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The Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 6

Every episode of Law & Order Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 6!

The Best Episodes of Law & Order Season 6

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 Bitter Fruit
    7.8/10(407 votes)

    #1 - Bitter Fruit

    S6:E1

    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.

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    7.3/10(380 votes)

    #2 - Rebels

    S6:E2

    Briscoe and Curtis have a hard time finding cooperative witnesses when investigating the murder of a college student at a rough biker bar.

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    Director:Edwin Sherin
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Savages
    8.1/10(414 votes)

    #3 - Savages

    S6:E3

    McCoy and Kincaid clash over the death penalty as McCoy prosecutes a man who murdered an undercover cop during a drug bust.

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    8.0/10(384 votes)

    #4 - Jeopardy

    S6:E4

    A triple murder at a magazine publishing company leads to a case of sibling rivalry, a protective matriarch and a corrupt judge.

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    7.9/10(420 votes)

    #5 - Hot Pursuit

    S6:E5

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.5/10(382 votes)

    #6 - Paranoia

    S6:E6

    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.

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    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Humiliation
    7.8/10(381 votes)

    #7 - Humiliation

    S6:E7

    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.

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    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.8/10(375 votes)

    #8 - Angel

    S6:E8

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Blood Libel
    7.4/10(349 votes)

    #9 - Blood Libel

    S6:E9

    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.

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    7.5/10(344 votes)

    #10 - Remand

    S6:E10

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Corpus Delicti
    7.6/10(357 votes)

    #11 - Corpus Delicti

    S6:E11

    The death of a show horse leads to a trial involving insurance fraud, a sting operation and a wealthy woman's disappearance.

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    8.1/10(387 votes)

    #12 - Trophy

    S6:E12

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Charm City (I)
    8.0/10(398 votes)

    #13 - Charm City (I)

    S6:E13

    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).

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  15. Background image for Custody
    7.5/10(347 votes)

    #14 - Custody

    S6:E14

    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.

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    8.2/10(413 votes)

    #15 - Encore

    S6:E15

    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.

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    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Savior
    7.8/10(371 votes)

    #16 - Savior

    S6:E16

    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.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Deceit
    7.8/10(342 votes)

    #17 - Deceit

    S6:E17

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Atonement
    7.4/10(354 votes)

    #18 - Atonement

    S6:E18

    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.

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    7.9/10(368 votes)

    #19 - Slave

    S6:E19

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Girlfriends
    7.7/10(364 votes)

    #20 - Girlfriends

    S6:E20

    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.

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    8.8/10(585 votes)

    #21 - Pro Se

    S6:E21

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Homesick
    7.9/10(392 votes)

    #22 - Homesick

    S6:E22

    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.

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    Director:Matthew Penn
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Aftershock
    9.0/10(938 votes)

    #23 - Aftershock

    S6:E23

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown

Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Bitter Fruit" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order" season 6. It scored 7.8/10 based on 407 votes. Directed by Constantine Makris and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/20/1995. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Rebels".