Law & Order: Year 4
Universal Studios (1993)
TV Series  /  Crime, Mystery
In Collection
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Seen ItYes
025192895524
IMDB   7.8
1030 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
S. Epatha Merkerson Anita Van Buren
Jerry Orbach Lennie Briscoe
Chris Noth Mike Logan
Michael Moriarty Ben Stone
Jill Hennessy Claire Kincaid
Steven Hill Adam Schiff
Carolyn McCormick Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
Steven Zirnkilton Narrator
John Fiore Detective Tony Profaci
James Earl Jones Horace McCoy
Donald Corren Medill
Daniel Dae Kim Harry Watanabe
Geoffrey Pierson OCCB Investigator
Leo Burmester Lester Hastings
Susan Blommaert Judge Rebecca Steinman
Tom Everett Scott Charles Wilson
Marcia DeBonis Jessica
Doris Belack Judge Margaret Barry
Kathrine Narducci Mrs. Louisa D'Angelo
David Lipman Judge Morris Torledsky
Director
Don Scardino
Helaine Head
James Frawley
Jace Alexander
Producer Edwin Sherin
Walon Green
Janace Tashjian
Dick Wolf
Writer Walon Green
Dick Wolf
Ed Zuckerman
Rene Balcer
Cinematography Chris Misiano
Constantine Makris
Musician Mike Post

Law & Order, the longest running crime series and is tied for longest running drama series in the history of American broadcast television, will start its 21st season on NBC in the autumn of 2010. The brainchild of creator Dick Wolf, Law & Order is the most successful brand in the history of primetime television; the winner of the 1997 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series; ties Cheers and M*A*S*H for the most consecutive best series nominations (eleven) and the longest-running drama series currently on American television. The series has also turned into one of entertainment's preeminent brands using a distinct ripped from the headlines format, and has spawned the successful spinoffs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Crime & Punishment and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/15/1993  1.  Sweeps
A guest is murdered on-air on a controversial talk show. Meanwhile Logan and Briscoe have a new boss, Lt. Anita Van Buren, and Stone gets a new collague; the police and district attorney attempt to prosecute the show's abrasive host.
Director:  James Frawley  Writer:  Robert Nathan  / Craig McNeer 
Guest starring:  Robert KleinMelissa Leo, Steve Ryan, David Little,  David Krumholtz, Alexandra Gersten, Margaret Gibson, Paul Geier,  William Bogert, Charles E. Gerber, Stewart Steinberg, Jim Beaudin,  Jimmy Boyd, Mark Bailey, Jim Fromewick, Jeremy Gold, Yvette Thor, Frank Anderson, Sharo
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/29/1993  2.  Volunteers
A disruptive, unbalanced homeless man is found severely beaten in an alley of the middle class neighborhood he calls home, leading Stone to try and prosecute one of the residents for premeditated murder.
Director:  James Quinn  Writer:  Rene Balcer 
Guest starring:  Nicolas Coster, Kent Broadhurst,  Stephen Mendillo, Marion Killinger,  Denis O'Hare, Stuart Burney, Gareth Williams, Betsy Aidem, Gordon MacDonald, Pamela Holden Stewart, Jill Choder, Lee Brock, Helen Harrelson, Bernard Grant, Sully Boyar,  Harsh Nayyar, Kevin Alexander, Da
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/6/1993  3.  Discord
A college student charges an admittedly promiscuous rock star with rape, but he claims the act was consensual.
Director:  Ed Sherin  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Cynthia Harris, Lucy Deakins, Sebastian Roché, Avi Hoffman, Meighan Dobson, Karron Graves, Laury Marker, Alex Wipf, Diane DiLascio, Amy Elizabeth Korb, Ted Blumberg,  Boris McGiver, Chris Ceraso, Karen Byers, Fred Scollay, Kurt Knudson, Grant Albrecht, Sam Fontana, Joe Bac
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/13/1993  4.  Profile
Stone finds himself up against an ambitious black lawyer defending a white, racist serial killer.
