Law & Order: Year 5
Universal Studios (1994)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Collection
#7594
0*
Seen ItYes
025193196422
IMDB   7.6
23 hr 0 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Sam Waterston D.A. Jack McCoy
Law & Order
Jerry Orbach Detective Lennie Briscoe
Chris Noth Detective Mike Logan
Michael Imperioli Det. Nick Falco
Dianne Wiest D.A. Nora Lewin
George Dzundza Sgt. Max Greevey
Jeremy Sisto Det. Cyrus Lupo
Benjamin Bratt Det. Rey Curtis
Richard Brooks A.D.A. Paul Robinette
Angie Harmon A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
Anthony Anderson Det. Kevin Bernard
Michael Moriarty Exec. A.D.A. Ben Stone
Paul Sorvino Sgt. Phil Cerreta
Michelle Trachtenberg Dinah Driscoll
Director
Edwin Sherin
Producer Edwin Sherin
Rene Balcer
Dick Wolf
Writer Dick Wolf
Michael S. Chernuchin
Cinematography Constantine Makris
John Thomas
Musician Mike Post

Law & Order, the longest running crime series and is tied for longest running drama series in the history of American broadcast television, will start its 21st season on NBC in the autumn of 2010. The brainchild of creator Dick Wolf, Law & Order is the most successful brand in the history of primetime television; the winner of the 1997 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series; ties Cheers and M*A*S*H for the most consecutive best series nominations (eleven) and the longest-running drama series currently on American television. The series has also turned into one of entertainment's preeminent brands using a distinct ripped from the headlines format, and has spawned the successful spinoffs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Crime & Punishment and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    9/21/1994  1.  Second Opinion
A woman's death exposes an unorthodox method of treating cancer that Executive Assistant DA McCoy intends to prove is negligent homicide.
Director:  Ed Sherin  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin  / Jeremy R. Littman 
Guest starring:  Elizabeth Ashley,  Tony Roberts, Jan Maxwell, Mitchell Greenberg, Linda Pierce, Polly Adams, Aleta Mitchell, George Bamford, Sasha Nanus, Jeff Brooks, Michaeljohn McGann, Ann Crumb, Lars Hanson, Marcus Olson,  Michael Crider
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    9/28/1994  2.  Coma
A comedy-club owner comes under suspicion for having shot his wife, now comatose with a bullet in her head, after it's discovered he was abusive and she was about to divorce him.
Director:  Jace Alexander  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman 
Guest starring:  Larry MillerDebra Monk, John Cunningham, Heather Gottlieb, Frank Girardeau, Erik Jensen, Terry Layman, David Pittu, Jayden Lund, Ed Jupp Jr., Brittany Slattery, Bill Cohen, Kitty Chen,  Sidney Armus, Kurt Knudson
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    10/5/1994  3.  Blue Bamboo
The killing of a Japanese nightclub owner who was visiting New York leads to the arrest of a singer who once worked for the deceased, and whose lawyer uses the ""battered-woman syndrome"" as a defense.
Director:  Don Scardino  / Rene Balcer  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Morgan Gendel 
Guest starring:  Laura Linney, Ron Orbach, Joyce Reehling,  Aida TurturroShawn Elliott, Chuck Cooper, Ilene Kristen, Dan Desmond,  Tibor Feldman, Michael Mastro, Tom Shillue, Katrina Lantz, Melissa Justin, Virginia Wing, Glenn Kubota
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    10/12/1994  4.  Family Values
After it's determined that a wealthy woman did not commit suicide but was murdered, the detectives question both her first and second husbands and her teenage daughter.
Director:  Constantine Makris  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / William N. Fordes 
Guest starring:  Stephen ShellenSarah PaulsonThomas Kopache, Victor Raider-Wexler, Anna Kathryn Holbrook,  Will Lyman, Cynthia Hayden,  Bill CwikowskiE. Katherine Kerr, Teresa Yenque,  Mary Beth Peil, Robert Ari, Tracy Lee Bell, Edward D. Murphy, Deborah Gold
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    10/19/1994  5.  White Rabbit
A routine investigation uncovers evidence that leads Briscoe and Logan to a long-time fugitive, a radical Vietnam War opponent on the run since a 1971 burglary that left a policeman dead.
Director:  Steve Robman  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman  / Morgan Gendel 
Guest starring:  Peter Friedman, Mary Joan Negro, Peggy Roeder,  Dick Anthony Williams, Marilyn Chris, William S. Kunstler, Norman Snow, Philip LeStrange, Jonathan Teague Cook, Tom Cappadona, Don Billett,  Brett Rickaby, Sonny Jim Gaines, José Ramón Rosario, Paul Hebron
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/2/1994  6.  Competence
When Lt. Van Buren is the victim of an attempted holdup by two teens, she fires her gun and kills one of them, and the detectives are faced with the fact that she shot an unarmed child in the back.
