
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.

A murder investigation leads detectives to a friend (Michael Rispoli) of Capt. Deakins, and mounting evidence forces even the captain to question his friend's innocence.

Detectives Goren and Eames suspect that a vagabond father with child custody issues is using his teenage son to help him kill judges and their families.

A prison warden (Corbin Bernsen) claims to have been beaten and forced to pay ransom for his kidnapped wife, but detectives learn she is living with an escaped prisoner.

When an esteemed nun is slain in her inner-city church, Goren and Eames suspect a young man seeking justice for a victim of a hate crime.