Director:  E.W. Swackhamer  / Gordon Rayfield  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman  / Gordon Rayfield 
Guest starring:  Joe Seneca, Cecilia Hart, Bruce Katzman, Brian Davies, William Carden,  James Earl Jones, Frances Chaney, Jose Ynoa, P.J. Barry, Lenore Harris, Anthony Fusco,  Faran Tahir, Barry Squitieri, Jim Iorio, Richard Litt,  Elizabeth Swackhamer, Fran Rizzo, Seth Jerome Walker, Josep
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/20/1993  5.  Black Tie
The police suspect a cover up when they receive an anonymous tip that a wealthy man was murdered by his wife, who refuses to allow an autopsy after a physician declares that the death occurred from natural causes.
Director:  Arthur W. Forney  Writer:  Walon Green  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Caroline Lagerfelt,  Viveca LindforsJohn McMartin, Beverly Johnson,  Hudson LeickRobert Cicchini, Malcolm Gets,  Richard Bright, Lewis Arlt, Tom Lacy, Phillip Clark, Andrew Mutnick, Michael Hayward-Jones, Leslie Barrett, Graham Brown, Judy Franks,  Ira Wheeler, Fred Burr
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/27/1993  6.  Pride and Joy
A 17-year-old boy becomes the chief suspect in the murder of his father, raising questions of self-defense and abuse that the family does not want to face.
Director:  Gilbert M. Shilton  Writer:  Robert Nathan  / Edward Pomerantz 
Guest starring:  Pamela Payton-WrightGabriel OldsLauren AmbrosePaul Collins, Patrick Collins, Sam Gray, Lauren Klein, Judy Jacksina,  Tom Everett Scott, Edwin Owens, Catrina Ganey, Johnny Giacalone, Vince O'Brien, Frannie Handman, Karen Giordano, Heather Willihnganz, Stewart J. Zul
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/3/1993  7.  Apocrypha
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 a charismatic cult leader.
Director:  Gabrielle Beaumont  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Lawrence PressmanBibi Besch, Cheryl Giannini, Ted Sorel, Deena Martin, Joyce Ebert,  Sam RobardsTim Kelleher, Dan Desmond, Maggie Burke,  Neal Huff, Rhea Silver-Smith, Ray Genadry,  William Hill, Stan Lachow, Alan Pottinger, Martin Kildare, Paul O'Brien, Mark Kenneth Sma
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/9/1993  8.  American Dream
A skeleton unearthed at a building site resurrects one of Stone's old cases, and brings him face to face with the tenacious, brilliant culprit, who is seeking a new trial.
Director:  Constantine Makris  Writer:  Sibyl Gardner 
Guest starring:  Zeljko Ivanek, Scott Sowers, Mark Tymchyshyn, Sophie Hayden,  Bernie Passeltiner, Margaret Hilton, Guy Davis, Jeff Robins, Stephen Payne, Charles Major, LaDonna Mabry, Paul Hoover, Norma Fire, Janny McDonald,  George Bartenieff, Chester A. Sims, Stephen Berger, Jane Caldwe
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/16/1993  9.  Born Bad
A lawyer decides to defend her teenage client charged with murder as an adult with the claim that he's violent because of a genetic predisposition due to an extra Y chromosome.
Director:  Fred Gerber  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin  / Sally Nemeth 
Guest starring:  Wil Horneff, Helen Gallagher, Barbara Eda-Young, Melissa Fraser Brown,  Lily Knight, James Madino,  Vivienne BeneschBen Shenkman, Shona Tucker, Matthew Arkin, Kitty Chen, Michael Cullen, Anna Alvim, Sugar Johnson, Lillias White, Rose Anna Mineo, Alan Gordon, Laurence Mas
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/1/1993  10.  The Pursuit of Happiness
A ""green-card"" bride from Russia is suspected of murdering her rich, but cold husband, who was threatening to divorce her just weeks before she would qualify to remain in this country.
