Law & Order (1990)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

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.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (51,825 votes)
Seasons: 25
Streaming (US): Netflix · Hulu · fuboTV · Peacock · YouTube TV · NBC · Philo · Spectrum On Demand
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1990)

7.73 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 8.1 60 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Prescription for Death	8.0	1,029
2	Subterranean Homeboy Blues	7.4	777
3	The Reaper's Helper	7.5	718
4	Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die	7.5	656
5	Happily Ever After	7.6	606
6	Everybody's Favorite Bagman	7.6	658
7	By Hooker, by Crook	7.5	594
8	Poison Ivy	7.8	585
9	Indifference	8.5	685
10	Prisoner of Love	7.2	554
11	Out of the Half-Light	7.8	562
12	Life Choice	7.8	561
13	A Death in the Family	7.6	515
14	The Violence of Summer	7.7	575
15	The Torrents of Greed: Part 1	7.8	528
16	The Torrents of Greed: Part 2	8.0	520
17	Mushrooms	8.1	567
18	The Secret Sharers	7.4	474
19	The Serpent's Tooth	7.5	474
20	The Troubles	7.6	491
21	Sonata for Solo Organ	8.0	509
22	The Blue Wall	8.1	504

Season 2 (1991)

7.59 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 7.8 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Confession	7.9	532
2	The Wages of Love	7.5	493
3	Aria	7.6	488
4	Asylum	7.5	453
5	God Bless the Child	7.7	439
6	Misconception	7.5	506
7	In Memory Of	7.6	452
8	Out of Control	7.4	432
9	Renunciation	7.4	429
10	Heaven	7.6	426
11	His Hour Upon the Stage	7.2	408
12	Star Struck	7.6	435
13	Severance	7.7	423
14	Blood Is Thicker...	7.7	423
15	Trust	7.6	415
16	Vengeance	7.8	419
17	Sisters of Mercy	7.5	416
18	Cradle to Grave	7.8	415
19	The Fertile Fields	7.3	379
20	Intolerance	7.5	395
21	Silence	7.7	383
22	The Working Stiff	7.8	400

Season 3 (1992)

7.69 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.3 60 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Skin Deep	7.6	465
2	Conspiracy	7.4	391
3	Forgiveness	7.3	387
4	The Corporate Veil	7.7	398
5	Wedded Bliss	7.7	389
6	Helpless	8.3	487
7	Self Defense	7.7	396
8	Prince of Darkness	8.4	487
9	Point of View	7.9	472
10	Consultation	7.7	405
11	Extended Family	7.6	401
12	Right to Counsel	7.6	382
13	Night & Fog	7.7	406
14	Promises to Keep	7.5	409
15	Mother Love	7.7	410
16	Jurisdiction	7.8	378
17	Conduct Unbecoming	7.8	410
18	Animal Instinct	7.8	402
19	Virus	7.4	387
20	Securitate	7.1	356
21	Manhood	8.1	440
22	Benevolence	7.3	377

Season 4 (1993)

7.66 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 8.4 60 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sweeps	7.6	455
2	Volunteers	7.6	408
3	Discord	7.3	385
4	Profile	8.2	429
5	Black Tie	7.6	398
6	Pride and Joy	7.6	394
7	Apocrypha	7.3	370
8	American Dream	8.4	434
9	Born Bad	7.9	411
10	The Pursuit of Happiness	7.2	343
11	Golden Years	7.4	371
12	Snatched	7.5	361
13	Breeder	7.8	384
14	Censure	8.1	415
15	Kids	7.4	358
16	Big Bang	7.6	353
17	Mayhem	8.2	465
18	Wager	7.1	342
19	Sanctuary	7.9	403
20	Nurture	7.6	371
21	Doubles	6.9	355
22	Old Friends	8.4	438

Season 5 (1994)

7.74 avg 23 episodes 7.8 → 7.6 60 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Second Opinion	7.8	432
2	Coma	8.0	440
3	Blue Bamboo	7.4	387
4	Family Values	7.5	424
5	White Rabbit	8.2	457
6	Competence	8.0	419
7	Precious	7.6	389
8	Virtue	7.7	407
9	Scoundrels	7.4	370
10	House Counsel	8.1	423
11	Guardian	7.3	372
12	Progeny	7.8	388
13	Rage	8.0	433
14	Performance	7.8	414
15	Seed	7.6	416
16	Wannabe	7.4	376
17	Act of God	7.6	371
18	Privileged	7.7	360
19	Cruel and Unusual	8.0	387
20	Bad Faith	8.2	385
21	Purple Heart	7.6	356
22	Switch	7.8	388
23	Pride	7.6	394

