Season Five
Season Five
Second Opinion
A woman's death exposes an unorthodox method of treating breast cancer by a woman doctor described as "class-A quack" by her colleagues.
Coma
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
Blue Bamboo
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.
Family Values
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.
White Rabbit
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.
REAL CASE:
Katherine Ann Power
Competence
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.
Precious
After questioning the parents of a missing baby, Briscoe and Logan suspect that the child may have been murdered rather than kidnapped.
REAL CASE:
Mary Jane Boot
Virtue
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.
REAL CASE:
Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas
Scoundrels
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.
REAL CASE:
Charles Keating, Ivan Boesky
House Counsel
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.
Guardian
After the body of 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.
Progeny
The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.
Rage
A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of "black rage" in court.
Performance
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.
REAL CASE:
The Spur Posse
Seed
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.
Wannabe
The investigation of the shooting of a member of the board for an exclusive private school leads to the father of an expelled student, then the student, and then to another student.
Act of God
A bomb at a building site accidentally kills a 12-year-old boy and leads the detectives to a bankrupt contractor who antagonizes everyone.
Privileged
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.
REAL CASE:
Westchester case
Cruel and Unusual
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.
Bad Faith
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.
Purple Heart
The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.
REAL CASE:
Anthony Riggs
Switch
Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.
Pride
The investigation of a gay councilman's murder involves his roommate, a married man and a homophobic politician who nonetheless claimed to be a great friend of the deceased.
REAL CASE:
Harvey Milk
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