Season 4 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 22
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Law & Order Season 4 (1993-1994)

Law & Order Sweeps 4x01 Sweeps
Detectives Briscoe and Logan investigate the murder of a convicted child molestor who was shot on a controversial talk show. Also Lt. Van Buren and ADA Claire Kincaid make their first ...
Sep. 15, 1993
Law & Order Volunteers 4x02 Volunteers
Briscoe and Logan investigate the brutal attack on a homeless man in a middle-class neighborhood which leads EADA Stone to prosecute one of the residents.
Sep. 29, 1993
Law & Order Discord 4x03 Discord
Detectives Briscoe and Logan investigate the calling of a rape from a college student to rock star C Square, which leads the detectives to find out that he isn't as nice as he puts ...
Oct. 06, 1993
Law & Order Profile 4x04 Profile
A racially integrated neighborhood is targeted by a serial killer, leaving Detectives Briscoe and Logan a short amount of time to stop the killings before another victim is claimed. ...
Oct. 13, 1993
Law & Order Black Tie 4x05 Black Tie
After wealthy Jonathan Keyes is found dead in his home, the police receive an anonymous tip that he was murdered. Logan and Briscoe encounter difficulties at the scene when the widow ...
Oct. 20, 1993
Law & Order Pride and Joy 4x06 Pride and Joy
The issue of parent abuse is examined in this unusual story about a gifted student who felt embarrassed and confined by his lower-class family -- which led to his father's death.Plus, ...
Oct. 27, 1993
Law & Order Apocrypha 4x07 Apocrypha
An explosion inside the garage of a Wall Street banking complex leaves one person dead and leads Detectives Briscoe and Logan to the Egyptian embassy. The sole victim of the explosion ...
Nov. 03, 1993
Law & Order American Dream 4x08 American Dream
At a Manhattan construction site a decomposed body is unearthed wearing a tattered blue blazer with gold buttons. Detectives use the jacket to reveal the dead man's identity and occupation ...
Nov. 09, 1993
Law & Order Born Bad 4x09 Born Bad
When a fourteen-year-old boy is accused of murdering his friend, his defence attorney claims that an extra Y chromosome in his genetic structure means he is predeposed to commit violent ...
Nov. 16, 1993
Law & Order The Pursuit of Happiness 4x10 The Pursuit of Happiness
After the owner of a successful meat company is found butchered in his office, detectives suspect his Russian "mail order bride." In court, defense attorneys try to discredit witnesses ...
Dec. 01, 1993
Law & Order Golden Years 4x11 Golden Years
A well-intentioned granddaughter is blamed for starving her grandmother to death, but she claims it was "doctor's orders." Detectives soon discover that the granddaughter not only inherited ...
Jan. 05, 1994
Law & Order Snatched 4x12 Snatched
The son of a wealthy businessman is charged with master-minding his own kidnapping in order to collect the five million dollar ransom from his father. When the kidnap "victim's" accomplices ...
Jan. 12, 1994
Law & Order Breeder 4x13 Breeder
A woman found unconscious and bleeding in a crowded ER claims her last memory is of being pregnant and in the back of a taxi. Detectives work to determine whether or not her claims ...
Jan. 19, 1994
Law & Order Censure 4x14 Censure
Detectives help thwart a blackmail attempt and find that a respected judge is to blame. Later in the investiagtion, ADA Kincaid (Jill Hennessy) is accused of trumping up charges against ...
Feb. 02, 1994
Law & Order Kids 4x15 Kids
A fourteen-year-old boy accidentally killed during a drive-by shooting motivates detectives to track down the killer. Tracing the weapon through various sources, detectives and Van ...
Feb. 09, 1994
Law & Order Big Bang 4x16 Big Bang
A mail bomb that killed the wife of a nuclear physicist leads detectives to question the stability of the marriage. Forensics experts help Briscoe and Logan name a suspect, but Stone ...
Mar. 02, 1994
Law & Order Mayhem 4x17 Mayhem
Briscoe and Logan have a hectic day ahead; this episode focuses on the detectives and the astonishing number of cases they catch in a 24-hour period.
Mar. 09, 1994
Law & Order Wager 4x18 Wager
After the father of a prominent baseball player is found dead, Briscoe and Logan suspect his death is linked to gambling debts. However, all bets are off when the victim's son's alibi ...
Mar. 30, 1994
Law & Order Sanctuary 4x19 Sanctuary
Racial tensions reach dangerously high levels after the fatal hit and run of a twelve-year-old. Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) is soon in the hot seat as locals question the amount ...
Apr. 13, 1994
Law & Order Nurture 4x20 Nurture
Briscoe and Logan investigate the disappearance of a child from her abusive foster home and find her being held by a loving but disturbed woman who insists she has acted only for the ...
May. 04, 1994
Law & Order Doubles 4x21 Doubles
An assailant breaks the wrist of a tennis player prior to a tournament, and a competitor is among the suspects.
May. 18, 1994
Law & Order Old Friends 4x22 Old Friends
A truck hits a pedestrian and the investigation reveals the victim's link to a baby-food company in which a new partner has connections to the Russian mob.
May. 25, 1994
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Season 4 Characters

Detective Lennie Briscoe played by Jerry Orbach
Detective Mike Logan played by Chris Noth
Lt. Anita Van Buren played by S. Epatha Merkerson
Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone played by Michael Moriarty
A.D.A. Claire Kincaid played by Jill Hennessy
D.A. Adam Schiff played by Steven Hill
Dr. Elizabeth Olivet played by Carolyn McCormick
Narrator voiced by Steven Zirnkilton
Court Clerk played by Frank Anderson
Detective Tony Profaci played by John Fiore
Jury Forewoman played by Dana Vance
Jury Foreman played by Reade Kelly
Medill played by Donald Corren
Policeman #1 played by Ken Larsen
Policeman #2 played by Joseph Mosso
Judge Margaret Barry played by Doris Belack
Judge Rosalyn Lenz played by Tanya Berezin
Judge Rebecca Steinman played by Susan Blommaert
Forensics Tech Arlene Shrier played by Christine Farrell
Judge Herman Mooney played by Ben Hammer
Judge Walter Schreiber played by John Ramsey
Wheeler played by Michael Gaston
Marya Levinson played by Lenore Harris

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Season 4 Videos

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Season 4 Quotes

04x19 - Sanctuary Season 4 / Episode 19: - Sanctuary

Adam Schiff: What happened to "Give me your huddled masses"? What the hell has happened to this city?
04x16 - Big Bang Season 4 / Episode 16: - Big Bang

Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone: He's not your typical killer.
D.A. Adam Schiff: He is! He killed somebody.
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Season 4 Trivia

  • Episode 19 - In 1997, TV Guide named this one of television's best individual series episodes of all time.
  • Episode 22 - 'Michael Moriarty' resigned in at the end of the fourth season after a long, loud battle of words with Attorney General Janet Reno, who was making efforts to censor television violence. He felt that NBC was trying to silence him when two talk show appearances on the network were pulled at the last moment a
  • Episode 19 - J.K. Simmons, who plays Luppin in this episode, later rejoined the cast in the recurring role of Dr. Emil Skoda.
  • Episode 11 - Goof (factual errors): Laura and Fr. Frawley say that the Catholic Church doesn't allow Christian burials for people who died by their own hand. That is no longer the case; Canon law was changed in 1983 (ten years before this episode was made) to allow suicide victims to be given Christian funerals.
  • Episode 22 - Allison Janney's character mentions that she only knows of Brighton beach from the Neil Simon play. The lawyer is played by Bob Dishy who started in the movie version of the play.

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