The BEST episodes of Law & Order season 2
Every episode of Law & Order season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order season 2!
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.
#1 - Vengeance
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1992
The parents of a murdered woman contest Stone's prosecution of her killer so that he can be extradited to their home state, where the death penalty still exists.
#2 - Confession
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1991
Logan crosses the line in order to obtain a confession from the man suspected of murdering Max Greevey. Stone finds that his prosecution is placed in jeopardy because of Logan's actions.
#3 - Aria
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1991
A lethal drug overdose leads the detectives to an aggressive stage mother and a pornographic movie producer.
#4 - Asylum
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1991
The conviction of a homeless man for murder is threatened on appeal based on the lack of a search warrant for his "home", which was a lean-to in Central Park.
#5 - Misconception
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1991
The mugging of a pregnant legal secretary leads to a case involving her lover, her boss and charges of murder when she loses the baby.
#6 - Out of Control
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1991
The detectives investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Holloween party.
#7 - God Bless the Child
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1991
A couple faces trial after they deny medical help to their daughter based on their religious beliefs.
#8 - The Working Stiff
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/1992
The murder of a Wall Street legend begins a case involving an ailing union worker and a former governor and old friend of Schiff's.
#9 - Silence
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1992
A politician opposes the prosecution of his son's murderer because it might mean revealing that his late son was gay.
#10 - The Wages of Love
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1991
A double homicide casts suspicion on both the ex-wife and the former boyfriend of the murdered duo, with the dead man's murdered son holding the key to the mystery.
#11 - Cradle to Grave
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/1992
The discovery of a dead baby leads to a case involving a slumlord who would not provide any heat and who defends her actions by blaming the rent laws.
#12 - Heaven
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1991
The investigation into a social-club fire which claimed 53 fatalities leads to a connection between arson, illegal immigrants and the sale of green cards.
#13 - Renunciation
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1991
A hit-and-run investigation leads to the discovery of a schoolteacher carrying on an affair with one of her students. Cerreta and Logan suspect that she may have manipulated him into killing her husband.
#14 - Intolerance
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/1992
When a Chinese-American honors student is killed, the investigation uncovers a racist mother who's son was competing with the victim for the same scholarship.
#15 - Trust
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1992
Stone is determined to see that a teenage boy doesn't get away with murder twice when the young man is brought to trial for the shooting death of one of his friends.
#16 - The Fertile Fields
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/1992
The brutal murder of a Jewish jeweler appears to be a hate crime, but the investigation soon leads back to the man's brother and his shady business deals.
#17 - Blood Is Thicker…
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1992
An apparent mugging ends in the death of a wealthy woman but the case comes to hang on a silver pin that may have been in the victim's possession.
#18 - Severance
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1992
Stone faces an old rival in court as he tries to link a hit man and three murders to a sleazy lawyer and a powerful man behind bars.
#19 - In Memory of…
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1991
The renovation of a brownstone uncovers the remains of a boy who disappeared 31 years earlier, reviving a wrenching and long-suppressed memory in his childhood friend and neighbor.
#20 - Sisters of Mercy
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/3/1992
Cerreta and Logan investigate the accusation that a nun in charge of a shelter for teens molested a young addict.
#21 - Star Struck
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1992
An obsessive fan pleads temporary insanity when he is charged with attempting to murder the soap-opera actress who is the center of his life.
#22 - His Hour Upon the Stage
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1991
The discovery of a frozen corpse in a dumpster leads to rival Broadway producers.