Season 6 (1995)

7.86 avg 23 episodes 7.8 → 9.1 53 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bitter Fruit	7.8	456
2	Rebels	7.3	413
3	Savages	8.1	450
4	Jeopardy	8.0	427
5	Hot Pursuit	7.9	460
6	Paranoia	7.5	423
7	Humiliation	7.8	423
8	Angel	7.8	416
9	Blood Libel	7.4	387
10	Remand	7.4	382
11	Corpus Delicti	7.5	402
12	Trophy	8.2	440
13	Charm City	7.9	450
14	Custody	7.5	398
15	Encore	8.2	463
16	Savior	7.8	420
17	Deceit	7.8	384
18	Atonement	7.4	389
19	Slave	8.0	411
20	Girlfriends	7.7	412
21	Pro Se	8.8	667
22	Homesick	7.9	432
23	Aftershock	9.1	1,065

Season 7 (1996)

7.89 avg 23 episodes 7.8 → 8.3 51 min avg

Rebound

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Causa Mortis	7.8	441
2	I.D.	8.2	477
3	Good Girl	7.5	423
4	Survivor	7.8	443
5	Corruption	8.3	445
6	Double Blind	7.9	394
7	Deadbeat	7.7	382
8	Family Business	7.2	377
9	Entrapment	7.0	353
10	Legacy	8.1	435
11	Menace	7.8	378
12	Barter	8.0	388
13	Matrimony	8.1	411
14	Working Mom	7.6	391
15	D-Girl	7.9	430
16	Turnaround	8.1	424
17	Showtime	8.4	433
18	Mad Dog	8.2	456
19	Double Down	8.3	405
20	We Like Mike	8.2	414
21	Passion	7.3	341
22	Past Imperfect	7.7	366
23	Terminal	8.3	421

Season 8 (1997)

7.78 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 7.9 48 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Thrill	7.9	477
2	Denial	7.6	409
3	Navy Blues	7.5	421
4	Harvest	8.1	421
5	Nullification	7.7	399
6	Baby, It's You	7.7	430
7	Blood	8.2	503
8	Shadow	8.2	435
9	Burned	7.8	401
10	Ritual	7.8	394
11	Under the Influence	8.2	422
12	Expert	7.5	385
13	Castoff	7.1	388
14	Grief	7.7	395
15	Faccia a Faccia	7.8	376
16	Divorce	8.0	396
17	Carrier	7.8	396
18	Stalker	7.9	380
19	Disappeared	7.5	361
20	Burden	7.5	345
21	Bad Girl	8.0	413
22	Damaged	8.1	475
23	Tabloid	7.3	345
24	Monster	7.9	379

Season 9 (1998)

7.80 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 8.6 52 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cherished	7.9	437
2	DWB	8.1	403
3	Bait	7.5	361
4	Flight	7.7	371
5	Agony	8.2	435
6	Scrambled	7.5	384
7	Venom	7.7	406
8	Punk	8.1	441
9	True North	7.8	421
10	Hate	7.9	428
11	Ramparts	8.0	399
12	Haven	7.3	340
13	Hunters	7.5	361
14	Sideshow	8.0	391
15	Disciple	7.4	383
16	Harm	7.7	358
17	Shield	7.5	359
18	Juvenile	7.6	364
19	Tabula Rasa	8.1	426
20	Empire	7.6	457
21	Ambitious	7.6	349
22	Admissions	7.5	348
23	Refuge: Part 1	8.5	447
24	Refuge: Part 2	8.6	450

Season 10 (1999)

7.68 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 54 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gunshow	7.7	466
2	Killerz	8.3	555
3	DNR	7.9	425
4	Merger	7.8	423
5	Justice	8.1	399
6	Marathon	8.1	424
7	Patsy	8.1	461
8	Blood Money	8.1	437
9	Sundown	7.7	385
10	Loco Parentis	7.7	418
11	Collision	7.4	348
12	Mother's Milk	7.4	373
13	Panic	7.3	386
14	Entitled	7.4	399
15	Fools for Love	8.3	478
16	Trade This	7.5	349
17	Black, White and Blue	7.5	364
18	Mega	7.7	384
19	Surrender Dorothy	7.3	342
20	Untitled	7.0	328
21	Narcosis	7.3	319
22	High & Low	7.4	352
23	Stiff	7.6	347
24	Vaya Con Dios	7.6	390

