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Law & Order Season 15 Episodes
Season 15 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 2004 - 2005
Season Fifteen of NBC's hit procedural series "Law & Order" continues to dramatize the experiences of the detectives in the NYPD homicide division, and the DA office responsible for prosecuting the crimes that homicide investigates. Returning characters this season include: Lt. Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson), Executive ADA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston), and DA Arthur Branch (Fred Dalton Thompson), with Det. Joe Fontana (Dennis Farina) replacing Det. Lennie Briscoe. This season also witnessed two mid-season changes: ADA Serena Southerlyn (Elisabeth Röhm) is replaced by ADA Alexandra Borgia (Annie Parisse), and Det. Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) is temporarily replaced by Det. Nick Falco (Michael Imperioli). Stories this season include the leaping deaths of two college students who were both taking a dangerous anti-depressant; the demise of a radio 'shock jock' thanks to his romantic involvement with a mobster's lover; a child murderer's hit-and-run death, that leads McCoy to a shocking discovery; and much more.
Episode 1
Paradigm
Wed, Sep 22, 2004 43 mins
In the season premiere, Green and his new partner, Det. Joe Fontana, check into the murder of a woman who, as an Army reservist, was involved in a case of prison abuse in Iraq.
Episode 2
The Dead Wives Club
Wed, Sep 22, 2004 43 mins
One of the victims in a ferry crash turns out to have been murdered before the accident.
Episode 3
The Brotherhood
Wed, Sep 29, 2004 43 mins
A judge is threatened while presiding over a murder case involving a correction officer and a prison "brotherhood."
Episode 4
Coming Down Hard
Wed, Oct 6, 2004 43 mins
The deaths of two university students lead to a case involving drug experiments and a doctor who heads a pharmaceutical company.
Episode 5
Gunplay
Wed, Oct 20, 2004 43 mins
Green poses as a gun buyer to try to find the killers of two undercover detectives whose pictures---identifying them as police---had been posted on a Web site.
Episode 6
Cut
Wed, Oct 27, 2004 43 mins
A romance novelist who underwent numerous plastic surgeries is found dead; among the suspects: her ex-husband and the surgeon.
Episode 7
Gov Love
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 43 mins
The wife of a Connecticut governor is found murdered in Central Park and the investigation uncovers a gay relationship involving the politician.
Episode 8
Cry Wolf
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 43 mins
A radio personality is almost killed, but the police think that it may have been a publicity stunt.
Episode 9
All in the Family
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 43 mins
Fontana and Green investigate the shootings of four people on the street and learn that one victim was a philandering jeweler with Russian mob connections.
Episode 10
Enemy
Wed, Dec 1, 2004 43 mins
Three private-school girls are among the seven fatalities found in a stash house, and a heroin trail leads to an Afghan drug lord with diplomatic immunity.
Episode 11
Fixed
Wed, Dec 8, 2004 43 mins
Detectives investigate a hit-and-run in which the victim is an ex-con recently released after serving 15 years for killing his daughter.
Episode 12
Mammon
Wed, Jan 5, 2005 43 mins
Suspects in a wealthy man's murder are his young widow and a contractor with who she was romantically involved.
Episode 13
Ain't No Love
Wed, Jan 12, 2005 43 mins
Suspects in a rapper's killing include his bodyguard and two protégés.
Episode 14
Fluency
Wed, Jan 19, 2005 43 mins
After a fake flu vaccine causes several deaths, the detectives try to find the person responsible for its sale.
Episode 15
Obsession
Wed, Feb 9, 2005 43 mins
A radio-show host is killed and suspicion falls on his attractive widow, who's set to inherit $20 million, and two of the woman's lovers.
Episode 16
The Sixth Man
Wed, Feb 16, 2005 43 mins
A basketball star becomes a suspect in the killing of a loner who had filed a lawsuit after being injured at a game.
Episode 17
License to Kill
Wed, Feb 23, 2005 43 mins
A driver killed in a car crash is linked to the murders of a hunting party in upstate New York and then to an eyewitness to the fatalities.
Episode 18
Dining Out
Wed, Mar 2, 2005 43 mins
After a food-network TV executive is found strangled, a celebrity chef, with who she was having an affair, becomes a suspect.
Episode 19
Sects
Wed, Mar 30, 2005 43 mins
Fontana and Green investigate a woman's murder and uncover a cult that involves the sexual abuse of children.
Episode 20
Tombstone
Wed, Apr 13, 2005 43 mins
In a crossover episode with "Law & Order: Trial by Jury," Green is shot as he escorts a witness to court during a murder trial.
Episode 21
Publish and Perish
Wed, Apr 20, 2005 43 mins
Filling in for Green, Det. Nick Falc works with Fontana to solve a porn star's murder.
Episode 22
Sport of Kings
Wed, May 4, 2005 43 mins
The investigation into a jockey's death reveals a cover-up involving a racehorse and misappropriations from a pension fund.
Episode 23
In God We Trust
Wed, May 11, 2005 43 mins
A gun found at the scene of a fatal fire is linked to an unsolved killing and the investigation produces a defendant whose attorney claims is a different person since becoming a born-again Christian.
Episode 24
Locomotion
Wed, May 18, 2005 43 mins
In the 15th-season finale, McCoy faces a man who insists on being his own defense counsel after he's charged with multiple counts of murder for causing a train derailment.
