Season Nine
Season Nine
Cherished
The investigation into a girl's death reveals secrets the adoptive family was desperately trying to hide.
DWB
Detectives discover a shocking twist involving unlikely suspects when they investigate the brutal beating of a black man dumped near the highway.
REAL CASE:
Jasper, Texas case
Bait
The investigation into how a teen got wounded leads to a case involving a young woman's murder and a drug operation.
Flight
After a child in a day-care center dies of a virus, Briscoe and Curtis try to find the source of the infection, leading to a case involving an extramarital affair, embezzlement and a drug manufacturer.
REAL CASE:
the film, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Agony
After the detectives find a murdered postman and a woman who was left for dead in her apartment, the investigation leads to a serial killer and a surprise.
REAL CASE:
Ted Bundy
Exiled: A Law & Order Movie
Exiled to Staten Island after punching a city councilman, Detective Mike Logan is bored with "chasing down stolen lawn mowers." But a prostitute's murder may be his ticket back to Manhattan Homicide. His world-weary lieutenant reluctantly assigns Logan to the case and teams him with Det. Frankie Silvera. Along the way, they encounter a mob figure and his father and learn that there's a dirty cop in Logan's old precinct.
Scrambled
The murder of an employee at a fertility clinic leads to a case involving a dead man's first and second wives.
REAL CASE:
New Jersey case in which the ex-wife's petition against implanting the embryos into her former husband's new wife was granted
Venom
The killing of a professional escort leads to a case involving the relationships between a young man and two older women.
Punk
The murder of a corrections officer leads detectives to a women's prison where a guard was linked to an inmate Carmichael put away on drug charges.
True North
The double murder of a wealthy man and his daughter leads the detectives to the wife and stepmother of the deceased. However, Canada's objection to the death penalty hampers McCoy and Carmichael in seeking crucial evidence for obtaining a conviction.
REAL CASE:
Stanley Faulder
Hate
Evidence points the detectives in the direction of a fascist youth gathering after the brutal beating and murder of a high school girl.
Ramparts
Briscoe and Curtis reopen a case that was closed in the '60s when a vehicle is dredged from the Hudson River containing the remains of a murdered man.
Haven
Briscoe and Curtis probe the murder of a popular Harlem community leader while McCoy and Carmichael struggle to prevent a chaotic situation.
Hunters
Briscoe and Curtis race against time to find the killer of a parolee before two bounty hunters find the suspected murderer.
Sideshow (HLOTS Crossover, Part One)
The body of a high-level government official from Baltimore, found in Battery Park, reunites Briscoe and Curtis with Baltimore detectives Munch and Sheppard. The victim had recently been transferred to Baltimore, which the detectives learn is merely a cover-up, sending Briscoe and Munch to Washington. The subsequent investigation reveals a lesbian lover, another high-level government official, desiring anonymity. McCoy and Baltimore ASA Ed Danvers are brought in front of the Independent Counsel, who demands McCoy reveal, his source or be jailed for contempt. Briscoe and Curtis apprehend the suspect in New York in time to save McCoy but the suspect, now in the custody of the FBI, is never brought to trial.
REAL CASE:
Bill Clinton/Ken Starr
Disciple
After a teen is found dead in the emergency room, the investigation leads to a case involving a religious ritual and a defendant who claims that the action taken was dictated by a saint's voice.
REAL CASE:
Charity Miranda
Harm
Briscoe and Curtis investigate a possible homicide while probing the assault of a retired divorce attorney.
Shield
Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of a police officer who was shot while on an undercover stakeout.
Juvenile
The investigation into the shooting of a newspaper columnist leads to a murder case from two decades earlier and involves a suspect who at that time had been a juvenile.
REAL CASE:
Maelynn Johnson
Tabula Rasa
After a philosophy professor is pushed in front of a subway and killed, the investigation leads to a suspect who, following a divorce, changed his identity and disappeared with his daughters.
REAL CASE:
Barbara Kurth
Empire
The death of a corporate mogul caused by an overdose of a sexual performance-enhancing drug leads to a case with a witness that puts Curtis in a compromising position.
Ambitious
The murder of an audio installation salesman leads the detectives to a case with connections to the mafia.
Admissions
A coed's killing leads to a case involving the deceased's relationship with a professor and two male students who vouch for each other's whereabouts on the night of the murder.
REAL CASE:
Jeremy Strohmeyer
Refuge (1)
A shootout between a motorist and the police leads to the discovery of a gruesome Russian mob killing --- and a traumatized boy who was an eyewitness to the murder.
REAL CASE:
Moscow/New York money laundering scheme
Refuge (2)
McCoy and Carmichael risk violating the civil liberties of witnesses when they are forced to jail them in order to safely continue their investigation.
REAL CASE:
Moscow/New York money laundering scheme
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