
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 machete-wielding killer targets affluent art-owners, and detectives focus on a group of youngsters a foster mother (Whoopi Goldberg) has raised.

Goren and Eames suspect the dysfunctional family of a youth leader when a church worker is found dead after the latest in a series of arson cases.

Detectives suspect the drug-addicted son of a murdered suburban couple, but when another suspect emerges, Deakins urges Logan and Barek to drop the case.

The daughter of a former ambassador is brutally murdered; Detective Goren's old mentor and the man's daughter suddenly return with a warning; a member of the Major Case Squad disappears.