
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 a journalist learns that he has been poisoned, he believes it traces back to a story he is working on.

The son of a judge is found dead days after watching his father hand down a sentence to a young rap star; Wheeler goes to check out a tip on her father's shady business.

While investigating an ear surgeon's murder, Goren and Eames discover that he had testified in a controversial case involving another doctor.

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