Law & Order

A car broker's murder reveals that he was a deadbeat dad, but was his ex-wife or ex-father-in-law to blame for his death? When the father-in-law refuses to plea bargain, McCoy grows suspicious of his self-defense claim. Jerry Stiller (The King of Queens) guest stars.

The murder of the president of New York's most popular (and expensive) department store leads Briscoe and Curtis to two feuding daughters of the store's elderly owner, in this modern day 'King Lear.' McCoy and Ross try to play the estranged sisters off each other for a conviction, however they might be too tricky for their own good as they are out-maneuvered at every turn by the family patriarch.

The shooting of a black community leader is linked to a two-year old crime. Briscoe and Curtis butt heads with the FBI during their investigation which implicates an FBI informant. Meanwhile, McCoy and Ross must battle a hostile and distrustful black community while sorting through the labyrinth of half-truths and cover-ups to determine who the real killer is.

The investigation of a seemingly random shooting leads Briscoe and Curtis to a brazen, cold-blooded hitman, and the only way to bring him down is for Briscoe to pose as his competition. The case is complicated during trial when we learn that the victim was shot as revenge for a murder he committed himself just three years ago. Bradley White (Pay It Forward) and Frances Sternhagen (ER) guest star.

An apparent suicide turns out to be murder as Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a woman who jumped from a bridge (in front of numerous bystanders) to avoid a crazed attacker with whom she was apparently involved in a fender-bender. When they are unable to convict, McCoy and Ross dig deeper and discover that the 'accident' might not have been so accidental after all. Meanwhile, Detective Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) is tossed out of his house after admitting to his wife that he had an affair.

Louise and Hugh Murdoch, both well-respected professors at Stuyvesant College, are found shot to death in their apartment. The murder weapon, a Beretta 9 mm, is recovered in a nearby trashcan. Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) begin their investigation at the unfortunate couple's offices. Hugh Murdoch was a biomedical researcher who was involved in a controversial type of stem cell research. Initially they think some pro-life groups might have been behind it, but they realize that's not the case.