Season Six
Season Six
Bitter Fruit
Briscoe and his new partner, Det. Reynaldo Curtis, investigate the murder of a young girl who disappeared between school and her music lesson, with a blurry film from an ATM machine as their clue.
Rebels
Curtis teaches Briscoe some new tricks about the computer as they investigate the death of a college boy at a rough biker bar.
Savages
McCoy pushes for the death penalty when an undercover detective working on a drug bust is killed, but Kincaid disagrees, and the defense presents a strong alternate theory for the crime.
Jeopardy
The investigation into three murders at the offices of a small magazine uncovers a bitter feud between brothers, whose mother is determined to protect her remaining son and the family business.
Hot Pursuit
When the detectives solve a series of murders committed by a holdup team in ski masks, the questions arises about whether or not a young woman implicated in the deaths, and reported kidnapped, was a willing participant.
REAL CASE:
Patty Hearst
Paranoia
Briscoe and Curtis try to solve a co-ed's murder after a graphic description appears online while McCoy finds himself up against a lawyer reluctant to reveal elements of her client's past.
Humiliation
The investigation of a prostitute's murder involves a deli owner who harasses hookers and a married plastic surgeon who may have been a client of the deceased.
REAL CASE:
Hugh Grant
Angel
A mother claiming that her baby was kidnapped while she was at confession retraces her steps and actions with Curtis, which raises legal questions later when her attorney introduces a unique defense.
REAL CASE:
Susan Smith
Blood Libel
A hidden anti-Semitic message in a high school yearbook offers a clue to an art teacher's murder and leads to a case that matches McCoy against "Klan lawyer" Roy Payne.
Remand
The victim in a 30-year-old rape and stabbing case is fearful when information received by Briscoe and Curtis creates the possibilty of a new trial for the perpetrator.
REAL CASE:
Kitty Genovese
Corpus Delciti
The death of a show horse leads to a trial involving insurance fraud, a sting operation and a wealthy woman's disappearance.
Trophy
The search for what appears to be a copycat serial killer results in complications for McCoy, who tackled the first case five years earlier with his former assistant, who was also his lover, and who now has some unsavory accusations about her former boss and friend.
Charm City (HLOTS crossover, Part One)
A subway station gas attack, similar to one that took place in a Baltimore church five years earlier, brings Baltimore homicide detectives Tim Bayliss and Frank Pembleton to New York to assist Briscoe and Curtis in apprehending the prime suspect in both incidents.
REAL CASE:
Rodney King; Japanese subway bombing
Custody
The killing of a social worker exposes a scam concerning foster children, coinciding with a young black woman kidnapping her biological son from a white couple with whom he'd been placed, and bringing former ADA Paul Robinette into conflict with his former colleagues.
Encore
A jogger killed in Central Park turns out to be the second wife of a former comedy club owner, who was acquitted of killing his first wife. And convicting him this time may hinge on tracing the path of a Columbian coin used as a subway token slug.
Savior
A down-on-his-luck ad executive becomes the prime suspect when his wife and son are killed, and his daughter wounded on a night that he claims was spent drinking.
Deceit
Following a lawyer's murder, Briscoe and Curtis try to locate the victim's argumentative girlfriend and are surprised when they do.
Atonement
A missing model's handbag is found among a purse snatcher's possessions, which leads the detectives to a nightclub owner, a basketball player, a photographer and a limousine driver.
Slave
A woman is shot while sleeping, and the investigation leads the police to a boy whose crack-addicted mother has entrusted him to a dealer's care.
Girlfriends
After a college co-ed's body is found, the detectives look for a campus rapist, but the medical examiner's report puts them on a different path, one involving prostitution.
Pro Se
An investigation of multiple murders at a clothing store leads to the arrest of a schizophrenic off his medicine, who is also a lawyer and presents a formidable opponent when he decides to defend himself.
Homesick
After an infant is found dead in his crib, it's determined he was poisoned, and all evidence points to the child's au pair.
REAL CASE:
Louise Woodward
Aftershock
Briscoe, Curtis, McCoy, and Kincaid are among the witnesses at the execution of a criminal and they react in four very unique ways, indirectly resulting in tragedy for one of them.
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