Law & Order: Season 15
Season 15 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Law & Order Season 14.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 15 Progress Shield
Paradigm
Sep 22, 2004 · 45 min
An Iraqi immigrant who murders a former military policewoman in retaliation for torturing her brother at Abu Ghraib prison claims that she is covered as an enemy combatant under th
The Dead Wives Club
Sep 22, 2004 · 45 min
When a woman abandoned by her firefighter husband for his partner's widow is threatened with also losing custody of her children, she murders her romantic rival, claiming that 9/11
The Brotherhood
Sep 29, 2004 · 45 min
When a prison gang puts out a contract on a Sing Sing corrections officer and his family, assigning the job to a newly released ex-con, the terrified officer pleads preemptive self
Coming Down Hard
Oct 6, 2004 · 45 min
McCoy goes after the C.E.O. of a pharmaceutical company who knowingly commissioned further clinical trials on a drug to extend its patent protection yielding millions of dollars of
Gunplay
Oct 20, 2004 · 45 min
After Green goes undercover to gather evidence on the gun dealers who murdered two detectives during a buy-and-bust, McCoy is able to connect the hit men to the attorney who paid t
Cut
Oct 27, 2004 · 45 min
When a plastic surgeon's greed and narcissism contribute to his failure to care for a patient that ultimately results in her death, Branch insists that McCoy prosecute him for crim
Gov Love
Nov 10, 2004 · 45 min
The investigation into the death of a governor's wife uncovers a web of infidelity, greed, and corruption which forces McCoy to counter a defense based on a ground-breaking interpr
Cry Wolf
Nov 17, 2004 · 45 min
The detectives are skeptical when a former street activist turned shock jock with a history of staging phony muggings to gain publicity for his causes appears to be the subject of
All in the Family
Nov 24, 2004 · 45 min
When the investigation into the contract killing of a jeweler uncovers his plan to roll over on his Russian mob connections to a federal prosecutor, as well as an unhappy wife whom
Enemy
Dec 1, 2004 · 45 min
The prosecution of a drug trafficker responsible for a stash house massacre is hampered when McCoy discovers that the defendant claims diplomatic immunity, and has been working as
Fixed
Dec 8, 2004 · 45 min
When a paroled child murderer is run down, the investigation leads to a terrified social worker and an experimental prison therapy program.
Mammon
Jan 5, 2005 · 45 min
The investigation into the murder of a wealthy husband leads to the uncovering of a conspiracy involving infidelity and greed and leads to one defendant attempting to evade justice
Ain't No Love
Jan 12, 2005 · 45 min
When a rap producer is found shot to death in his studio, detectives focus on his protege, whose demos link him and a friend to a second murder. As the investigation unfolds, South
Fluency
Jan 19, 2005 · 45 min
Fontana and Green are baffled by a series of flu-related deaths until they discover that the victims were given fake vaccine. McCoy goes after the con man who distributed the vacci
Obsession
Feb 9, 2005 · 45 min
A conservative talk show host involved in a sexual harassment scandal is murdered, but the trail leads to the victim's wife and an obsessed stalker.
The Sixth Man
Feb 16, 2005 · 45 min
McCoy prosecutes a famous basketball star accused of murdering a man who was suing him because of a massive brawl between players and fans.
License to Kill
Feb 23, 2005 · 45 min
The investigation into a fatal traffic accident leads Fontana and Green to a slaughtered hunting party in the woods and an unknown man who may have been pursuing vigilante justice.
Dining Out
Mar 2, 2005 · 45 min
When a TV network executive is found murdered, Detectives Fontana and Green suspect a pair of twins who were stealing from the organization until they discover a celebrity chef wit
Sects
Mar 30, 2005 · 45 min
Police and prosecutors go after a fanatical cult leader who encourages sex with children among her followers.
Tombstone (I)
Apr 13, 2005 · 45 min
The bludgeoned corpse of a promiscuous lawyer is found in her office and detectives treat her former lovers as suspects until DNA evidence points to a co-worker. This crossover con
Publish and Perish
Apr 20, 2005 · 45 min
Fontana and his temporary partner, Det. Nick Falco, must tread lightly when they discover links between a powerful police commissioner and the murders of an infamous porn actress a
Sport of Kings
May 4, 2005 · 45 min
The shooting of a Panamanian jockey sends Fontana and Falco into the colorful world of horse racing, and they learn that the animal's owner used stolen funds for the purchase.
In God We Trust
May 11, 2005 · 45 min
When Fontana and Falco investigate an arson which caused the death of a firefighter, they discover a murder weapon tied to a nine year old murder and a hate crime in which the defe
Locomotion
May 18, 2005 · 45 min
After a man causes a massive train crash that results in multiple deaths, McCoy tries to prosecute him for murder despite his insanity defense. But McCoy finds himself hampered by