Confession (Law & Order) - Episodes

Logan forces a confession at gunpoint from the man suspected of murdering Max Greevey and, in the process, endangers Stone's prosecution. Logan is also introduced to his new partner, Phil Cerreta.

• First appearances of Paul Sorvino as Sgt. Phil Cerreta and Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet, and the last appearance of Max Greevey.
• Guest stars: Daniel von Bargen and Vyto Ruginis.

A double homicide of an older man and his younger lover casts suspicion on both the ex-wife and the former boyfriend of the murdered duo, with the murdered man's son holding the key to the mystery.

• Guest stars: Geoffrey Nauffts and Jerry Orbach.

A lethal drug overdose of a young actress leads the detectives to an aggressive stage mother and a pornographic movie producer.

• Guest stars: Maura Tierney, Lewis Black, and Frank Vincent.

A couple, whose religious beliefs forbids medical treatment, is on trial for letting their daughter die of strep throat infection. Stone's prosecution hinges on whether either or both of the parents wanted to call for medical help. The investigation uncovers two other pertinent facts: 1. the night of the girl's death, the mother was drinking (also against the couple's religious beliefs), and 2. the couple had another child that died under similar circumstances.

• Guest star: Michelle Trachtenberg.

The mugging of a pregnant legal secretary leads to a charge against her employer of assault, which is upgraded to murder when the baby dies. Time span confirmation of the baby's conception and the employer-secretary affair eliminates the employer as a suspect. Suspicion shifts to the secretary and her boyfriend (a disbarred lawyer) when a wiretap reveals that the couple intended, first, to have the employer held criminally responsible for the baby's murder and, second, to sue the employer for wrongful death. Initially, the primary issue appears to be the fetus age at which a murder charge can be leveled. The primary issue proves to be two-fold; 1. whether the suspects can be held accountable for knowing both the law and its meaning, and 2. even if the suspects cannot legally be convicted of the baby's murder, whether they can be convicted of a lesser crime, i.e. attempted murder.

• Guest stars: Yancy Butler, Reed Diamond, and Molly Price.

The renovation of a brownstone uncovers the remains of a young boy who disappeared thirty-one years earlier during the 1960 presidential campaign. The discovery revives a wrenching and long-suppressed memory in a childhood friend and neighbor-and the suspect's daughter.

• This episode was the basis for the Law & Order: UK episode "Buried"

The detectives investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Halloween party, but when her own testimony can't be supported by the evidence, it becomes hard to prove rape.

• Guest stars: David Burke and Isaiah Washington.

When a gambler is killed, the hit-and-run investigation leads to the discovery of a schoolteacher carrying on an affair with one of her students. Cerreta and Logan suspect that she may have manipulated him into killing her husband.

• Closely mirrors the Pamela Smart case, which took place in early 1991.

The investigation into an illegal social club fire which claimed 53 fatalities leads to a connection between arson, illegal immigrants and the sale of green cards.

• Inspired by the fatal Happy Land fire in which 87 people were killed.
• Guest star: Luis Guzmán.
• This episode was the basis for the Law & Order: UK "Paradise"

The discovery of a frozen corpse in a dumpster leads to rival Broadway producers.

• Guest star: Alberta Watson.

An obsessive fan pleads temporary insanity when he is charged with attempting to murder the soap opera actress who is the center of his life.

• Guest stars: Allison Janney, Werner Klemperer.

Stone faces an old rival in court as he tries to link a hit man and three murders to a sleazy lawyer and a powerful man behind bars.

• Guest star: Frank John Hughes

An apparent mugging ends in the death of a wealthy woman but the case comes to hang on a silver pin that may have been in the victim's possession.

• Guest stars: Jude Ciccolella, Nancy Marchand, and Nicholas Turturro.

Stone is determined to see that a teenage boy doesn't get away with murder twice when the young man is brought to trial for the shooting death of one of his friends.

• Guest stars: Tom Mason, Lizbeth MacKay, Harley Cross, and Will Friedle.

The parents of a murdered woman contest Stone's prosecution of her killer so that he can be extradited to their home state, where the death penalty still exists.

• Guest Stars: James Rebhorn, Barbara Barrie.

Cerreta and Logan investigate the accusation that a nun in charge of a shelter for teens molested a young addict.

• Guest stars: William H. Macy, Judy Reyes, Kate Burton, and Kelli Williams.

The discovery of a dead baby leads to a case involving a slumlord who would not provide any heat and who defends her actions by blaming the rent laws.

• A very early role for actress Chandra Wilson.
• This episode served as the basis for the first episode of Law & Order: UK "Care"

The brutal murder of a Jewish jeweler appears to be a hate crime, but the investigation soon leads back to the man's brother and his shady business deals. During the episode, Capt. Don Cragen mentions the Crown Heights Riot, which may have partially inspired the episode.

• First appearance of Leslie Hendrix as Assistant Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers.
• Guest stars: Jerry Stiller, Daryl Mitchell.

When a Chinese-American honors student is killed, the investigation uncovers a racist mother whose son was competing with the victim for the same scholarship.

• Guest stars: Sabrina Lloyd, Kelly Bishop and Sam Rockwell.

The murder of a Wall Street legend begins a case involving an ailing union worker and a former governor and old friend of Schiff's.

• Gues stars: Eli Wallach and George DiCenzo