Law & Order (season 10)
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| Law & Order (season 10) | |
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Season 10 U.S. DVD Cover
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 22, 1999 – May 24, 2000 |
The 10th season of Law & Order premiered on NBC, September 22, 1999 and ended May 24, 2000.
Cast
Ed Green (played by Jesse L. Martin) replaced season 9's Rey Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) in the role of junior detective.
Main cast
- Jerry Orbach as Lennie Briscoe
- Jesse L. Martin as Ed Green
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as E.A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
Recurring cast
Episodes
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 206 | 1 | "Gunshow" | Ed Sherin | René Balcer | September 22, 1999 | E1106 |
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A murderer's shooting spree in Central Park prompts Briscoe and his new partner, Detective Ed Green, to trace the murder weapon's origin; McCoy makes it his mission to punish the killer and the gun manufacturer.
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| 207 | 2 | "Killerz" | Constantine Makris | Richard Sweren | September 29, 1999 | E1103 |
| Briscoe and Green believe a 10-year-old is responsible for a child's death, and McCoy wants her isolated to stop any future fatalities. | ||||||
| 208 | 3 | "DNR" | David Platt | Teleplay by: Kathy McCormick Story by: William N. Fordes |
October 6, 1999 | E1109 |
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As Briscoe and Green investigate the shooting of a judge, suspicion quickly points to her husband as the person who ordered the hit, but McCoy's case is hindered when she refuses to implicate her husband during the trial.
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| 209 | 4 | "Merger" | Stephen Wertimer | Lynn Mamet | October 13, 1999 | E1101 |
| The murder of a drug-laden teen presents the detectives with a host of suspects from her wealthy family. | ||||||
| 210 | 5 | "Justice" | Matthew Penn | Teleplay by: Gerry Conway Story by: William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway |
November 10, 1999 | E1104 |
| After the murder of a lawyer, McCoy finds himself on the opposite side of the courtroom from his former colleague, Jamie Ross, when she defends a man who claims to have key evidence that could put to death a man McCoy believes was wrongly convicted. | ||||||
| 211 | 6 | "Marathon" | Jace Alexander | Richard Sweren & Matt Witten | November 17, 1999 | E1105 |
| A frustrating investigation of a purse-snatching victim who was fatally shot leads to tension between Briscoe and Green over age and racial innuendos. Briscoe notices his partner has developed a dangerous habit. | ||||||
| 212 | 7 | "Patsy" | David Platt | René Balcer & Lynne E. Litt | November 24, 1999 | E1102 |
| The investigation that follows the discovery of a comatose woman in her apartment leads to an unusual case involving murder and a possible frame-up, despite the prosecution having key DNA evidence to the contrary. | ||||||
| 213 | 8 | "Blood Money" | Matthew Penn | Barry Schindel | December 1, 1999 | E1111 |
| A taxi driver finds that his passenger is dead, leading the detectives to a case involving an insurance scam and Holocaust victims. | ||||||
| 214 | 9 | "Sundown" | Jace Alexander | Teleplay by: Krista Vernoff Story by: William N. Fordes & Krista Vernoff |
December 15, 1999 | E1107 |
| A patient is found beaten to death in a hospital lounge — and the resulting case involves infidelity, Alzheimer's disease and a ladies' man. | ||||||
| 215 | 10 | "Loco Parentis" | Constantine Makris | Richard Sweren & Matt Witten | January 5, 2000 | E1115 |
| After sanitation workers find a teenage boy's body, the investigation leads to a school bully who displays an avid interest in martial-arts weapons, and whose father bought the murder weapon. | ||||||
| 216 | 11 | "Collision" | David Platt | Teleplay by: Gerry Conway Story by: William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway |
January 26, 2000 | E1116 |
| The investigation of a schizophrenic woman's death leads to a case involving a homeless man and his right to refuse medication. It is revealed that the schizophrenic woman and the homeless man were lovers. The woman told the man to kill her if he loved her. She also loved him. He refused to take his medication because he wanted to die because of guilt. He pleads guilty to manslaughter in the first degree along with medication in the psychiatric facility. | ||||||
| 217 | 12 | "Mother's Milk" | Richard Dobbs | Lynn Mamet & Barry Schindel | February 9, 2000 | E1110 |
| Bloodstains in an apartment that belonged to a young couple with a baby leads to the separated parents, each of whom claims that the other has the infant. The baby is later found dead. | ||||||
| 218 | 13 | "Panic" | Constantine Makris | Teleplay by: William N. Fordes & Lynn Mamet Story by: Kathy McCormick & Matt Witten |
February 16, 2000 | E1117 |
| Briscoe and Green investigate the shooting of a best-selling mystery writer and the death of her accountant, with a love triangle involving the author's consulting FBI agent (Tom Berenger) as a possible motive for the crime. | ||||||
| 219 | 14 | "Entitled" | Ed Sherin | Teleplay by: Richard Sweren Story by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer & Robert Palm |
February 18, 2000 | E1112 |
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The focus of the case returns to a politically influential family and, during the course of the trial, McCoy finds the powerful matriarch to be a formidable opponent.
