
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 respected judge is killed during the re-creation of a famous duel, Goren and Eames question his dueling partner (Xander Berkeley), a prominent political candidate's husband.

When a rap artist is killed in the lobby of a radio station, the only witness (Sticky Fingaz) is an undercover cop.

The wife of a televangelist (Tom Arnold) is murdered; Goren runs into his long-lost brother (Tony Goldwyn) while visiting their mother (Rita Moreno) at the hospital.

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