Season 11 (2000)

7.60 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 7.8 52 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Endurance	8.0	384
2	Turnstile Justice	7.5	344
3	Dissonance	7.4	334
4	Standoff	7.4	328
5	Return	7.4	331
6	Burn Baby Burn	7.5	340
7	Amends	7.8	342
8	Thin Ice	7.2	320
9	Hubris	8.2	402
10	Whose Monkey Is It Anyway?	7.0	316
11	Sunday in the Park with Jorge	7.2	305
12	Teenage Wasteland	8.0	372
13	Phobia	7.7	327
14	A Losing Season	7.2	308
15	Swept Away - A Very Special Episode	7.1	320
16	Bronx Cheer	8.0	329
17	Ego	7.7	312
18	White Lie	7.5	307
19	Whiplash	7.6	303
20	All My Children	7.5	308
21	Brother's Keeper	8.1	346
22	School Daze	8.0	340
23	Judge Dread	7.6	312
24	Deep Vote	7.8	333

Season 12 (2001)

7.45 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.4 52 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Who Let the Dogs Out?	7.7	390
2	Armed Forces	7.6	329
3	For Love or Money	7.7	343
4	Soldier of Fortune	7.1	302
5	Possession	7.4	312
6	Formerly Famous	7.1	315
7	Myth of Fingerprints	8.1	380
8	The Fire This Time	6.9	295
9	3 Dawg Night	7.2	333
10	Prejudice	7.5	310
11	The Collar	7.3	289
12	Undercovered	7.3	290
13	DR 1-102	8.0	324
14	Missing	7.7	304
15	Access Nation	7.8	314
16	Born Again	7.4	293
17	Girl Most Likely	7.6	319
18	Equal Rights	7.1	273
19	Slaughter	7.3	289
20	Dazzled	7.7	315
21	Foul Play	6.9	255
22	Attorney Client	7.4	299
23	Oxymoron	7.6	297
24	Patriot	7.4	309

Season 13 (2002)

7.69 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 47 min avg

Rebound

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	American Jihad	7.6	415
2	Shangri-La	8.2	451
3	True Crime	7.4	356
4	Tragedy on Rye	7.7	367
5	The Ring	8.1	434
6	Hitman	7.8	369
7	Open Season	8.2	417
8	Asterisk	7.3	345
9	The Wheel	7.1	331
10	Mother's Day	7.5	346
11	Chosen	7.8	380
12	Under God	7.5	353
13	Absentia	7.8	375
14	Star Crossed	7.8	372
15	B*tch	7.5	371
16	Suicide Box	7.5	399
17	Genius	7.4	361
18	Maritime	7.2	328
19	Seer	7.4	347
20	Kid Pro Quo	7.4	343
21	House Calls	7.6	343
22	Sheltered	8.1	471
23	Couples	8.7	519
24	Smoke	8.0	372

Season 14 (2003)

7.67 avg 24 episodes 8.6 → 8.4 51 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bodies	8.6	571
2	Bounty	7.5	345
3	Patient Zero	7.4	366
4	Shrunk	7.4	336
5	Blaze	7.2	350
6	Identity	8.6	501
7	Floater	7.9	354
8	Embedded	7.0	326
9	Compassion	7.7	338
10	Ill-Conceived	7.3	331
11	Darwinian	7.7	337
12	Payback	7.5	320
13	Married with Children	7.4	324
14	City Hall	7.7	315
15	Veteran's Day	7.4	309
16	Can I Get a Witness?	7.6	349
17	Hands Free	7.8	321
18	Evil Breeds	7.8	338
19	Nowhere Man	8.2	387
20	Everybody Loves Raimondo's	7.5	350
21	Vendetta	7.6	307
22	Gaijin	7.5	313
23	Caviar Emptor	7.3	320
24	C.O.D.	8.4	434

Season 15 (2004)

