David Leary

Scandal rocks a church when a dishonest employee is found dead and another grim discovery implicates religious officials.

The wife of the Governor is found murdered, and it was no accident - a scandalous secret was behind the murder, and a fundamental right is challenged in the process.

Asst. D.A. Stone is angered when incriminating evidence on a computer disc is erased, destroying his case against George Bakewell, Arthur Vickery, and Jim Grierson of the Manhattan Mercantile Bank. He is convinced that someone in the New York City Police Department altered the evidence, and an Internal Affairs investigation is put into action. Detectives Greevey and Logan agree to investigate behind the scenes to help Captain Cragen, who has become IAD's prime target.

Beth Migram, an Italy-bound college student leaves her bon voyage party, but is later found with a crushed skull. A bloody lead pipe near her body leads Detectives Cerreta (Paul Sorvino) and Logan (Chris Noth) to the girl's friends and family -- many of whom were present at the going away party.

The stabbing murder of a husband and wife prompts Briscoe and Logan (Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth) to investigate Steven Bartlett (guest star Eddie Malavarca), an alcoholic who was abused as a child.