of a friend and asks Capt. Benson for help solving the case; McCoy and Price disagree on how to prosecute the culprit.
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The Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 21
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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...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:NBC
Season 21 Ratings Summary
"The Right Thing" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order" season 21. It scored 6.6/10 based on 998 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/24/2022. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Impossible Dream".