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Law & OrderSeason 5

Season 5

Air Date:September 20, 1994
Episodes:23

Episodes

Law & Order S5E1 - Second Opinion
Episode 1September 20, 1994

Second Opinion

47m

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

Law & Order S5E2 - Coma
Episode 2September 27, 1994

Coma

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E3 - Blue Bamboo
Episode 3October 4, 1994

Blue Bamboo

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E4 - Family Values
Episode 4October 11, 1994

Family Values

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E5 - White Rabbit
Episode 5October 18, 1994

White Rabbit

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E6 - Competence
Episode 6November 1, 1994

Competence

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E7 - Precious
Episode 7November 8, 1994

Precious

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E8 - Virtue
Episode 8November 22, 1994

Virtue

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E9 - Scoundrels
Episode 9November 29, 1994

Scoundrels

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E10 - House Counsel
Episode 10January 3, 1995

House Counsel

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E11 - Guardian
Episode 11January 10, 1995

Guardian

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E12 - Progeny
Episode 12January 24, 1995

Progeny

47m

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

Law & Order S5E13 - Rage
Episode 13January 31, 1995

Rage

48m

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

Law & Order S5E14 - Performance
Episode 14February 7, 1995

Performance

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E15 - Seed
Episode 15February 14, 1995

Seed

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E16 - Wannabe
Episode 16March 14, 1995

Wannabe

47m

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

Law & Order S5E17 - Act of God
Episode 17March 21, 1995

Act of God

47m

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

Law & Order S5E18 - Privileged
Episode 18April 4, 1995

Privileged

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E19 - Cruel and Unusual
Episode 19April 18, 1995

Cruel and Unusual

48m

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.

Law & Order S5E20 - Bad Faith
Episode 20April 25, 1995

Bad Faith

47m

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.

Law & Order S5E21 - Purple Heart
Episode 21May 2, 1995

Purple Heart

48m

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

Law & Order S5E22 - Switch
Episode 22May 16, 1995

Switch

48m

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

Law & Order S5E23 - Pride
Episode 23May 23, 1995

Pride

47m

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