Season 1
🎬 22 Episodes 📅 1990 ⏱ 43 min
A prominent banker is found dead in his Park Avenue penthouse, and the investigation spirals into Manhattan's elite circles where secrets run deeper than money. Law & Order follows detectives as they uncover a web of affairs, embezzlement, and revenge, each suspect harboring a motive. When the DA's office takes over, they discover the real crime may not be murder at all. In the end, justice becomes a question of what you can prove, not what you know to be true.
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22
Episodes
1990
Year
43
min / ep
15.8
Watch Hours
1/25
Season No.
⭐ 8.1
Best Episode
Ep. 9 · Indifference
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🎬 Episodes 22 episodes
1
⭐ 7.1
Prescription for Death
When a young woman dies during a hectic emergency room night shift, her father claims the hospital was negligent, and an investigation leads the detectives to believe that the doctor treating her may have been drunk on duty.
🎬 John Whitesell ✍️ Ed Zuckerman
2
⭐ 7.7
Subterranean Homeboy Blues
The shooting of two black men by a white woman in a crowded subway initially appears to be a case of self-defense, but further investigation reveals revenge as a possible motive.
🎬 E.W. Swackhamer ✍️ Robert Palm
3
⭐ 6.7
The Reaper's Helper
The death of a man with AIDS appears to be the work of a serial killer who may have been motivated by mercy.
🎬 Vern Gillum ✍️ Thomas Francis McElroy
4
⭐ 7.4
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Stone has difficulty prosecuting a privileged preppie with a history of abusing his girlfriends after one of them dies at his hands.
🎬 Charles Correll ✍️ Dick Wolf
5
⭐ 7.4
Happily Ever After
Greevey and Logan have a hunch that robbery is a cover for the real motive in the death of a millionaire in a parking garage.
🎬 Vern Gillum ✍️ David Black
6
⭐ 7.4
Everybody's Favorite Bagman
The mugging of a councilman leads the detectives to arrest a mobster, who in turn leads Stone and Robinette to corrupt city officials.
🎬 John Patterson ✍️ Dick Wolf
7
⭐ 7.7
By Hooker, By Crook
When Logan and Greevey investigate how a family man came to be found unconscious in Central Park, they uncover a very high-class call girl operation run by a well-educated socialite.
🎬 Martin Davidson ✍️ David Black
8
⭐ 7.4
Poison Ivy
The shooting of a black honors student stirs up racial tensions, especially after it becomes apparent that the cop responsible for the death may have planted a gun on the body to excuse the shooting.
🎬 E.W. Swackhamer ✍️ Jacob Brackman
9
⭐ 8.1
Indifference
During the investigation into the death of a little girl in a respectable, middle-class family, Greevey and Logan uncover a myriad of family secrets involving abuse, molestation, and murder.
🎬 James Quinn ✍️ Robert Palm
10
⭐ 7.0
Prisoner of Love
A city arts commissioner and a socialite come under investigation when an artist noted for his sadomasochistic themes is found dead under suspicious circumstances.
🎬 Michael Fresco ✍️ David Black
11
⭐ 6.4
Out of the Half-Light
Greevey and Logan's investigation into a black teenager's claim that she was raped by white policemen is hampered by a publicity hungry, black politician who will not grant the detectives access to the victim.
🎬 E.W. Swackhamer ✍️ Michael Duggan
12
⭐ 7.4
Life Choice
Stone faces pressure from the public and from Schiff as he prepares to prosecute the person accused of bombing an abortion clinic.
🎬 Aaron Lipstadt ✍️ Dick Wolf
13
⭐ 7.0
A Death in the Family
Police start a citywide manhunt for a man suspected of killing a cop during a rooftop pursuit.
🎬 Gwen Arner ✍️ Joe Viola
14
⭐ 7.3
The Violence of Summer
Greevey and Logan reopen an investigation to help Stone and Robinette build a stronger case against three boys accused of gang-raping a TV reporter.
🎬 Don Scardino ✍️ Michael Duggan
15
⭐ 7.6
The Torrents of Greed (1)
An assault on a candy storeowner leads Stone and Robinette to build a case against a powerful mafia don.
🎬 E.W. Swackhamer ✍️ Michael Duggan
16
⭐ 7.7
The Torrents of Greed (2)
Stone tries to salvage his prosecution of the Masucci family when Beigel faces bribery charges and seems willing to turn against his brother-in-law.
🎬 E.W. Swackhamer ✍️ Michael Duggan
17
⭐ 7.6
Mushrooms
The accidental shooting of two children by a 14-year-old hired killer leads to a drug dealer and a real estate agent.
🎬 Daniel Sackheim ✍️ Robert Palm
18
⭐ 7.1
The Secret Sharers
Stone faces a flashy Texas lawyer and a hostile community as he tries to prosecute a young man accused of killing a drug dealer.
🎬 E.W. Swackhamer ✍️ Robert Nathan
19
⭐ 7.4
The Serpent's Tooth
Two brothers appear to be the logical suspects in the murder of their wealthy parents.
🎬 Don Scardino ✍️ I.C. Rapoport
20
⭐ 7.5
The Troubles
Logan is forced to face his cultural biases when both a Cuban drug dealer and an Irish terrorist are suspected of killing a Lebanese gunrunner.
🎬 John Whitesell ✍️ Dick Wolf
21
⭐ 7.5
Sonata for Solo Organ
Stone and Robinette prosecute a surgeon and the wealthy father of a transplant patient for illegally obtaining a kidney.
🎬 Fred Gerber ✍️ Michael Duggan
22
⭐ 7.8
The Blue Wall
Cragen comes under suspicion when his mentor in the department is investigated for laundering drug money.
🎬 Vern Gillum ✍️ Dick Wolf