About this season
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 custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Episodes (23)
1. Memo from the Dark Side
6.7Aired 25 September 2009 • 45 min
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.
2. Just a Girl in the World
7.4Aired 2 October 2009 • 45 min
A crime scene investigator is murdered in her apartment. Her fiance is suspected, but then a journalist is attacked and DNA is found at the scene that links this crime to the murder.
3. Great Satan
7.0Aired 9 October 2009 • 45 min
Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate when an aspiring musician is found dead. A bag of cash leads them to multiple suspects.
4. Reality Bites
6.4Aired 16 October 2009 • 45 min
A mother of ten adopted special needs children is murdered. The day after her murder, her husband appears on reality TV.
5. Dignity
6.6Aired 23 October 2009 • 45 min
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.
6. Human Flesh Search Engine
7.1Aired 30 October 2009 • 45 min
Bernard becomes the target of a dangerous website that is partly responsible for a homicide the detectives are investigating
7. Boy Gone Astray
6.3Aired 6 November 2009 • 45 min
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.
8. Doped
7.0Aired 6 November 2009 • 45 min
A deadly drunk-driving car accident brings Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard to the scene when a suspicious nasal spray is found. After the medical examiner realizes the nasal spray is a powerful anesthetic that could easily disorient its user, the detectives become suspicious of the victim's boss, Zach Marshall
9. For the Defense
6.0Aired 13 November 2009 • 45 min
A case that begins as a search for a missing witness spirals into a murder conspiracy with ADA Connie Rubirosa caught in the middle.
10. Shotgun
7.2Aired 20 November 2009 • 45 min
When an elderly man defends his shop from an armed robbery, Detectives Kevin Bernard and Cyrus Lupo suspect that this incident could have been an inside job. After further investigation, the detectives discover that the mugging might have been a scare tactic for a shakedown.
11. Fed
7.4Aired 11 December 2009 • 45 min
After a community activist is murdered and labeled "FED", Detectives Bernard and Lupo find it difficult to eliminate multiple suspects. Also, Lieutenant Van Buren hears from Detective Rey Curtis.
12. Blackmail
7.2Aired 15 January 2010 • 45 min
Blackmail is the twelfth episode of the twentieth season of the television series Law & Order. It aired on NBC January 15, 2010.
13. Steel-Eyed Death
7.0Aired 1 March 2010 • 45 min
When a family of four is found murdered in their home, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard discover that the deaths may be related to the deceased teenage daughter's troubled friend, Bonnie.
14. Boy on Fire
7.0Aired 1 March 2010 • 45 min
When detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard come upon the burning body of Cesar, a sixteen-year-old charter school student from a bad neighborhood, they begin to question his young mentee Moses, who was the last person to see him alive.
15. Brilliant Disguise
7.6Aired 8 March 2010 • 45 min
A young woman is found murdered in a hotel and the evidence leads to a medical student.
16. Innocence
7.8Aired 15 March 2010 • 45 min
A man is convicted of a hate crime for allegedly killing a gay man, but a group called the Innocence Coalition is determined to clear his name.
17. Four Cops Shot
7.7Aired 22 March 2010 • 45 min
The debate rages over how to treat an informant who shot and killed four police officers. However, did one of the officers try to put undue pressure on him to help catch a dangerous criminal?
18. Brazil
7.0Aired 29 March 2010 • 45 min
When an environmental scientist, Dr. Oscar Silva, is poisoned during a global warming symposium, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard initially suspect competitors from Dr. Silva's field of study. It is soon discovered that Dr. Silva is involved in a messy custody battle with his wife's ex-husband, Phillip Shoemaker and the focus of the investigation quickly shifts to the victim's family. Meanwhile, the case becomes personal for Cutter as it stirs up unpleasant memories from his own past.
19. Crashers
5.5Aired 3 May 2010 • 45 min
When the body of a model is found burning in an alley, Detectives Lupo and Bernard search for her killer.
20. The Taxman Cometh
7.8Aired 10 May 2010 • 45 min
Lupo and Bernard uncover a possible conspiracy to kill off wealthy cancer patients, so their inheritors don't have to pay an estate tax. However, legal roadblocks make the case difficult to prosecute.
21. Immortal
7.7Aired 17 May 2010 • 45 min
A man's double life is discovered after he is stabbed to death.
22. Love Eternal
7.7Aired 17 May 2010 • 45 min
When a reality TV crew finds a dead man's body locked in a dog cage, detectives suspect the victim's wife.
23. Rubber Room
7.8Aired 24 May 2010 • 45 min
Detectives search for an anonymous blogger who has posted plans to blow up a school. Lt. Van Buren struggles to keep her personal issues private.