Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a recently adopted baby who the parents say fell out of her crib. When the police search an apartment, they find another child, their 7 year old Nicholas Waring who, they subsequently find, was severely abused before he was adopted by his current parents but is now a sociopath. Recently transferred ADA Abbie Carmichael takes charge of the case intent on finding what exactly happened. It all leads to a Russian baby broker who was finding homes for sick children and an American couple who got rid of the baby as soon as they found out how ill she was. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of an African-American man, Floyd Michaels, who the medical examiner concludes was beaten and dragged behind a car. Local community activist Rev. Ramsay is soon visiting Lt. Van Buren's superior to ensure this hate crime gets top priority. The police find a witness who says he saw two white men pull victim out of his car. They also learn that Michaels was an auxiliary policeman in Westchester County. They find witnesses who identify the attackers' red Pontiac but they trace it to a police compound for seized vehicles. It leads them to believe that the attackers were policemen. For the DA's office, problems arise when the U.S. Attorney wants to take over the case. When ADA McCoy finds he's granted the ringleader immunity, he tries to have the immunity agreement rescinded. Written by garykmcd

When a young man is killed by some drug dealers, it is revealed that he was killed because it was discovered that he's an informant for the police. But it is also learned that the cop whom he worked for was informed that he was in danger but chose not to do anything. McCoy wants to prosecute him while Briscoe empathizes with him. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

When a 5 year-old Ryan Downing dies from exposure to a rare bacteria, VRSA, the police don't know if they're dealing with a one off incident or a planned attack. They first focus on the on the Downing's nanny, but she is quickly cleared. The medical examiner thinks the boy was likely injected with VRSA - she finds a small puncture mark - and when a junkie named Clarence dies of the same disease, his needles indicate they were used on the Downing boy. The boy's father Aaron was having an affair with a co-worker Theresa Copeland and becomes their prime suspect. In order to get the evidence to convict however, ADA McCoy has to lean on the company that likely sold him the bacteria in the first place. Written by garykmcd

After a mailman is attacked in the lobby of a small condo building, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis begin to interview some of the occupants. They find one of the tenants, Kitty Lansing, unconscious severely beaten in her bed, It seems apparent that whoever did this likely kept her prisoner in her own apartment and tortured her over several days. They naturally suspect her ex-husband Roger but he has an alibi and they move on to some of the men she's been dating recently. They find Matt Bergstrom who comes to New York from Seattle several times per year. There is little doubt that Bergstrom is a serial killer though it's not obvious he attacked Lansing. He's willing to plead guilty however provided the prosecutors take the death penalty off the table and also guarantee he will not be extradited to Texas where he could also face the death penalty. When they find that someone else attacked Lansing they face the prospect of Bergstrom going free after only a short jail sentence. Written by garykmcd

In a fertility clinic, an employee called Sarah is found murdered. The room she was working in was locked so the person who killed her must have known the combination. Frozen embryos are also found tipped down the sink. Sarah's murder is pushed aside to a dispute over the ownership of the embryos. It is discovered that those particular embryos were destroyed deliberately. Some of the embryos were biologically a woman called Arlene Galvin's but after Arlene and her husband Joe's divorce, and his death, they were bequeathed to Coral Galvin, his young second wife. Coral was planning to be implanted with one of those embryos because Joe's will stated that his $11 million would be shared between his biological children, so Arlene's son would have to share it with this child and Coral would get control of this child's money, even though it would be Arlene's technically. It is implied that Coral only wanted a child for the money and wouldn't care for it. Arlene said she wouldn't be able to ... Written by Daani Rajai

Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of Stuart Wattman who was shot in an alley outside the theater where he was attending a concert. The 50-something Wattman was a walker, a male escort who would accompany a woman to a concert or a soirée. Also shot was Liann Crosby, the woman he accompanied that evening. Forensics confirm that Liann was shot first but denies anyone would want to harm her. The investigation however leads them to Dennis Pollock who was seen on numerous occasions going on to Crosby boat. The 27 year-old Pollock is married to 64 year-old Joyce Pollock and the police suspect Liann and Dennis may have been having an affair. In fact, they are mother and son and conning people out of their money isn't all they were up to. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of Charles Tyner who was shot in what they believe was a mugging. Evidence at the scene suggests the shooter made him kneel before killing him. It turns out Tyner was a corrections officer and had recently transferred from a men's to a women's prison. The police initially think that an ex-con, Ricky Crimmons, may have been out from revenge. They're correct about the revenge part but it's Alice Simonelli, an inmate, who hired Luis Pacheco to kill him. Her defense is that Charlie Tyner raped her. She also wants Abbie, who prosecuted her original case, to be replaced. Written by garykmcd

Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of Ron Harker and his daughter Caitlin. His wife Stephanie was three miles away at the time with her friend Doris Nichols. By the time the police catch up with her, Doris is dead and Stephanie is claiming she was Doris' next victim. They learn however that it was Stephanie who was fooling around and that her husband was about to institute divorce proceedings. She is Canadian however and before they can arrest her, she flees back home. McCoy and ADA Abbie Carmichael come up against the Canadian government which has a policy of not extraditing people to foreign countries where they may face the death penalty. McCoy agrees but as they continue the investigation, they find that she not only hired Nichols to kill her husband but that she killed Ron Harker's first wife. As a result, DA Adam Schiff decides to go after the death penalty. Written by garykmcd

When a teenage girl is found dead in the park, the detectives uncover a group of teen racists and the adult who encouraged them. The prosecution's case sparks a debate about hate speech and the First Amendment.

