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The Worst Episodes of Law & Order

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The Worst Episodes of Law & Order

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 Gimme Shelter (III)
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Gimme Shelter (III)

    S22:E1

    A girl is shot and Cosgrove teams with Det. Jalen Shaw to track down her killer. Benson and Stabler assist and realize it's more than a typical homicide. McCoy and Price seek justice against an international crime ring. The crossover begins on Law & Order: Organized Crime S03E01 Gimme Shelter (I) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S24E01 Gimme Shelter (II).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Heroes
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    #2 - Heroes

    S22:E14

    After shots are fired in a popular nightclub, Cosgrove and Shaw suspect the spree was a ruse to target a sole victim. When security footage mysteriously disappears, Price and Maroun must rely on a witness who values reputation over facts.

    Director:Alex Hall
    Writer:Rick Eid
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  3. Background image for Misbegotten
    5.7/10(6 votes)

    #3 - Misbegotten

    S18:E3

    The explosion of a package including scientific research injures a pregnant security guard, leading to the investigation of the scientist's experiments.

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  4. Background image for Illegitimate
    5.8/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Illegitimate

    S19:E12

    An NYPD officer kills a troubled fellow officer who took hostages at gunpoint; detectives Lupo and Bernard find valuable stolen documents and a dead body at the man's apartment.

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  5. Background image for Crashers
    5.8/10(6 votes)

    #5 - Crashers

    S20:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Reality Bites
    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Boy Gone Astray
    6.0/10(6 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.

    Director:Rose Troche
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  9. Background image for Land of Opportunity
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Land of Opportunity

    S22:E10

    When a homeless migrant is murdered, evidence leads Cosgrove and Shaw to a mysterious cover-up at a construction site. Price and Maroun push a key witness to testify, knowing that speaking out could lead to legal consequences.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Castoff
    6.2/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Castoff

    S8:E13

    The street murder of a woman who worked with underprivileged kids takes a turn towards the bizarre when the detectives uncover she had a predilection for kinky sex, and that one of her current partners appears to be a serial killer, who offers an overexposure to television violence as his defense during his trial.

    Director:Gloria Muzio
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  11. Background image for Age of Innocence
    6.2/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Age of Innocence

    S16:E4

    The bombing death of a husband set to remove the feeding tube of his wife, who's in a persistent vegetative state, focuses the investigation on the protesters.

    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Positive
    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Positive

    S16:E19

    When a teenage boy commits suicide after firing on a doctor and hitting an innocent party, Fontana and Green investigate why he was after the doctor to begin with.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Release
    6.2/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Release

    S17:E8

    After Hudson Moore is found bludgeoned in the back of the Babes Being Bad bus, suspicion initially truns to the company's creator, Chris Drake, until video footage leads detectives to a young woman who was with Moore the night that he died. After concentrating their investigation on the young woman, the reasons behind Moore's murder soon become apparent, and McCoy and Rubirosa struggle to prosecute a man who, while not directly responsible for the murder, may have been responsible for the incidents that led up to it.

    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Crimebusters
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Crimebusters

    S19:E13

    An unconscious war widow and her lifeless infant are found in the rubble of a bombed army recruitment center; Jack McCoy is forced to make one of the most unpopular decisions of his career.

    Director:Alex Chapple
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Bailout
    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Bailout

    S19:E15

    As detectives investigate the death of a bank executive's mistress, they uncover a kidnapping and extortion plot.

    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Family Business
    6.3/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Family Business

    S7:E8

    The murder of Richard Speigel, chief financial officer for an exclusive, family-owned department store goes from the sitting room to the bedroom and into the board room as suspicion shifts from co-workers to family members.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Haven
    6.3/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Haven

    S9:E12

    Briscoe and Curtis probe the murder of a popular Harlem community leader while McCoy and Carmichael struggle to prevent a chaotic situation.

    Director:David Platt
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  18. Background image for Cry Wolf
    6.3/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Cry Wolf

    S15:E8

    The detectives are skeptical when a former street activist turned shock jock with a history of staging phony muggings to gain publicity for his causes appears to be the subject of an attempt on his life after publicly assailing a mobster, but they begin to believe his story after they discover that the married jock was involved with the mobster's mistress.

    Director:Don Scardino
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  19. Background image for All in the Family
    6.3/10(6 votes)

    #18 - All in the Family

    S15:E9

    When the investigation into the contract killing of a jeweler uncovers his plan to roll over on his Russian mob connections to a federal prosecutor, as well as an unhappy wife whom he refused to divorce, McCoy must determine who financed the hit.

    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Dignity
    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Free Speech
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Free Speech

    S21:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Out Of The Half-Light
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #21 - Out Of The Half-Light

    S1:E11

    Greevey and Logan's investigation into a black teenager's claim that she was raped by white policemen is hampered by a publicity hungry, black politician who will not grant the detectives access to the victim.

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  23. Background image for Deceit
    6.4/10(7 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Denial
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #23 - Denial

    S8:E2

    Bloody sheets and an apparently stolen credit card lead Briscoe and Curtis to a pair of college age lovers who present McCoy and Ross with a united front of denial that one of them killed their newborn son and disposed of the body.

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  25. Background image for Whose Monkey is it Anyway?
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Whose Monkey is it Anyway?

    S11:E10

    The death of a lab technician and the abduction of 17 infected monkeys lead to a trial involving the treatment of research animals.

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  26. Background image for Memo from the Dark Side
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Gimme Shelter (III)" is the worst rated episode of "Law & Order". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/22/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Heroes".