
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.

The murder of an antiques appraiser puts Goren and Eames on the trail of a highly organized, proficient thief, who taunts them as they try to link him to a long list of stolen valuables.

Radiation poisoning kills a tormented scientist, leading Goren and Eames to investigate the victim's collaborator, a famous physicist with a trophy wife.

The association president of a chic condominium tower is found murdered with an electrical saw, prompting an investigation in which Detective Eames is used as a decoy.

Goren matches wits with a murderous chess grand master (Robert Carradine) when a newly engaged woman is found dead in a garbage bin.