Law & Order · S5 · E10
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.
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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.
Season 5
1Second Opinion
47 minSep 21, 1994★ 7.9
A woman's death exposes an unorthodox method of treating cancer that Executive Assistant DA McCoy intends to prove is negligent homicide.
2Coma
47 minSep 28, 1994★ 7.9
A comedy-club owner comes under suspicion for having shot his wife, now comatose with a bullet in her head, after it's discovered he was abusive and she was about to divorce him.
3Blue Bamboo
47 minOct 5, 1994★ 7.8
The killing of a Japanese nightclub owner who was visiting New York leads to the arrest of a singer who once worked for the deceased, and whose lawyer uses the ""battered-woman syndrome"" as a defense.
4Family Values
47 minOct 12, 1994★ 7.6
After it's determined that a wealthy woman did not commit suicide but was murdered, the detectives question both her first and second husbands and her teenage daughter.
5White Rabbit
47 minOct 19, 1994★ 7.0
A routine investigation uncovers evidence that leads Briscoe and Logan to a long-time fugitive, a radical Vietnam War opponent on the run since a 1971 burglary that left a policeman dead.
6Competence
47 minNov 2, 1994★ 7.7
When Lt. Van Buren is the victim of an attempted holdup by two teens, she fires her gun and kills one of them, and the detectives are faced with the fact that she shot an unarmed child in the back.
7Precious
47 minNov 9, 1994★ 7.9
When Briscoe and Logan suspect that a missing infant may have been murdered by her parents rather than kidnapped, they uncover a terrible family secret which hides a mentally ill serial killer.
8Virtue
47 minNov 23, 1994★ 8.0
McCoy uses a charge of ""larceny by extortion"" against a councilman, whose former colleague claims he demanded sex in exchange for a law-firm partnership.
9Scoundrels
47 minNov 30, 1994★ 7.4
Among the suspects in a lawyer's murder are a swindler, who conned a woman out of her family fortune, and the woman's once-wealthy son.
10House Counsel
47 minJan 4, 1995★ 8.0Now viewing
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.
11Guardian
47 minJan 11, 1995★ 7.4
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 yard of a day-care center.
12Progeny
47 minJan 25, 1995★ 7.9
The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.
13Rage
48 minFeb 1, 1995★ 8.3
A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of ""black rage"" in court.
14Performance
47 minFeb 8, 1995★ 8.2
Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high school.
15Seed
47 minFeb 15, 1995★ 6.7
A routine investigation into a woman's death leads Briscoe and Logan to a fertility doctor guilty of unethical practices, but who cannot apparently be touched because of confidentiality rules, and patient reluctance to talk.
16Wannabe
47 minMar 15, 1995★ 7.8
The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.
17Act of God
47 minMar 22, 1995★ 6.6
A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.
18Privileged
47 minApr 5, 1995★ 7.9
The investigation into a double murder leads to a young alcoholic whose family once lived in the victims' house and who had admitted to his AA group that he's had nightmares about killings.
19Cruel and Unusual
48 minApr 19, 1995★ 8.3
The death of an autistic youth in custody reveals a multitude of unusual and possibly illegal therapies being used, but also parents reluctant to pursue a prosecution.
20Bad Faith
47 minApr 26, 1995★ 8.6
Logan relives unhappy childhood memories when a friend is found dead, a presumed suicide, until the investigation reveals recent contact with a former priest, with a history of pedophilia.
21Purple Heart
48 minMay 3, 1995★ 7.8
The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.
22Switch
48 minMay 17, 1995★ 7.6
Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.
23Pride
47 minMay 24, 1995★ 6.3
A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.
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