Roger Serbagi

Johnny Vega (Gary Busey) used to be a huge singer, and he still gets recognized on the street. He is a regular at Noonan's, a local Irish pub, and has been patronizing the establishment every Friday night for the past ten years. After a routine dinner with his wife Mary Ann, he comes rushing into the restaurant and tells the owner his wife has been shot. Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) are on the scene and piece together the timeline. Vega and his wife had left the restaurant around 9:00, then Vega came back to switch a bet he had placed and left again, only to return a few minutes later in shock, saying his wife had been shot. He had a panic attack and was taken home. Briscoe and Green go to Vega's house to question him and find his manager, Arthur Cahill (Joe Piscopo), and grown children, Peter (David Allan Case) and Jason, visiting the panicked singer. Their theory is that Mary Ann was mugged while Vega went back to switch the bet.

A wealthy elderly man is murdered and detectives instantly suspect his much younger wife, a former stripper. McCoy and Ross, believing that the estate lawyer also had a role in the man's killing, desperately find a wy to implicate the conspiring duo.

When a woman is found unconscious at the bottom of her apartment stairs, Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) must figure out what happened -- before it's too late. In order to make his case, McCoy (Sam Waterston) pits Briscoe and Curtis against each other in the courtroom. Carey Lowell, S. Epatha Merkerson and Steven Hill also star.

The ethical liability of a psychiatrist comes into question when a murder victim is traced back to one of the doctor's patients. It seems the doctor and the patient became sexually involved, the girlfriend found out about the affair, and the patient went off the deep end. But did the therapist give him a little push? Lindsay Crouse (The Insider) guest stars.

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 on the grounds of cross-racial misidentification.

As Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) investigate the death of an audio installation salesman, their search introduces them to a web of players who are all linked to the murderer, and consequently, the mafia. When Assistant DA's McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Carmichael (Angie Harmon) go to work, they face a remorseless suspect who has plenty of 'friends' who will give anything to keep him out of prison. To build a strong case against the suspect, McCoy and Carmichael face the challenge of convincing witnesses to testify and ensuring their safety. Later, District Attorney Schiff (Steven Hill) is forced to step in to adjust McCoy's ideas of proper punishment for the accused. S. Epatha Merkeson also stars.