7.59 avg 24 episodes 7.2 → 7.5 49 min avg

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Paradigm	7.2	358
2	The Dead Wives Club	7.8	381
3	The Brotherhood	8.0	368
4	Coming Down Hard	7.6	329
5	Gunplay	7.9	341
6	Cut	7.6	318
7	Gov Love	7.6	323
8	Cry Wolf	7.3	322
9	All in the Family	7.4	316
10	Enemy	7.4	308
11	Fixed	7.7	331
12	Mammon	7.5	305
13	Ain't No Love	7.4	374
14	Fluency	8.0	350
15	Obsession	7.6	326
16	The Sixth Man	7.3	317
17	License to Kill	7.7	325
18	Dining Out	7.4	318
19	Sects	7.6	335
20	Tombstone	8.0	357
21	Publish and Perish	7.8	331
22	Sport of Kings	7.4	309
23	In God We Trust	7.4	316
24	Locomotion	7.5	311

Season 16 (2005)

7.78 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 8.8 51 min avg

Season 16 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Red Ball	8.3	401
2	Flaw	8.1	438
3	Ghosts	7.9	348
4	Age of Innocence	7.2	313
5	Life Line	7.7	331
6	Birthright	7.8	347
7	House of Cards	7.3	307
8	New York Minute	7.6	294
9	Criminal Law	8.4	381
10	Acid	8.3	375
11	Bible Story	7.3	318
12	Family Friend	7.4	308
13	Heart of Darkness	7.5	326
14	Magnet	7.6	317
15	Choice of Evils	7.5	310
16	Cost of Capital	8.1	339
17	America, Inc.	7.5	316
18	Thinking Makes It So	8.1	339
19	Positive	7.3	309
20	Kingmaker	7.6	323
21	Hindsight	7.9	362
22	Invaders	8.8	536

Season 17 (2006)

7.56 avg 22 episodes 7.2 → 7.9 56 min avg

Season 17 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fame	7.2	387
2	Avatar	7.7	354
3	Home Sweet	7.7	342
4	Fear America	7.2	318
5	Public Service Homicide	7.4	317
6	Profiteer	7.5	314
7	In Vino Veritas	7.7	386
8	Release	7.4	340
9	Deadlock	8.2	357
10	Corner Office	7.5	321
11	Remains of the Day	7.6	312
12	Charity Case	7.9	348
13	Talking Points	7.3	346
14	Church	7.3	343
15	Melting Pot	7.1	319
16	Murder Book	7.7	315
17	Good Faith	7.4	314
18	Bling	7.3	306
19	Fallout	7.8	306
20	Captive	7.9	324
21	Over Here	7.6	298
22	The Family Hour	7.9	379

Season 18 (2008)

7.77 avg 18 episodes 7.6 → 8.2 60 min avg

Season 18 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Called Home	7.6	397
2	Darkness	7.7	355
3	Misbegotten	7.1	327
4	Bottomless	7.5	325
5	Driven	8.0	377
6	Political Animal	7.6	321
7	Quit Claim	8.0	366
8	Illegal	8.0	333
9	Executioner	7.6	327
10	Tango	7.7	376
11	Betrayal	7.9	352
12	Submission	7.9	332
13	Angelgrove	7.3	334
14	Burn Card	8.4	410
15	Bogeyman	7.4	313
16	Strike	8.2	327
17	Personae Non Grata	7.7	315
18	Excalibur	8.2	334

Season 19 (2008)

7.75 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 8.2 59 min avg

Rebound

Season 19 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rumble	7.8	341
2	Challenged	7.8	335
3	Lost Boys	7.5	344
4	Falling	7.5	363
5	Knock Off	8.2	357
6	Sweetie	7.6	355
7	Zero	8.2	363
8	Chattel	8.1	333
9	By Perjury	8.4	358
10	Pledge	8.1	367
11	Lucky Stiff	7.6	299
12	Illegitimate	7.7	317
13	Crimebusters	7.2	302
14	Rapture	7.1	290
15	Bailout	7.3	278
16	Take-Out	7.5	291
17	Anchors Away	7.7	298
18	Promote This!	7.6	294
19	All New	7.6	280
20	Exchange	7.6	286
21	Skate or Die	8.1	355
22	The Drowned and the Saved	8.2	346

Season 20 (2009)

