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Law & Order · S5 · E23

Pride

  • TV-14
  • May 24, 1995
  • 47 min
  • 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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A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.

Season 5

23 episodes
  1. 1Second Opinion

    47 minSep 21, 19947.9

    A woman's death exposes an unorthodox method of treating cancer that Executive Assistant DA McCoy intends to prove is negligent homicide.

  2. 2Coma

    47 minSep 28, 19947.9

    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.

  3. 3Blue Bamboo

    47 minOct 5, 19947.8

    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.

  4. 4Family Values

    47 minOct 12, 19947.6

    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.

  5. 5White Rabbit

    47 minOct 19, 19947.0

    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.

  6. 6Competence

    47 minNov 2, 19947.7

    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.

  7. 7Precious

    47 minNov 9, 19947.9

    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.

  8. 8Virtue

    47 minNov 23, 19948.0

    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.

  9. 9Scoundrels

    47 minNov 30, 19947.4

    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.

  10. 10House Counsel

    47 minJan 4, 19958.0

    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.

  11. 11Guardian

    47 minJan 11, 19957.4

    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.

  12. 12Progeny

    47 minJan 25, 19957.9

    The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.

  13. 13Rage

    48 minFeb 1, 19958.3

    A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of ""black rage"" in court.

  14. 14Performance

    47 minFeb 8, 19958.2

    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.

  15. 15Seed

    47 minFeb 15, 19956.7

    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.

  16. 16Wannabe

    47 minMar 15, 19957.8

    The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.

  17. 17Act of God

    47 minMar 22, 19956.6

    A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.

  18. 18Privileged

    47 minApr 5, 19957.9

    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.

  19. 19Cruel and Unusual

    48 minApr 19, 19958.3

    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.

  20. 20Bad Faith

    47 minApr 26, 19958.6

    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.

  21. 21Purple Heart

    48 minMay 3, 19957.8

    The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.

  22. 22Switch

    48 minMay 17, 19957.6

    Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.

  23. 23Pride

    47 minMay 24, 19956.3Now viewing

    A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.

Guest stars

Daniel Hugh KellyCouncilman Kevin Crossley
Mitchell LichtensteinJoe Gibb
Tim HopperMr. Wiley
Daniel OreskesDurban Campaign Manager
Gordon Joseph WeissCliff
Robert JoyLeo Barnett
Nance WilliamsonJudge Louise Lessing
John Cameron MitchellEddie
Hallie FooteMarjorie Durban
Kelle KerrAntoinette Crossley
Jeanine MorickMona Benson
Jay DevlinMcAfee
Richard BekinsCouncilman Richard Durban
Ron ParadyDeputy Mayor Albert Gerard
Gilbert LewisDeputy Police Commissioner
Audrey Marie AndersonMrs. Barnett
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