The twentieth and final season of the legal drama series Law & Order aired on NBC between September 25, 2009 and concluded on May 24, 2010. The season consists of 23 episodes.
L&O season 20 aired alongside with SVU Season 10 including CI Season 8 and 9.
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 same thing as western drama series Gunsmoke is a longest-running, regularly scheduled prime-time drama.
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, but Merkerson joins the Chicago franchise series Chicago Med in 2015.
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 # | Title | Production # | 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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