The Worst Episodes of Law & Order

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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Writer: Stephanie Sengupta

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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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

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

Director: Jean de Segonzac

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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 owner of a clothing company with alien immigrant workers is found murdered which sends the detectives on a search for an unidentified evening caller whose girlfriend, also a worker in the factory, recently gave birth. Upon discovery that the victim was also the baby's father, the boyfriend is arrested with the motive being an office affair until the victim's widow discloses that it was a surrogate arrangement.

Director: David Platt

Writer: Aaron Zelman

A prominent charity executive is murdered and claims of stalking and blackmail surface during the investigation.

Director: Fred Berner

Writer: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Gina Gionfriddo

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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Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate when the writer of a bestselling memoir is found dead in a community of male prostitutes.

Director: Mario Van Peebles

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Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate a serial killer who targets homeless men and discover that a copycat may be at work.

Director: Norberto Barba

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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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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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In the wake of a murder on campus, the line between free speech and hate speech at a university is examined.

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When a sleazy photographer is murdered, his models appear to be the most likely suspects.

Director: Daniel Sackheim

Writer: Gordon Rayfield

A teenager's need for parental love, acceptance and recognition sets in motion the events leading to the deaths of 23 concert goers for a band's illegal pyrotechnics.

Director: Gloria Muzio

Writer: Marc Guggenheim, Aaron Zelman

After a reporter accused of causing the deaths of soldiers with whom he was embedded in Iraq by reporting on their troop movements is shot and wounded on the eve of his return to the front, the ballistics report indicates that the gun belonged to one of the dead soldiers, leading the detectives to uncover who brought the gun back from the front and committed the crime.

Director: Edwin Sherin

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When a con man passing himself off as a grief counselor is poisoned by a respected doctor he victimized, McCoy must determine whether revenge or insanity prompted the crime.

Director: Constantine Makris

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A city employee's clerical error sets in motion a chain of events which culminates in a fatal shooting at City Hall and a secret Federal court proceeding with sinister implications.

Director: Gloria Muzio

Writer: Marc Guggenheim

A decorated Gulf War veteran grief-stricken over the Afghanistan combat death of his son murders an anti-war protester, claiming at trial that he acted under extreme emotional distress.

Director: David Platt

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Greed, treachery and disrespect shape the motives for murder when two men are gunned down at an exclusive restaurant.

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The creator of a religious website is murdered and the trail leads to a corrupt charitable organization.

Director: Fred Berner

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The search for a writer's killer leads detectives to a closed espionage case.

Director: Jim McKay

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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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Cosgrove and Shaw investigate the murder of a family physician whose outspoken politician wife suspects she was the intended target. Price and Maroun's case hangs in the balance when the defense calls one of the doctor's young patients to testify as a witness.

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When a building is set ablaze, a girl must be identified despite her fatal burns. Through further investigation, it turns out that an extreme environmentalist group struck the match...

Director: David Platt

Writer: David Black