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| 220 | 15 | "Fools for Love" | Christopher Misiano | Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt | February 23, 2000 | E1113 |
| After the bodies of two teens are found, the detectives trace their identities and learn that one of them had a sister who was traveling with the girls. | ||||||
| 221 | 16 | "Trade This" | Jace Alexander | Teleplay by: Barry Schindel Story by: René Balcer & Barry Schindel |
March 1, 2000 | E1118 |
| The murder of a stockbroker points to a coworker and supervisor (Michael Gross (actor)) involved with organized crime when a hired hit man kills the prime suspect. | ||||||
| 222 | 17 | "Black, White and Blue" | Constantine Makris | Teleplay by: Lynne E. Litt & Matt Witten Story by: Richard Sweren & Lynne E. Litt |
March 22, 2000 | E1120 |
| The murder of a young white man in Harlem sparks outrage when it is discovered that two police officers intentionally dropped him off in a known crime prone neighborhood. | ||||||
| 223 | 18 | "Mega" | David Platt | Lynn Mamet | April 5, 2000 | E1121 |
| The investigation into a helicopter bombing points to a victim's wife and her unconventional financial adviser (Michael McKean). | ||||||
| 224 | 19 | "Surrender Dorothy" | Martha Mitchell | Barry Schindel & Matt Witten | April 26, 2000 | E1125 |
| The body of a teacher, suspected of having an affair, is found in a car trunk and the investigation involves husband and father-in-law, both of whom are psychiatrists. | ||||||
| 225 | 20 | "Untitled" | Jace Alexander | Teleplay by: Barry M. Schkolnick Story by: Richard Sweren & Barry M. Schkolnick |
May 3, 2000 | E1124 |
| A wealthy woman, who is a patron of the arts, is found dead in her apartment and the ensuing investigation leads to a suspect whose violence was spurred by a painting similar to the crime scene. | ||||||
| 226 | 21 | "Narcosis" | Constantine Makris | Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt | May 10, 2000 | E1123 |
| The discovery of a strangled prostitute's body leads to a case involving illegal immigrants and a family grappling with internet addiction. | ||||||
| 227 | 22 | "High & Low" | Richard Dobbs | Teleplay by: Gerry Conway Story by: William N. Fordes & Gerry Conway |
May 17, 2000 | E1122 |
| Detectives Briscoe and Green probe the strangulation of a college coed who moonlighted as a stripper, and while they believe a pair of drug-dealing skinheads committed the murder, they struggle to determine the motive of the strip club owner who paid them for the hit. However, as they work their way up the ladder of complicity, the cops learn that the slaying is keyed to an insider trading scam that forces McCoy to connect a former porn star with a businessman. | ||||||
| 228 | 23 | "Stiff" | Jace Alexander | Teleplay by: Hall Powell Story by: René Balcer & Hall Powell |
May 24, 2000 | E1119 |
| The detectives' investigation into why a wealthy woman is comatose involves her husband, daughter, and doctor (John Slattery). | ||||||
| 229 | 24 | "Vaya Con Dios" | Christopher Misiano | René Balcer & Richard Sweren | May 24, 2000 | E1108 |
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The death of an elderly man trying to find who was responsible for the torture killing of his son in Chile in 1973 leads to a former high-ranking Chilean Army officer who is in New York receiving cancer treatments at a Manhattan hospital.
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Notes and references
- Jesse L. Martin joins the cast as Det. Ed Green in this season.
- This is the final season to feature Steven Hill as Adam Schiff. Steven Hill was the last original cast member to leave the series.
- The Law & Order spinoff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, debuted at the time of this season.
- This season features all five of the series' longest serving characters: Anita Van Buren (17 seasons), Jack McCoy (16 seasons), Lennie Briscoe (12 seasons), Adam Schiff (10 seasons) and Ed Green (9 seasons). Additionally, one member of the original cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Mariska Hargitay), who remains on the show to date, appears in the episode 'Entitled'. Christopher Meloni departed SVU in 2011, Richard Belzer in 2013, and Dann Florek in 2014.
- "Entitled," episode 219, is a continuation of an SVU episode of the same name.
- Adrienne Shelly guest starred in the episode of 'Law & Order' titled "High & Low" (Season 10) in which she portrayed the character Wendy Alston. Shelly herself would later on be murdered, which inspired the episode 'Melting Pot' (Season 17).
External links
| Preceded by
Season Nine
(1998-1999) |
List of Law & Order seasons (1990-2010) |
Succeeded by Season Eleven (2000-2001) |
