Law & Order: Season 17
Season 17 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 16.
- 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 17 Progress Shield
Fame
Sep 22, 2006 · 45 min
Green and Cassady investigate the death of a cop accidentally killed during a botched robbery which leads them to stolen photographs of a celebrity mother married to a player.
Avatar
Sep 29, 2006 · 45 min
Green and Cassady investigate after the photograph of a dead woman is found on a popular website, B-Frendz.com. Their investigation leads them to a mentally disturbed young man who
Home Sweet
Oct 6, 2006 · 45 min
When eight-year-old Jenna Wechsler dies as a result of a building explosion, Green and Cassady follow the trail of evidence to Rosalie Schaffner, the owner's ex-wife. McCoy and Rub
Fear America
Oct 13, 2006 · 45 min
After Eric Khabaly is seen being murdered on tape in what appears to be an American movement against Islam, Green and Cassady investigate the case which leads them to Khabaly's cou
Public Service Homicide
Oct 20, 2006 · 45 min
When Carl Mullaly is discovered murdered in his apartment, Green and Cassady learn that he had recently been profiled on HardFocus, a tabloid talk show that exposes sex offenders w
Profiteer
Oct 27, 2006 · 45 min
The shooting of a local businessman is linked to a killing in Iraq, and McCoy and Rubirosa refuse to allow the killer to plead out.
In Vino Veritas
Nov 3, 2006 · 45 min
A has-been actor wearing blood-stained clothing arrested for drunken driving reveals religious prejudices during his rantings.
Release
Nov 10, 2006 · 45 min
After Hudson Moore is found bludgeoned in the back of the Babes Being Bad bus, suspicion initially truns to the company's creator, Chris Drake, until video footage leads detectives
Deadlock
Nov 17, 2006 · 45 min
Green and Cassady hunt a mass murderer Leon Vorgitch, who recently escaped from prison. The finally corner Vorgitch in a school with a room full of hostages, and before surrenderin
Corner Office
Dec 8, 2006 · 45 min
After corporate attorney Charles Dillon is discovered dead in a hotel room, Green and Cassady investigate and learn that the company he was working for is in the process of being i
Remains of the Day
Jan 5, 2007 · 45 min
After Michael Jones dies in his mother's hospital room with no immediate explanation, his mother Ashley accuses her former husband's adult children, Miles and Hillary Foster, who a
Charity Case
Jan 12, 2007 · 45 min
Green and Cassady investigate after Sean Archer, a producer who had recently adopted a child from Africa with his wife, well-known actress Sofia, is gunned down outside an ice crea
Talking Points
Feb 2, 2007 · 45 min
The shooting of university student Jason Miles at a political rally hosted by controversial speaker Judith Barlow leaves any number of suspects, but after Green and Cassady prove t
Church
Feb 9, 2007 · 45 min
A reverend confesses to the murder of a young gay actor, but McCoy and Rubirosa soon learn that he may not be the guilty party.
Melting Pot
Feb 16, 2007 · 45 min
After an actress is found dead in her apartment, Green and Cassady attempt to prove that her death was not a suicide.
Murder Book
Feb 23, 2007 · 45 min
After publisher Serena Darby is found murdered in her apartment, suspicion turns to J.P. Lange, a former professional baseball player acquitted of his wife's murder who had written
Good Faith
Mar 30, 2007 · 45 min
Green and Cassady investigate an arson turned homicide when a body found in a burned church turns out to have been murdered before the fire started.
Bling
Apr 6, 2007 · 45 min
Green and Cassady investigate the murder of a female rapper.
Fallout
Apr 27, 2007 · 45 min
Green and Cassady get mixed up with the Russian consulate after Peter Rostov dies of ricin poisoning. Their investigation leads them first to his work, where they learn he spent a
Captive
May 4, 2007 · 45 min
Green and Cassady follow the leads when a young boy is found murdered to a suspected serial pedophile/murderer.
Over Here
May 11, 2007 · 45 min
The detectives link the deaths of two homeless men to the war in Iraq.
The Family Hour
May 18, 2007 · 45 min
When Nicole Bailey, the ex-wife of a respected former senator, is found murdered and brutalised in her home, Green and Cassady look first at the senator, but follow the trail of cl