Season 5 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 23
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Law & Order Season 5 (1994-1995)

Law & Order Second Opinion 5x01 Second Opinion
After a deceased woman's body poses a health risk, the detectives investigate what really caused the woman's death. Meanwhile, Kincaid meets her new boss, Jack McCoy, who wants to probe ...
Sep. 21, 1994
Law & Order Coma 5x02 Coma
A journalist covering a community board meeting in a dangerous neighborhood is shot, but clings to life. Detectives question her husband, who owns a local comedy club and has an alibi. ...
Sep. 28, 1994
Law & Order Blue Bamboo 5x03 Blue Bamboo
A shooting/robbery in the lobby of a luxury hotel leaves one guest dead and exposes a hotel clerk's high-stakes scam. Laura Linney (The Truman Show) and Aida Turturro (The Sopranos) ...
Oct. 05, 1994
Law & Order Family Values 5x04 Family Values
A missing victim, a suspicious ex-husband and a family hiding something all contribute to the ADAs decision to risk their licenses on a hunch. After ruling out suicide, McCoy and Kincaid ...
Oct. 12, 1994
Law & Order White Rabbit 5x05 White Rabbit
A burglarly unlocks a decades-old case. A safety depost box company unwittingly exposes a female political activist/fugitive who has been on the run for 20 years. Detectives locate ...
Oct. 19, 1994
Law & Order Competence 5x06 Competence
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) is held up at an ATM, but shoots her attackers -- killing one of the two robbers. When the victim is shown to have been mentally retarded, ...
Nov. 02, 1994
Law & Order Precious 5x07 Precious
Detectives Briscoe and Logan become suspicious of a man who reports his infant daugther missing. When the child turns up dead in an ice cooler, ADAs Kincaid and McCoy try to prove the ...
Nov. 09, 1994
Law & Order Virtue 5x08 Virtue
Two people killed by a drunk driver have detectives puzzled. Teh female victim, beaten and raped before the accident, was found in the driver's seat although her injuries suggest she ...
Nov. 23, 1994
Law & Order Scoundrels 5x09 Scoundrels
A lawyer is found dead and the prime suspect has a solid alibi. Only after detectives link the victim to a fraudulent savings-and-loan king do they stumble upon a bankruptcy double-cross. ...
Nov. 30, 1994
Law & Order House Counsel 5x10 House Counsel
The killing of a man who had served as a juror in a mob trial leads to a battle of wills between McCoy and his long-time friend, the suspect's attorney.
Jan. 04, 1995
Law & Order Guardian 5x11 Guardian
After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yardof a day-care center.
Jan. 11, 1995
Law & Order Progeny 5x12 Progeny
A doctor, known for her pro-choice stance, is shot in the parking lot of the health clinic. Detectives question the doctor's newest patient, but forensics lead to a planned parenthood ...
Jan. 25, 1995
Law & Order Rage 5x13 Rage
A successful white stockbroker is found dead of a broken neck. His coworkers immediately point the finger at "golden boy" Bud Greer -- a young, black junior trader. Bud tells Logan ...
Feb. 01, 1995
Law & Order Performance 5x14 Performance
An amateur porn tape containing what appears to be the rapeand murder of a young girl has detectives trying to determine if the tape is real. The victim's tattoo leads to an address, ...
Feb. 08, 1995
Law & Order Seed 5x15 Seed
After a woman is killed during her unsuccessful attempt to shoot her husband, Detectives Logan and Briscoe discover that the couple was going to a fertility clinic. A doctor at the ...
Feb. 15, 1995
Law & Order Wannabe 5x16 Wannabe
A man is shot and killed in front of his house after his son's schoolmate is expelled for threatening his son with a gun. However, detectives soon discover that the expulsion had less ...
Mar. 15, 1995
Law & Order Act of God 5x17 Act of God
When a building under construction is blown up and a child dies as a result, Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Logan (Chris Noth) question the developer and general contractor. Later, after ...
Mar. 22, 1995
Law & Order Privileged 5x18 Privileged
After a drunken binge and car wreck, a man returns to his childhood home and kills the couple asleep in the master bedroom. He claimes he thought he was stabbing his parents, and hypnosis ...
Apr. 05, 1995
Law & Order Cruel and Unusual 5x19 Cruel and Unusual
After a physical altercation, an autistic 18-year-old is arrested and later dies in police custody. Further investigation reveals that the victim had left a behavorial control clinic ...
Apr. 19, 1995
Law & Order Bad Faith 5x20 Bad Faith
Detective Logan's childhood friend, and fellow detective, is found shot in an apparent suicide. The investigation leads detectives to a neighborhood priest, who has a history of molesting ...
Apr. 26, 1995
Law & Order Purple Heart 5x21 Purple Heart
A cabbie is found murdered in what appears to be a robbery; however, Briscoe and Logan uncover his involvement in a number of get-rich-quick schemes. During the trial, much of the evidence ...
May. 03, 1995
Law & Order Switch 5x22 Switch
A psychiatrist killed by a blow to the head was treating a patient with multiple personalities, but which one killed her? Detectives get access to the patient's diary and try to narrow ...
May. 17, 1995
Law & Order Pride 5x23 Pride
Controversial gay city councilman Richard Durban is shot dead after a forum to discuss gay/lesbian medical issues. The murder weapon is soon traced to a missing piece of evidence from ...
May. 24, 1995