Director:  Dann Florek  Writer:  Robert Nathan  / Morgan Gendel 
Guest starring:  Faith Prince,  Bruce AltmanJesse Corti, Bill Marcus,  Peter Van Wagner, Natalia Negoda, Don Peoples, James Noah, Peter Jay Fernandez, Jack Davidson, Yo Han Lim, Marc Romeo, Marya Kazakova, Giulia Pagano, Mary Lim, Joe Pentangelo, George T. Odom, Edward D. Murphy, Denise R
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/5/1994  11.  Golden Years
An emaciated elderly woman is found dead of an apparent heart attack and her granddaughter is charged with neglect and grave indifference to human life.
Director:  Helaine Head  / Doug Palau  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman  / Doug Palau 
Guest starring:  Jan Miner, Julie Dretzin, Denise Hernandez, Frederica Meister,  Michael Ryan, Paula Laurence, Michael St. Gerard,  Daniel Dae Kim, William Meisle, Tom Brennan, Miguel Sierra,  Amy Stiller, Jay Devlin, Bill Cohen, Gloria Herrera, Lynda Gravatt, Melissa Hurst, Whit Vernon, Nat
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/12/1994  12.  Snatched
A millionaire friend of Schiff's won't cooperate with the police following his son's kidnapping.
Director:  Constantine Makris  Writer:  Walon Green  / Rene Balcer 
Guest starring:  Theodore BikelVyto Ruginis, Reg Rogers,  Leo Burmester, Keith Langsdale, Bernadette Penotti, George Guidall, Caitlin Dulany, Jack Ryland,  Gerry Becker, John DiBenedetto, Larry Green, Vince Pacimeo,  Leonard Jackson, Joe Spataro,  Brian Howe, Rosanna Carter,  Tiger Haynes, C
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/19/1994  13.  Breeder
While investigating a woman's claim that she passed out in a taxi and awoke to find her newborn missing, Briscoe and Logan uncover a scam involving private adoptions.
Director:  Arthur W. Forney  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Deirdre O'ConnellAnn Dowd, Ellen Parker, Stephen James,  Michael Mantell, Judson Mills, Marie Masters, Angie Phillips, Robert Lupone, Neal Ben-Ari, Ted Neustadt, Marcella Lowery, Erica Gimpel, Marty Pistone, Frank Minucci,  Ross Bickell, Yvette Hawkins, Michael Khmurov, J
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/2/1994  14.  Censure
A phone call threatening a woman's young daughter leads to a case that causes Kincaid to resign from Schiff's office because of an affair in her past.
Director:  Ed Sherin  Writer:  William N. Fordes 
Guest starring:  David Groh, Roberta Wallach,  Kip Niven, Baxter Harris,  Jane Kaczmarek, Lee Bryant, Mike Cicchetti,  Enrico Colantoni, Janna Silver-Smith, Leslie Denniston,  Bruce Adler, Karen Williams, Christopher Misiano, Lewis H. Gould, Isabel Segovia, Linda Froehlich,  Cedric Young, Dic
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/9/1994  15.  Kids
A 14-year-old's shooting death involves the son of a former police detective, who's also an old friend of Briscoe's.
Director:  Don Scardino  Writer:  Robert Nathan  / Michael Harbert 
Guest starring:  Alan Blumenfeld,  Philip Bosco, Danny Gerard, Robert Hogan,  Tresa Hughes, Eric Alperin,  Marilyn Cooper, Elizabeth Parrish,  Guillermo Diaz, Jose Soto, Pamela Blair, John Griesemer, Blanca Camacho, Anthony Ruiz, Ray Demattis, Bob Kaliban,  Robert Jason Jackson, David Lopez, L
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/2/1994  16.  Big Bang
A scientist becomes the chief suspect when his estranged wife, who's been delaying divorce proceedings, is the victim of a letter bomb.
