In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Air date: 1998-09-23
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The investigation into a girl's death reveals secrets the adoptive family was desperately trying to hide.
Air date: 1998-10-07
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Detectives discover a shocking twist involving unlikely suspects when they investigate the brutal beating of a black man dumped near the highway.
Air date: 1998-10-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The investigation into how a teen got wounded leads to a case involving a young woman's murder and a drug operation.
Air date: 1998-10-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After a child in a day-care center dies of a virus, Briscoe and Curtis try to find the source of the infection, leading to a case involving an extramarital affair, embezzlement and a drug manufacturer.
Air date: 1998-11-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After the detectives find a murdered postman and a woman who was left for dead in her apartment, the investigation leads to a serial killer and a surprise.
Air date: 1998-11-11
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The murder of an employee at a fertility clinic leads to a case involving a dead man's first and second wives.
Air date: 1998-11-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The killing of a professional escort leads to a case involving the relationships between a young man and two older women.
Air date: 1998-11-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The murder of a corrections officer leads detectives to a women's prison where a guard was linked to an inmate Carmichael put away on drug charges and a confrontation with defense attorney Danielle Melnick.
Air date: 1998-12-09
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The double murder of a wealthy man and his daughter leads the detectives to the wife and stepmother of the deceased. However, Canada's objection to the death penalty hampers McCoy and Carmichael in seeking crucial evidence for obtaining a conviction.
Air date: 1999-01-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Evidence points the detectives in the direction of a fascist youth gathering after the brutal beating and murder of a high school girl.
Air date: 1999-01-13
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Briscoe and Curtis reopen a case that was closed in the '60s when a vehicle is dredged from the Hudson River containing the remains of a murdered man.
Air date: 1999-02-10
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Briscoe and Curtis probe the murder of a popular Harlem community leader while McCoy and Carmichael struggle to prevent a chaotic situation.
Air date: 1999-02-10
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Briscoe and Curtis race against time to find the killer of a parolee before two bounty hunters find the suspected murderer.
Air date: 1999-02-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When Briscoe and Curtis discover that a high-level federal official found murdered was recently transferred from Baltimore, they re-team with Baltimore homicide detectives. The joint investigation reveals that the victim was involved in an affair with a high-level government official whose career will be destroyed if it becomes public. The independent counsel summons McCoy and Ed Danvers to Washington to demand McCoy reveal his source or be jailed for contempt. This crossover continues on Homicide: Life on the Street S07E15 Sideshow (II).
Air date: 1999-02-24
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After a teen is found dead in the emergency room, the investigation leads to a case involving a religious ritual and a defendant who claims that the action taken was dictated by a saint's voice.
Air date: 1999-03-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Briscoe and Curtis investigate a possible homicide while probing the assault of a retired divorce attorney.
Air date: 1999-03-24
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of a police officer who was shot while on an undercover stakeout.
Air date: 1999-04-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The investigation into the shooting of a newspaper columnist leads to a murder case from two decades earlier and involves a suspect who at that time had been a juvenile.
Air date: 1999-04-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After a philosophy professor is pushed in front of a subway and killed, the investigation leads to a suspect who, following a divorce, changed his identity and disappeared with his daughters.
Air date: 1999-05-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The death of a corporate mogul caused by an overdose of a sexual performance-enhancing drug leads to a case with a witness that puts Curtis in a compromising position.
Air date: 1999-05-12
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The murder of an audio installation salesman leads the detectives to a case with connections to the mafia.
Air date: 1999-05-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A coed's killing leads to a case involving the deceased's relationship with a professor and two male students who vouch for each other's whereabouts on the night of the murder.
Air date: 1999-05-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A shootout between a motorist and the police leads to the discovery of a gruesome Russian mob killing --- and a traumatized boy who was an eyewitness to the murder.
Air date: 1999-05-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: McCoy and Carmichael risk violating the civil liberties of witnesses when they are forced to jail them in order to safely continue their investigation.