Season 5 Characters

Detective Lennie Briscoe played by Jerry Orbach
Detective Mike Logan played by Chris Noth
Lt. Anita Van Buren played by S. Epatha Merkerson
Jack McCoy played by Sam Waterston
A.D.A. Claire Kincaid played by Jill Hennessy
D.A. Adam Schiff played by Steven Hill
Narrator voiced by Steven Zirnkilton
Court Clerk played by George Hosmer
Dr. Elizabeth Olivet played by Carolyn McCormick
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers played by Leslie Hendrix
Uniform Policeman played by Joe Passaro
Jury Foreman played by Joel Blake
Detective Tony Profaci played by John Fiore
CSU Technician played by Christopher Rubin
Medill played by Donald Corren
Building super played by Maurice Shrog
Judge Joseph Rivera played by Shawn Elliott
Judge Morris Torledsky played by David Lipman
Marks played by Ed Hodson
Murphy played by Charles Stransky
Julio played by Rich Ramirez
Kevin played by Blake Bashoff
Mr. Parker played by Harry Murphy (II)

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Season 5 Videos

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Season 5 Quotes

05x12 - Progeny Season 5 / Episode 12: - Progeny

Det. Mike Logan: Look, Eric, let me make this real simple. We're gonna look at your girlfriend's ID and if she's one day shy of seventeen, we're gonna sweep this entire place and what do you bet we'll find some sort of controlled substance?
05x03 - Blue Bamboo Season 5 / Episode 3: - Blue Bamboo

Art Samuels: [speaking of the deceased] He had a lot of energy. I, on the other hand, have a wife.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: My condolences.
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Season 5 Trivia

  • Episode 05 - Over the course of the show, several well known guest stars played in roles adapted from the headlines. For instance, Chevy Chase played in an episode in which his character was drunk and ranting sexually and racially insensitive comments at one of the detectives on the show. This wa
  • Episode 01 - Sam Waterston's first episode as ADA Jack McCoy, full name John James McCoy.
  • Episode 16 - Goof (factual errors): Mrs. Harrigan mentions to Briscoe and Logan that her husband planned for a "hockey scholarship to Dartmouth or Cornell" for their son. Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships.
  • Episode 16 - Goof (errors in geography): Has a criminal leaving a gun on the subway tracks of the 7 train, "near the Brooklyn Bridge station". The 7 train does not stop at, or anywhere near, the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • Episode 16 - Goof (factual errors): A suspect, Jimmy, says he hopped on the 7 train at the Brooklyn Bridge station and dropped the gun between there and Essex Street stations. The 7 train doesn't go to Brooklyn Bridge station.

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