Director:  Dann Florek  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman 
Guest starring:  Randle Mell,  Jennifer Van Dyck, Bill Moor,  Harris Yulin, Karen Sillas, Vince Viverito, Ellen Lancaster, Jeff Gendelman, Brenda Thomas Denmark, Jeanne Paulsen, Steve Boles, Sheridan Crist,  Vincent Pastore, Lori Brown, Suzanne Toren, Malachy Cleary, Patrick McCullogh, Nanc
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/9/1994  17.  Mayhem
During a 24-hour period, Briscoe and Logan have a heavy caseload that includes 5 unrelated murders and a domestic quarrel, which results in the maiming of the husband.
Director:  Walon Green  /  James Quinn  / Michael S. Chernuchin  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Tom Riis Farrell, Katherine Narducci, Joyce Reehling, Jack Hallett,  Alice Drummond, Shae D'Lyn, Peggy Cowles,  Robin Tunney, Victor Colicchio,  Ray Iannicelli, Christine Parks,  Jaime Tirelli, Charles Blackwell, Jason Duchin, Ellen Tobie, Siu Wah Lau, Hyunsoo Lee, N'Bushe W
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/30/1994  18.  Wager
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.
Director:  Michael S. Chernuchin  / Ed Sherin  / Harvey Solomon  Writer:  Kevin Arkadie  / Harvey Solomon 
Guest starring:  Richard Libertini, Malik Yoba, Karen Williams,  Zakes Mokae, Ray Aranha,  Steve Harris, Joseph R. Sicari, Francine Beers, O.L. Duke,  Adam Grupper, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Ron Brice, Ernestine Jackson,  Woodie King Jr., James Baffia, Larry Attile, Paul David Ross, James Goodwi
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/13/1994  19.  Sanctuary
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.
Director:  Arthur W. Forney  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin  / William N. Fordes 
Guest starring:  Tony ToddMichael ConstantineBeatrice Winde, Damon Saleem, Kevin Thigpen, Elaine Bromka, Arthur French, Vince O'Brien, David Fonteno,  Sharon Washington, Ed Hodson,  J.K. Simmons, Christopher Wynkoop, John Steven Jones, Sean Nelson, Omar Sharif Scroggins, Tanganyika, Me
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/4/1994  20.  Nurture
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.
Director:  Jace Alexander  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman  / Paris Qualles 
Guest starring:  Christine Baranski, Stephi Lineburg, Lisa Eichhorn,  Camryn Manheim, Bruce MacVittie, Jesse Moore, Zelda Harris, Ann McDonough, Patricia Hodges, Sondra James, Angela Pietropinto, Mark Hammer, Scotty Bloch, Michael Medeiros, Millie Tirelli, Jeff Weiss, Madeline Lee, Billy
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/18/1994  21.  Doubles
An assailant breaks the wrist of a tennis player prior to a tournament, and a competitor is among the suspects.
Director:  Ed Sherin  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  John Heard, Stacey Moseley, Ron Orbach,  Allison DunbarHolt McCallany, Leslie Lyles,  Byron JenningsJohn Ottavino, Kit Flanagan, Thom Sesma,  Peter JacobsonDan DailyMary McCormack, John Leone, Kevin Hagan, Tom Grunke, Drew Militano, Tony Orbach, Tom Nash, Nick Kaledin
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/25/1994  22.  Old Friends
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.
Director:  Robert Nathan  /  James Quinn  / Joshua Stern  Writer:  Joshua Stern 
Guest starring:  Allison JanneyVictor SlezakGeoff Pierson, Michael Harney, Deborah Genninger,  Brian TarantinaDon Creech, Debra Niewald, Sarah Melici,  Michael Gaston, Scott MacDonald, Glynis Bell, Patrick Husted,  Marcia DeBonis, Clement Fowler, Joyce Korbin, Anthony Thomas, Elizabet
Edition Details
Edition Collector's Edition
Series Law & Order
Distributor Universal Studios
Release Date 12/6/2005
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 3

Features
Disc 01 43 Deleted & Extended Scenes