NYPD detectives of the Major Case Squad use unconventional methods to solve crimes. Like its predecessor, the original `Law & Order', its storylines are often based on real-life headlines, and it features a cadre of quirky cops whose mission it is to find the criminals and make them pay.
Goren and Eames investigate a robbery at a house that left both of the residents dead. (S1, ep 1)
A pair of art critics are found dead, leading Goren and Eames to discover a series of forged paintings. (S1, ep 2)
Goren and Eames search for the killer of a pregnant woman who was struggling to stay clean from drugs. (S1, ep 3)
Goren and Eames suspect a thieving drug addict is the killer of a Catholic church sexton. (S1, ep 4)
Goren and Eames track a married lawyer suspected of murdering his petite girlfriends. (S1, ep 5)
A man found dead in a hotel room is thought to be an international con artist who has cheated a number of wealthy investors. (S1, ep 6)
Goren and Eames suspect a nurse of poisoning several hospital patients with cyanide. (S1, ep 7)
Goren and Eames investigate the shooting of a reporter and his fiancée. (S1, ep 8)
Goren and Eames attempt to locate the missing wife of a plastic surgeon. (S1, ep 9)
After an elderly and paranoid businessman dies in his penthouse suite, Goren and Eames must sort through suspects that include his son, caretaker and wife. (S1, ep 10)
Goren and Eames investigate the murder by sniper attack of an abortion doctor - a subject close to Eames' heart. (S1, ep 11)
A psychiatrist and frequent expert witness becomes obsessed with a younger woman. (S1, ep 12)
Goren and Eames suspect a murderous nightclub owner of stabbing a wealthy father to death. (S1, ep 13)
Homo Homini Lupus: The kidnap of a man's wife and daughters turns out not to be for ransom, and catching the kidnappers comes down to Goren reaching a traumatised girl. (S1, ep 14)
The girlfriend of a married, high-profile judge is murdered, but the detectives have trouble finding links to the killing. (S1, ep 15)
Goren and Eames must untangle the story behind a mysterious man living a double life while telling his family that he is an economist for the United Nations. (S1, ep 16)
Detectives Goren and Eames investigate a copycat murder with telltale signs that it was committed by someone connected to an incarcerated serial killer. (S1, ep 17)
When the remains of a woman long dead are discovered washed up along the Bronx, Goren and Eames find that this cold case is an unsolved homicide case. (S1, ep 18)
The American-raised daughter of a Russian mafioso, author of a tell-all memoir about growing up in a criminal family, is killed after starting work on a new project. (S1, ep 19)
An apparent murder-suicide by an auditor at the city's comptroller office takes a turn when an audit of the school district's security system is found. (S1, ep 20)
Goren and Eames investigate the death of a magazine publisher and a brilliant scam involving a sick child no one has seen. (S1, ep 21)
A female financial executive is framed for murder and blackmailed to hide her company's illegal stock practices. (S1, ep 22)