Law & Order
Law & Order, the longest running crime series and is tied for longest running drama series in the history of American broadcast television, will start its 21st season on NBC in the autumn of 2010. The brainchild of creator Dick Wolf, Law & Order is the most successful brand in the history of primetime television; the winner of the 1997 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series; ties Cheers and M*A*S*H for the most consecutive best series nominations (eleven) and the longest-running drama series currently on American television. The series has also turned into one of entertainment's preeminent brands using a distinct ripped from the headlines format, and has spawned the successful spinoffs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Crime & Punishment and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
When Greevey is murdered, a new officer, Phil Cerreta, is brought in to take charge of the investigation. Meanwhile, Logan goes rogue and forces a confession at gunpoint from the suspect, and in the process, endangers Stone's prosecution.
A woman claims she suffered from extreme emotional disturbance when she shot her ex-husband and his young lover in bed. Prosecutors believe her son can uncover the truth in the case.
An aspiring actress dies from a drug overdose. Investigation reveals that her domineering mother may have driven her to suicide by forcing her to act in a pornographic film. The DA's office pursues murder charges against her.
After a homeless man is convicted of murder, his lawyer files an Fourth Amendment appeal claiming an illegal, unwarranted search of his personal property.
A couple denies medical attention to their dying daughter because of their religious convictions. However, it is soon discovered that they may have had doubts about their actions, so they are charged with endangerment and manslaughter.
A young pregnant woman is found beaten and has a miscarriage, Cerreta and Logan are soon led to the lawyer she was working for, who may or may not have been involved in the attack.
Skeletal remains of a young boy missing for 30 years are found in an apartment building, and finding the killer may ride on Dr. Olivet's ability to uncover a possible witness' repressed memories of the incident.
A co-ed claims that two fraternity brothers raped her at a Halloween party, but finding the truth proves to be difficult when other members of the fraternity stonewall investigators and the woman's sexual history is revealed.
A high school student who was having an affair with one of his teachers is accused of killing the teacher's husband. Did the woman use him and set him up, or was the boy obsessed and act on his own?
An arson at an Hispanic social club that killed 53 people is related to a powerful Cuban, an INS agent, and the sale of fake green cards.
The frozen body of a Broadway producer is found five years after his death. Stone suspects that a show investor and the producer's fiancée actress were involved, but time makes it more difficult to find a motive.
An obsessed fan is charged with the brutal beating of a soap opera actress. During the trial, he claims that a voice in his head told him to do it.
Stone and Robinette go after a defense contractor, as well as his lawyer and the hit-man he allegedly hired, after two men are killed and a whistle-blower who planned to testify against him goes missing.
A man from an old-money New York family is accused of killing his wife over an affair. The man she was seeing is reluctant to testify, and the case rides on the positive identification of a family heirloom.
A teenager confesses to shooting a classmate, but claims it was an accident. Detectives also discover that he was responsible for a similar shooting two years earlier, but the records are sealed.
The parents of a woman murdered in Manhattan try to get the case moved to Connecticut so that they can pursue the death penalty against the defendant, a suspected serial killer.
A teenage drug addict claims that a nun molested her at a treatment house, but the investigation leads to an accusation of rape involving the chief executive of the facility.
A baby is found frozen to death in a hospital emergency room. The case leads to accusations that the landlord of the building the baby and her mother lived in hired people to turn off the heat and harass tenants to get them to move out.
A corpse of a badly burned Jewish jeweler is found in an alley. Initial evidence suggests that it could be a hate crime performed by a group of black youths, but a business motive is later uncovered.
An award-winning Chinese American high school science student is killed. Evidence points to the jealous family of one of the student's high school competitors.
A councilman is found dead on a street, and the investigation reveals that he was being blackmailed because he was gay. However, the councilman's very powerful father is reluctant to cooperate because he doesn't want his son outed.
The murder of a "corporate raider" appears to be connected to a Brooklyn factory he took over and then shut down. But the DA's office uncovers a connection to a banking scandal that leads all the way to a former governor.
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Chris Noth | Detective Mike Logan |
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Paul Sorvino | Sergeant Phil Cerreta |
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Michael Moriarty | Executive ADA Ben Stone |
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Dann Florek | Captain Donald 'Don' Cragen |
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Steven Hill | DA Adam Schiff |
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Richard Brooks | ADA Paul Robinette |
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Steven Zirnkilton | Narrator |
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Carolyn McCormick | Dr. Elizabeth Olivet |
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Lisa Nicole Carson | Jasmine |
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John Fiore | Detective Tony Profaci |
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Christine Farrell | Forensics Technician Arlene Shrier |
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Donald Corren | Medill |
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William H. Macy | Jack Powell |
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Geoffrey Pierson | Lawyer |
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Frank Vincent | J.Z. |
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Maura Tierney | Patti Blaine |
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William Hill | Hopkins |
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Lewis Black | Director Franklin Frome |
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Michael Countryman | Dr. Joseph Stern |
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Latanya Richardson | Anne Houston |
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Maria Pitillo | Angel Greer |
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Tovah Feldshuh | Defense Attorney Danielle Melnick |
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Vincent Curatola | Court Clerk |
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Tony Lo Bianco | Marc Menaker |
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David Lipman | Arraignment Judge Morris Torledsky |
| Edition | The Second Year |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 3 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Dolby Digital Mono [French] |
| Subtitles | English (Closed Captioned) | French | Spanish |
| Distributor | Universal |
| Layers | Dual side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | May 04, 2004 |
| Regions | Region 1 |