Law & Order season 10
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Law & Order | |
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Season 10 | |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 22, 1999 May 24, 2000 | –
Season chronology | |
The 10th season of Law & Order premiered on NBC, September 22, 1999 alongside Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and ended May 24, 2000. Executive Producers René Balcer and Ed Sherin both left the show at the end of the season. This is the final season to feature Steven Hill as Adam Schiff, who was the last original cast member, to leave the series at the end of the 10th season.
Cast
This is the first season to feature Ed Green (played by Jesse L. Martin) who replaced season 9's Rey Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) in the role of junior detective. Dann Florek reprised his role on this first spinoff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit where Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler, Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson, Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch and Michelle Hurd as Detective Monique Jeffries joined the main cast on the first season of the series. Steven Hill, who played Adam Schiff, left the series at the end of the 10th season.
Main cast
- Jerry Orbach as Senior Detective Lennie Briscoe
- Jesse L. Martin as Junior Detective Ed Green
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy
- Angie Harmon as Assistant District Attorney Abbie Carmichael
- Steven Hill as District Attorney Adam Schiff
Recurring cast
- Dann Florek as Captain Don Cragen
- Carey Lowell as Defense Attorney Jamie Ross
- Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
- J. K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
Crossover Stars from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Michelle Hurd as Detective Monique Jeffries
- Dann Florek as Captain Don Cragen
Departure of Steven Hill
Steven Hill, who played Adam Schiff, was the last first-season member who left the series at the end of the 10th season and was replaced by Dianne Wiest.
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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206 | 1 | "Gunshow" | Ed Sherin | René Balcer | September 22, 1999 | E1106 | TBA |
207 | 2 | "Killerz" | Constantine Makris | Richard Sweren | September 29, 1999 | E1103 | 18.70[1] |
208 | 3 | "DNR" | David Platt | S : William N. Fordes; T : Kathy McCormick | October 6, 1999 | E1109 | 17.90[2] |
209 | 4 | "Merger" | Stephen Wertimer | Lynn Mamet | October 13, 1999 | E1101 | 16.84[3] |
210 | 5 | "Justice" | Matthew Penn | S : William N. Fordes; S/T : Gerry Conway | November 10, 1999 | E1104 | TBA |
211 | 6 | "Marathon" | Jace Alexander | Richard Sweren & Matt Witten | November 17, 1999 | E1105 | 17.69[4] |
212 | 7 | "Patsy" | David Platt | René Balcer & Lynne E. Litt | November 24, 1999 | E1102 | 17.60[5] |
213 | 8 | "Blood Money" | Matthew Penn | Barry Schindel | December 1, 1999 | E1111 | 15.24[6] |
214 | 9 | "Sundown" | Jace Alexander | S : William N. Fordes; S/T : Krista Vernoff | December 15, 1999 | E1107 | 19.29[7] |
215 | 10 | "Loco Parentis" | Constantine Makris | Richard Sweren & Matt Witten | January 5, 2000 | E1115 | 18.28[8] |
216 | 11 | "Collision" | David Platt | S : William N. Fordes; S/T : Gerry Conway | January 26, 2000 | E1116 | 18.12[9] |
217 | 12 | "Mother's Milk" | Richard Dobbs | Lynn Mamet & Barry Schindel | February 9, 2000 | E1110 | 18.38[10] |
218 | 13 | "Panic" | Constantine Makris | S : Kathy McCormick & Matt Witten; T : William N. Fordes & Lynn Mamet | February 16, 2000 | E1117 | 17.92[11] |
219 | 14 | "Entitled" | Ed Sherin | S : Dick Wolf, René Balcer & Robert Palm; T : Richard Sweren | February 18, 2000 | E1112 | 18.92[12] |
220 | 15 | "Fools for Love" | Christopher Misiano | Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt | February 23, 2000 | E1113 | 15.11[13] |
221 | 16 | "Trade This" | Jace Alexander | S : René Balcer; S/T : Barry Schindel | March 1, 2000 | E1118 | TBA |
222 | 17 | "Black, White and Blue" | Constantine Makris | S : Richard Sweren; T : Matt Witten; S/T : Lynne E. Litt | March 22, 2000 | E1120 | 18.67[14] |
223 | 18 | "Mega" | David Platt | Lynn Mamet | April 5, 2000 | E1121 | 17.99[15] |
224 | 19 | "Surrender Dorothy" | Martha Mitchell | Barry Schindel & Matt Witten | April 26, 2000 | E1125 | 18.46[16] |
225 | 20 | "Untitled" | Jace Alexander | S : Richard Sweren; S/T : Barry M. Schkolnick | May 3, 2000 | E1124 | 16.42[17] |
226 | 21 | "Narcosis" | Constantine Makris | Kathy McCormick & Lynne E. Litt | May 10, 2000 | E1123 | 18.64[18] |
227 | 22 | "High & Low" | Richard Dobbs | S : William N. Fordes; S/T : Gerry Conway | May 17, 2000 | E1122 | 17.49[19] |
228 | 23 | "Stiff" | Jace Alexander | S : René Balcer; S/T : Hall Powell | May 24, 2000 | E1119 | 15.12[20] |
229 | 24 | "Vaya Con Dios" | Christopher Misiano | René Balcer & Richard Sweren | May 24, 2000 | E1108 | 19.48[20] |
Notes
This section contains a list of miscellaneous information. (May 2022) |
- Jesse L. Martin joins the cast as Det. Ed Green in this season.
- This is the final season to feature Steven Hill as Adam Schiff. Hill was the last original cast member to leave the series.
- The Law & Order spinoff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, debuted at the time of this season.
- This season features all five of the series' longest serving characters: Anita Van Buren (17 seasons), Jack McCoy (16 seasons), Lennie Briscoe (12 seasons), Adam Schiff (10 seasons) and Ed Green (9 seasons). Additionally, one member of the original cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Mariska Hargitay), who remains on the show to date, appears in the episode 'Entitled.' Christopher Meloni departed SVU in 2011, Richard Belzer in 2013, and Dann Florek in 2014.
- "Entitled," episode 219, is a continuation of an SVU episode of the same name.
- Adrienne Shelly guest-starred in the episode of 'Law & Order titled "High & Low" (Season 10) in which she portrayed the character Wendy Alston. Shelly herself would later be murdered, which inspired the episode 'Melting Pot' (Season 17).
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- ^ Pucci, Douglas (December 18, 2008). "Top 20 Television Programs November 22-28, 1999". Mediaweek. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
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External links
Preceded by Season Nine (1998-1999) |
List of Law & Order seasons (1990-2010) |
Succeeded by Season Eleven (2000-2001) |