7.8/10372 votes#1 - Bitter Fruit
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1995
Briscoe and his new partner, Det. Reynaldo Curtis, investigate the murder of a young girl who disappeared between school and her music lesson, with a blurry film from an ATM machine as their clue.
Director: Constantine Makris
Writer: N/A
7.3/10350 votes#2 - Rebels
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1995
Briscoe and Curtis have a hard time finding cooperative witnesses when investigating the murder of a college student at a rough biker bar.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
8.2/10380 votes#3 - Savages
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1995
McCoy and Kincaid clash over the death penalty as McCoy prosecutes a man who murdered an undercover cop during a drug bust.
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: Morgan Gendel
8.0/10350 votes#4 - Jeopardy
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/1995
A triple murder at a magazine publishing company leads to a case of sibling rivalry, a protective matriarch and a corrupt judge.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: N/A
7.9/10385 votes#5 - Hot Pursuit
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/1995
When the detectives solve a series of murders committed by a holdup team in ski masks, McCoy must determine whether a young woman found with them is an unwilling hostage, or an active participant in the crimes.
Director: N/A
Writer: Morgan Gendel
7.5/10350 votes#6 - Paranoia
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1995
Briscoe and Curtis try to solve a co-ed's murder after a graphic description appears online, while McCoy finds himself up against a lawyer who is reluctant to reveal elements of her client's past.
Director: Fred Gerber
Writer: N/A
7.8/10354 votes#7 - Humiliation
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/1995
The investigation into a prostitute's murder leads to a married plastic surgeon as the obvious suspect, but Kincaid has a hunch that an elaborate frame-up is in play.
Director: Matthew Penn
Writer: N/A
7.8/10344 votes#8 - Angel
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/1995
A mother claiming that her baby was kidnapped while she was at confession retraces her steps and actions with Curtis, which raises legal questions later when her attorney introduces a unique defense.
Director: Arthur W. Forney
Writer: N/A
7.4/10325 votes#9 - Blood Libel
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 1/3/1996
A hidden anti-Semitic message in a high school yearbook offers a clue to an art teacher's murder and leads to a case that matches McCoy against "Klan lawyer" Roy Payne.
Director: Constantine Makris
Writer: N/A
7.6/10317 votes#10 - Remand
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/1996
The victim in a 30-year-old rape and stabbing case is fearful when information received by Briscoe and Curtis creates the possibility of a new trial for the perpetrator.
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: N/A
7.6/10328 votes#11 - Corpus Delicti
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/1996
The death of a show horse leads to a trial involving insurance fraud, a sting operation and a wealthy woman's disappearance.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: N/A
8.1/10356 votes#12 - Trophy
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/31/1996
McCoy finds that his career is on the line when his former female assistant and ex lover accuses him of forging evidence that helped put an innocent man in prison.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: N/A
8.0/10367 votes#13 - Charm City (I)
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1996
A subway station gas attack, similar to one that took place in a Baltimore church five years earlier, brings Baltimore detectives Tim Bayliss and Frank Pembleton to New York to assist Briscoe and Curtis. This crossover continues on Homicide: Life on the Street S04E12 For God and Country (II).
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: Jorge Zamacona
7.5/10316 votes#14 - Custody
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/21/1996
Paul Robinette places the system on trial when he defends a young black woman accused of kidnapping her biological baby from his white, adoptive parents.
Director: Constantine Makris
Writer: Morgan Gendel
8.2/10377 votes#15 - Encore
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/28/1996
A jogger killed in Central Park turns out to be the second wife of a former comedy club owner, who was acquitted of killing his first wife. And convicting him this time may hinge on tracing the path of a Columbian coin used as a subway token slug.
Director: Matthew Penn
Writer: N/A
7.8/10342 votes#16 - Savior
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/1996
A down-on-his-luck ad executive becomes the prime suspect when his wife and son are killed, and his daughter wounded on a night that he claims was spent drinking.
Director: David Platt
Writer: N/A
7.8/10315 votes#17 - Deceit
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 3/27/1996
When a young attorney is murdered shortly after he decides to file a sexual harassment claim against his employer, Briscoe and Curtis quickly discover that the alleged harasser and his wife each have an excellent motive for murder.
Director: Vincent Misiano
Writer: N/A
7.4/10323 votes#18 - Atonement
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/1996
The investigation into the murder of a model with a passion for cocaine and partying focuses on the men in her life -- a nightclub owner, a basketball player, a photographer and a limousine driver.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: Morgan Gendel
7.9/10338 votes#19 - Slave
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/21/1996
A woman is shot while sleeping, and the investigation leads the police to a boy whose crack-addicted mother has entrusted him to a dealer's care.
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: N/A
7.7/10332 votes#20 - Girlfriends
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/1996
After a college co-ed's body is found, the detectives look for a campus rapist, but the medical examiner's report puts them on a different path, one involving prostitution.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: N/A
8.8/10537 votes#21 - Pro Se
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/1996
The investigation into multiple homicides at a clothing store leads to the arrest of a schizophrenic who presents McCoy with a formidable opponent when he decides to represent himself.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10359 votes#22 - Homesick
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/1996
After an infant is found dead in his crib, it's determined he was poisoned, and all evidence points to the child's au pair.
Director: Matthew Penn
Writer: N/A
9.1/10883 votes#23 - Aftershock
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/22/1996
After Briscoe, Curtis, McCoy, and Kincaid witness the execution of a criminal they brought to justice, their unique reactions to the event culminate in personal tragedies for each of them.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: N/A
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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Bitter Fruit" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order" season 6. It scored 7.8/10 based on 372 votes. Directed by Constantine Makris and written by N/A, it aired on 9/20/1995. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Rebels".