
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 lover of a married astronaut (Tate Donovan) ends up murdered in their hotel.

After a boy's suspicious death, his mother, a former stripper and the widow of a billionaire, meets the same fate a few days later.

In hope of extending his sentence, a death-row prisoner (Roy Scheider) leads Goren to hidden scrapbooks that chronicle unsolved cases and their victims.

A police recruit who was named a hero after breaking up a robbery is found dead soon after; Logan's date is found dead near his building.