Law & Order

PRIMETIME EMMYS® 1X nominee in 2003
When Law & Order premiered in its first season, it represented a conscious shift away from many of the conventional one-hour dramatic series of the era. Emmy-Award winner Michael Moriarty and the critically acclaimed George Dzundza head the cast of this unique crime-drama series shot entirely on location in New York.
IMDb 7.8199122 episodesTV-14
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Pilot/Everybody's Favorite Bagman
    October 29, 1990
    46min
    TV-14
    When Councilman Halsey is robbed and his throat slashed, the investigation ties the public official to organized crime and conspiracy at the highest levels of city government.
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  2. S1 E2 - Prescription for Death
    September 12, 1990
    48min
    TV-14
    The emergency-room death of a young woman may lead to a negligence charge for the hospital's chief of medicine.
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  3. S1 E3 - Subterranean Homeboy Blues
    September 19, 1990
    47min
    TV-14
    A "self-defense'' subway shooting prompts legal chaos when questions arise about who the real victim is.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Reaper's Helper
    October 3, 1990
    46min
    TV-14
    A mercy killer is responsible for assisted suicides that were first thought to be routine robbery-homicides.
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  5. S1 E5 - Kiss the Girls and Make them Die
    October 10, 1990
    47min
    TV-14
    A young woman's upstanding boyfriend is suspected of murdering her, but the lack of evidence forces Stone to take a brash tack.
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  6. S1 E6 - Happily Ever After
    October 22, 1990
    48min
    TV-14
    A millionaire is robbed and murdered in a parking garage, but the robbery may just be a cover for the real motive.
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  7. S1 E7 - By Hooker, By Crook
    November 12, 1990
    47min
    TV-14
    A body in Central Park is the improbable link to a prostitution ring catering to the rich and famous.
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  8. S1 E8 - Poison Ivy
    November 19, 1990
    47min
    TV-14
    A respected policeman is arrested after shooting a black Ivy League student, but it is later disclosed that the collegian had a sordid history.
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  9. S1 E9 - Indifference
    November 26, 1990
    48min
    TV-14
    An abusive lawyer who has fatally battered a girl is drawn into a deal that could lead to his conviction.
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  10. S1 E10 - Prisoner of Love
    December 3, 1990
    47min
    TV-14
    The commissioner of cultural affairs is arrested for the murder of a controversial artist, but Stone and Robinette suspect an art patron also is involved.
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  11. S1 E11 - Out of the Half-Light
    December 10, 1990
    47min
    TV-14
    An African-American girl accuses a group of white policemen of raping her, but when the rape test turns out negative, Stone and Robinette suspect a hoax.
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  12. S1 E12 - Life Choice
    January 7, 1991
    48min
    TV-14
    A two-faced anti-abortion advocate becomes a martyr when she is killed in the bombing of a clinic.
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  13. S1 E13 - A Death in the Family
    January 14, 1991
    46min
    TV-14
    Greevey and Logan discover the body of a fellow officer during a homicide arrest; Stone finds evidence linking a slain officer to murder.
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  14. S1 E14 - The Violence of Summer
    February 4, 1991
    48min
    TV-14
    A celebrated local TV news reporter is gang-raped under puzzling circumstances, and prosecution of the defendants is hindered by a lack of concrete evidence.
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  15. S1 E15 - The Torrents of Greed, Part I
    February 11, 1991
    48min
    TV-14
    Part 1 of 2. Stone prosecutes three men associated with an organized-crime family when they attack a Russian immigrant.
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  16. S1 E16 - The Torrents of Greed, Part 2
    February 18, 1991
    47min
    TV-14
    Part 2 of 2. When a bribery charge brings a member of an organized-crime family back to court, Stone brings the head of the family to justice.
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  17. S1 E17 - Mushrooms
    February 25, 1991
    48min
    TV-14
    Greevey and Logan's investigation of the shooting of two innocent children leads to a 14-year-old gunman and the people who hired him.
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  18. S1 E18 - The Secret Sharers
    March 11, 1991
    48min
    TV-14
    The detectives' probe of a felon's murder is hobbled by a cover-up to protect the killer; Stone has evidence to convict but faces a tough court opponent.
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  19. S1 E19 - The Serpent's Tooth
    March 18, 1991
    48min
    TV-14
    While Stone and Robinette believe they have an airtight murder case, Greevey and Logan dig deeper and find the victim's partner involved in a frame-up.
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  20. S1 E20 - The Troubles
    March 25, 1991
    47min
    TV-14
    The detectives investigate the murder of a Lebanese drug smuggler who was killed while being transported to a courthouse in federal custody.
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  21. S1 E21 - Sonata for Solo Organ
    April 1, 1991
    47min
    TV-14
    Stone prosecutes a man who employed extreme methods to find a desperately needed kidney for his daughter's transplant.
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  22. S1 E22 - The Blue Wall
    June 8, 1991
    48min
    TV-14
    Capt. Cragen is implicated in an internal police scandal, and Stone reluctantly prosecutes him on bribery and corruption charges.
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