Law & Order

1990– · 26 seasons · 545 episodes · Crime, Drama, Mystery

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.

7.8IMDb · 52k votes

Best season: 7.9; Season 7. Weakest is season 21, at 6.7
Top episode: 9.1; S6 E23 · Aftershock
Lowest episode: 6.2; S21 E5 · Free Speech
Latest episode: 8.0; +0.3 against the show's 7.7 average

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IMDb rating of every Law & Order episode, by season and episode number
	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18

Season 1	8.0	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.8	8.5	7.2	7.8	7.8	7.6	7.7	7.8	8.0	8.1	7.4	7.5	7.6	8.0	8.1
Season 2	7.9	7.5	7.6	7.5	7.7	7.5	7.6	7.4
Season 3	7.6	7.4	7.3	7.7	7.7	8.3	7.7	8.4
Season 4	7.6	7.6	7.3	8.2	7.6	7.6	7.4	8.4
Season 5	7.8	8.0	7.4	7.5	8.2	8.0	7.6	7.8
Season 6	7.8	7.3	8.1	8.0	7.9	7.5	7.8	7.8	7.4
Season 7	7.8	8.2	7.5	7.8	8.3	7.9	7.7	7.2
Season 8	7.9	7.6	7.5	8.1	7.7	7.7	8.2	8.2	7.8
Season 9	7.9	8.1	7.5	7.7	8.2	7.5	7.7	8.1	7.8
Season 10	7.7	8.3	7.8	7.7	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	7.7
Season 11	8.0	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.8	7.1
Season 12	7.7	7.5	7.7	7.1	7.4	7.0	8.1	6.9
Season 13	7.6	8.2	7.4	7.7	8.1	7.8	8.2	7.3
Season 14	8.6	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.2	8.6	7.9	6.9	7.6
Season 15	7.2	7.8	8.0	7.6	7.9	7.6	7.6	7.3
Season 16	8.3	8.1	7.9	7.2	7.7	7.8	7.3	7.6
Season 17	7.2	7.7	7.7	7.2	7.4	7.5	7.7	7.4
Season 18	7.6	7.7	7.1	7.5	8.0	7.6	8.0	8.0
Season 19	7.8	7.8	7.5	7.5	8.2	7.6	8.2	8.1
Season 20	7.5	8.2	7.7	7.4	7.6	7.8	7.5	8.0
Season 21	6.6	6.5	7.1	7.1	6.2	6.9	6.6	6.9
Season 22	7.5	7.1	7.3	7.3	7.5	7.3	7.7	7.4
Season 23	6.7	7.4	7.6	7.6	8.5	7.5	7.5	7.2
Season 24	7.5	7.4	7.6	7.3	7.6	7.5	7.1	7.8
Season 25	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.4	7.9	8.2	7.6	7.7
Season 26	8.0

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