← Law & Order

Season 5

23 episodes · 1994

  1. 1

    Second Opinion

    Sep 21, 199447 min★ 7.8

    A woman's death exposes an unorthodox method of treating cancer that Executive Assistant DA McCoy intends to prove is negligent homicide.

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    Coma

    Sep 28, 199447 min★ 8.0

    A comedy-club owner comes under suspicion for having shot his wife, now comatose with a bullet in her head, after it's discovered he was abusive and she was about to divorce him.

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    Blue Bamboo

    Oct 5, 199447 min★ 7.4

    The killing of a Japanese nightclub owner who was visiting New York leads to the arrest of a singer who once worked for the deceased, and whose lawyer uses the ""battered-woman syndrome"" as a defense.

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    Family Values

    Oct 12, 199447 min★ 7.5

    After it's determined that a wealthy woman did not commit suicide but was murdered, the detectives question both her first and second husbands and her teenage daughter.

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    White Rabbit

    Oct 19, 199447 min★ 8.2

    A routine investigation uncovers evidence that leads Briscoe and Logan to a long-time fugitive, a radical Vietnam War opponent on the run since a 1971 burglary that left a policeman dead.

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    Competence

    Nov 2, 199447 min★ 8.0

    When Lt. Van Buren is the victim of an attempted holdup by two teens, she fires her gun and kills one of them, and the detectives are faced with the fact that she shot an unarmed child in the back.

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    Precious

    Nov 9, 199447 min★ 7.6

    When Briscoe and Logan suspect that a missing infant may have been murdered by her parents rather than kidnapped, they uncover a terrible family secret which hides a mentally ill serial killer.

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    Virtue

    Nov 23, 199447 min★ 7.8

    McCoy uses a charge of ""larceny by extortion"" against a councilman, whose former colleague claims he demanded sex in exchange for a law-firm partnership.

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    Scoundrels

    Nov 30, 199447 min★ 7.4

    Among the suspects in a lawyer's murder are a swindler, who conned a woman out of her family fortune, and the woman's once-wealthy son.

  10. 10

    House Counsel

    Jan 4, 199547 min★ 8.1

    The killing of a man who had served as a juror in a mob trial leads to a battle of wills between McCoy and his long-time friend, the suspect's attorney.

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    Guardian

    Jan 11, 199547 min★ 7.4

    After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yard of a day-care center.

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    Progeny

    Jan 25, 199547 min★ 7.8

    The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.

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    Rage

    Feb 1, 199548 min★ 8.0

    A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of ""black rage"" in court.

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    Performance

    Feb 8, 199547 min★ 7.8

    Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high school.

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    Seed

    Feb 15, 199547 min★ 7.6

    A routine investigation into a woman's death leads Briscoe and Logan to a fertility doctor guilty of unethical practices, but who cannot apparently be touched because of confidentiality rules, and patient reluctance to talk.

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    Wannabe

    Mar 15, 199547 min★ 7.4

    The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.

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    Act of God

    Mar 22, 199547 min★ 7.6

    A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.

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    Privileged

    Apr 5, 199547 min★ 7.7

    The investigation into a double murder leads to a young alcoholic whose family once lived in the victims' house and who had admitted to his AA group that he's had nightmares about killings.

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    Cruel and Unusual

    Apr 19, 199548 min★ 8.0

    The death of an autistic youth in custody reveals a multitude of unusual and possibly illegal therapies being used, but also parents reluctant to pursue a prosecution.

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    Bad Faith

    Apr 26, 199547 min★ 8.2

    Logan relives unhappy childhood memories when a friend is found dead, a presumed suicide, until the investigation reveals recent contact with a former priest, with a history of pedophilia.

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    Purple Heart

    May 3, 199548 min★ 7.6

    The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.

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    Switch

    May 17, 199548 min★ 7.8

    Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.

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    Pride

    May 24, 199547 min★ 7.6

    A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.