When an old Volkswagen Van is found in the river and in it is a body. The body is identified as that of a student radical who went missing over 20 years ago. But a more in depth investigation reveals that the radical was actually an undercover cop sent to infiltrate radical groups. And they also learn he was instructed by his commanding officer to make them commit acts that are criminal. Eventually they learn that a security guard at the college he went to, is the killer. But he feigns senility but it's probably an act. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of Randall Chase who was found bludgeoned to death with a softball bat at the Haven, the community center that he ran. Chase was highly respected in the community showing many youth gang members a different path for themselves. The police suspect that he may have crossed a gang member and they learn he did accept a $5000 donation from a local hood Ricky Carter that now can't be accounted for. The police arrest Jerome Warren, now a college student thanks to the help Chase gave him. However, there is every indication that Warren was failing at school, something that was not reflected in the As that he received at the end of term. Warren is charged with murder but the defense attorney tries to use affirmative action as part of his defense. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the shooting death of Doug Bender who is found in the trunk of his car that had been towed by the parking authority. He had been shot at point blank range by a 9 mm pistol. Bender had been convicted of grand theft auto but was out on parole. His wife Millie says he has had a job since his release and has stayed away from criminal elements, something that is confirmed by his parole officer. The police learn that Millie Bender's brother, Max Sheridan, is on the run from criminal charges in Georgia and they suspect he may have contacted his brother-in-law to hijack a truck. The detectives biggest problem is having to deal with two bail bondsmen - bounty hunters - who are after Sheridan for skipping bail. They're not very helpful and when they kill Millie Bender, her baby sitter and put Max Sheridan in the hospital, ADA McCoy decides to charge them with murder and thereby challenges the very broad authority bail bondsmen have in the US. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of 36 year-old Jeanine McBride who is found in a park, shot in the head. The medical examiner determines that she was suffocated before she was shot. Until recently, she worked at the White House and had subsequently been transferred to Baltimore as a director of the Social Security Administration. In Baltimore, Detectives Munch and Sheppard check out her house and learn that her car has been missing for several days. From the evidence it appears she was killed in Baltimore and dumped in New York. Working together, the four detectives eventually find a witness who saw the victim leave a club with Chesley Purcell. While they attempt to find her, ADA McCoy comes up against an independent prosecutor who has an inexplicable interest in the case. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a young girl who was dropped off at a hospital emergency room but was left unnoticed by anyone. The medical examiner determines that she had seven fractured ribs and punctured lungs, all consistent with a beating. She was not sexually abused but from the marks on her wrists and ankles it seems she was restrained or tied up. She is eventually identified as Kiera Grayson whose mother Margo is very uncooperative but has an alibi for the time of death. According to neighbors Kiera had behavioral problems and it leads to the arrest of Rosa Halasy, a former nun who performed an exorcism on the girl. Rosa is charged with murder and her defense is that she hears the voice of St. Michael who tells her what she should do about those who need help. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the beating of a retired divorce lawyer Kenneth Slattery who is found at home in his study having been struck on the head. Slattery was retired but was still doing mediation work pro bono so the police begin investigating some of the clients who came to his home office. Slattery had recently pulled an old file from his storage facility in a 15 year-old divorce case. It leads them to a case of a medical partnership that may have been involved in deficient medical practices that led to the death of a 35 year-old woman, Maureen Gerard. It turns out two of the doctors used a new piece of equipment that had not yet been approved by the hospital and allowed a pharmaceutical sales rep to operate the equipment rather that a qualified nurse. ADA McCoy wants to offer the doctors plea bargain but Abby Carmichael wants to take the case to trial. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the killing of a police officer Danny Pelham who along with his partner Peter Bowers were on a stakeout looking to serve a warrant on a criminal, Terry Mays. In addition to looking for Mays, the detectives also start looking into his old cases to see if anyone might have been out for revenge. When they catch up to Mays, he tells them he saw someone shoot Pelham. Pelham had just broken up with his police officer girlfriend Marissa Hastings and she was still keeping tabs on him. She's arrested for his murder but it seems he was the one who was assaulting her and she may have killed him out of fear. It turns out she even called Internal Affairs to complain about Pelham and that he's attacked her but they did nothing. They're well into the trial before the prosecution realize they may have got it wrong. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Lennie Briscoe and Rey Curtis investigate the shooting of a well-known journalist, Gerald Fox, who was shot as he exited his house one morning to go to work. He's unconscious so the police start looking for anyone who might be seeking revenge. The obvious candidate is John Franchetta who was just paroled after serving 20 years for killing Broadway actress Rebecca Hampton. He still denies having anything to do with that crime and the ADA who prosecuted him admits that Fox's barrage of newspaper articles on the crime likely influenced the jury that convicted him. ADAs McCoy and Carmichael come to believe Franchetta and focus on the dead woman's daughter Nicole Hampton for killing her mother and her brother Andrew for shooting Fox. Their main problem is that Nicole was 15 when killed her mother and a juvenile and therefore subject to the law as it existed at that time. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Lennie Briscoe and Rey Curtis investigate the death of Marian Hollis a philosophy professor at New York university who jumped - or was pushed - in front of a subway train. She was seen accessing the platform with a tall, well-dressed man. They eventually identify the man as Bill Fallon who is in the city from Cincinnati while his eldest daughter settles in at the university. He denies knowing the dead woman but the police find that he has no personal history prior to 1985. It turns out he is actually Nick Taska, married to Eleanor Taska, who ran off with their children in 1984. Eleanor and the dead woman were once good friends and ADA Abbie Carmichael thinks she may have recognized him on the street, leading Taska to kill her. He denies it and the prosecution face a dilemma when the man's youngest daughter claims she did it. McCoy comes up with a creative way of charging the father. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Lennie Briscoe and Rey Curtis investigate the death of Gilbert Sanderson who collapsed in the restaurant next to his townhouse. The medical examiner confirms that he died of a heart attack but also found 1000 mg of Viagra in his system. The man had a heart condition and had been warned by his doctors not to take Viagra. The detectives suspect someone may have slipped it to him. On the night he died, he had attended a fund-raising dinner hosted by Julian Spector and organized by Katrina Ludlow. After some sparring, Ludlow admits she was with Sanderson before he died but that he was fine when she left. She also tell the police she has evidence against Julian Spector. She's put into protective custody with Curtis as her babysitter but it may all backfire at the trial. Written by garykmcd

Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of Donny Gibson, who was found dead in a parking lot. Gibson installed sound systems in bars and clubs and was out with $4000 in cash in his pocket looking to buy some high end speakers. The police know that that Sean Russo, the son of an imprisoned mob boss, met him that night though he denies it. When Jack McCoy concludes that the young Russo is likely now the head of the Russo crime family, he has his bail raised to $10 million. When the DA's office learns there's a connection between Gibson and a nightclub owner putting up some of the bail, McCoy goes after the night club owners, Tom Wilder and Jeff Stahl who told Russo that Gibson was pressing for the payment of outstanding bills for the sound system he installed. He also threatened to go to the FBI to let them know Russo was an investor in their club. McCoy biggest problem in the case however is a federal prosecutor who also wants to go after Russo. Written by garykmcd

Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of Sarah Kincaid, a mathematics graduate student who was found murdered in the university library. The autopsy reveals that Sarah was strangled and also that she was 9 weeks pregnant, even though her bereaved father says she didn't have a boyfriend. Their initial inquiries are directed to a recently released ex-con but they learn that the victim had had a rather loud argument with her academic advisor, Dr. Clemente. When he is cleared however, the DNA testing of the fetus leads them to Dennis Michaels, who is engaged to Sarah's roommate. Another library patron puts them in the direction of a young preppy he saw there and it leads them to Peter Kelly, one of Dennis' good friends. Written by garykmcd

Detectives Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of a man found in the trunk of a car. The driver was pulled over because the plates clearly did not belong to the car to which they were attached. Finding a body in the trunk led to the death of the driver, following a shootout with the police. The medical examiner determines that the man in the trunk was shot but the bullets were removed from his body. The dead driver had Russian prison tattoos on his body. The man in the trunk is identified as a Russian, Vasily Chuikov, who immigrated over 10 years ago and had a watch booth on 47th St. He had gone to a lunchtime meeting with potential clients and wasn't seen again. They find a potential witness in 10 year-old Billy Woodson who has clearly been traumatized by what he saw. The shooter is eventually identified as Andre Rogatin a Russian hood who was last seen in Moscow just a couple weeks ago. The evidence leads them to a physiotherapy clinic in Brooklyn and the Russian mafia. For ... Written by garykmcd

The prosecutors case suffers a major setback when a hit man manages to infiltrate the safe house where their only witnesses were being kept. ADA Toni Ricci was killed as was 10 year-old Billy Woodson's mother but the boy survived and is in critical condition in hospital. Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are tasked to find the killers and focus on a young Latino couple who were seen entering the building. It turns out they are connected to Columbian drug dealers meaning the Russians and the Columbians are working together. They find that the Columbians are laundering their drug money through Russian banks. They launch a racketeering case against the Russian mobsters who are definitely playing hardball: they plant a large bomb in the police precinct. McCoy decides to play hardball as well. Written by garykmcd