7.78 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 8.7 59 min avg

Season 20 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Memo from the Dark Side	7.5	403
2	Just a Girl in the World	8.2	402
3	Great Satan	7.7	373
4	Reality Bites	7.4	328
5	Dignity	7.6	378
6	Human Flesh Search Engine	7.8	324
7	Boy Gone Astray	7.5	341
8	Doped	8.0	348
9	For the Defense	8.4	383
10	Shotgun	7.8	334
11	Fed	7.7	355
12	Blackmail	7.3	344
13	Steel-Eyed Death	7.9	349
14	Boy on Fire	7.6	322
15	Brilliant Disguise	7.7	348
16	Innocence	8.1	369
17	Four Cops Shot	7.9	325
18	Brazil	7.1	317
19	Crashers	7.6	333
20	The Taxman Cometh	7.6	322
21	Immortal	8.0	340
22	Love Eternal	7.8	319
23	Rubber Room	8.7	499

Season 21 (2022)

6.72 avg 10 episodes 6.6 → 6.4

Season 21 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Right Thing	6.6	1,090
2	Impossible Dream	6.5	552
3	Filtered Life	7.1	454
4	Fault Lines	7.1	433
5	Free Speech	6.2	538
6	Wicked Game	6.9	398
7	Legacy	6.6	388
8	Severance	6.9	313
9	The Great Pretender	6.9	318
10	Black and Blue	6.4	366

Season 22 (2022)

7.41 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.4 42 min avg

Season 22 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gimme Shelter - Part Three	7.5	422
2	Battle Lines	7.1	403
3	Camouflage	7.3	338
4	Benefit of the Doubt	7.3	276
5	12 Seconds	7.5	265
6	Vicious Cycle	7.3	274
7	Only the Lonely	7.7	281
8	Chain of Command	7.4	253
9	The System	7.3	277
10	Land of Opportunity	7.2	282
11	Second Chance	7.1	252
12	Almost Famous	7.6	256
13	Mammon	7.4	249
14	Heroes	7.6	259
15	Fear and Loathing	7.8	303
16	Deadline	7.3	234
17	Bias	7.5	235
18	Collateral Damage	7.5	229
19	Private Lives	6.8	294
20	Class Retreat	7.7	255
21	Appraisal	7.8	254
22	Open Wounds	7.4	284

Season 23 (2024)

7.55 avg 13 episodes 6.7 → 7.6

Mid-peak

Season 23 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Freedom of Expression	6.7	447
2	Human Innovation	7.4	261
3	Turn the Page	7.6	258
4	Unintended Consequences	7.6	249
5	Last Dance	8.5	359
6	On the Ledge	7.4	286
7	Balance of Power	7.5	232
8	Facade	7.2	255
9	Family Ties	7.3	215
10	Inconvenient Truth	7.6	204
11	Castle in the Sky	7.6	236
12	No Good Deed	8.1	220
13	In Harm's Way	7.6	220

Season 24 (2024)

7.40 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.9

Season 24 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Catch and Kill	7.5	316
2	The Perfect Man	7.4	312
3	Big Brother	7.6	272
4	The Meaning of Life	7.3	256
5	Report Card	7.6	233
6	Time Will Tell	7.5	225
7	Truth and Consequences	7.1	253
8	Bad Apple	7.8	246
9	Enemy of the State	7.6	226
10	Greater Good	7.1	249
11	The Hardest Thing	7.7	223
12	Duty to Protect	7.3	242
13	In God We Trust	7.0	222
14	A Price to Pay	7.5	222
15	Crossing Lines	7.7	214
16	Folk Hero	6.4	418
17	A Perfect Family	6.9	245
18	Inherent Bias	6.7	247
19	Play with Fire Part 1	7.8	260
20	Sins of the Father	7.7	187
21	Tough Love	7.6	196
22	Look the Other Way	7.9	209

Season 25 (2025)

7.68 avg 21 episodes 7.6 → 8.0

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Season 25 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Street Justice	7.6	254
2	Hindsight	7.6	212
3	White Lies	7.5	194
4	Two and Twenty	7.4	188
5	Bend the Knee	7.9	222
6	Brotherly Love	8.2	201
7	Guardian	7.6	187
8	Parasite	7.8	195
9	Snowflakes	8.1	227
10	Dream On	7.5	175
11	The Enemy of All Women	7.8	167
12	Never Say Goodbye	7.8	165
13	New Normal	7.6	183
14	Remedies	7.4	178
15	Bright Lights	7.5	161
16	Fate's Cruel Joke	7.8	158
17	Beyond Measure	7.1	169
18	Ride or Die	7.8	171
19	Accidentally Like a Martyr	7.5	162
20	Once Burned	7.8	150
21	Liberty	8.0	148