
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.

Goren and Eames investigate the decapitation of an author who is the daughter of a jailed Russian mobster.

When a wealthy publisher is murdered, the detectives investigate a young author for a link, but they soon believe the author does not exist and that the publisher was killed because he sensed a scam.

Goren and Eames help a financial executive who was framed for murder, then blackmailed to cover up her company's illegal use of stock.

Detectives discover a slain social worker who attempted to protect a child prodigy from his ruthless father.