Director:  Fred Gerber  Writer:  Mark B. Perry  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Samuel E. WrightJude Ciccolella, Omar Sharif Scroggins, Lisa Louise Langford, Marcella Lowery, Jacklyn Brooke Sanford,  Fredro StarrRuben Santiago-Hudson, Jerry Grayson, Sharon Martin, Gia Galeano,  J.C. Mackenzie, Sharif Rashed, Tse-Mach Washington, Charles Dumas
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/9/1994  7.  Precious
When Briscoe and Logan suspect that a missing infant may have been murdered by her parents rather than kidnapped, they uncover a terrible family secret which hides a mentally ill serial killer.
Director:  Constantine Makris  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / I.C. Rapoport 
Guest starring:  Kevin O'Rourke, Julie Boyd, Sam Gray, Nada Rowand, Joel Leffert, Brooks Rogers, Becky Borczon, Gibby Brand,  Kim Staunton, Keely Eastley, Amy Hohn, Eileen Galindo, Alta Withers, Elizabeth Sastre,  Floyd Vivino
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/23/1994  8.  Virtue
McCoy uses a charge of ""larceny by extortion"" against a councilman, whose former colleague claims he demanded sex in exchange for a law-firm partnership.
Director:  Martha Mitchell  Writer:  Mark B. Perry  / Jeremy R. Littman 
Guest starring:  Anthony HealdJoanna Merlin, Regina Taylor,  Christopher CousinsLily Knight, Anne Lange,  Eric LaRay Harvey, Sharon Cornell, Cynthia Darlow, Seth Barrish, Catharine Boyd, Jurian Hughes, Chris Walker,  Paul SchulzeDeirdre Lovejoy
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/30/1994  9.  Scoundrels
Among the suspects in a lawyer's murder are a swindler, who conned a woman out of her family fortune, and the woman's once-wealthy son.
Director:  Marc Laub  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman  / Charles C. Mann 
Guest starring:  Michael Zaslow, Jonathan Hogan,  Edie FalcoLisa EmeryLarry Pine, Jane Hoffman, David Little, Georgine Hall, Yusef Bulos, Ellen Whyte,  Ross BickellDan GrimaldiMerwin Goldsmith, James Saito, Karen Kandel
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/4/1995  10.  House Counsel
The killing of a man who had served as a juror in a mob trial leads to a battle of wills between McCoy and his long-time friend, the suspect's attorney.
Director:  James Quinn  Writer:  Barry M. Schkolnick  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Ron LeibmanVincent Pastore, Leslie Ayvazian, Anthony Fusco,  Jessica Walter, Claiborne Cary, Fil Formicola, Lauren K. Woods, Michael Willis, Stanja Lowe, Mark Hammer, Terry Donahue, Joanne Gennette, Barry Squitieri, P. J. Benjamin
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/11/1995  11.  Guardian
After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yard of a day-care center.
Director:  Christopher Misiano  / Brad Markowitz  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / William N. Fordes 
Guest starring:  Jon CypherGerry Bamman, Joan MacIntosh,  Dallas RobertsPeter McRobbieHolter Graham, Jose E. Serrano, Francine Beers, Edward Seamon, Eva Lowe,  Edward James Hyland, Sandra Daley, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Kira Arne, Burke Pearson
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/25/1995  12.  Progeny
The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.
Director:  Don Scardino  / Morgan Gendel  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman  / Morgan Gendel 
Guest starring:  Edward HerrmannJames RebhornJack GilpinAnne Bobby, Cynthia Vance, Thomas Schall, Ruth Williamson,  Ken Leung, John Carter, Tim Donoghue, Lauren Mitchell,  Nesbitt Blaisdell, Fuschia Walker,  June SquibbRebecca Tilney
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/1/1995  13.  Rage
A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of ""black rage"" in court.
Director:  Arthur W. Forney  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Richard LibertiniWendell Pierce, Keith Charles, Olivia Birkelund,  Courtney B. VanceArmand Schultz, Judith Moreland, Chuck Patterson, Angela Bullock, Jim Bracchitta, Jessica Walling, Rosemary McNamara, David Bishins, John McKay, John Ellison Conlee
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/8/1995  14.  Performance
Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high school.
Director:  Rene Balcer  / Martha Mitchell  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman  / Jeremy R. Littman 
Guest starring:  Monica KeenaPeter Facinelli, John MacKay, Maryann Urbano, Polly Adams, Shane McDermott, John P. Connolly, Ray Girardin, Lee Shepherd, Keith Langsdale, Gloria Biegler,  Dash Mihok, Lily Warren, Kia Graves, Diane Davis
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/15/1995  15.  Seed
A routine investigation into a woman's death leads Briscoe and Logan to a fertility doctor guilty of unethical practices, but who cannot apparently be touched because of confidentiality rules, and patient reluctance to talk.
