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Law & Order
Season	20
Episodes	23
Premiered	25 September, 2009
Concluded	24 May, 2010
Starring	Jeremy Sisto Anthony Anderson S. Epatha Merkerson Linus Roache Alana De La Garza Sam Waterston
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The twentieth season of the legal drama series Law & Order premiered on NBC on September 25, 2009 and concluded on May 24, 2010. The season consists of 23 episodes. This season aired alongside with season 11 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and season 9 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

This was the final season of Law & Order but in September 2021, a twenty first season was ordered and premiered on February 24, 2022. It is the final season to star Jeremy Sisto, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache and Alana De La Garza.

Production

In early January 2010, NBC initially announced they were going to renew Law & Order a 21st season, then on May 14, 2010 NBC announced that Law & Order has been canceled after twenty seasons since they have the same thing as a western drama series called Gunsmoke, the longest-running prime-time drama series.

The late announcement of the cancellation resulted in Law & Order not having a "series finale" episode. Had the series continued, it would have been the last to feature S. Epatha Merkerson, who prior to the cancellation announcement had herself announced that she would not return for the 21st season. Merkerson eventually joined the Chicago franchise series Chicago Med in 2015 as Sharon Goodwin.

On September 28, 2021, the series was revived for a twenty-first season, eleven years after the series was originally cancelled.

Cast

Main Cast

Image	Character	Title	Actor
	Cyrus Lupo	Detective (Senior Officer)	Jeremy Sisto
	Kevin Bernard	Detective (Junior Officer)	Anthony Anderson
	Anita Van Buren	Lieutenant (Police Commanding Officer)	S. Epatha Merkerson
	Michael Cutter	Executive Assistant District Attorney	Linus Roache
	Connie Rubirosa	Assistant District Attorney	Alana De La Garza
	Jack McCoy	Manhattan, District Attorney	Sam Waterston

Recurring/Guest Cast

Image	Character	Title	Actor
	Rey Curtis	Former Detective Now retired	Benjamin Bratt
	Elizabeth "Liz" Olivet	Psychologist	Carolyn McCormick

List of Episodes

Image	Episode Number	Title	Production Number	Original Airdate
	20.01 (#434)	Memo From The Dark Side	20001	25 September 2009
	20.02 (#435)	Just a Girl in the World	20002	2 October 2009
	20.03 (#436)	Great Satan	20003	9 October 2009
	20.04 (#437)	Reality Bites	20004	16 October 2009
	20.05 (#438)	Dignity	20005	23 October 2009
	20.06 (#439)	Human Flesh Search Engine	20006	30 October 2009
	20.07 (#440)	Boy Gone Astray	20007	6 November 2009
	20.08 (#441)	Doped	20008	6 November 2009
	20.09 (#442)	For the Defense	20009	13 November 2009
	20.10 (#443)	Shotgun	20010	20 November 2009
	20.11 (#444)	Fed	20011	11 December 2009
	20.12 (#445)	Blackmail	20012	15 January 2010
	20.13 (#446)	Steel-Eyed Death	20013	1 March 2010
	20.14 (#447)	Boy on Fire	20014	1 March 2010
	20.15 (#448)	Brilliant Disguise	20015	8 March 2010
	20.16 (#449)	Innocence	20016	15 March 2010
	20.17 (#450)	Four Cops Shot	20017	22 March 2010
	20.18 (#451)	Brazil	20018	29 March 2010
	20.19 (#452)	Crashers	20019	3 May 2010
	20.20 (#453)	The Taxman Cometh	20020	10 May 2010
	20.21 (#454)	Immortal	20021	17 May 2010
	20.22 (#455)	Love Eternal	20022	17 May 2010
	20.23 (#456)	Rubber Room	20023	24 May 2010

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