Law & Order: Season 20
Season 20 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 19.
- 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 20 Progress Shield
Memo from the Dark Side
Sep 25, 2009 · 45 min
The body of a young war veteran is found in a parking garage and the murder is connected to a law professor who used to work for the Department of Justice.
Just a Girl in the World
Oct 2, 2009 · 45 min
A crime scene investigator is murdered in her apartment. Her fiance is suspected, but then a journalist is attacked and DNA is found at the scene that links this crime to the murde
Great Satan
Oct 9, 2009 · 45 min
Detectives Lupo and Bernard investigate when an aspiring musician is found dead. A bag of cash leads them to multiple suspects.
Reality Bites
Oct 16, 2009 · 45 min
A mother of ten adopted special needs children is murdered. The day after her murder, her husband appears on reality TV.
Dignity
Oct 23, 2009 · 45 min
A doctor who performs late-term abortions is murdered in church. The case falls apart for Cutter when Rubirosa is touched by an abortion nurse's testimony.
Human Flesh Search Engine
Oct 30, 2009 · 45 min
Bernard becomes the target of a dangerous website that is partly responsible for a homicide the detectives are investigating
Boy Gone Astray
Nov 6, 2009 · 45 min
When a young woman is found dead in her apartment, a few tell-tale signs quickly lead Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard to believe that the killer was not after her wealth.
Doped
Nov 6, 2009 · 45 min
A deadly drunk-driving car accident brings Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard to the scene when a suspicious nasal spray is found. After the medical examiner realizes the nasa
For the Defense
Nov 13, 2009 · 45 min
A case that begins as a search for a missing witness spirals into a murder conspiracy with ADA Connie Rubirosa caught in the middle.
Shotgun
Nov 20, 2009 · 45 min
When an elderly man defends his shop from an armed robbery, Detectives Kevin Bernard and Cyrus Lupo suspect that this incident could have been an inside job. After further investig
Fed
Dec 11, 2009 · 45 min
After a community activist is murdered and labeled "FED", Detectives Bernard and Lupo find it difficult to eliminate multiple suspects. Also, Lieutenant Van Buren hears from Detect
Blackmail
Jan 15, 2010 · 45 min
Blackmail is the twelfth episode of the twentieth season of the television series Law & Order. It aired on NBC January 15, 2010.
Steel-Eyed Death
Mar 1, 2010 · 45 min
When a family of four is found murdered in their home, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard discover that the deaths may be related to the deceased teenage daughter's troubled f
Boy on Fire
Mar 1, 2010 · 45 min
When detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard come upon the burning body of Cesar, a sixteen-year-old charter school student from a bad neighborhood, they begin to question his youn
Brilliant Disguise
Mar 8, 2010 · 45 min
A young woman is found murdered in a hotel and the evidence leads to a medical student.
Innocence
Mar 15, 2010 · 45 min
A man is convicted of a hate crime for allegedly killing a gay man, but a group called the Innocence Coalition is determined to clear his name.
Four Cops Shot
Mar 22, 2010 · 45 min
The debate rages over how to treat an informant who shot and killed four police officers. However, did one of the officers try to put undue pressure on him to help catch a dangerou
Brazil
Mar 29, 2010 · 45 min
When an environmental scientist, Dr. Oscar Silva, is poisoned during a global warming symposium, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard initially suspect competitors from Dr. Silv
Crashers
May 3, 2010 · 45 min
When the body of a model is found burning in an alley, Detectives Lupo and Bernard search for her killer.
The Taxman Cometh
May 10, 2010 · 45 min
Lupo and Bernard uncover a possible conspiracy to kill off wealthy cancer patients, so their inheritors don't have to pay an estate tax. However, legal roadblocks make the case dif
Immortal
May 17, 2010 · 45 min
A man's double life is discovered after he is stabbed to death.
Love Eternal
May 17, 2010 · 45 min
When a reality TV crew finds a dead man's body locked in a dog cage, detectives suspect the victim's wife.
Rubber Room
May 24, 2010 · 45 min
Detectives search for an anonymous blogger who has posted plans to blow up a school. Lt. Van Buren struggles to keep her personal issues private.