Law & Order (season 18) - Episodes

Episodes

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394 1 "Called Home" Allen Coulter René Balcer January 2, 2008 18001 13.45

Cyrus Lupo returns to New York after four years abroad to deal with his own terror. Lupo and Green investigate two suicides committed the same way. The detectives are suspicious of a parolee known as "Dr. Death".

  • First appearances of Cyrus Lupo and Michael Cutter.
395 2 "Darkness" Michael Dinner David Slack & William N. Fordes January 2, 2008 18006 13.45
Lupo and Green's first official case together is a kidnapping that happened during a citywide blackout; a housekeeper is slain and a mother and daughter are kidnapped. The evidence that links all the kidnappers is the father and husband of the kidnap victims. When they search the kidnappers' hideout, they find preparations which implies that the kidnappers knew that the blackout was coming. Cutter must convince the man to testify after he has lied about a search warrant to save the man's daughter, or else the kidnappers will all go free. Issues of a warrantless search arise. Courtroom scenes revolve around questions of Enron-like manipulation of energy.
396 3 "Misbegotten" Michael W. Watkins Stephanie Sengupta & David Wilcox January 9, 2008 18002 11.05
Green and Lupo investigate after a package explodes at a scientific research lab, resulting in the injury of a pregnant security guard. The investigation soon turns to the scientist's latest experiments.
397 4 "Bottomless" Alex Chapple Ed Zuckerman January 16, 2008 18004 11.55

The investigation into a pair of missing pants leads to the murder of a young lawyer. Lupo and Green soon turn their suspicions to a businessman who works for a shady multinational corporation called SavingsMart.

  • Inspired by Roy Pearson's 54 million dollar pants lawsuit, by quality-control issues with goods from China, and by ethics enforcement at Wal-Mart
398 5 "Driven" Alan Taylor Gina Gionfriddo & Richard Sweren January 23, 2008 18009 10.33
Lupo and Green investigate after a white teenager (David Kendall) and a young black girl (Tanya Anderson) are shot and killed in a local neighborhood. The investigation stalls when no one is willing to talk, but the detectives later learn that the victim had earlier had an altercation with someone in the neighborhood that led to a surprising altercation later that evening.
399 6 "Political Animal" Jean de Segonzac David Slack & Ed Zuckerman January 30, 2008 18011 11.14
A triple homicide has ties to a politician, but he may be just the first step toward the truth and a killer who will take desperate measures to keep his freedom.
400 7 "Quit Claim" Jim McKay David Wilcox & William N. Fordes February 6, 2008 18010 10.07
A hit-and-run investigation leads back to a title company, but Green, Rubirosa and Lupo's undercover work takes a surprising twist that pits McCoy against the U.S. Attorney's office.
401 8 "Illegal" Constantine Makris William N. Fordes & David Slack February 13, 2008 18003 10.24
A riot at an immigration rally ends in murder, and the political climate causes McCoy to assign a special prosecutor increasing tensions at the office.
402 9 "Executioner" Constantine Makris Gina Gionfriddo & Richard Sweren February 20, 2008 18012 10.85
A case of mistaken identity leads Green and Lupo to suspect that a murdered doctor may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
403 10 "Tango" Dean White Stephanie Sengupta February 27, 2008 18013 11.45
A high school party turns tragic when a teenager is found dead, and the detectives end up playing games with the two leading suspects to find out the real story. Unfortunately, unwanted attention from a juror for A.D.A. Rubirosa may disrupt the trial.
404 11 "Betrayal" Marc Levin Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo March 5, 2008 18005 9.68
The murder of a psychiatrist focuses the suspect list to his clients and wife, and the defense of the murderer will challenge the D.A.'s office to somehow show the jury that a bad childhood is not a justification for crime.
405 12 "Submission" Constantine Makris Ed Zuckerman March 12, 2008 18007 11.68
When the police shut down a dog-fighting ring, the investigation becomes a murder case after a woman's finger is found inside one of the dogs; things get more complicated as the case deepens, and the interest of a pushy reporter is sparked.
406 13 "Angelgrove" Darnell Martin David Wilcox & Stephanie Sengupta March 19, 2008 18008 10.45
A recorded conversation has Lupo and Green delving into the personal and family life of a murdered art dealer, and suspected connections to terrorist activity.
407 14 "Burn Card" Mario Van Peebles David Wilcox & Ed Zuckerman April 23, 2008 18014 12.63

Internal Affairs takes a special interest in Detective Green after he shoots a gambler that may be connected to a current case. The investigation turns up a part of his past he's taken pains to conceal.

  • Last appearance of Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green; first appearance of Anthony Anderson as Junior Detective Kevin Bernard.
  • Detective Cyrus Lupo is promoted to Senior Detective.
408 15 "Bogeyman" Tim Hunter Gina Gionfriddo & Richard Sweren April 30, 2008 18015 9.62
A novelist's apparent suicide changes to a murder investigation. The suspects include a cult and her husband. Cutter's case is jeopardized by the defense attorney's indirect juror tampering tactics of scaring the jurors.
409 16 "Strike" Marisol Torres David Slack & William N. Fordes May 7, 2008 18016 8.76
A legal aid strike ends in the death of a paralegal, and the investigation leads to a golf pro who proclaims his innocence, again. Then the case takes an even stranger twist when Rubirosa is pitted against Cutter because of the strike that started it all.
410 17 "Personae Non Grata" John David Coles Matt McGough & Stephanie Sengupta May 14, 2008 18017 8.35
An online romance may be at the heart of a mechanic's murder, but Detectives Lupo and Bernard must unravel some truly bizarre developments before the full story is known.
411 18 "Excalibur" Jim McKay Ed Zuckerman & René Balcer May 21, 2008 18018 8.45
A jeweler's murder may have ties to a prostitution ring. Once the case goes to trial, D.A. McCoy's job is on the line as favors are called in.

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