Law & Order (1990)
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.
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Episode 1 - Confession
Release Date: 1991-09-17Logan crosses the line in order to obtain a confession from the man suspected of murdering Max Greevey. Stone finds that his prosecution is placed in jeopardy because of Logan's actions.
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Episode 2 - The Wages of Love
Release Date: 1991-09-24A double homicide casts suspicion on both the ex-wife and the former boyfriend of the murdered duo, with the dead man's murdered son holding the key to the mystery.
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Episode 3 - Aria
Release Date: 1991-10-01A lethal drug overdose leads the detectives to an aggressive stage mother and a pornographic movie producer.
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Episode 4 - Asylum
Release Date: 1991-10-08The conviction of a homeless man for murder is threatened on appeal based on the lack of a search warrant for his "home", which was a lean-to in Central Park.
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Episode 5 - God Bless The Child
Release Date: 1991-10-22A couple faces trial after they deny medical help to their daughter based on their religious beliefs.
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Episode 6 - Misconception
Release Date: 1991-10-29The mugging of a pregnant legal secretary leads to a case involving her lover, her boss and charges of murder when she loses the baby.
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Episode 7 - In Memory Of
Release Date: 1991-11-05The renovation of a brownstone uncovers the remains of a boy who disappeared 31 years earlier, reviving a wrenching and long-suppressed memory in his childhood friend and neighbor.
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Episode 8 - Out Of Control
Release Date: 1991-11-12The detectives investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Holloween party.
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Episode 9 - Renunciation
Release Date: 1991-11-19A hit-and-run investigation leads to the discovery of a schoolteacher carrying on an affair with one of her students. Cerreta and Logan suspect that she may have manipulated him into killing her husband.
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Episode 10 - Heaven
Release Date: 1991-11-26The investigation into a social-club fire which claimed 53 fatalities leads to a connection between arson, illegal immigrants and the sale of green cards.
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Episode 11 - His Hour Upon The Stage
Release Date: 1991-12-10The discovery of a frozen corpse in a dumpster leads to rival Broadway producers.
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Episode 12 - Star Struck
Release Date: 1992-01-07An obsessive fan pleads temporary insanity when he is charged with attempting to murder the soap-opera actress who is the center of his life.
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Episode 13 - Severance
Release Date: 1992-01-14Stone faces an old rival in court as he tries to link a hit man and three murders to a sleazy lawyer and a powerful man behind bars.
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Episode 14 - Blood Is Thicker...
Release Date: 1992-02-04An apparent mugging ends in the death of a wealthy woman but the case comes to hang on a silver pin that may have been in the victim's possession.
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Episode 15 - Trust
Release Date: 1992-02-11Stone is determined to see that a teenage boy doesn't get away with murder twice when the young man is brought to trial for the shooting death of one of his friends.
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Episode 16 - Vengeance
Release Date: 1992-02-18The parents of a murdered woman contest Stone's prosecution of her killer so that he can be extradited to their home state, where the death penalty still exists.
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Episode 17 - Sisters Of Mercy
Release Date: 1992-03-03Cerreta and Logan investigate the accusation that a nun in charge of a shelter for teens molested a young addict.
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Episode 18 - Cradle To Grave
Release Date: 1992-03-31The discovery of a dead baby leads to a case involving a slumlord who would not provide any heat and who defends her actions by blaming the rent laws.
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Episode 19 - The Fertile Fields
Release Date: 1992-04-07The brutal murder of a Jewish jeweler appears to be a hate crime, but the investigation soon leads back to the man's brother and his shady business deals.
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Episode 20 - Intolerance
Release Date: 1992-04-14When a Chinese-American honors student is killed, the investigation uncovers a racist mother who's son was competing with the victim for the same scholarship.
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Episode 21 - Silence
Release Date: 1992-04-28A politician opposes the prosecution of his son's murderer because it might mean revealing that his late son was gay.
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Episode 22 - The Working Stiff
Release Date: 1992-05-12The murder of a Wall Street legend begins a case involving an ailing union worker and a former governor and old friend of Schiff's.