The BEST episodes of Law & Order season 20
Every episode of Law & Order season 20, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order season 20!
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 - Rubber Room
Season 20 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/2010
Lupo and Bernard race against time to find a student posting internet blogs threatening to blow up a school.
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#2 - Blackmail
Season 20 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2010
A freelance journalist is murdered. The detectives find a connection between her and a talk show host who has had a series of workplace affairs.
#3 - For the Defense
Season 20 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/2009
A case that begins as a search for a missing witness spirals into a murder conspiracy with ADA Connie Rubirosa caught in the middle.
#4 - Boy on Fire
Season 20 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/1/2010
When detectives come upon the burning body, a sixteen-year-old charter school student from a bad neighborhood, they begin to question his young mentee Moses, who was the last person to see him alive.
#5 - Immortal
Season 20 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/17/2010
A fatal stabbing leads to the discovery that a bio-research firm has been exploiting the cells of an African American man who died 50 years ago for medical research, but has never compensated his dirt-poor descendants.
#6 - Shotgun
Season 20 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/2009
When an elderly man defends his shop from an armed robbery, the police suspect that this incident could have been an inside job. After further investigation, the detectives discover that the mugging might have been a scare tactic for a shakedown.
#7 - Just a Girl in the World
Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2009
A crime scene investigator is murdered in her apartment. Her fiance is suspected, but then a journalist is attacked and DNA is found at the scene that links this crime to the murder.
#8 - Doped
Season 20 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/2009
A deadly drunk-driving car accident brings Detectives to the scene when a suspicious nasal spray is found. After the medical examiner realizes the nasal spray is a powerful anesthetic that could easily disorient its user, the detectives become suspicious of the victim's boss, Zach Marshall.
#9 - Reality Bites
Season 20 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2009
A mother of ten adopted special needs children is murdered. The day after her murder, her husband appears on reality TV.
#10 - Memo from the Dark Side
Season 20 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2009
The body of a young war veteran is found in a parking garage and the murder is connected to a law professor who used to work for the Department of Justice.
#11 - Crashers
Season 20 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/3/2010
The body of a model is found burning in an alley, Detectives search for her killer.
#12 - The Taxman Cometh
Season 20 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/10/2010
Detectives uncover a possible conspiracy to kill off wealthy cancer patients in the calendar year 2010 so that their inheritors don't have to pay an Estate Tax, but legal roadblocks make the case difficult to prosecute.
#13 - Fed
Season 20 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2009
A community organizer who was working on voter registration is found dead with the word "FED" written on his chest. The detectives initially suspect an anti-government motive for the murder, but the case gets more complicated when they learn that the victim was secretly gathering incriminating information about the organization he worked for.
#14 - Human Flesh Search Engine
Season 20 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2009
Bernard becomes the target of a dangerous website that is partly responsible for a homicide the detectives are investigating
#15 - Great Satan
Season 20 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2009
The police investigate when an aspiring musician is found dead. A bag of cash leads them to multiple suspects.
#16 - Love Eternal
Season 20 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2010
A reality TV crew finds a dead body locked in a dog cage.
#17 - Boy Gone Astray
Season 20 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2009
When a young woman is found dead in her apartment, a few tell-tale signs quickly lead Detectives to believe that the killer was not after her wealth.
#18 - Steel-Eyed Death
Season 20 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/1/2010
When a family of four is found murdered in their home, police discover that the deaths may be related to the deceased teenage daughters troubled friend, Bonnie.
#19 - Four Cops Shot
Season 20 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2010
The debate rages over how to treat an informant who shot and killed four police officers. However, did one of the officers try to put undue pressure on him to help catch a dangerous criminal?
#20 - Dignity
Season 20 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2009
A doctor who performs late-term abortions is murdered in church. The case falls apart when Rubirosa is touched by an abortion nurse's testimony.
#21 - Brazil
Season 20 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/2010
When an environmental scientist, Dr. Oscar Silva, is poisoned during a global warming symposium, Detectives initially suspect competitors from Dr. Silva's field of study. It is soon discovered that Dr. Silva is involved in a messy custody battle with his wife’s ex-husband, Phillip Shoemaker. The focus of the investigation quickly shifts to the victim’s family.
#22 - Innocence
Season 20 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/2010
A man is convicted of a hate crime for allegedly killing a gay man, but a group called the Innocence Coalition is determined to clear his name.
#23 - Brilliant Disguise
Season 20 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/8/2010
A young woman is found murdered in a hotel and the evidence leads to a medical student.