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Law & Order

Season 1 (22 Episodes)

1990 TV-14 45m 7.8

A crime is tracked from two separate vantage points: the police investigation and the prosecution in court.

Filmed on location in New York, the drama showcases the sometimes-complex process of determining guilt or innocence, while lives hang in the balance. Often inspired by the latest headlines, the plots highlight legal, ethical or personal dilemmas to which people can relate.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 3 The Reaper's Helper

3. The Reaper's Helper

Aired: Oct 4, 1990

A gay man with AIDS is accused of murdering another gay man. However, he clai...

Episode 5 Happily Ever After

5. Happily Ever After

Aired: Oct 23, 1990

A family man is shot to death inside a parking garage. Police soon discover t...

Episode 7 By Hooker, by Crook

7. By Hooker, by Crook

Aired: Nov 13, 1990

A murder investigation leads detectives to a madam accused of running a prost...

Episode 8 Poison Ivy

8. Poison Ivy

Aired: Nov 20, 1990

A police officer is accused of planting a gun on an unarmed African-American ...

Episode 9 Indifference

9. Indifference

Aired: Nov 27, 1990

A child's collapse in school from mortal injuries leads to an investigation t...

Episode 10 Prisoner of Love

10. Prisoner of Love

Aired: Dec 4, 1990

The investigation into the death of a controversial artist reveals that he wa...

Episode 12 Life Choice

12. Life Choice

Aired: Jan 8, 1991

After an anti-abortion protester is killed in an abortion center bombing, det...

Episode 17 Mushrooms

17. Mushrooms

Aired: Feb 26, 1991

A twelve-year-boy is injured and his infant brother is killed by gunshots. Th...

Episode 18 The Secret Sharers

18. The Secret Sharers

Aired: Mar 12, 1991

Stone faces a Texas cowboy lawyer and a hostile community as he tries to pros...

Episode 19 The Serpent's Tooth

19. The Serpent's Tooth

Aired: Mar 19, 1991

A businessman and his wife are killed. The couple's two sons emerge as the mo...

Episode 20 The Troubles

20. The Troubles

Aired: Mar 26, 1991

Detectives and prosecutors face resistance from federal authorities as they p...

Episode 22 The Blue Wall

22. The Blue Wall

Aired: Jun 9, 1991

Captain Cragen ends up in the cross-hairs of an internal investigation into e...

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Current Status: Currently Airing

Network: NBC

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery