Law & Order (season 4)

The following is a list of Law & Order episodes from the series' fourth season (1993–1994):^[1]

During this season, S. Epatha Merkerson joins the cast as Lt. Anita Van Buren, and Jill Hennessy steps in as Claire Kincaid. This is the final season to feature Michael Moriarty as Ben Stone. Season four was released on DVD December 6, 2005.

Cast

Law

• Jerry Orbach – Det. Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth – Det. Mike Logan
• S. Epatha Merkerson – Lt. Anita Van Buren

Order

• Michael Moriarty – Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone
• Jill Hennessy – A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill – D.A. Adam Schiff

Also Starring

• Carolyn McCormick - Dr. Elizabeth Olivet

Episodes

№	Ep.	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Original airdate	Prod. Code
67	1	"Sweeps"	James Frawley	Craig McNeer, Robert Nathan	September 15, 1993	69009
Logan and Briscoe investigate after a convicted child molester, Dr. Joseph Vinton, is murdered on Rick Mason's controversial talk show. The shooter is easily identified — he's Sid Fisher, the father of the dead man's victim from three years earlier. During the course of the investigation, however, the detectives find evidence that leads them to believe that Mason may have set up Vinton's murder so as to assure high ratings during sweeps period. Stone's case is made more difficult because Sid Fisher isn't willing to say anything that could put his son, Scotty, on the stand. First appearances of S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren and Jill Hennessy as ADA Claire Kincaid. Guest stars: Robert Klein and David Krumholtz.
68	2	"Volunteers"	James Quinn	René Balcer	September 29, 1993	69017
A disruptive, unbalanced homeless man is found severely beaten in an alley of the middle class neighborhood he calls home, leading Stone to try to prosecute one of the residents for premeditated murder.
69	3	"Discord"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin	October 6, 1993	69012
When college student Julia Wood charges an admittedly promiscuous rock star, C Square, with rape, he claims the act was consensual. Logan and Briscoe investigate the crime and soon learn that C Square isn't the nice guy he would have everyone believe. Guest stars: Lucy Deakins and Sebastian Roché.
70	4	"Profile"	E.W. Swackhamer	Gordon Rayfield, Ed Zuckerman	October 13, 1993	69010
After a number of neighborhood residents are murdered, the police follow the investigation to a local racist who is murdering people he doesn't feel belong in his neighborhood. Stone finds himself facing a prominent black attorney representing the murderer. Guest star: James Earl Jones.
71	5	"Black Tie"	Arthur W. Forney	Michael S. Chernuchin, Walon Green	October 20, 1993	69004
After wealthy Jonathan Keyes is found dead in his home, the police receive an anonymous tip that he was murdered. Logan and Briscoe encounter difficulties at the scene when the widow and her attorney refuse to allow an autopsy, and by the time Rodgers is able to examine the body, it has already been embalmed. The medical examiner claims the death was natural causes, and even though the state finally gets the necessary proof that the death was murder, the methods used to obtain the needed evidence come under question when Stone tries the case in court. Guest star: Hudson Leick.
72	6	"Pride and Joy"	Gilbert M. Shilton	Edward Pomerantz, Robert Nathan	October 27, 1993	69006
When building superintendent Frank McKinnon is found murdered in the basement of the building he works and lives in, Logan and Briscoe initially investigate the crime as a potential break-in until forensics discovers that the "break-in" was staged. The state's attention soon turns to Sean, Frank's 17-year-old son. Dr. Olivet determines the son is an abusive sociopath after interviewing him. But when the victim's wife claims that Frank beat his family on a regular basis, Stone and Kincaid try to determine who is telling the truth. Guest star: Lauren Ambrose.
73	7	"Apocrypha"	Gabrielle Beaumont	Michael S. Chernuchin	November 3, 1993	69013
Stone and Kincaid try to prove that the young woman believed to have planted a bomb in a parking garage had been brainwashed and was acting under the direct orders of Daniel Hendricks, the charismatic leader of a local cult known as the Acherusian Temple. Guest stars: Sam Robards and Lawrence Pressman.
74	8	"American Dream"	Constantine Makris	Sibyl Gardner	November 9, 1993	69018
A dig at a building site uncovers the body of Sid Cohen, who had gone missing and been presumed murdered years earlier. The identification of the body proves troublesome for Stone, who had initially prosecuted Phillip Swann fourteen years earlier and had obtained a conviction. Swann uses inconsistencies between the original trial and the location of the body to seek an appeal. Guest star: Zeljko Ivanek.
75	9	"Born Bad"	Fred Gerber	Michael S. Chernuchin, Sally Nemeth	November 16, 1993	69021
When teenager Chris Pollit beats a fellow foster home resident to death, his lawyer seeks a not guilty verdict by reason of genetic defect, claiming that Pollit is genetically predisposed to violence because he has an extra Y chromosome.
76	10	"The Pursuit of Happiness"	Dann Florek	Morgan Gendel, Robert Nathan	December 1, 1993	69005
When Billy Cooper is found murdered at the meat-packing plant where he works, Logan and Briscoe turn their eye to his wife Irina, a green card bride from Russia who had married Cooper in the hopes of a better life but had fallen in love with a co-worker and lost favor with her husband, who repeatedly threatened to send her back.
77	11	"Golden Years"	Helaine Head	Doug Palau, Ed Zuckerman	January 5, 1994	69008
After 82-year-old Mildred Bauer is found dead in her apartment, suspicion immediately turns to her at-home caregiver and her boyfriend until the medical examiner reveals that the elderly woman had been starved to death. Feeding instructions given to Maria by Laura, the deceased woman's granddaughter, turn Stone's eye on the young woman, and she is charged with neglect and grave indifference to human life.
78	12	"Snatched"	Constantine Makris	Walon Green, René Balcer	January 12, 1994	69024
After Sol Bregman is arrested while trying to exchange a ransom payoff for his kidnapped son, Logan and Briscoe find themselves trying to find Jason Bregman while trying to stop the father, a millionaire and a close friend of Adam Schiff, from interfering in the investigation. Once Jason Bregman is found, suspicion turns to the victim himself.
79	13	"Breeder"	Arthur W. Forney	Michael S. Chernuchin, René Balcer	January 19, 1994	69023
Debra Elkins claims to have passed out in a cab after giving birth only to wake up and discover her baby is missing, but it isn't long before Briscoe and Logan follow the trail of evidence to her boyfriend, Steven Shaw, who is keeping the baby in a hotel at Debra's request. As the investigation continues, Stone and Kincaid find three separate couples who had been led to believe that they would be the family who would adopt the baby, but it seems as though Debra has no intention of giving her baby to any of the couples.
80	14	"Censure"	Ed Sherin	William N. Fordes	February 2, 1994	69026
When the investigation into threats on a 5-year-old girl leads to a judge that Kincaid had been romantically involved with when she clerked under him, she asks Ben to take her off the case. When Thayer is brought to trial, he insinuates that Kincaid deliberately pointed the witness in his direction, claiming that she had approached him in an inappropriate manner while she worked with him. Contains a rare error: 26 minutes into the episode, a title card reads "Home of Michele Selig, Attorney for Jill Kincaid." The character's name is Claire Kincaid; "Jill" is the first name of the actress who plays her. Guest stars: David Groh and Jane Kaczmarek.
81	15	"Kids"	Don Scardino	Michael Harbert, Robert Nathan	February 9, 1994	69028
When 14-year-old Angel Ramirez is shot dead while out with two friends, the investigation leads to a local gun dealer, Juan Domingo. While investigating Domingo, Briscoe and Logan learn that he was a recent suspect in a shooting that paralyzed a teenage boy, and Briscoe finds himself in an awkward position when Kevin Parker, the son of an old friend of Briscoe's, ends up being the prime suspect in young Angel's murder.
82	16	"Big Bang"	Dann Florek	Ed Zuckerman	March 2, 1994	69027
A scientist becomes the chief suspect when his estranged wife, who's been delaying divorce proceedings, is the victim of a letter bomb. Guest star: Harris Yulin.
83	17	"Mayhem"	James Quinn	Michael S. Chernuchin, Walon Green, René Balcer	March 9, 1994	69029
During a 24-hour period, Briscoe and Logan have a heavy caseload that includes five unrelated murders and a domestic quarrel (which results in the maiming of the husband). One of the cases in this episode is continued in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode Entitled and in a Law & Order follow up episode by the same name.
84	18	"Wager"	Ed Sherin	Kevin Arkadie, Harvey Solomon, Michael S. Chernuchin	March 30, 1994	69002
Briscoe and Logan bet that the killing of a star athlete's father is linked to gambling debts and threats to the baseball player's family, but it turns out the son's alibi doesn't hold up and he ends up under suspicion himself.
85	19	"Sanctuary"	Arthur W. Forney	Michael S. Chernuchin, William N. Fordes	April 13, 1994	69030
A black minister fans the flames of racial intolerance after a hit-and-run in Harlem claims the life of a 12-year-old and the Jewish driver isn't indicted.
86	20	"Nurture"	Jace Alexander	Paris Qualles, Ed Zuckerman	May 4, 1994	69011
Briscoe and Logan investigate the disappearance of a child from her abusive foster home and find her being held by a loving but disturbed woman who insists she has acted only for the child's own good. Guest stars: Lisa Eichhorn and Christine Baranski.
87	21	"Doubles"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin, René Balcer	May 18, 1994	69001
An assailant breaks the wrist of a tennis player prior to a tournament, and a competitor is among the suspects. Guest star: John Heard.
88	22	"Old Friends"	James Quinn	Joshua Stern, Robert Nathan	May 25, 1994	69031
A truck hits a pedestrian and the investigation reveals the victim's link to a baby-food company in which a new partner has connections to the Russian mob. Last appearance of as Michael Moriarty as EADA Ben Stone. Guest star: Allison Janney.

References

1. ^ CNET Networks, Inc. (2007). TV.com episode summary for Season 4. Retrieved February 18, 2007.

External links

• Law & Order at TV.com
• Episode guide from NBC.com
• L&O Season 4 on the Law & Order Wiki

Preceded by Season Three (1992-1993)

List of Law & Order seasons (1990-2010)

Succeeded by Season Five (1994-1995)