
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.

When funding for his poetry journal is threatened to be cut, an egocentric poet asks his lover to try to change the mind of the foundation's president; when the lover winds up dead, Nichols and Wheeler discover the deadly passion behind the arts.

When poker genius Josh loses $80,000 in a card game, his bookie forces him into collections to work off the losses; when Josh, expecting a blank, fires a gun while collecting money, a real bullet comes out of the weapon.

Nichols and Eames search for an adept killer after a woman's murder.

When a model turns up dead after a night of sex and drugs with an elusive woman, Goren and Eames uncover the sexual paranoia behind the murder.