Director:  Don Scardino  Writer:  Janis Diamond  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Mark Blum, Jordan Clarke, Kristin Griffith, Ron Frazier,  Alyson Reed, Ivar Brogger, Deborah Tranelli,  Zach Grenier, Thomas Nahrwold, Joyce Lynn O'Connor, Anne Chapin, Judy Frank, David Phillips, Donna Mitchell, Deirdre Boddie-Henderson
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/15/1995  16.  Wannabe
The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.
Director:  Lewis H. Gould  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / I.C. Rapoport 
Guest starring:  Harry GroenerBoyd Gaines, Bruce Kirkpatrick, Graham Sack, John C. Vennema, Marian Quinn, Leslie Denniston,  Michael P. Moran, Kim Yancey-Moore, Robert Jimenez, Charles Hofheimer, Jerome Le Page, Karen Trott, William Hoag, Burt Edwards
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/22/1995  17.  Act of God
A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.
Director:  Constantine Makris  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman  / Walter Dallenbach 
Guest starring:  Melinda Mullins,  Robert John Burke, Skipp Sudduth, Randy Danson, Stephen Singer,  Ileen GetzSteve HarrisJordan Lund, Paul Austin, Frank Savino, William Wise, Reade Kelly, Ralph Byers,  Andrew Pang, Robert Leddy Jr.
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    4/5/1995  18.  Privileged
The investigation into a double murder leads to a young alcoholic whose family once lived in the victims' house and who had admitted to his AA group that he's had nightmares about killings.
Director:  Vincent Misiano  Writer:  Suzanne O'Malley  / Jeremy R. Littman 
Guest starring:  Katherine Borowitz, David Leary, Eddie Malavarca,  Fran Brill, Allan Miller, Alison Sheehy, Steven Martini,  Karen Shallo, Saundra McClain,  Ali Marsh, Edward J. Moore, Roy Alan Wilson, Neal Jones, Ed Hodson, Richard Thomsen
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    4/19/1995  19.  Cruel and Unusual
The death of an autistic youth in custody reveals a multitude of unusual and possibly illegal therapies being used, but also parents reluctant to pursue a prosecution.
Director:  Matthew Penn  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Lawrence PressmanSheila TouseyShawn Elliott, Dan Ziskie, Margo Skinner, Jennifer Harmon, Bruce MacVittie,  Edoardo Ballerini, Steve Burns, Barbara Gulan, Michael Levin, Nicholas Levitin, Larry Block,  Danny Burstein, Lenore Harris
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    4/26/1995  20.  Bad Faith
Logan relives unhappy childhood memories when a friend is found dead, a presumed suicide, until the investigation reveals recent contact with a former priest, with a history of pedophilia.
Director:  Dann Florek  Writer:  Rene Balcer 
Guest starring:  Bill Raymond, Kit Flanagan, Scott Sowers, June Ballinger, Jan Leslie Harding, Bill Marcus, Stewart Zully, Steve Mellor, Michael Cullen, Billy Vann, Eric Payne, Stephaney Lloyd, Charles Stransky, Joseph Mosso, Mary Kate Law
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/3/1995  21.  Purple Heart
The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.
Director:  Arthur W. Forney  Writer:  Morgan Gendel  / William N. Fordes 
Guest starring:  Gina TorresMichael BeachMike StarrDominic Chianese, Frank Pellegrino,  Lisa Gay Hamilton, Ed Wheeler,  Gabriel Casseus, Vince Pacimeo, Richard Spore, Ronald Wyche, Richard Caine,  Stu 'Large' Riley, James Colby, Deborah Lee Johnson
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/17/1995  22.  Switch
Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.
Director:  Christopher Misiano  Writer:  Sibyl Gardner  / Jeremy R. Littman 
Guest starring:  Francie Swift, Sam Groom,  Lynne Thigpen, Roberta Wallach,  Bob DishyGerry BeckerMacIntyre Dixon, Richmond Hoxie, Herbert Rubens, Christine Parks,  Tom Ligon, Jan Munroe, John Gould Rubin, Edward D. Murphy, Rich Ramirez
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/24/1995  23.  Pride
A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.
Director:  Ed Sherin  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman  / Gene Ritchings 
Guest starring:  Daniel Hugh KellyPeter Gerety, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Tim Hopper, Daniel Oreskes, Gordon Joseph Weiss,  Robert Joy, John Cameron Mitchell,  Hallie Foote, Kelle Kerr, Nance Williamson, Jeanine Morick, Jay Devlin,  Richard Bekins, Ron Parady
Edition Details
Edition The Fifth Year
Series Law & Order
Distributor Universal Studios
Release Date 4/3/2007
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned); Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 5

Features
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