Law & Order: Season 19
Season 19 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 18.
- 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 19 Progress Shield
Rumble
Nov 5, 2008 · 45 min
The beating death of a stockbroker causes a battle of epic proportions between the victim's family and the faction responsible for his death.
Challenged
Nov 12, 2008 · 45 min
A mentally challenged man is reunited with the mother who gave him away after his brother is killed.
Falling
Nov 26, 2008 · 45 min
The detectives investigate the mystery of a falling construction crane in the city and that leads them to something much more sinister.
Knock Off
Dec 3, 2008 · 45 min
A revered sheriff becomes a possible conspirator in a case involving a murdered tourist.
Sweetie
Dec 10, 2008 · 45 min
Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate when the writer of a bestselling memoir is found dead in a community of male prostitutes.
Zero
Dec 17, 2008 · 45 min
Cutter is determined to expose misconduct when he realizes an old friend working in the system is obstructing justice in the murder of an environmentalist.
Chattel
Jan 7, 2009 · 45 min
While investigating the murder of two divorce lawyers, detectives Lupo and Bernard uncover a child slave trade ring.
By Perjury
Jan 14, 2009 · 45 min
The murder of the plaintiff in a high-profile lawsuit against a major airline leads detectives to a defense attorney (Dallas Roberts) who is willing to do whatever it takes to ensu
Pledge
Jan 21, 2009 · 45 min
When the son and housekeeper of a pair of prominent biologists are murdered, detectives suspect the couple's work on a controversial pharmaceutical study may have made them targets
Lucky Stiff
Jan 28, 2009 · 45 min
The owner of a trucking company, Vic Russell, is found dead after a business meeting; detectives uncover information that leads them to believe that Russell had ties to the Russian
Illegitimate
Feb 4, 2009 · 45 min
An NYPD officer kills a troubled fellow officer who took hostages at gunpoint; detectives Lupo and Bernard find valuable stolen documents and a dead body at the man's apartment.
Crimebusters
Feb 11, 2009 · 45 min
An unconscious war widow and her lifeless infant are found in the rubble of a bombed army recruitment center; Jack McCoy is forced to make one of the most unpopular decisions of hi
Rapture
Feb 18, 2009 · 45 min
The creator of a religious website is murdered and the trail leads to a corrupt charitable organization.
Bailout
Mar 11, 2009 · 45 min
As detectives investigate the death of a bank executive's mistress, they uncover a kidnapping and extortion plot.
Take-Out
Mar 18, 2009 · 45 min
The search for a writer's killer leads detectives to a closed espionage case.
Anchors Away
Mar 25, 2009 · 45 min
A murdered television news reporter was investigating allegations that a billionaire Wall Street investment adviser was a fraud, but figuring out who killed her proves to be diffic
Promote This!
Apr 29, 2009 · 45 min
Detectives Kevin Bernard (Anthony Anderson) and Cyrus Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) investigate the case of Oswaldo Morales (guest star Hector Javier Munoz), an illegal immigrant found uncon
All New
May 6, 2009 · 45 min
Firefighter Thomas Cooper and his wife Linda are tortured and murdered in their new townhouse. The murders are thought to be linked to an old unsolved drug case, but then the detec
Exchange
May 13, 2009 · 45 min
Two engaged scientists die in a fire and their mentally challenged neighbor is injured while trying to help them. The detectives discover that the couple was stabbed before the fir
Skate or Die
May 20, 2009 · 45 min
Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate a serial killer who targets homeless men and discover that a copycat may be at work.
The Drowned and the Saved
Jun 3, 2009 · 45 min
A prominent charity executive is murdered and claims of stalking and blackmail surface during the investigation.