Law & Order: Season 6

1995 · 23 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 6 of Law & Order

Detectives Briscoe and his new partner, Reynaldo Curtis, open the season with the murder of a young girl who vanishes between school and her music class. Homicide cops follow leads on the street, while Manhattan prosecutors prepare the charges. McCoy and Kincaid clash over the death penalty and bring a man who killed an undercover cop before the court. The cases keep coming: a magazine publisher, balaclava-wearing robbers, and a model addicted to cocaine. Curtis and Briscoe run into witnesses who don't want to cooperate. The series rarely dwells on its characters' personal lives.

23episodes

Sep 20, 1995premiered

May 22, 1996latest episode

18.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 6 Episodes

6x01 Bitter Fruit
Sep 20, 1995 · 48 min · ★ 7.9
Briscoe and his new partner, Det. Reynaldo Curtis, investigate the murder of a young girl who disappeared between school and her music lesson, with a blurry film from an ATM machine as their clue.
Directing: Constantine Makris · Writing: René Balcer, Jeremy R. Littman · Cast: John Newton, Tanya Berezin, Tom Tammi, John Ventimiglia
6x02 Rebels
Sep 27, 1995 · 48 min · ★ 7.5
Briscoe and Curtis have a hard time finding cooperative witnesses when investigating the murder of a college student at a rough biker bar.
Directing: Edwin Sherin · Writing: Ed Zuckerman, Suzanne O'Malley · Cast: Tim Ransom, Madeline Lee, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Sam Schacht
6x03 Savages
Oct 18, 1995 · 47 min · ★ 8.2
McCoy and Kincaid clash over the death penalty as McCoy prosecutes a man who murdered an undercover cop during a drug bust.
Directed by: Jace Alexander · Written by: Morgan Gendel, Michael S. Chernuchin, Barry M. Schkolnick · Starring: Lynne Thigpen, Maria Tucci, Barbara Garrick, George Bartenieff
6x04 Jeopardy
Nov 1, 1995 · 48 min · ★ 7.9
A triple murder at a magazine publishing company leads to a case of sibling rivalry, a protective matriarch and a corrupt judge.
Directed by: Christopher Misiano · Written by: René Balcer, Jeremy R. Littman · Starring: Jeffrey DeMunn, Ken Leung, Louis Zorich, Peter Frechette
6x05
6x05 Hot Pursuit
Nov 8, 1995 · 47 min · ★ 7.9
When the detectives solve a series of murders committed by a holdup team in ski masks, McCoy must determine whether a young woman found with them is an unwilling hostage, or an active participant in the crimes.
Directing: Lewis Gould · Writing: Morgan Gendel, Ed Zuckerman · Cast: Carolyn McCormick, Tovah Feldshuh, Amanda Peet, Anne Twomey
6x06
6x06 Paranoia
Nov 15, 1995 · 47 min · ★ 7.7
Briscoe and Curtis try to solve a co-ed's murder after a graphic description appears online, while McCoy finds himself up against a lawyer who is reluctant to reveal elements of her client's past.
Directed by: Fred Gerber · Written by: Michael S. Chernuchin · Starring: Carolyn McCormick, Rochelle Oliver, Sandy Duncan, Ralph Williams
6x07 Humiliation
Nov 22, 1995 · 47 min · ★ 6.8
The investigation into a prostitute's murder leads to a married plastic surgeon as the obvious suspect, but Kincaid has a hunch that an elaborate frame-up is in play.
Directed by: Matthew Penn · Written by: Michael S. Chernuchin, Barry M. Schkolnick · Cast: Leslie Barrett, Sharon Angela, Clare Wren, Jonathan Walker
6x08 Angel
Nov 29, 1995 · 48 min · ★ 7.9
A mother claiming that her baby was kidnapped while she was at confession retraces her steps and actions with Curtis, which raises legal questions later when her attorney introduces a unique defense.
Directed by: Arthur W. Forney · Written by: Michael S. Chernuchin, Janis Diamond · Starring: Carolyn McCormick, Joan Copeland, Elizabeth Connors, Michael Dolan
6x09 Blood Libel
Jan 3, 1996 · 48 min · ★ 7.6
A hidden anti-Semitic message in a high school yearbook offers a clue to an art teacher's murder and leads to a case that matches McCoy against "Klan lawyer" Roy Payne.
Directing: Constantine Makris · Writing: I.C. Rapoport · Cast: Chris Cooper, Jackey Vinson, Lee Wilkof, Mark Zeisler
6x10 Remand
Jan 10, 1996 · 47 min · ★ 7.9
The victim in a 30-year-old rape and stabbing case is fearful when information received by Briscoe and Curtis creates the possibility of a new trial for the perpetrator.
Directing: Jace Alexander · Writing: René Balcer, Elaine Loeser · Cast: Vince O'Brien, Talia Balsam, Anita Gillette, Abe Vigoda
6x11 Corpus Delicti
Jan 17, 1996 · 48 min · ★ 7.7
The death of a show horse leads to a trial involving insurance fraud, a sting operation and a wealthy woman's disappearance.
