The BEST episodes of Law & Order season 10

Every episode of Law & Order season 10, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order season 10!

A blended police procedural and courtroom drama which employs a two-part approach: The first half of each episode focuses on NYPD homicide detectives investigating a crime—often derived from a real-life headline—and apprehending a suspect. The second half takes place in the courtroom, with the district attorney prosecuting the defendant.

Last Updated: 10/8/2024Network: NBCStatus: Continuing
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Fools for Love
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7.66
152 votes

#1 - Fools for Love

Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/2000

After the bodies of two teens are found, the detectives trace their identities and learn that one of them had a sister who was traveling with the girls.

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Marathon
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7.54
178 votes

#2 - Marathon

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/1999

A frustrating investigation of a purse-snatching victim who was fatally shot leads to tension between Briscoe and Green over age and racial innuendoes. Briscoe notices his partner has developed a dangerous habit.

Directors: Jace Alexander
Watch Now:Apple TV
Mother's Milk
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7.53
190 votes

#3 - Mother's Milk

Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/9/2000

Bloodstains in an apartment that belonged to a young couple with a baby leads to the separated parents, each of whom claims that the other has the infant.

Directors: Richard Dobbs
Watch Now:Apple TV
Vaya Con Dios
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7.52
151 votes

#4 - Vaya Con Dios

Season 10 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/24/2000

The death of an elderly man trying to find who was responsible for the torture killing of his son in 1973 Chile leads to a high-level foreign colonel who is now in a Manhattan hospital.

Blood Money
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7.51
172 votes

#5 - Blood Money

Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/1999

A taxi driver finds that his passenger is dead, leading the detectives to a case involving an insurance scam and Holocaust victims.

Directors: Matthew Penn
Watch Now:Apple TV
Loco Parentis
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7.50
197 votes

#6 - Loco Parentis

Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2000

After sanitation workers find a teenage boy's body, the investigation leads to a school bully who displays an avid interest in martial-arts weapons, and whose father bought the murder weapon.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Patsy
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7.50
228 votes

#7 - Patsy

Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/1999

The investigation that follows the discovery of a comatose woman in her apartment leads to an unusual case involving murder and a possible frame-up, despite the prosecution having key DNA evidence to the contrary.

Directors: David Platt
Watch Now:Apple TV
Mega
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7.48
151 votes

#8 - Mega

Season 10 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/2000

The investigation into a helicopter bombing points to a victim's wife and her unconventional financial advisers.

Directors: David Platt
Writer: Lynn Mamet
Watch Now:Apple TV
Gunshow
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7.46
267 votes

#9 - Gunshow

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1999

A murderer's shooting spree in Central Park prompts Briscoe and his new partner, Detective Eddie Green, to trace the murder weapon's origination; McCoy makes it his mission to punish the killer and the gun manufacturer.

Directors: Ed Sherin
Writer: René Balcer
Watch Now:Apple TV
Surrender Dorothy
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7.46
157 votes

#10 - Surrender Dorothy

Season 10 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/2000

The body of a teacher, suspected of having an affair, is found in a car trunk and the investigation involves husband and father-in-law, both of whom are psychiatrists.

Directors: Martha Mitchell
Watch Now:Apple TV
Killerz
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7.44
206 votes

#11 - Killerz

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1999

Briscoe and Green believe a 10-year-old is responsible for a child's death, and McCoy wants her isolated to stop any future fatalities.

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Stiff
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7.43
148 votes

#12 - Stiff

Season 10 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/2000

The detectives' investigation into why a wealthy woman is comatose involves her husband, daughter and doctor.

Directors: Jace Alexander
Untitled
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7.43
157 votes

#13 - Untitled

Season 10 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2000

A wealthy woman, who is a patron of the arts, is found dead in her apartment and the ensuing investigation leads to a suspect whose violence was spurred by a painting similar to the crime scene.

Directors: Jace Alexander
Watch Now:Apple TV
Justice
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7.41
199 votes

#14 - Justice

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/1999

Jamie Ross returns as a defense attorney to represent a previous client who has key evidence concerning a prisoner on death row.

Directors: Matthew Penn
Watch Now:Apple TV
Narcosis
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7.38
154 votes

#15 - Narcosis

Season 10 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/2000

The discovery of a strangled prostitute's body leads to a case involving illegal immigrants and the events have an impact on a family.

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Merger
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7.37
200 votes

#16 - Merger

Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1999

The murder of a drug-laden teen presents the detectives with a host of suspects from her wealthy family.

Directors: Stephen Wertimer
Writer: Lynn Mamet
Watch Now:Apple TV
Trade This
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7.37
153 votes

#17 - Trade This

Season 10 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/2000

The murder of a stockbroker points to organized crime when a hired hit man kills the prime suspect.

Directors: Jace Alexander
Watch Now:Apple TV
Black, White, and Blue
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7.35
158 votes

#18 - Black, White, and Blue

Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2000

The murder of a white teen-ager in Harlem seems like an open-and-shut case until two patrol officers are implicated in the crime.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Collision
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7.35
191 votes

#19 - Collision

Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/2000

The investigation of a schizophrenic woman's death leads to a case involving a homeless man and his right to refuse medication.

Directors: David Platt
Watch Now:Apple TV
High & Low
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7.35
152 votes

#20 - High & Low

Season 10 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2000

Detectives Briscoe and Green probe the strangulation of a college coed who moonlighted as a stripper, and while they believe a pair of drug-dealing skinheads committed the murder, they struggle to determine the motive of the strip club owner who paid them for the hit. However, as they work their way up the ladder of complicity, the cops learn that the slaying is keyed to an insider trading scam that forces Assistant D.A. McCoy to connect a former porn star with a businessman.

Directors: Richard Dobbs
Watch Now:Apple TV
Entitled (2)
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7.27
171 votes

#21 - Entitled (2)

Season 10 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2000

The focus of the case returns to a politically influential family and, during the course of the trial, McCoy finds the powerful matriarch to be a formidable opponent. (Entitled (1) aired on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 1, episode 15.)

Directors: Ed Sherin
Watch Now:Apple TV
DNR
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7.14
223 votes

#22 - DNR

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1999

As Briscoe and Green investigate the shooting of a judge, suspicion quickly points to her husband as the person who ordered the hit, but McCoy's case is hindered when she refuses to implicate her husband during the trial.

Directors: David Platt
Watch Now:Apple TV
Sundown
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6.98
198 votes

#23 - Sundown

Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/1999

A patient is found beaten to death in a hospital lounge -- and the resulting case involves infidelity, Alzheimer's disease and a ladies' man.

Directors: Jace Alexander
Watch Now:Apple TV
Panic
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6.83
190 votes

#24 - Panic

Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/16/2000

Briscoe and Green investigate the shooting of a best-selling mystery writer and the death of her accountant, with a love triangle as a possible motive for the crime.

Watch Now:Apple TV