Directing: Christopher Misiano · Writing: Ed Zuckerman, Barry M. Schkolnick · Cast: Frank Anello, Frank Converse, Byron Jennings, Dan Moran
6x12 Trophy
Jan 31, 1996 · 47 min · ★ 8.4
McCoy finds that his career is on the line when his former female assistant and ex lover accuses him of forging evidence that helped put an innocent man in prison.
Directing: Martha Mitchell · Writing: Jeremy R. Littman · Cast: Frank Anello, Laila Robins, David Garrison, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
6x13 Charm City (I)
Feb 7, 1996 · 48 min · ★ 8.2
A subway station gas attack, similar to one that took place in a Baltimore church five years earlier, brings Baltimore detectives Tim Bayliss and Frank Pembleton to New York to assist Briscoe and Curtis.This crossover continues on Homicide: Life on the Street S04E12 For God and Country (II).
Directed by: Edwin Sherin · Written by: Jorge Zamacona, Michael S. Chernuchin · Starring: Richard Belzer, Frank Anello, Leo Burmester, Kevin Geer
6x14 Custody
Feb 21, 1996 · 47 min · ★ 7.4
Paul Robinette places the system on trial when he defends a young black woman accused of kidnapping her biological baby from his white, adoptive parents.
Directing: Constantine Makris · Writing: Morgan Gendel · Cast: Richard Brooks, Kevin Sussman, Ray Girardin, Lillias White
6x15 Encore
Feb 28, 1996 · 47 min · ★ 8.2
A jogger killed in Central Park turns out to be the second wife of a former comedy club owner, who was acquitted of killing his first wife. And convicting him this time may hinge on tracing the path of a Columbian coin used as a subway token slug.
Directing: Matthew Penn · Writing: Jeremy R. Littman, Ed Zuckerman · Cast: Larry Miller, Frank Anello, Cecilia Hart, Deborah Lee Johnson
6x16 Savior
Mar 13, 1996 · 47 min · ★ 7.8
A down-on-his-luck ad executive becomes the prime suspect when his wife and son are killed, and his daughter wounded on a night that he claims was spent drinking.
Directing: David Platt · Writing: Michael S. Chernuchin, Barry M. Schkolnick · Cast: Carolyn McCormick, Timothy Landfield, Frank Anello, Brooke Smith
6x17 Deceit
Mar 27, 1996 · 48 min · ★ 6.2
When a young attorney is murdered shortly after he decides to file a sexual harassment claim against his employer, Briscoe and Curtis quickly discover that the alleged harasser and his wife each have an excellent motive for murder.
Directing: Vincent Misiano · Writing: René Balcer, Eddie Feldmann · Cast: Frank Anello, Peter Riegert, Bernie Grant, Robert Sella
6x18
6x18 Atonement
Apr 10, 1996 · 47 min · ★ 7.7
The investigation into the murder of a model with a passion for cocaine and partying focuses on the men in her life -- a nightclub owner, a basketball player, a photographer and a limousine driver.
Directing: Martha Mitchell · Writing: Morgan Gendel · Cast: Frank Anello, Joanna Merlin, Michael Imperioli, Josh Hopkins
6x19 Slave
Apr 21, 1996 · 47 min · ★ 8.0
A woman is shot while sleeping, and the investigation leads the police to a boy whose crack-addicted mother has entrusted him to a dealer's care.
Directing: Jace Alexander · Writing: René Balcer, Elaine Loeser · Cast: Carolyn McCormick, Christine Farrell, Frank Anello, Karen Young
6x20
6x20 Girlfriends
May 1, 1996 · 47 min · ★ 6.1
After a college co-ed's body is found, the detectives look for a campus rapist, but the medical examiner's report puts them on a different path, one involving prostitution.
Directing: Christopher Misiano · Writing: Ed Zuckerman, Suzanne O'Malley · Cast: Frank Anello, Fred J. Scollay, Doris Belack, Dana Ivey
6x21 Pro Se
May 8, 1996 · 48 min · ★ 8.6
The investigation into multiple homicides at a clothing store leads to the arrest of a schizophrenic who presents McCoy with a formidable opponent when he decides to represent himself.
Directing: Lewis Gould · Writing: René Balcer, I.C. Rapoport · Cast: Carolyn McCormick, Frank Anello, Denis O'Hare, Maryann Plunkett
6x22 Homesick
May 15, 1996 · 48 min · ★ 7.9
After an infant is found dead in his crib, it's determined he was poisoned, and all evidence points to the child's au pair.
Directed by: Matthew Penn · Written by: Barry M. Schkolnick, Elaine Loeser · Starring: Carolyn McCormick, Patti LuPone, Frank Anello, Kim Raver
6x23 Aftershock Season Finale
May 22, 1996 · 47 min · ★ 7.7
After Briscoe, Curtis, McCoy, and Kincaid witness the execution of a criminal they brought to justice, their unique reactions to the event culminate in personal tragedies for each of them.
Directing: Martha Mitchell · Writing: Janis Diamond · Cast: Carolyn McCormick, Frank Anello, Charles Dumas, Len Cariou